[Asa Palomera]
Director, Playwright and AuthorWomen of Asia
Theatre Company
Background
Founded
in 2004 by Writer/Director Asa Palomera, Women of Asia
Company became "...a powerhouse on Melbourne's independent theatre
scene." (The Age, Nov, 2005)
Demanding high
production values and a beautiful, simple aesthetic sensibility, Asa's
work focuses primarily on passionate, human storytelling.
The company
announced both its arrival and its intentions with the highly praised
"Monologues" at Chapel off Chapel, a powerful, and occasionally
hilarious, collection of Asian women's stories, which sold out in its
second and final week.
Next came "A
walk through the life of Shakespeare and Cervantes" in conjunction with
the Melbourne Writer's Festival. After the initial sellout show at the
Malthouse's Beckett Theatre, the show moved to a run at Chapel off
Chapel which also sold out.
Last came the
more personal and intense Prodigal Daughter. After an initial run at
Trades Hall's Old Council Chambers it enjoyed a return season at Chapel
off Chapel, after much praise and public demand.