Caryl Loria Illana

Caryl is a Filipina lesbian musical theatre performer based in Wellington, New Zealand. She is classically trained as a mezzo soprano specialising in musical theatre, pop/rock, and rap.

Since her surprise first performance at the age of three during a screening of Pocahontas, Caryl has performed in musicals onstage at Walt Disney World, at the TSB Bank Festival of Lights in New Plymouth, along the Kapiti coast, and in her home of Wellington. She has also sung at local community and cultural festivals including CubaDupa, Out in the City, Spring Into Tawa, and Japan Festival Wellington, as well as fan conventions in Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Whangārei, and Wellington.