'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.
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.