You might have seen Jack Dodds and Alice Litchfield on the Orange Civic Theatre stage in musicals including Mary Poppins and Wicked but you will have to travel a bit further to catch them in their latest production.
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The Orange performers are starring in a musical comedy based on the story of Schapelle Corby when she was arrested for drug smuggling in Bali in 2005.
Schapelle, Schapelle, opens a 23-performance run at the Manning Bar at Sydney University as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival on Thursday April 22.
I think any part of Australia will get it
- Jack Dodds, co-creator Schapelle, Schapelle
Mr Dodds, who co-created the show while at university in Bathurst in 2018, said it was the show's big break after short runs in Bathurst, Sydney and Adelaide.
"It's something I didn't expect. It was just finding a current topic. It [started] out as a joke," he said.
Mr Dodds said he was seeking to develop a career in the arts in Sydney.
"I'm just trying to find my way as an emerging artist," he said.
Ms Litchfield is in the final year of a Bachelor of Communication (media, arts and production) course at the University of Technology Sydney.
The former Kinross Wolaroi School students have been in several productions in Orange.
"We both did the musicals at school," she said.
Ms Litchfield said she played Glinda in Wicked, while Mr Dodds played Bert in Mary Poppins in Orange Theatre Company productions at the Orange Civic Theatre.
In Schapelle, Schapelle they are part of the seven-person cast which also features music composer Tim Hansen from Carcoar.
They are currently in rehearsals ahead of opening night next week.
Mr Dodds said the show was a musical comedy based on the media sensationalism of Corby's time in Bali.
"It's very adaptable. I think any part of Australia will get it," he said.
While the show is fictionalised it is based on actual events.
He said the show's Adelaide run was stopped by the outbreak of COVID-19 last year and now the challenge was to get crowds back into the theatre.
"People aren't buying anything until about three days before [the performance]," he said.
"People are staying at home more." Book on the Comedy Festival website.
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