The Sparkles Team

Ginny Sparkles is passionate about helping small children to express themselves creatively through the performing arts. She believes that by engaging in creative play such as singing, dancing and pretending, small children develop stronger physical, emotional and social skills that help them to relate to each other and the world around them.  Ginny absolutely loves seeing little faces come to life when children are engaged in musical and imaginative play!

Ginny is currently a play therapist at The Canberra Hospital and has been working with young children as a teacher and entertainer for over ten years. She is also a theatre director and dramaturg and has a Postgraduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Directing) from NIDA and a BA (hons) majoring in Theatre and Film from ANU.

She is currently completing a Masters of Teaching (primary) through Curtin University.

Nisha Sparkles is a professionally trained actor who loves to sing and dance. A 2016 graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she spent 7 years living in Melbourne, as well as a brief stint in the States. She’s worked in film, theatre (musical and otherwise), and has even recorded voiceovers for Amazon’s Audible! Nisha plays the ukulele and is in the process of relearning the piano.

As a child, Nisha was incredibly quiet and shy. Her worried parents put her in music and drama classes – and now she’s an actor who makes friends with everyone! Nisha knows first-hand the power of the arts in empowering children and loves being part of each child’s little journey. Nisha Sparkles loves that everything you give a child, you get back tenfold!

Lucy Sparkles walks to work with a smile on her face every day because she knows of the joy that drama, music and dance can bring into a child’s life. Lucy Sparkles has been enhancing the lives of children through drama, music and dance since 2002. From teaching music, drama and dance to children of all ages, to performing classical guitar; from playing Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, to writing children’s songs and plays; from drama workshops for children with special needs, to directing her own children’s musical… Lucy has done it!

Lucy is a professional singer and songwriter with a BA (Theatre)(Distinction) from Charles Sturt University in Australia, a Higher Diploma in Guitar Performance from the Academy of Contemporary Music, a Diploma from the London Music School and a PPC In Early Childhood Music (Kodály) from Roehampton University.

Lucy established Lucy Sparkles & Friends in London in 2009.  Since then, the company has expanded to include three London based franchisees, one Canberra based licensee and a subsidiary company in Singapore.  Lucy has a young daughter, Issy, who loves attending mummy’s classes.

Based in London, Dani looks after the operational side of the U.K. business and provides support to our Singapore and Australian business owners.

Dani grew up in Kent in a family where everybody sang all the time.  She studied flute and violin at school and went on to sing with the University of London Chorus, Music in Offices and the Hummy Mummies.  Dani is now a member of the Lewisham Choral Society, with whom she has performed at many events including the Paralympic Opening Ceremony.

After studying at Kings College London, Dani worked in events at the Royal Albert Hall.  Shortly after the Independent newspaper declared that “food” was “the new rock and roll”, she moved into a career in food and events management in the City.  Dani worked for blue chip clients in banking, oil and the media, starting in hospitality services and progressing to administrative, commercial and ultimately operational management for client food services.  Throughout her food service career she supported bids for new business and mentored peers on financial performance, accurate account keeping and business compliance.

Dani is a mother to two girls who both love singing and Lucy Sparkles’ classes!  She is passionate about the role the performing arts can play in developing children’s confidence and character and says, “teaching a child to join in with a song or to play a rhythm or a tune in a group lets them really feel that they are a part of something, and gives them the opportunity to experience recognition for that achievement.”