#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Picture this: you finally decide to escape the Brisbane heat and move south, but just when you think you’re out… something draws you back to the river city. Our panel of authors who honed their craft in Brisbane discuss what it takes to build a career in BrisVegas and beyond.
Panel: Inga Simpson, Michelle Law, Sophie Overett
Chair: Aimée Lindorff
#Artist
Michelle Law
Michelle Law is a writer and actor working across print, theatre, film and television. She wrote the smash-hit play Single Asian Female, which has sold out seasons in Australia and was staged in New Zealand in 2021. Her screenwriting work includes the SBS show Homecoming Queens, which she co-created, co-wrote and stars in. She also co-wrote the comedy book Sh*t Asian Mothers Say with her brother Benjamin Law, and she regularly contributes to Australian publications and anthologies. Michelle has been awarded a Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award, and two Australian Writers Guild awards. As well as writing this book, she is currently developing several new stage works and screen works. Her most recent play Miss Peony, was due to be staged as part of Belvoir St Theatre's 2021 season but was sadly postponed due to the pandemic.
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