Taylor Swift Saves The Day; Aussie Thespian Oldies Can Now Shake It Off

The show includes Taylor Swift‘s fantastic and irreplaceably wonderful jam Shake It Off, but unfortunately the group found out at the last minute that they could not get the rights to the song to perform it. 

Cue social media miracle, via hashtag #greygreyfortaytay, from the theatre’s Resident Director Anne-Louise Sarks:

Hey @taylorswift13 I’m a big fan and I’m facing an artistic emergency I hope you can help with 1/7 #greygrey4taytay

— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015

.@taylorswift13 I’m a theatre director from Sydney, and we have a big show opening tomorrow night @belvoirst 2/7 #greygrey4taytay

— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015

.@taylorswift13 It’s about the last day of school – only the 17yrolds are all played by 70yrolds 3/7 #greygrey4taytay pic.twitter.com/t3i1JPdZn2

— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015

. @taylorswift13 (including Barry Otto from Strictly Ballroom which maybe you’ve seen) http://t.co/cBOHzj4vdp #greygrey4taytay

— Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015

.@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

The final word and saving grace from ~Queen Swifty~ arrived mere hours ago, just in time for the opening weekend:

Permission granted, @BelvoirSt. Good luck with your opening night 🙂

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 4, 2015

 YES HELLO 000? HELP, WE ARE DYING FROM CUTENESS.