Company B Belvoir & Performance 4a present Stories East & West, directed by renowned storyteller, photographer and performer William Yang and producer/writer Annette Shun Wah.
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
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William Yang & Annette Shun Wah
Paul Codeiro, Joy Hopwood, Daphne Lowe Kelley, Mai Long, Teik-Kim Pok and Mary Tang
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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.
Daphne Lowe Kelley’s mother leaves the family village for the first time, crossing oceans in search of a missing husband. Father, now a lingerie salesman, didn’t know what was coming …
Poet Mary Tang’s Chinese horoscope predicted she would bring bad luck, so her family gave her way. She recounts the many ways in which she is lucky to be alive.
Choreographer/performer Paul Cordeiro’s mother almost had him convinced of their English ancestry, until his aunty said: “but look at our eyes”. How does he deal with being “not exactly Chinese”?
Actor/writer Joy Hopwood relates her arduous, but often hilarious quest – to become a Playschool presenter.
Malaysian-Chinese actor Teik-Kim Pok explores his boyhood fascination with the west within a family characterised by niggles between middle class relatives and the “country hicks”.
Visual artist Mai Long’s artwork ignited controversy for some in the Vietnamese community, but brings her a better understanding of her family, particularly her dad, who was “not a communicator”.
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Full Price |
$25
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Concession |
$20 |
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