Harry Milas is Australia's leading sleight of hand artist and magician, based in Sydney. His signature close up show The Unfair Advantage won the award for Best Magic and garnered five-star reviews at The Adelaide Fringe, the largest arts festival in the southern hemisphere and has been in residence at the Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon since the beginning of 2023. He regularly combines his work in magic and theatre as both a performer (Bondi Festival seance, Red-Line Productions Cascadia) and consultant having created the magic for Belvoir’s Master and the Margarita and Red Line Production’s Just! His TV appearances are extensive and include the Today Show, Channel 10, ABC and The Disney Channel.

He is a fixture in the Sydney improv scene, having won the coveted Cranston Cup twice (2015 and 2017) performing for 2000 people at the Enmore Theatre and hosting and directing the 2019 show. With his long-form improv partner Rob Johnson he sold out seasons across Sydney’s independent theatres including The Old Fitz, Enmore Theatre and The Factory Theatre.

He regularly appears for Australia’s biggest companies and at the most exclusive event spaces. He was commissioned by Google to create a bespoke magic show for their 2023 Christmas event, and regularly entertains for Wetpac, Volkswagen, Cartier, GE, UBER, Optus, Adobe, Merivale, Johnson & Johnson and Qantas. He has performed all over Australia in prestigious venues such as Capella Sydney, Park Hayatt, QT, Crown Towers, The Four Seasons, The Shangri-La, and Pier One.

Originally from Sydney, Australia, Lauren has worked as a Producer and Festival Programmer in the UK, across Australia and around the world.

In 2021 she founded her own producing company and with her team has produced Spiegeltent Wollongong for Merrigong Theatre Company, House of Oz at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, consulted for Theatre Network Australia and the National Institute of Circus Arts and has a slate of independent work in development and production including two of Australia's cultural institutions, Circus Oz and Legs On The Wall.

Lauren has been International Development Manager for Circa Contemporary Circus where she forged new partnerships, developed new work and created the podcast Producing Heroes. Prior to this she worked as Festival Programmer and Producer for Underbelly, programming 600 shows a year into their festivals across the UK including Underbelly Festival Southbank, Underbelly Edinburgh at Edinburgh Fringe as well as Christmas in Leicester Square for Westminister Council and Edinburgh's Christmas.

She has worked for Sydney Festival under three different Artistic Directors. Most recently as Associate Producer for Olivia Ansell's inaugural festival and before moving overseas she was Project Manager for Wesley Enoch's inaugural festival, programming Circus City featuring Legs on the Wall, Circus Oz, Gravity and Other Myths as well as an accompanying industry conference and talks program. Alongside this she was working on large scale outdoor events including Symphony Under the Stars with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

A graduate of the University of Sydney, she is concurrently studying the Executive Masters in Cultural Leadership through the Royal Academy of the Arts in London and Maastricht University in The Netherlands, and the Executive Masters of Business Administration in Cultural Leadership.

Pemberley Productions is a producing, general management, and tour booking company located in New York and Chicago. We are comprised of Doreen Sayegh, Tim Smith, and Annie Shea Graney. We collaborate with overseas companies and US-based productions to book tours, general manage productions, and produce theatre across North America as well as internationally. Pemberley is proudly transparent, thoughtful, and dynamic. We build collectively beneficial relationships and stand behind our words and values.

Highlights include the long-running West End production of The Woman in Black (off-Broadway at NYC’s McKittrick Hotel and across the US); the US Tour of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights; the Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles) production of The Secret Garden; the US Tour of the National Theatre’s An Inspector Calls; and the US Tour of The Last Ship (starring STING). 23/24 sees Pemberley on the road across the US with DruidO’Casey, Kate Prince’s Message in a Bottle, The Woman in Black, and the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit musical Islander.

For information on upcoming tours and projects in development, visit www.pemberleyproductions.com

Dre Robinson is a multi-hyphenate who has worked as an a Award winning Director, Writer, Producer, Production Manager, & Stage Manager for some of the world’s most prestigious companies including Nike, Wells Fargo, Rapper Common, The Goodman Theatre & Second City. He is very thankful to work with the fine staff at Pemberley Productions & everyone involved with The Unfair Advantage.

A Chicago based lighting designer; Daniel is thrilled to be working with Harry, Lauren, and Doreen on this production. He has designed lighting with Drury Lane Theatre, The Merola Opera Program, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Matter Dance Company, Momentary Theatre, The Gift Theatre, Studio Mangiameli, The Jacobians, Three Things Productions, Interrobang Theatre Project, Redtwist Theatre, Jackalope Theatre, First Floor Theatre, Red Tape Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, The Blind Owl, and Haven Theatre among many others across Chicago. Additionally, Daniel has served as an associate and assistant lighting designer on productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, San Francisco Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Hartford Stage, Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Folks Operetta, Timeline Theatre and Victory Gardens Theatre. Visit danielafriedman.com.

Ryan Kling is a Chicago native who has been involved in theatre here since 2017, when he produced a monthly variety show for The Pride Arts Center. Since then he’s worked with Steep Theatre, Writers Theatre and Mercury Theatre, to name a few. He takes acting classes in the city in his free time and has worked on several Chicago based tv shows and feature films through FourStar Casting. Ryan is excited to be working with Pemberley Productions again and thrilled to be part of the Unfair Advantage team!