Off to Sydney with Griffin Theatre
I am super stoked to be a part of Griffin Theatre’s Story Lab this year, running 5-1oth November. Hang on, it’s also in partnership with Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, so that’s where we’ll be based for the week. I’ll be developing a concept called ‘The Cooks in town’, which I got thinking about after a […]
Leaf people extract in the next edition of ‘Peril’
Peril, an online magazine, will publish an extract of Leaf people in their next edition which focusses on spirits. I’m not sure exactly when it’ll come out but some time this year. Of course there’ll be a whole bunch of other writers in the magazine, plus interviews. Here is the link to the Leaf people […]
Leaf people being published
Hurrah. The Australian Script Centre is going to publish See how the leaf people run.
Substation in Newport
I went here on Friday for the first time. It was a BEAUTIFUL space. Newport Substation
Leaf people play on Radio National
Last night Radio National’s Airplay program broadcast my radio play, See how the leaf people run, and they’ll play it again on Thursday 30 August at 9pm. You can stream the radio play too for the next month from the RN website: See how the leaf people run on Airplay It was great to hear […]
Website is ready
So with the Arts Start grant – (another plug for it again!) – I have had the help of graphic designer Tammy Nicholson and Fatfish to make this WordPress website. I announce this website officially launched and ready for traffic.
Am I white enough?
The project Chaste I am working on is about Asian-Australian identity as it sits alongside Aboriginal identity. Here is an interesting blog by Michael Dangalaba about the concept of whiteness. One a related note, this makes me think of Andrew Bolt’s High Court case around racial vilification. Remember his comments that certain Aboriginal people were […]
August 2012: Arts Start grant
Yay, I got an Australia Arts Start grant. This is $10,000 to help me with professional development support. One of the awesome things I will get to do is go to the United States in May-June 2013 to meet with Asian-American theatre-makers. Thanks Australia Council! More about these grants here: Arts Start grants.