International megastar Taylor Swift has replied to a twitter plea from a Sydney theatre director giving her performance permission to use the lyrics to Shake It Off.
Director Anne-Louise Sarks had been told she couldn’t use the song by Taylor Swift’s label the night before the performance debut of her play Seventeen – a play where 17-year-olds play 70 year-olds.
Left in a dire situation, Sarks went on a Twitter campaign to get the star’s permission.
.@taylorswift13 there’s this great moment where they Shake It Off, and they know all the words and have amazing moves 5/7 #greygrey4taytay
— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015
.@taylorswift13 But we’ve just at the last minute been told we can’t have the rights to the song! 6/7 #greygrey4taytay — Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015
.@taylorswift13 Is there anything at all you can do?!! Thanks for reading! 7/7 #greygrey4taytay pic.twitter.com/pdL1TW1Bv9
— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015
She also tweeted a heap of other celebs in an effort to get any kind of attention from Taylor Swift, enlisting the help of comedian Tim Minchin as well.
Hi @russellcrowe! Anything you can do to help us get this to @taylorswift13 would be ace! #greygrey4taytay @BelvoirSt pic.twitter.com/UqdQ2OnTv0 — Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 4, 2015
Hi @RealHughJackman! If you can help in any way to get this to @taylorswift13 that would be great #greygrey4taytay pic.twitter.com/6zeWyXSggu
— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 4, 2015
Dear @edsheeran. Cd you please ask Taylor & to ask her manager to ask her publisher to sort this? (I said I’d try). http://t.co/K9oF9htD95
— Tim Minchin (@timminchin) August 4, 2015
And permission came from the starlet herself.
@taylorswift13 OMG THANK YOU! #greygrey4taytay
— Belvoir (@BelvoirSt) August 4, 2015
THANK YOU SO MUCH @taylorswift13!!! I am overwhelmed. Your support for artists is a thing to behold. Thank you. https://t.co/GR1hmtjml7
— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 4, 2015
The performance is at Belvoir Street Theatre, a Sydney-based theatre in Surry Hills where we held digital disruption conference Daze of Disruption this year.
Nice one Tay Tay!
