Three Plays by Asian Australians [Monkey Mother + Chinese Take Away + Butterfly Seer]

Title: Three Plays by Asian Australians [Monkey Mother + Chinese Take Away + Butterfly Seer]
Author: Batchelor, Don (ed)
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THREE PLAYS BY ASIAN AUSTRALIANS
By Binh Duy Ta, Anna Yen, and Indija N. Mahjoeddin


THE MONKEY MOTHER
By Binh Duy Ta

Cast: 1M 2F
Character Ages: 2080
Length: 45 minutes approximately
Target Audience: Senior Years / Adult
Style: Drama
Themes: Family, inter-cultural relationships, Vietnamese culture

The Monkey Mother is a mirror-imaging whirl of legend and contemporary life- The Sun Herald

SYNOPSIS
A lyrical drama celebrating the potential in an inter-cultural marriage between two young people told in a unique blend of myth, music, poetry, and martialarts based movement.

PRODUCTION HISTORY Premiered at the Pact Theatre, Erskinville in February, 1998.

PLAYWRIGHT
Binh Duy Ta is a Vietnamese born playwright and performer, who now lives in Australia. Binh has performed in and written the critically acclaimed The Return for the Sydney Asian Theatre Festival at Belvoir St Theatre, and has performed for Jigsaw Theatre, Griffin Theatre and Entracte Theatre.



CHINESE TAKE AWAY
By Anna Yen

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ALSO AVAILABLE: Chinese Take Away (DVD of the stageplay - licenced for Schools, Libraries and Colleges)
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Cast: 1F
Character Ages: 30
Length: 45 minutes approximately
Target Audience: Senior Years / Adult
Style: Drama
Themes: History, family, poverty, Chinese culture, traditionalism

a complex and multi-dimensional narrative Artfilms

SYNOPSIS
Three generations of women; Grandmother, Mother and Anna, make a figurative journey from the mores of Old China to those of contemporary Australia. A tragi-comic, one-woman show richly realised through voice and circus.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premiered Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, August 1997 as a co-production between Gum Yi Productions and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust.

PLAYWRIGHT
Anna is a performer, movement and circus teacher, Feldenkrais Practitioner and director. Shes the co-founder of the Tasmanian Womens Circus and performed, co-created, wrote and produced Chinese Takeaway for which she received a Matilda Award Special Commendation.



THE BUTTERFLY SEER
By Indija N. Mahjoeddin

Cast: 10M 10F
Character Ages: 1370
Length: 45 minutes approximately
Target Audience: Senior Years / Adult
Style: Drama
Themes: Folk legends, oriental assumptions, floods, battle

a complex and multi-dimensional narrative Artfilms

SYNOPSIS
A reproduction of the Sumatran Randai form depicting the tribulation that beset Aysha, a visionary who challenges her village neighbours to join her on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and the tensions that arise for her devoted follower, Osman the Clown.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
The Butterfly Seer was developed under the Playlab Script Development Program in 1998-9, and was the featured reading at their Writers Weekend in June 1999.

PLAYWRIGHT
Indija N. Mahjoeddin is a theatre maker, writer/director of Randian Folk Theatre. She established the Brisbane based ensemble MusiK KabaU and has toured her work extensively on the theatre festival circuit.

Publisher: Playlab Press
Publication date: 01/01/2001
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780908156597
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping in stock