Tyler Coppin plays Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Tyler Coppin snares Kade and Quinn as Jeremy and Jemima Potts. Picture: LUKE HEMER Source: adelaidenow ONE of Sir Robert Helpmann's most memorable characters will be resurrected on the Adelaide stage in the new musical production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Tyler Coppin, who will play the evil Child Catcher role created by Helpmann in the 1968 film, has a connection to the part. Coppin also portrayed Helpmann in the one-man play Lyrebird, which he wrote for the 1998 Adelaide Festival and revived for State Theatre in 2007. "The director, Roger Hodgman, thought it would be a perfect fit," Coppin said. I knew of this musical and had hoped that I would one day play the Child Catcher if it ever came to Australia. Tyler Coppin snares Kade and Quinn as Jeremy and Jemima Potts and takes them away. Coppin modelled his performance in part on Helpmann's. I put my own spin on it, but it's definitely got Robert Helpmann in it ... I studied him a lot. He loved playing evil, yet was so genuinely wonderful to children. Helpmann was among the first performers to take Australian arts to the international stage. Kade, 13, and Quinn, 11, play twins Jeremy and Jemima kidnapped by the Child Catcher. "Sometimes you forget he's an actor," Kade said. Quinn added: "Everyone boos him - but they clap as well."