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COLOURED ALIENS

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What happens when playful banter...leads to ironic teasing...leads to identity theft...?

COLOURED ALIENS is a comedy about an interracial couple navigating their romance in the context of racism.

Mai Nguyen is an Asian-Australian playwright who soon discovers that ‘White Australia’ only wants her to write the ‘ethnic’ play. But that’s exactly the kind of story she can no longer tell. Her boyfriend Kevin O’Sullivan is a security guard (ex-spoken-word artist) who projects his own frustrated creativity onto her career. He gives Mai well-meaning, at times, pithy advice. Whilst Mai is away on a meditation retreat, Kevin decides to submit a pitch using her name. The fallout threatens both her career and their romantic partnership.

"...rib-ticklingly funny..." CHRIS BOYD, The Australian

“An absolute delightâ€¦” FLEUR KILPATRICK, Smart Arts 3RRR

Coloured Aliens received a Green Room Award Nomination 2018

Form/Style: comedy sci fi
Length in minutes: 64
Cast: 2 total
Roles: 1 female identifying, 1 male identifying
Themes: culturally and linguistically diverse, women
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: teen, young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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Mai

Female | 30s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 32

EXTRACT: take your fears, the cowardice in your gut and burn them with coals sift through your grains of hope, to find that they're the bits that have blown away can you recall if your fist is a fiend, or a friend, to the weak? can you ask me what my real name is and really want to know? or do you string me along wishing that I never break out my sorry, broken tale of my broken name, and the burnt city that my family left forever

COLOURED ALIENS REVIEW

JAI LEEWORTHY, THEATRE PEOPLE.

â€œdelightfully weirdâ€ 4.5 Stars

COLOURED ALIENS REVIEW

DAVID COLLINS, AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW.

â€œIf you like your comedy with a little depth and bite, get to it.â€

COLOURED ALIENS REVIEW

STEPHANIE LAI, PERIL MAGAZINE.

"COLOURED ALIENS features humour and provocations in equal measure. It features literal aliens, metaphorical aliens, and the alienation we feel from our friends, family, and professional communities."

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