jane christie-johnston
Jane is a singer, choir director and event producer. She is the Director of the Sing For Your Life! Choir, the Ho-Ho-Hobart Christmas Choir and Up She Rises. She also sings with award-winning a cappella ensemble ThylaSing, and recently formed a new dance music collaboration with Queensland-based artist Dellandra. She runs choir singing workshops for community and corporate groups - even for people who are adamant they 'don't sing'! You can also hear her on the soundtrack for Deadloch (Prime Video, 2023). Previously Jane has sung with guitar/vocals duo Silk, a cappella ensembles Heart & Soul and About Time, and a few choirs about the place.
Jane was the the co-producer of Jokers Comedy for 7 years (2015-22, including 7 years of Jokers Comedy Club and 18 months of Comedy at the Casino) in Hobart, and has co-produced more than 400 comedy shows. She has also produced events including the Tasmanian RAW Comedy and Class Clowns competitions, Laugh-Aid comedy fundraisers, comedy shows for the Taste Festival, the Lower House Comedy Lounge and Kingston Comedy Bar, the A Cappella Lounge series, many choir concerts, and a range of quiz nights, fundraisers, team-building activities and other events. She has been part of the production team for the Hobart Comedy Festival and has co-produced shows and managed performance venues in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She was an Associate Producer of Tasmania's Festival of Voices for three years (2013-15) and the Volunteers Coordinator for the Ten Days on the Island Festival in 2017, and is a past President of the Tasmanian A Cappella Association. She is also the current Chairperson of the Young Voices of Hobart Board.
Since 2025 Jane has been collaborating with Singing Adventures, to create and present unique (and amazing!) singing tours. The first Singing in Beautiful Places tour to the South Island of New Zealand was a raging success, with new tours planned for 2026 and beyond.
Jane has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sociology, and an Advanced Diploma of Business Management. Before taking a giant leap to working fulltime in the arts industry in 2011, she worked in fields including criminology, prisons administration and government service delivery. Her first paid job was as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant where she once mistook a large spring roll for a banana fritter and served it with icecream and cream. So, you know, swings and roundabouts.
Jane was the the co-producer of Jokers Comedy for 7 years (2015-22, including 7 years of Jokers Comedy Club and 18 months of Comedy at the Casino) in Hobart, and has co-produced more than 400 comedy shows. She has also produced events including the Tasmanian RAW Comedy and Class Clowns competitions, Laugh-Aid comedy fundraisers, comedy shows for the Taste Festival, the Lower House Comedy Lounge and Kingston Comedy Bar, the A Cappella Lounge series, many choir concerts, and a range of quiz nights, fundraisers, team-building activities and other events. She has been part of the production team for the Hobart Comedy Festival and has co-produced shows and managed performance venues in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She was an Associate Producer of Tasmania's Festival of Voices for three years (2013-15) and the Volunteers Coordinator for the Ten Days on the Island Festival in 2017, and is a past President of the Tasmanian A Cappella Association. She is also the current Chairperson of the Young Voices of Hobart Board.
Since 2025 Jane has been collaborating with Singing Adventures, to create and present unique (and amazing!) singing tours. The first Singing in Beautiful Places tour to the South Island of New Zealand was a raging success, with new tours planned for 2026 and beyond.
Jane has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sociology, and an Advanced Diploma of Business Management. Before taking a giant leap to working fulltime in the arts industry in 2011, she worked in fields including criminology, prisons administration and government service delivery. Her first paid job was as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant where she once mistook a large spring roll for a banana fritter and served it with icecream and cream. So, you know, swings and roundabouts.
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