Born in Berlin, Christoph grew up in Lingen, Ems, and trained at Hamburg’s Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama.

After that he performed in various roles including in THE WHO’S TOMMY at the Lübeck Theatre, as Baby John in WEST SIDE STORY at the Staatstheater Oldenburg and Bielefeld Theatre, as KALLE BLOMQUIST in the eponymous show at Hagen Theatre, and in CANDIDE in Hamburg. His first experience in film and television came with HUNDSGEMEIN and SICK OF IT ALL.

From 2003 to 2009, Christoph featured in MAMMA MIA! at Hamburg’s Operettenhaus and at Theater am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, where he was Assistant Dance Captain and swing/CV for Pepper and Eddie. Christoph then moved to AIDA Cruises where, as theatre manager, he managed the theatre crew on the AIDAcara and AIDAvita.

Since summer 2012, Christoph has been the casting & rehearsals manager responsible together with his team for casting and rehearsals  of all performers and ensembles on the stages of AIDA ships.

A fully qualified musical theater performer and dance teacher, Janine completed her studies at Laine Theatre Arts College in Epsom, England.

She played Iris in FAME and a Kit Kat Girl in CABARET in Bremerhaven. At the Operettenhaus Hamburg, she was Sophie, Lisa and Swing in MAMMA MIA! Janine also performed in the European touring productions of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and as cover Sarah in MIAMI NIGHTS. In Hamburg and Stuttgart, she was involved in ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK as Assistant Dance Captain, Swing and cover Frau Menzel. For the world premiere of KEIN PARDON at Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, she was Dance Captain, Swing and cover Karin. Most recently, she performed as Swing, Cover Brooke Wyndham and Serena in LEGALLY BLONDE in Vienna.

Since summer, 2014 Janine has been responsible for casting female soloists, actors and hosts.

Born in Kiel, he completed his training as an actor at Stella Academy in Hamburg.

After that he performed in ANATEVKA (Fiddler on the Roof) and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at the Tecklenburg Open-Air Theatre, in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Hamburg’s Imperial Theatre, and in the new Viennese production of HAIR at the Bremen Musical Theatre. He also played Fedya on the European tour of ANATEVKA, performed in the ABBA musical MAMMA MIA! at Hamburg’s Operettenhaus and Stuttgart’s Palladium Theatre, and had a stage part in the rock musical RENT and the Disney musical AIDA at Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen.

As well as working as an actor, Oliver has trained as a couple’s dance instructor at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in the American town of West Hartford and has managed the theatre crew on AIDAvita and AIDAluna as a theatre manager.

Since 2013, Oliver has been responsible for male soloists and all of the social media channels at the AIDA Casting department.

After completing her high school diploma, Julia von Ahn, who was born in Hamburg, initially trained as a merchant specializing in audiovisual media at a Hamburg model agency, at which, upon successful completion of her training, she continued to work for several years in the area of model booking.

During the summer of 2009, Julia moved to AIDA Entertainment, where she initially worked as a business management assistant before taking responsibility for guest artist bookings in 2012.

Udo was born in Hesse and grew up near Frankfurt. After learning the piano, clarinet, saxophone and training as a singer, he performed regularly with bands and orchestras, trained talented young artists, and began to build up his own experience in musicals such as THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY in Hanau.

He trained as an industrial management assistant in Frankfurt and then as a stage performer at Hamburg’s Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama. While still training he performed at Altona Theatre and toured as the frontman of various bands and as a soloist at musical galas and events around Germany.

He has performed on Bremen Theatre Ship, in musicals such as JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and GREASE and as Juan Peron in EVITA, and as a soloist in the show ensemble on AIDA ships.

Since 2008, Udo has been responsible for casting all of the dancers and solo musicians.

Born in Hamburg, Miryam has been working for AIDA since 2003. She began as an edutainment manager on the AROSAblu and AIDAblu, where she managed lecturers, edutainers, undercover comedians, Artists in Residence and guest artists.

She then moved to AIDA Entertainment headquarters in Hamburg in 2005, and has since been responsible for booking edutainers, lecturers and undercover comedians.

Miryam also designs programmes and theme cruises.

David Hartley was born in Essex, England. Following his successful graduation from Performers College in London, he initially collaborated in numerous British TV productions.

He began his musicals career as Alonzo in CATS at the Operettenhaus Hamburg. This was followed by TANZ DER VAMPIRE at the Apollo Theater Stuttgart, ELISABETH at the Colosseum Theater Essen, MIAMI NIGHTS at the Capitol Theater Düsseldorf and 42ND STREET at the Apollo Theater Stuttgart. In the productions of 3 MUSKETIERE at the Theater des Westens Berlin and at the Apollo Theater Stuttgart, he was also entrusted with the role of Dance Captain.

Since 2008, David has been working as a choreographer for AIDA Entertainment in Hamburg. Additional jobs as a choreographer include, among others, ME AND MY GIRL at the Theater im Nordpark Mönchengladbach and the Theater Krefeld, ALICE IM WUNDERLAND at Schmidts Tivoli Hamburg, LETTERLAND and PINKELSTADT at the Neue Kellertheater Wetzlar and I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at the E-Werk Freiburg. His most recent choreographic successes include LOTTE, at the summer theatre festival Wetzlarer Festspiele in Wetzlar, which was nominated for Best Musical at the German Musical Theater Award and BECAUSE OF LOVE in Shanghai, China.

Alongside his role as a Jazz and Tap Dance Instructor, he has also been working for artists in the AIDA Casting Department since 2016.

Born in Hamburg, Mike Schlünzen completed his training to become a musical theater performer at the Hamburg School of Entertainment.

Mike then played the roles of Jonathan Harker in DRACULA and Hamlet in HAMLET, among other roles, at the Jahrmarkttheater in Lower Saxony. He could also be seen across Germany in the touring productions of RITTER ROST and GIRAFFENAFFEN.

During his training days, he had already been assisting the AIDA Casting Team in the administrative section and, in 2016, he returned as a permanent member of the team.