Features

Home Grown to run Q&A with Eddie Perfect!

As part of a new initiative called Testing Grounds, Home Grown will be connecting audiences with writers and their process, including behind the scenes, sneak peeks, writing challenges, along with live chats and Q and A sessions with some of the most exciting writers in musical theatre.

Co-founded by Ben Nicholson and Nick Hedger, Home Grown is a Not-for-profit Company dedicated to supporting, developing and promoting Australian musical theatre. Passionate about the vital importance of grassroots creation to the success of the Australian Musical, we provide a wide range of services to Australian Music Theatre writers.

The first edition of Testing Grounds is a live stream Q&A with Eddie Perfect. Eddie is an actor, writer, and composer, who has recently returned to Australia after living in New York City. His most recent work, Beetlejuice The Musical, was nominated for

He’ll be chatting about his writing process, what he has coming up, and any other questions that viewers may have!

The livestream can be accessed via the Home Grown Instagram account.

Tune in at 8pm tonight (Monday 13th April) by clicking here.

Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman (she/her) is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a double degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies, along with a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). A passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity in the arts, Gabi brings her deep love of storytelling to the stage, the page, and the classroom. A lifelong lover of theatre, she spends more on tickets than she’d like to admit. Her most prized possession is her ever-growing collection of theatre programs.

Recent Posts

Kat Stewart and director Sarah Goodes reunite for gripping Australian drama

One of Australia’s most acclaimed directors, Sarah Goodes (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Julia, The…

3 hours ago

Interview with Gary Abrahams

Fresh from presenting Yentl in London and now celebrating the success of Eurydice at forty…

19 hours ago

The Tony Awards Are Not About Numbers, They Are About The Story Broadway Wants To Tell

The Tony Awards are never just about who gave the best performance or which production…

1 day ago

30 years in the making, Opera Australia’s milestone tour of a Mozart masterpiece: Don Giovanni

Marking three decades of Opera Australia’s national touring program, the 2026 tour of Michael Gow’s…

1 day ago

Paul Capsis and Adam Noviello unite for Grey Gardens-inspired HOUSE OF ROT

Australian stage luminaries Paul Capsis (The Who’s Tommy) and Adam Noviello (Hedwig and the Angry…

2 days ago

Les Femmes at The Grand Electric

What happens when some of the greatest songs ever made famous by male artists are…

2 days ago