Ali Harper

Graduating from Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, Ali has starred in numerous musicals and plays; Mary Poppins as Mrs Banks and Blood Brothers as Mrs Johnson at The Court Theatre and Mamma Mia in Hamilton and Dunedin. Other highlights include professional productions; Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Maria Von Trapp The Sound of Music, Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, A Shortcut to Happiness, Side by Side by Sondheim, Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris, Jerry’s Girls, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Tell Me on a Sunday.

New Zealand Tours include Chess, Evita, Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma and the one-woman play Bombshells, where Ali was awarded ‘Best Actress’ at the United Solo Festival in New York in 2014 and ‘Chapman Tripp Best Actress’ in 2008.

Performing in New York’s at The Metropolitan Room in 2013 and 2014 with her cabaret show A Down Under Diva! Ali enjoys continued success with her shows A Doris Day Special, Legendary Divas and Naughty and Nice as well as Guest Entertainer on Cruise ships.

Television credits include Hope and Wire, The Strip, Market Forces and resident singer for 4 years on TV One’s Dancing with the Stars.

Ali’s albums include Legendary Divas, Naughty and Nice, Something So Right and her recently released A Doris Day Special.