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Single Asian Female La Boite Encores

1 Jul 2025

The Golden Phoenix, a restaurant on the Sunshine Coast. The last customers have left for the night, and Pearl can unwind. She’s the quintessential matriarch – balancing family, business, and her love of karaoke.

Enter her daughters: Zoe, in the throes of online dating, making big life decisions. And Mei, a teenager, grappling with her identity in modern Australia. Of course they see the world differently to their mother.

Pearl is the classic (hilarious) onslaught of embarrassing observations, constantly questioning her Westernised children. Tonight she reveals a secret that threatens to tear their family apart.

Debuting at La Boite in 2017 and returning in 2019 before touring nationally and internationally, Michelle Law’s Single Asian Female was a watershed moment for Asian-Australian voices inspiring a new generation of artists.

For our final La Boite Encore, we are thrilled to be welcoming back the original 2017 cast in full!

In The La Boite Encore Play Reading Series, actors take the stage with scripts in hand, bringing landmark plays to life through dynamic, varied, polished performances.

While not full productions, these readings are set to be a lively celebration of theatre in its rawest form and a tribute to the plays that have shaped La Boite through the years.