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| (Belvoir Street Theatre) |
'Single Asian Female' focuses on three females; a fifties something recently divorced mother and her two daughters, one aged in her late twenties and the other a high school teenager. Mum is an immigrant whose home origin cultural mannerisms and accent embarrass the younger daughter. The older daughter is more tolerant of her mother but suffers the boorish behaviour she experiences as a first generation Australian.
Set mostly in the family run Chinese Restaurant and its upstairs bedroom, this is a vibrant and entertaining tale of the immigrant experience.
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Sounds very Benjamin Law.
ReplyDeleteInteresting observation Andrew. The author of the play is Michelle Law and I have wondered whether there is a familial connection.
DeleteCould you call this "The Family Law" with the boys written out?
ReplyDeleteMichelle is Benjamin's (younger) sister.
It could be annoying when your big brother gets first go at the material.