Silence
Silence is a play for three Vietnamese women. It will be remounted from November 11-22 2009 at La Mama Courthouse theatre. Starring Ai Diem Le, Diana Nguyen and Shirley Wong it will feature bunraku puppetry by Penelope Bartlau and a new sound design by Simon Charles.
In 2010 Silence will tour Victoria courtesy of VicHealth.
It also had a work in progress season at La Mama in 2008. Silence starred Hai Ha Le, Ai Diem Le and Mong Diep.
Silence is about the secrets and spirits that haunt us from within. A family reunited by a death anniversary have to face the possessiveness of history and put the past to rest.
An extract of Silence was published in Peril’s third edition.
The play will have another run in November 2009 and tour regional Victoria in 2010.