Short films : The Last Chip and Mooncake & Crab
The Last Chip: Madam Fang, Mrs. Nguyen and Sister Ah Lan are three old friends who have little in common save for unfulfilled dreams. When they venture out for a lively night at the local mega casino, fortune deals them an unexpected hand.
Mooncake & Crab: On the day of the Mid Autumn Festival Chinese-born Crystal prepares a traditional meal of mooncake and crab for her new Anglo-Australian family. What no-one around her realizes is that Crystal has recently said goodbye to her lover, a Chinese artist, and she is pregnant with his child. As she prepares the meal with her visiting father, news comes that the plane her lover was traveling on has crashed. As Crystal tries to hide her feelings her step-daughter asks her to tell them the story behind the mooncake - a story that suddenly has great resonance with her own life.
Friday 27 January 2012
Chinese Australian director Heng Tang shows two short films, The Last Chip and Mooncake and Crab, followed by a Q&A session.
Time : 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue : Sydney Mechanics School of Art ,280 Pitt Street, Sydney
Cost : $8 with refreshment
Info/bookings essential 0414329880 (Michael)
Email: contact@australasianartandstageworks.com
www.australasianartandstageworks.org
The Last Chip: Madam Fang, Mrs. Nguyen and Sister Ah Lan are three old friends who have little in common save for unfulfilled dreams. When they venture out for a lively night at the local mega casino, fortune deals them an unexpected hand.
Mooncake & Crab: On the day of the Mid Autumn Festival Chinese-born Crystal prepares a traditional meal of mooncake and crab for her new Anglo-Australian family. What no-one around her realizes is that Crystal has recently said goodbye to her lover, a Chinese artist, and she is pregnant with his child. As she prepares the meal with her visiting father, news comes that the plane her lover was traveling on has crashed. As Crystal tries to hide her feelings her step-daughter asks her to tell them the story behind the mooncake - a story that suddenly has great resonance with her own life.
Friday 27 January 2012
Chinese Australian director Heng Tang shows two short films, The Last Chip and Mooncake and Crab, followed by a Q&A session.
Time : 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue : Sydney Mechanics School of Art ,280 Pitt Street, Sydney
Cost : $8 with refreshment
Info/bookings essential 0414329880 (Michael)
Email: contact@australasianartandstageworks.com
www.australasianartandstageworks.org
A Library Up Late event - Meet the cast Wednesday 1 February
8.00pm – 9.00pm
Customs House Library
Reading Room
Book online or T 9242 8555
http://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/search?search[title_or_summary_or_description_like]=Library+Up+Late
Information 9719 3080 Daphne
Email : lowekelley@bigpond.com
8.00pm – 9.00pm
Customs House Library
Reading Room
Book online or T 9242 8555
http://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/search?search[title_or_summary_or_description_like]=Library+Up+Late
Information 9719 3080 Daphne
Email : lowekelley@bigpond.com
Women Who Speak Saturday 4 February – Saturday 10 March 2012
Nancy Ma’s ceramics explore the dynamics of Chinese women’s identities. This exhibition features three series of her work: Her Clothes, Her Life(2007); My Clothes, My Life (2009); and Their Clothes, Their Lives (2011-12). Exhibition co-organised by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Government of the Hong Kong) and Australasian Art & Stageworks.
Time: 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday
Venue : Hong Kong House, Ground Floor, 80 Druitt St, Sydney
Cost : Free
Info/bookings : www.australasianartandstageworks.com
Nancy Ma 0411 389 222, nama4368@uni.sydney.edu.au
Nancy Ma’s ceramics explore the dynamics of Chinese women’s identities. This exhibition features three series of her work: Her Clothes, Her Life(2007); My Clothes, My Life (2009); and Their Clothes, Their Lives (2011-12). Exhibition co-organised by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Government of the Hong Kong) and Australasian Art & Stageworks.
Time: 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday
Venue : Hong Kong House, Ground Floor, 80 Druitt St, Sydney
Cost : Free
Info/bookings : www.australasianartandstageworks.com
Nancy Ma 0411 389 222, nama4368@uni.sydney.edu.au
Theatrical production - The Quiet Brother [不再沉默]
[不再沉默] 是一套英文話劇，以歷史為題材, 多元文化為背景，其中加插一些中國武術和音樂演譯，敘述于1901年的白種政策批行前，一個经歷排華後的早期中國移民家庭如何面對各種問題和抖紛。 Harden Murrumburrah 快報於 2011年四月曾記載:[當日令人難忘的節目焦點，是一個以淘金為時代背景，反影出中國人心聲的舞臺劇。]
It is about a Chinese brother and sister growing up in New South Wales goldmining country in the aftermath of the Lambing Flat Riots and the impact the anti-Chinese riots had on their identities. It is as much about their hardships leading up to the time of the White Australia Policy as it is about the unique practices and rich history of an early multicultural Australia.
Director: Nikki Selby
Casts: Lap Phan, Ivy Mak, Alex Wang, Gabrielle Chan, Daphne Lowe-Kelley,Michael Quan and Derek Quan
Crews: Clayton Buffoni , Jocelyn Speight , Elka Kerkhofs, Leighton Lam and Jillian Freeman
Date : 23th – 26th Feb 2012
Time : 8.15pm 23th - 25th Feb
2.15pm 25th Feb
5.15pm 26th Feb
Venue : Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre,
25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
Cost : $25(Full)/$20 (Concession)
Info/bookings by phone 9699 3444 or
on-line http://www.belvoir.com.au/whats-on
[不再沉默] 是一套英文話劇，以歷史為題材, 多元文化為背景，其中加插一些中國武術和音樂演譯，敘述于1901年的白種政策批行前，一個经歷排華後的早期中國移民家庭如何面對各種問題和抖紛。 Harden Murrumburrah 快報於 2011年四月曾記載:[當日令人難忘的節目焦點，是一個以淘金為時代背景，反影出中國人心聲的舞臺劇。]
It is about a Chinese brother and sister growing up in New South Wales goldmining country in the aftermath of the Lambing Flat Riots and the impact the anti-Chinese riots had on their identities. It is as much about their hardships leading up to the time of the White Australia Policy as it is about the unique practices and rich history of an early multicultural Australia.
Director: Nikki Selby
Casts: Lap Phan, Ivy Mak, Alex Wang, Gabrielle Chan, Daphne Lowe-Kelley,Michael Quan and Derek Quan
Crews: Clayton Buffoni , Jocelyn Speight , Elka Kerkhofs, Leighton Lam and Jillian Freeman
Date : 23th – 26th Feb 2012
Time : 8.15pm 23th - 25th Feb
2.15pm 25th Feb
5.15pm 26th Feb
Venue : Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre,
25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
Cost : $25(Full)/$20 (Concession)
Info/bookings by phone 9699 3444 or
on-line http://www.belvoir.com.au/whats-on
Cultural Day in Sydney 14/04/2012
Presented by a range of Chinese organisations and groups, these events will provide hands-on experience for learning Chinese culture and heritage. Run over two days, Chinese Cultural Day will include interactive workshops and colourful Chinese performances. Come and enjoy calligraphy demonstrations, Kung fu workshops, Chinese Opera and much more.
Delivered by the City of Sydney, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Australian Chinese Painting Society, Ultimo Community Centre Chinese Senior Group, Australian Federation of Chinese Organisations, Australia China Cultural Friendship Association, Chinese Heritage Association of Australia, Sydney Chinese Dancing and Song Inc, Australian Chinese Community Association and Australasian Art & Stageworks Inc.
Presented by a range of Chinese organisations and groups, these events will provide hands-on experience for learning Chinese culture and heritage. Run over two days, Chinese Cultural Day will include interactive workshops and colourful Chinese performances. Come and enjoy calligraphy demonstrations, Kung fu workshops, Chinese Opera and much more.
Delivered by the City of Sydney, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Australian Chinese Painting Society, Ultimo Community Centre Chinese Senior Group, Australian Federation of Chinese Organisations, Australia China Cultural Friendship Association, Chinese Heritage Association of Australia, Sydney Chinese Dancing and Song Inc, Australian Chinese Community Association and Australasian Art & Stageworks Inc.
Weekend at Harrietville Oct 13, 2012
“The Quiet Brother” Harrietville Community Centre Australasian Art & Stageworks is proud to present an adaptation of the play, “The Quiet Brother” by Ivy Mak.
It was written in 2011 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the infamous anti-Chinese attacks on the Burrangong goldfields of Lambing Flat NSW. It is an intimate portrayal of a Chinese family’s struggle in the aftermath of the Lambing Flat Riots of 1861. However, the story could quite easily be set in North-east Victoria following the Buckland Valley Riots of 1857. “The Quiet Brother” is dedicated to the early Chinese, who were subjected to racist taunts, attacks and discriminatory policies, and more often than not suffered in silence. It is as much about the domestic experience of a migrant family as it is about Australia’s rich and multicultural history.
http://svc046.bookeasy.com/images/alpine/Harrietville%20Chinese%20Programme%20-%20small%20file1.pdf
“The Quiet Brother” Harrietville Community Centre Australasian Art & Stageworks is proud to present an adaptation of the play, “The Quiet Brother” by Ivy Mak.
It was written in 2011 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the infamous anti-Chinese attacks on the Burrangong goldfields of Lambing Flat NSW. It is an intimate portrayal of a Chinese family’s struggle in the aftermath of the Lambing Flat Riots of 1861. However, the story could quite easily be set in North-east Victoria following the Buckland Valley Riots of 1857. “The Quiet Brother” is dedicated to the early Chinese, who were subjected to racist taunts, attacks and discriminatory policies, and more often than not suffered in silence. It is as much about the domestic experience of a migrant family as it is about Australia’s rich and multicultural history.
http://svc046.bookeasy.com/images/alpine/Harrietville%20Chinese%20Programme%20-%20small%20file1.pdf
