Tee has appeared in cabaret, musicals and theatre in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and United States. His roles include Jack in
Sondheim's
Into the Woods and
The Wizard of Oz. In 2001, he was resident artist at the
Court Theatre, Christchurch, appearing as Grumio in
Kiss Me, Kate and as Wayne in
Kiwifruits II.
Theatre and opera In February 2003, Tee received positive reviews for his role in the role of Frances in Campion Decent's
Three Winters Green at the
Stables Theatre in Sydney.
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote: "a definite star." In May 2005 Tee played the role of Lt. Joe Cable in
South Pacific under the direction of
John Diedrich and Jo Anne Robinson at the
Adelaide Festival Centre. Also in 2005, he was one of the twelve finalists in the international
BBC Voice of Musical Theatre competition. Following this, he went on to play the role of
Marius Pontmercy in
Les Misérables at the
Queen's Theatre in London. He also performed the role at its 20th anniversary performance, on 8 October 2005. He returned to Australia in late 2006 and assumed the leading role of Thomas Andrews in the Australian premiere in Sydney of the musical
Titanic, garnering critical acclaim. Prior to commencing his role in
Titanic, he also played in the workshop of the new Australian musical
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie as Cuddlepie under the direction of
Neil Armfield. In 2007 Tee starred alongside
Teddy Tahu Rhodes in the opera
Dead Man Walking based on
the film of the same name, in which he played the role of Father Grenville. Tee appeared as Freddy Einsford Hill in
Opera Australia's production of
My Fair Lady in 2009 in Auckland. The
Theatre Review wrote, "Hayden Tee is in fine voice, and is deliciously sappy and gushy as the love-struck Freddy." He played Professor Bhaer in
Little Women for Kookaburra, The National Musical Theatre Company, as part of their 2008/2009 subscription season. He played the role of Gus the Theatre Cat, Growltiger the Opera Cat and Bustopher Jones in
Cats in the world touring production for the
Really Useful Group.
Cabaret Tee won the New York Award at the 2002 Sydney Cabaret Convention. His New York cabaret debut was at Don't Tell Mamma on 46th Street in
Hell's Kitchen. His debut solo cabaret show, "Me to a Tee" was performed to great acclaim in Sydney, Auckland and New York. His next cabaret show,
Quarterlife Crisis was performed in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra.
Muftee, Tee's chat/cabaret/tonight show, opened at the Stables Theatre in May 2003 and was hailed as "Australia's cult cabaret hit" by
The Sydney Morning Herald. This late-night show featured stars of Australia's musical theatre as guests. Originally planned as a three-week run,
Muftee went on to play to packed houses for a record-breaking seven months. Next was a short season at Kabarett Voltaire of his new cabaret,
Hayden Tee. In December 2003, he was in
New York again, performing
Hayden Tee and
Muftee at Mamma Rose's. The show was described by
New York Post columnist
Liz Smith as "wild and zany". During ''Muftee's
run in New York Tee had the opportunity of performing opposite Stephen Schwartz, John Bucchino, Avenue Q''s
John Tartaglia,
Julie Wilson and
Brent Barrett. Whilst in New York, Tee released his first CD, which has been voted by
Cabaret Hotline as one of the best five male vocal releases of the year. In Sydney,
Muftee returned in February for a six-week season at The Stables. He then played Kabarett Voltaire and Melbourne's Butterfly Club with his cabaret show,
Hayden Tee and toured this show for a return season at Villa Caprese and
Riverside Theatres Parramatta. His show
The Gin is Cold...But the Piano Is Hot, which focused on the music of
Kander and Ebb, has played around Australia. In 2008 he appeared at the Metropolitan Room in New York City in his self-titled one man show. In 2019, Tee released "Face to Face" on Broadway Records. The musical theatre album includes a song featuring
John Owen-Jones and arrangements by Nigel Ubrihien.
2010-2026 In 2010, he played Simon Stride in the Taiwan tour of
Jekyll & Hyde and was
Brad Little's
alternate in
the title roles. Since locating to the US in 2010 Tee has appeared in a number of productions including playing
The Wolf /
Cinderella's Prince in
Into the Woods (director Susan V. Booth, Alliance Theater Co),
King Arthur in
Camelot (dir. Ted Pappas, Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Freddy Einsford Hill In
My Fair Lady (dir. Charles Repole,
North Shore Music Theatre) and Mr. Darling /
Captain Hook in
Peter Pan (dir. Michael Lichtefeld). Tee recently played the role of Jack in the new musical version of
The Importance of Being Earnest titled
Being Earnest written by Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska at the New Works festival in California under the direction of Robert Kelly. Tee appeared as
Edward Rutledge in
1776 at the Pittsburgh Public Theater early 2013. Tee returned to
Les Misérables playing
Inspector Javert in the 2014 world tour. He later reprised the role in the Broadway revival in 2016 and in the West End in 2017. In 2018 and 2019, he played Miss Trunchbull in
Matilda the Musical in the West End. He reprised this role in the international tour. In 2023, he played Lance Du Bois in
& Juliet in Australia. He reprised the role in the Broadway production of the show in March and November 2025. He reprised his role of Javert in the summer of 2025 in the World Arena Concert Tour of
Les Misérables. He also played Javert in the North American tour beginning in January 2026. Tee is a creative director of
Inglot Cosmetics. ==Awards==