Alysa Portelli

Biography

Alysa is a drummer and percussionist based in Sydney, Australia. Alysa graduated from the Australian Institute of Music with a Bachelor in Music in 2012 and went straight into her first Australian tour with the stage show Tap Dogs.

Alysa's most recent shows include: Wicked (Sydney Lyric Theatre, 2023- 2024), Mamma Mia! (Sydney Lyric Theatre, 2023), tick, tick...BOOM! (Sydney Lyric Theatre, 2023), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Capitol Theatre, 2022- 2023), SIX The Musical (Sydney Opera House 2021-2022), Fun Home (Roslyn Packer Theatre, 2021), Well Behaved Women (Hayes Theatre, 2021), Caroline or Change (Hayes Theatre, 2019), The Dismissal (Seymour Centre, 2019); In The Heights (Sydney Opera House 2019, Hayes Theatre 2018); and Hear Me Roar (Sydney Opera House, 2018). Alysa was also deputy percussionist for Hamilton (Sydney Lyric Theatre 2021).

Prior to relocating back home to Sydney in 2017, Alysa spent the previous three years working with the Broadway show ‘Burn The Floor’, both with the touring company, as well as their shows on the Norwegian Cruise Line ships based out of Miami, USA.

Alysa is also a reserve member of The Australian Army Band.