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Review: Single Asian Female, Auckland Theatre Company
5 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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Kat Tsz Hung is a powerhouse as Pearl in Single Asian Female. Photo / Andi Crown.
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The gloriously realised set of
Single Asian Female is visible before the show begins – rows of beautiful lanterns glowing behind a luminous neon sign for the Golden Phoenix Cafe, the biggest example of the rich red that permeates the set.
Then once the lights dim, the sign transforms into a karaoke machine, and we are introduced to our heroine Pearl belting out
I Will Survive in broken English, drawing the audience into her story with a boisterous, bitter monologue sang to the tune of Gloria Gaynor s hit.
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19 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
8 minutes to read
Theatre director Cassandra Tse in the Auckland Theatre Company rehearsal rooms. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Single Asian Female by Michelle Law, directed by Cassandra Tse, is being presented by Auckland Theatre Company. All about Pearl Wong, a first-generation Chinese immigrant, restaurateur and single mother, this funny, moving play is about balancing family, business and karaoke. April 27-May15, ASB Waterfront Theatre.
I was a bookworm child, a voracious reader and very artsy. At school I was also academically bright, so was encouraged to study law alongside my theatre degree. The idea being that I d have law to fall back on. I only did the first year of my law degree, as it felt like a lot of work to have something to fall back on. I m lucky my parents have always been supportive and saw the theatre world as an acceptable pathway and my brother kindly became a lawyer instead.
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