[1] Kermond started an apprenticeship at Hawker De Havilland at Bankstown Airport, then worked backstage at the Theatre Royal in Sydney.
He then played Baby John and Arab in West Side Story, Waxy Collins in Sydney Theatre Company's Jonah Jones, and Mike in A Chorus Line.
He played Cosmo Brown in the Australian and Asian tour of Singin' in the Rain which commenced in 2001.
For The Production Company, Kermond played Max Bialystock in The Producers, Moonface Martin in Anything Goes (and the subsequent national tour for Opera Australia) and the Modern Major General in The Pirates Of Penzance.
He received a Green Room Award for male artist in a leading role for The Producers, and has been nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical for Singin' in the Rain and The Producers.