Single Asian Female

The Golden Phoenix, a restaurant on the Sunshine Coast. The last customers have left for the night, and Pearl can unwind. She’s the quintessential matriarch – balancing family, business, and her love of karaoke. Enter her daughters: Zoe, in the throes of online dating, making big life decisions. And Mei, a teenager, grappling with her identity in modern Australia. Of course they see the world differently to their mother. Pearl is the classic (hilarious) onslaught of embarrassing observations, constantly questioning her Westernised children. Tonight she reveals a secret that threatens to tear their family apart.

A show full of joy. It’s sassy, fierce, and very funny – Australian domesticity like you’ve never seen it before, fresh from a smash hit season at La Boite.

A La Boite Theatre Company production

Warning: This production contains minimal coarse language and sexual content.

Emily Burton
Lucy Heffernan
Patrick Jhanur
Alex Lee
Courtney Stewart
Hsiao-Ling Tang

By Michelle Law
Director Claire Christian
Set & Costume Designer Moe Assaad
Composer & Sound Designer Wil Hughes
Lighting Designer Keith Clark
Stage Manager Peter Sutherland
Assistant Stage Managers Katie Hurst & Keiren Smith

Single Asian Female was commissioned by and premiered at La Boite Theatre Company in Brisbane 2017. This work was developed with the assistance of the Lotus Playwriting Project, an initiative of Playwriting Australia and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (formerly Performance 4a). The premiere season was supported by Philip Bacon Galleries.

Tuesday & Wednesday 6.30pm
Thursday & Friday 8pm
Saturday 2pm & 8pm
Sunday 5pm

Preview (bookable)
8pm, 16 February

Opening Night (invitation only)
8pm, 17 February

Unwaged Performance
2pm, 22 March

Belvoir Briefing
6.30pm, 8 February

Running Time
Approx 2 hours & 19 mins inc. interval

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Production Images by Daniel Boud

★★★★★

The play tackles racial stereotypes, family and romance on the Sunshine Coast with sensitivity and humour.

The Guardian | Yen-Rong Wong

★★★★

Sweet and sour comedy/drama is a little revolution

Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★ 1/2

a celebration of Asian identity and of female friendship, as well as the fraught, complex relationship between migrant mother and second generation daughter

Audrey Journal