Spruiker / Santa / Actor / Singer / Compere

Sydney's Super-Spruiker!

You name it, he can spruik it! Entire shopping centres or individual stores.

Tony has been Spruiking for 20 years, and regularly works for the largest shopping centres in Sydney.

With a mellifluous voice developed through years of singing training, professional singing engagements, voice-over work and a wonderfully warm personality, Tony is the perfect person to spruik your products, MC your function or don the 'red suit' and bring delight to your children at Christmas.

Tony has one of those "where have I seen you before?" faces - but of course you have seen him before - in a vast number of television advertisments and as a guest on series and soaps including Home and Away and Neighbours. 

With the tidiest and most flexible audio system of radio microphone and battery-powered amp/speaker, Tony can spruik cord free anywhere!

With a friendly, happy manner and great singing he not only sells, he entertains.

You name it, he can spruik it!

Entire shopping centres or individual stores. He's been in the business for 20 years, and now uses the tidiest and most flexible system of radio microphone and battery-powered amp/speaker, he can spruik cord-free anywhere!

With a friendly, happy manner and great singing Tony not only sells, he entertains.

Also available for food heating, cooking and serving for fresh food courts. Tony's B.Sc. in food technology and 27 years in the food industry really give him a ‘cooking edge’; and his son is an excellent chef.

• Anywhere in greater Sydney
• Has insurance cover       

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus and his name is Tony!!!
Happy, friendly Santa for the last 8 years.
Very busy of course leading up to Christmas but if he can fit down your chimney he will.

Available for Christmas in July functions as well as the regular December ones.
Very highly regarded in the business with great empathy with children.
Police ‘working with children’ clearance every year as is necessary for this area of work.

• Can supply own suit if required
• Has insurance cover

“Tony… the best Santa ever. Thanks for making work an enjoyable and fun experience. It has been an honour working with you.”

                Santa’s little helper… Mark at Westfield 2007

Tertiary

• B.Sc. (Food Technology) University of NSW

Performance

• Actors' Centre:    Music Theatre Study
  • Into The Woods - study & performances
  • Sondheim Performance Study
  • David Gow Study
  • Acting for the Small Screen

Ballroom Dancing

•  Fred Astair Studios

Singing / Vocal Coaching

• Brian Stacey (Melbourne)
• Raymond McDonald (Sydney)
• Nita Maughan (Sydney)
• Max Speed (Sydney)
• Walter Kingsley (Sydney)
• Gwen Selva (Sydney)

Instruments

• Mouth Organ

Plays

• Talking With (Seymour Centre Sound Lounge, Sydney; Nowra Theatre Restaurant)
• Lend Me a Tenor (Kevin Jacobson Productions, National Tour)

Television

• Comedy Inc.
• All Saints
• E Street
• Home & Away
• Neighbours
• Big Sky
• Deryn Hinch
• Chances

plus a host of advertisments, training and educational videos.

Opera

• Auf Wiedersehn Lulu (Rockdale Municipal Opera)
• La Perichole (Rockdale Municipal Opera)
• HMS Pinafore (Rockdale Municipal Opera)
• Aida (Kevin Jacobsen Productions at the Sydney Football Stadium)
• Turandot (Kevin Jacobsen Productions at the Sydney Football Stadium)
• The Merry Widow (Rockdale Municipal Opera)

Concerts / Cabaret / Revue

• Wayne Leaves - Farewell Concert for Wayne Harrison (Sydney Theatre Company at Wharf 2)
• Just We Two (duet cabaret show with Deborah Wells)
• Black & White Minstrel Show
• Tribute to the Tivoli
• Three Cheers for the Red White & Blue
• A Tribute to Broadway
• Thanks for the Memory

Musicals on Tour

• The Desert Song
• Kismet
• The King & I
• The Student Prince
• The White Horse Inn
• Show Boat
• The Mikado
• South Pacific

Pantomime

• Aladdin
• Cinderella

Musical Theatre

• Kismet (Rockdale Municipal Opera)
• Phantom of the Opera (Theatre Royal, Sydney)
• Into The Woods (Sydney Theatre Company at Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House)
• My Fair Lady (Victoria State Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre Sydney; Theatre Royal, Adelaide)

Tony also recorded 'talking books' and magazines for the Royal Blind Society for several years.

He has worked as a solo performer and compere in club and cararet venues since 1965 and for some years sang with the barbershop quartette The Harbourside Four.

Tony is currently a member and archivist of the Sydney U3A Choir.

Tony worked as a Food Technnologist with George Weston Foods for 27 years and held the position of Chief Chemist until he left the microscopes behind to pursue his acting career.

He has also worked as a CBD courier.