A WESTERNER’S GUIDE TO THE OPIUM WARS is genealogy like you’ve never seen it before.
Tabitha Woo was born in Australia. Her dad wasn’t, but that’s just the end of the story. A Westerner’s Guide to the Opium Wars takes audiences as far back in Tabitha’s family tree as she knows: to the early 19th century and the First Opium War. With help from a sock puppet, Queen Victoria and a couple of Broadway showtunes, she tries to understand her cultural heritage.
Westerner’s Guide is a genre-hopping escapade of heartfelt memoir and biting historical comedy. Made by a team of second-generation Australians, it’s for anyone who has been asked “But where are you really from?” often enough to start asking themselves the same question.
A WESTERNER’S GUIDE TO THE OPIUM WARS from Thirty Five Square Theatre [Facebook] is playing at Kings Cross Theatre for three performances only, before heading to Perth’s The Blue Room Theatre for ‘Fringe World’ Festival. 10-12 January 2019, all shows 7:30pm
