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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Paper Stars
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'Everyone knows her as the woman who created Mary Poppins, but who was P.L Travers before she became famous? PAPER STARS is a new Australian musical which theatricalises the early career of one of Australia’s most successful storytellers. Inspired by true events (yet told with a healthy spoonful of imagination), it follows the intrepid Helen Lyndon Goff as she leaves home – with just a feather and a carpet bag – to forge a career for herself in London. While she successfully reinvents herself as P.L Travers, and finds the inspiration to write her world-famous novel, she must also deal with some baggage from her past…'

Source: Theatre Works.

Production Details

  • Scheduled for production by Theatre Works and Salty Theatre at Theatre Works, St Kilda, 3 -13 November 2021.

    Director: Miranda Middleton.

    Musical Director: David Youings.

    Choreographer: Madeline Pratt.

    Set and Costume Designer: Madeline Nibali.

    Producer and Dramaturg: Ashley Taylor and Sarahlouise Younger.

    Production and Stage Manager: Andrew Hughes.

    Production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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