Published: August 24, 2022
Growing up wanting a career on the stage, Julia Faragher quickly learned how limited her roles would be. A new production of Laurinda gives her hope
Before the curtains raised on the opening night of Laurinda in Melbourne earlier this month, I began to feel anxious.
Based on the award-winning novel by Alice Pung and adapted for the Melbourne Theatre Company stage by Diana Nguyen, the story follows a young Vietnamese-Chinese girl who wins an access scholarship to a prestigious private school. It is MTC’s first main-stage production written by a Vietnamese playwright, and the first time that the Vietnamese language has been spoken on their stage.
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