Mitchell Butel
| Mitchell Butel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mitchell Patrick Butel 2 October 1970 |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Alma mater | University of NSW |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, writer, director |
| Awards |
Helpmann Award (3) Green Room Award (2) Sydney Theatre Award (1) |
Mitchell Patrick Butel (born 2 October 1970) is an Australian actor, singer, writer and director. He is best known for his work in theatre, including musical and opera productions.
Butel became interested in theatre as a child after seeing the musical Song and Dance and later Little Shop of Horrors.
Butel attended the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and studied for a degree in Law, working as a paralegal in a law firm between terms. After a short time he changed the focus of his studies and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies. He was part of the original Australian Avenue Q cast in 2009. He played the roles of two puppet characters in the production: Princeton (a recent college graduate) and Rod (a closet Republican homosexual). The Australian production opened in June 2009 at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria. The production then went to Sydney in August and then toured Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Auckland in New Zealand. He earned a Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance.
In 2010, Butel took part in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with his cabaret show Killing Time. Since then, he has taken part in three Opera Australia productions. Butel has worked extensively for many theatre companies including: Sydney Theatre Company,Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Belvoir St Theatre, Queensland Theatre Company, The Production Company, Griffin Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia appearing in productions such as Six Degrees of Separation, The Cafe Latte Kid, Tartuffe, Mourning Becomes Electra, A View from the Bridge, Othello, Stones in His Pockets, Boeing-Boeing, The Government Inspector, Strange Interlude, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Meow Meow's Little Match Girl, Romeo and Juliet, Woyzeck, Emerald City, Arms and the Man and Disgraced. His music theatre credits include Little Me, Assassins, Kismet, Follies, Man of La Mancha, Dusty - The Original Pop Diva, Grease, Urinetown, Oklahoma!, Tom Foolery, Hair, Sugar and The Producers. He is also the voice of the Play School theme song.
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