Nat Jobe
Nat’s career in the arts started at a young age, when he would force his family to buy tickets to the puppet shows he’d put on in his living room. Needless to say, it was the beginning of great things. He went on to study at WAAPA (BA Music Theatre) and NIDA (Singer, Dancer, Actor).
Over the years, Nat’s extensive career has seen him play many roles in many shows. He appeared in Dreamworks’ Shrek The Musical for both GFO and Packemin Productions, playing the role of Donkey, Disney’s Aladdin, understudying and performing the roles of Jafar and The Sultan, Disney’s The Lion King, understudying and performing the role of Banzai, Kinky Boots (Packemin Productions) as Lola, West Side Story (The Production Company) as Pepe, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Hayes Theatre Company) as Schroeder, Into The Woods (Bloom Creative Productions) as The Baker, Mamma Mia (Packemin Productions) as Harry Bright, Summer Rain (The New Theatre) as Clarrie Nugent, Around The World In 80 Days (HIT Productions/Ellis Productions) as Fix of the Yard, Hyperdream (Red Line Productions) as Leon, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TML Enterprises), Crazy For You (The Production Company), The King & I (The Production Company), Me and My Girl (Neglected Musicals), Pirates of Penzance (Opera Australia), Nil By Sea (Peter Fray Productions), Thai-riffic (The Theatre Division) and Irene (Peach Productions) where he shared the stage with Hollywood legend, the late Debbie Reynolds.
Nat is also extremely passionate about children’s theatre and instilling a love of the arts in young people. He played the title roles in Horrible Harriet (CDP), The Gruffalo (CDP/Tall Stories) and Pete The Sheep (Monkey Baa Theatre Company). He has also toured in the roles of Dog and Frog in Room on the Broom (CDP/Tall Stories), played a chaotic Ibis in Alphabetical Sydney (Critical Stages) and performed the one-man children’s show Nursery Rhyme Land at the Sydney Opera House (CDP). For The Metropolitan Orchestra, Nat has performed Animal Adventures, Jack and The Beanstalk and co-wrote and starred in The Magic of Christmas as part of their Cushions Concert series. Nat has also recorded, filmed and toured with iconic children’s entertainers, The Wiggles, as the hilarious character, John The Cook.
He has also appeared on tv shows Home and Away (Channel 7), Bent101 (Channel 7), Mikki Vs The World (ABC), Soundtrack To Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse (ABC) and was choreographer on Growing Up Gracefully (ABC).
Nat’s proudest achievement in life is playing the dream role of dad to his daughter, Taj and his son, Oisín