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  • Exclusive Preview: “Dear Ricky” by Choon Young Tan

    It’s early 2020. The world is in disarray. And so is Young’s life when family tragedy strikes and everything goes a bit topsy-turvy as well. Will he pull through ok… Read more

  • Theatre: Make Way for Rose

    Voice ESEA member Xindi Wei talks to “Make Way for Rose” writer and actress Runxuan Yang and director Kang Ting Ho . “Make Way for Rose” premiered at the Camden… Read more

  • Film Review: Didi

    “Didi” is this summer’s must-watch coming of age drama about a Taiwanese-American teenage boy who struggles to fit in and appeal to everyone. Another win for Asian representation on the… Read more

  • Aladdin on tour: a whole new world of ESEA representation

    The story of “Aladdin” is a historical and varied one, having been through many mills of transliterations. But whatever the “street rat’s” origins are, the musical adaptation is certainly showing… Read more

  • Theatre Review: Burlesque the Musical

    Ever since 2010, when Christina Aguilera made her debut on the silver screen as Ali and Cher returned to it after a decade in the now cult classic musical film… Read more

  • Theatre Review: 2:22 A Ghost Story

    This version of the award-winning and critically-acclaimed thriller play “2:22 A Ghost Story” features 2 ESEA actors in lead roles and is a haunting, dramatic and a boo-rilliant must-see, whether… Read more

  • 30 21st Century Asian American films pushing the envelope on representation

    For AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Heritage Month, I look back at how far Asian/ESEA American representation on the big screen has improved substantially since the turn of the millennium.… Read more

  • Film Review: Tiger Stripes

    “Tiger Stripes” is the award-winning and critically-acclaimed fierce and fearless coming-of-age thriller/horror by Malaysian Amanda Nell Eu in her directorial debut, telling the tale of a girl who must deal… Read more

  • Theatre Review: Kim’s Convenience at Park Theatre

    “Kim’s Convenience”, the comedic play based on writer Ins Choi’s experiences growing up in Toronto as part of immigrant family-owned stores, makes its way back to the stage after being… Read more

  • Theatre Review: One Year Itch

    “One Year Itch” is the great new LGBTQ comedy by writer and director Andrew Phipps, with an all-female and non-binary cast. It recently played a run at Barons Court Theatre,… Read more

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