Bio
“Millicent Sarre is exceptional. A singing voice that could take on many genres, stage presence, intelligence, wit, and a rare song-writing gift to be celebrated.” – Lisa Lanzi, Theatre Travels.
Millicent Sarre (she/they), also known as Mim, is a cabaret artist, singer-songwriter, musical theatre performer, and vocal coach, brought up and working on Kaurna Land. She is a passionate advocate for women, gender equity, and progressive social change, themes which are prominent in her artistic output.
Mim has toured her original cabaret works Australia-wide; her most recent show ‘Millicent Sarre is Opinionated’ won ‘Best Cabaret’ of the Adelaide Fringe 2023, with the album of original songs from the show released in February 2023. She is also an experienced educator, working as a director, vocal coach, music director, and cabaret and song-writing mentor with Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Pembroke School, Pelican Productions, Tutti Arts, Adelaide Theatre Academy, and Seymour College in recent years.
Mim graduated with a Bachelor of Music Theatre from the Elder Conservatorium in 2023. Her musical theatre credits include Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd (ECMT, dir. James Millar, 2023), Hildy in On the Town (ECMT, dir. Erin James, 2023), Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (ECMT, dir. Joseph Simons, 2022), and Ivy in the Australian premiere of Ivy + Bean: The Musical (The Gemini Collective, dir. Sarah Williams, 2018).