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Amanda has collaborated on many interdisciplinary theatre based works, which have brought her to perform and present work at the SMUSH Gallery (Jersey City), On The Boards (Seattle), the Fury Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theatre (San Francisco) and Summerworks (Toronto). Past devised works include Once She Dries (Meagan Woods/Nancy Cohen), New Societies and Champion (re:current theatre), Other Inland Empires (Swim Club), and Double Happiness: Detour This Way (NancyTam & Robyn Jacob/Music on Main/plastic orchid factory/Neworld Theatre). Amanda holds a BFA in theatre performance from Simon Fraser University.As an actor, Amanda’s recent credits include 4 seasons of the East Van Panto (Theatre Replacement), Sense and Sensibility (Arts Club), do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata (The Cultch), Chicken Girl (rice&beans), and The Wolves (With A Spoon/Rumble/Pacific).As a musician, Amanda s writing floats on top of the indie-pop genre, sometimes di ....
In New Age Attitudes, Amanda Sum definitely has something to say, something to show, and something she knows nobody knows. Her entrance is quiet, yet, enchanting. “Sweet on my tongue / linger a little more / cradle my lungs / till I am strong enough to hold my breath under water,” she sings with a blooming boldness. With each unfolding line follows a ricochet of echoing notes; it’s almost as if Sum is discovering another dimension, and we are just at her footsteps, trailing along in this life-long journey she has begun to embark upon as a young Asian woman. Sum’s breezy vocals quickly melt into a brief, promising silence, before plunging into the start of the second track, “New Age Attitudes.” The gushing welcome of the rallying trumpet and the spirited percussion are anything but shy. Featuring an all-Asian female band and all-female production crew, Sum lays the groundwork in “New Age Attitudes” for a debut that is bo ....