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Best known for originating the role of Eliza Hamilton in the Australian production of Hamilton The Musical, Chloé Zuel has spent the last 14 years on Australian stages. She also originated the role of Catherine of Aragon in Six the Musical and Sarah in Ragtime, played Anita in West Side Story, Reno in Dusty, Pilar in Legally Blonde the Musical and covered Eponine in Les Miserables. She was in the original Australian productions of Beautiful The Carole King Musical and Hairspray The Musical. 

Chloé  recently performed at the premiere of the new Disney MUFASA film in Sydney, did the “Superstars a celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice”concerts with Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino and Josh Robson and Disney 100 concerts at the Sydney Opera House. 

CJ has been a popular voice on ABC Radio since 2009. Currently he appears regularly on three flagship programs: as the resident film critic for Afternoons With James Valentine, A regular film segment on Evenings With Renee Krosch and on The CJ Film Hour on Nightlife With Suzanne Hill on ABC Radio. 

CJ lectures monthly on cinema at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He is in demand as a speaker, host and moderator, with clients including private clubs in Sydney, distributors and cinema chains including Dendy Cinemas and the Ritz Cinema, and cultural groups such as Cinema Reborn and The Italian Cultural Institute. 

CJ is also an international tour leader. He recently led The Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Cinematic Journey from Lyon to Paris, will be leading a tour for the Gallery to Los Angeles in late 2025, and, beginning in 2026, will be the resident expert speaker on Regent and Oceania Cruises for the Pacific. 

He was President for four years, and is currently Vice President, of the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA); a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI); and Head Lecturer in Cinema Studies at Sydney Film School (SFS). 

He codirected the 2009 feature film Before The Rain. CJ’s plays as writer include The Dog Logs, The Young Tycoons, Hollywood Ending, La La Land, Backpacker and Barnesy The Harbour and You. They have been performed in every state and territory of Australia, on Norfolk Island, and in New York, Bangalore, London, Zagreb, Tallin (Estonia), Belgrade and dozens of other towns and cities. His one-man show Kinski and I won the Sydney Fringe Theatre Award 2014