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The Serpent’s Table

Annette Shun Wah — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:57:56 +0000

What’s Australia’s place in the Asian century? You could do worse than to refer to Australians of Asian background. But the cultural landscape has a yawning gap as far as investigations of contemporary Asian Australian experiences is concerned. My main gig this year is to run Performance 4a, an organisation with the twin aims of producing performance that explores Asian Australian themes, and supporting the professional development of Australian artists of Asian background working in the performance area. A project I’m really excited about is The Serpent’s Table, which combines storytelling, performance, theatrical installation and FOOD! The exceptional creative team behind the project is pictured here. Griffin Theatre Company is our creative partner in the project, and we hope to have it ready for public consumption in January 2014.

The Serpent’s Table Creative Team

I Am A Camera

Annette Shun Wah — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:26:30 +0000

It’s rare to see photographer William Yang without a camera in hand. Over the past couple of years it’s been a great pleasure to work with William on our story telling show Stories East & West, for Performance 4a, developing other people’s stories into a moving and compelling theatrical piece. So I enjoyed William’s latest show I Am A Camera in which he turns the lens on his own life, accompanied by live performances of music composed by Elena Kats-Chernin. The show was part of Sydney Festival 2012 and played at Parramatta Riverside 13-15 Jan and the Seymour Centre 17-22 Jan.

Stories East & West cast with William Yang and Annette Shun Wah

COOLie

Annette Shun Wah — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:44:28 +0000

Stories East & West cast with William Yang & Annette Shun Wah

COOLie was a two-week season of Asian Australian performance that I produced at Belvoir St Theatre in Feb 2011 for Performance 4a as part of Chinese New Year Festival. We also performed some shows at Riverside Theatres. The season included storytelling shows Stories East & West – which I co-directed with William Yang – and Meeting at Moree featuring William with Indigenous elder Noeline Briggs-Smith; and a truly unusual and uplifting variety show called About Face with comedians Oliver Phommavanh and Jennifer Wong; Paul Cordeiro; Suara Indonesia Dance; singer Lena Cruz and rock legend Les Gock. Directed by Lisa Freshwater, it was a hoot!

Cast of About Face