Life's a Stage at Zenith Theatre
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Fri 22 Feb 2013 - Sun 24 Feb 2013
Making its debut for the 2013 Chinese New Year season,
Life's A Stage, written by Asian-Australian actor Joe Chan and directed by both Chan and fellow Asian-Australian director Harry Tseng, is a story that combines the old world of the Chinese Opera performers in Hong Kong and the many hardships that often followed them. It's about the struggles of a woman who, due to her career as an opera performer, makes the harrowing choice to give her baby up to be raised by the family of her married lover. After discovering she is terminally ill, she finds that she is able to meet her long-lost baby boy, now a grown man and himself a performer. The play explores the themes of family relationships, love, identity, sacrifice and responsibility at a time when often the choices we now take for granted weren't always possible.
Developed in 6 months and produced by the Australian Art & Stageworks Inc., Life's a Stage is an intriguing way to introduce Chinese Opera to the wider community, and is performed as a subtitled bilingual play. The cast is made up of Asian-Australian actors Jemwel Danao, Gabrielle Chan, Ai Diem, Michael Quan, Linda Liu Mona Fung, Lucia Chung, Daphne Lowe-Kelly, and Joe Chan also makes a guest appearance.
If you've ever wanted to see something different for Chinese New Year,
Life's a Stage is the perfect opportunity to do just that. Catch this play at the Zenith Theatre (McIntosh Street, Chatswood) on Friday, 22nd February at 7:30pm, Saturday, 23rd February at 2pm and Sunday, 24th February at 5pm. Tickets start from $20 and bookings are essential. Go to the
Zenith Theatre site and book your tickets now.
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