'When 15-year-old Lucy Lam wins the inaugural Equal Access Scholarship to a prestigious private school, the smart and well-liked student is not prepared for the new world she’s suddenly propelled into. It’s a world of wealth and opportunity, overseen by The Cabinet – a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates, and even their teachers. But when The Cabinet turn their attention to Lucy she has to make a choice: fit in and succeed, or stay true to herself. Either way, there’s a cost.'
Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.
Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company from 6 August to 10 September 2022, at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.
An MTC Nextstage commission.
Director: Petra Kalive.
Set Designer: Eugyeene Teh.
Costume Designer: Karine Larché.
Lighting Designer: Rachel Lee.
Composer and Sound Designer: Marco Cher-Gibard.
Cast (all playing multiple roles): Fiona Choi, Chi Nguyen, Jillian Nguyen, Ngoc Phan, and Jenny Zhou.
'The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Laurinda is a smart re-framing of Alice Pung’s classic coming-of-age novel about the racism inherent in the privileged world of private school culture.' (Introduction)
'Based on Alice Pung’s novel about an Asian student in an elite Australian school in the 1990s, this timely production feels scattershot and unconvincing'
'The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Laurinda is a smart re-framing of Alice Pung’s classic coming-of-age novel about the racism inherent in the privileged world of private school culture.' (Introduction)
'Based on Alice Pung’s novel about an Asian student in an elite Australian school in the 1990s, this timely production feels scattershot and unconvincing'
