Annette Shun Wah

By adelyn-1800, 21 November, 2022
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Annette is a writer, actor, broadcaster and producer. She is Executive Producer of Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) the only professional company dedicated to work that gives voice to the contemporary Asian Australian experience. CAAP has also initiated programmes that provide professional skills development for artists of Asian background, such as the LOTUS Playwriting Project, in partnership with Playwriting Australia, which is nurturing a new generation of Asian Australian writing for the stage. Four LOTUS plays were produced this year.

Annette has co-directed five theatrical storytelling shows for CAAP with photographer and master storyteller William Yang, most recently The Backstories for Adelaide Festival. They were also co-dramaturges on In Between Two which premiered at Sydney Festival 2016 and features at the upcoming OzAsia and Melbourne Festivals. 

Last Updated: 2017

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