Stephanie Broadbridge, Breaking: The Musical Merlyn Theatre, MalthouseApril 1 to 3 Rachael Gunn wasn’t in the house on Tuesday night for the first of three shows of Stephanie Broadbridge’s legally challenged musical. And her name wasn’t even spoken. But she was everywhere in this entertaining, messy, incisive, sympathetic, critical and occasionally hilarious production that the audience rewarded with a (partial) standing ovation. First, the disclaimer, which flashed up on a screen at the back of the stage before proceedings began. “All characters in this show are fictional, even the ones that seem like they are not. The ones that seem like they are someone really specific and you are pretty sure they are based on someone real. Also their name sounds heaps like that person’s name that you thought it was. No! They are made up, too. Everything is pretend.” And then we launch into the tale of a young woman (of 36) from the outer Sydney suburb of Hornsby, who will go on to represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, become known as Spraygun, and be mocked mercilessly for her signature kangaroo dance moves (™). As if.