stories_tn.jpg Asian-Australian theatre explores unique migrant culture

by Miriam Corowa

Posted 21 May 2013

Paul van Reyk and Jenevieve Chang feature in this lovely story that reveals the power of a good narrative. 

 

Meet the cast of Stories Then & Now

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Presented by Performance 4a and

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Directed by master storyteller and celebrated photographer William Yang and writer and producer Annette Shun Wah, Stories Then & Now is an inspiring new theatre work bringing together six Asian Australians to tell personal stories from their past to unravel the threads that lead to their present day lives.

Taking the audience from historical conflicts in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea and Sri Lanka to the fraught family sqabbles of suburban Australia today, these candid narratives are drawn from the rich life experiences of academic and author Ien Ang, performer and writer Jenevieve Chang, video journalist and writer Michael C.S. Park, producer and writer Sheila Pham, social worker and food writer Paul van Reyk and civil marriage celebrant Willa Zheng.

Music by Nicholas Ng.

Pictured:  TOP ROW  Paul van Reyk, Jenevieve Chang, Sheila Pham  
BOTTOM ROW Willa Zheng, Michael C.S. Park, Ien Ang

Stories Then & Now premieres at Carriageworks 22-25 May

Performances Wed-Sat at 7pm; Sat at 2pm
POST SHOW TALK - Sat 25 May at 3.20pm 

BOOK NOW:  Ticketmaster 1300 723 038. 

An umbrella event of Sydney Writers' Festival 2013