ANUshA THOMAS
(She/Her)
Of South Indian descent, Anusha grew up in a culture rich with music and singing. From the age of eight, Anusha studied Violin attaining her AMEB Grade 6 certificate in 2011, and had a keen interests in drama and acting all the while singing for fun around the house. However, it was only after her music teacher pushed her into singing in class that she discovered the beauty of story-telling through song – and a passion for musical theatre was born!
As well as her deep love for performing arts and story-telling, Anusha has always had a passion for human rights protection. This led Anusha to obtain a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of International Studies at the University of New South Wales and to have a career in social justice, working for organisations that supported refugees, Aboriginal Australians and other marginalised groups in society.
In 2022 Anusha was honoured to be able to pursue her life-long dream a performing arts career by studying at NIDA. While at NIDA, Anusha trained in singing with Anne-Maree MacDonald and Phillip Quast. She also trained in Jazz and Tap with Daniel Dolling, Acrobatics with Troy Honeysett, Ballet with Cathie Goss and Voice and Accent work with Laura Farrell. Anusha has also had the opportunity to work with industry leaders such as Jay James-Moody and Imara Savage. While at NIDA, Anusha was also selected to play Asura, the lead role in a workshop for a new children’s musical “Jungle Hideaway” (produced by David Elfick and Yunyu). Anusha is also a regular soloist for Rejoice Gospel Choir, a new diverse gospel choir in Sydney’s Inner South West.
Having studied Development Studies overseas (Madrid, Spain 2016-2017) Anusha has a diverse perspective and is passionate about telling the stories of people in our society who are not often represented on our screens and theatres.