''Call Girl the Musical'' is a

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conceived by Australian TV comedian and writer

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and Doug MacLeod, with musical arrangements from Jack Howard and direction from

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Background

In 2004,

started writing a sitcom about a customer contact centre. Script editor Doug MacLeod suggested that the material would make a good musical. The show had a preview season in October 2008 at the Phoenix Theatre in Elwood directed by

and choreographed by Dave Harford. The preview season starred Alan Fletcher from the Australian TV soap opera ''

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'', with cameo (voice) appearances from

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and Australian TV legend

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. After the preview season, the show was developed and a new season began in April 2009 at

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, South Yarra. The 2009 season again featured

as Jean Brown, with

Jeremy Kewley Jeremy Leo Kewley (born 16 August 1960) is an Australian former actor, writer, and producer. He made his professional acting debut as an adolescent in the feature film '' The Devil's Playground'' (1976). Early life Kewley was born 16 August ...

replacing Alan Fletcher as male lead Frank McGee, and featured new voice-overs from Derek Guille.

Synopsis

It is a musical comedy set in a telephone call centre, following Jean Brown on her first day at work at "We Care Marketing", a dubious customer contact centre populated by flawed characters - including a money hungry man-eater, a wheeler dealer salesman, a vacuous brat and a desperate-to-prove-himself marketing executive with zero training. Despite her heartfelt reluctance to fleece customers and her sabotage from entrenched employees, Jean puts her best foot forward.

References

External links

Official website
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