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Stories East & West
Directed by renowned storyteller, photographer and performer William Yang and producer/writer Annette Shun Wah.
Six storytellers confront their family skeletons to flesh out the stories of the here and now. Accompanied by images from private collections, they reveal engaging and moving insights into family, identity, ambition, confusion and determination. Featuring Daphne Lowe Kelley, Joy Hopwood, Paul Cordeiro, Mary Tang, Mai Long, Teik-Kim Pok and Sunil Badami. Stories East & West has played at Belvoir and Riverside Theatres and will play at Zenith Theatre, Chatswood in September 2012.
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COOLie
COOLie is a unique showcase of Asian-Australian storytelling and performance. The inaugural season took place at Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre on 1-13 Feb, 2011. Comprising three shows:
Meeting at Moree - Chinese Australian meets Indigenous Australia through the stories of William Yang and Noeline Briggs-Smith
Stories East & West - six storytellers link Asia and Australia, past and present, family and personal aspiration. Directed by William Yang and Annette Shun Wah
About Face - from mini-skirted vixens to big pants percussion, and searing torch song to a genuine 70s guitar hero. Les Gock, Paul Cordeiro, Lena Cruz, Suara Indonesia Dance and comedians Jennifer Wong and Oliver Phommavanh address turn expectations 180 degrees. Directed by Lisa Freshwater.
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Story Telling Workshops
Performance 4a’s Story Telling Workshops, led by William Yang, were a great success. A small invited audience joined us at Gallery 4A in Sydney, to be entertained and inspired by six highly personal and compelling narratives linking East and West, past and present. Congratulations to participants Joy Hopwood, Daphne Lowe Kelley, Derrick Siu, Gary Shinfield, Annette Shun Wah and Mary Tang. More workshops are planned in July 2012.
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 Men in Love
Through songs, sketches and multi-media projections Rick Lau explores the stages of love through the eyes of 10 men in a city apartment building.
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 Yellowfeather
In Georgina Naidu's humourous autobiographical show, a confused little Indian-Australian girl looks to popular culture to find a home.
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 How Now Rick Lau
It's 3am and the city snores. In the ghostly glow of a laptop, a stooped figure taps away. He's blogging.
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SunRice
"A one man tour de force..." Rick Lau's comedy cabaret.
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 4 x 20: Yellow
Cross over to the other side for the black humour of writer/performer Chi Vu in An Empty Evil Event and the hilarious tale of the quick change identity artist in Georgina Naidu's Yellowfeather
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 Four x Twenty
Four original 20 minute works, freshly baked, hot and tasty!.
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