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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.

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