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The Hatpin Returns

Melle Stewart, Gemma-Ashley Kaplan, Peter Cousens and Michelle Doake

The Australian musical The Hatpin will have another showing in Sydney with the amateur debut of the show scheduled for next year.

The musical, written by James Millar and Peter Rutherford, opened in Sydney last year and was enormously acclaimed as a major step forward for Australian musical theatre.

The Riverside Lyric Ensemble will present the musical in Parramatta in April.

An orientation night is to be held on December 1 for those interested in being part of the publication, with auditions to be held on December 13.

The original professional production starred an array of big musical theatre names, including Caroline O’Connor, Melle Stewart, Peter Cousens and Barry Crocker.

Troy Dodds

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