Luke Kennedy

Luke Kennedy
Luke Kennedy performing at the Kingston Arts Centre on his A Time For Us tour
Background information
Born	1982 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Musical Theatre Swing
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2010–present
Associated acts	Swing on This The Ten Tenors
Website	www.lukekennedy.com.au

Luke Kennedy is an Australian performer best known for placing second on the second season of The Voice (Australia). He has also toured internationally with The Ten Tenors and performed the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar in six different productions around Australia.

Luke Kennedy began his performance career in Townsville, North Queensland where he performed in numerous local productions from the age of 16 onwards, including Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Marius in Les Misérables and Mary Sunshine in Chicago. He moved to Brisbane in 2002 to again play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar and continued in productions of The Wiz as the Lion, Alice, Beauty and the Beast as the Beast and Cain/Japheth in Children of Eden. In 2007, Luke played the role of Jamie in Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years co-starring his now-partner Brisbane-based actress Naomi Price for (Oscar Theatre Company/Judith Wright Centre). In August and again in June 2011, he played the title role in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the QPAC Playhouse. He released his debut album, Overexposed, in July 2010 and reprised the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar, this time for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia. Kennedy returned to the role of Jesus in June 2015 for a sixth time at AIS Arena Canberra opposite Michael Falzon as Judas. Kennedy, along with Rachael Beck, Alexandra Flood and Michael Falzon joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra for Queensland Ballet's season of Strictly Gershwin in late May to early June 2016.