![]() ![]() When I think about the courage of any young person who has ever faced racism, that’s what we’ve created – an enduring play about a woman who lives it through school, but it travels with her through her life.” The gift I’m giving to myself is to hear my home language spoken on stage Diana Nguyen, co-writer “It’s not overt racism but subtle racism, and I felt Alice did such a great job of naming what Lucy went through. “They have the insight that some people don’t have if they don’t live, or don’t have parents or family, who come from a very working class background, and then are thrust into this world of privilege,” says Pung. ![]() The intersection of class and race is a recurring topic in Pung’s work, which the author feels Kalive and Nguyen inherently understand. “I thought there was a fabulous humour in the work and lived experience that Diana would be able to speak to and understand intrinsically,” she says. Kalive was keen to adapt it, and when it came to a co-writer, Nguyen immediately came to mind. ![]() She tore through the novel in 24 hours as a Greek-Australian, she could relate to some of the feelings it described. ![]() The idea for the adaptation had been sitting on the shelf for years when Kalive started at the MTC in 2020, right as the first lockdown hit. ![]()
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