Joe: On my end I mainly devise, so writing with just two people is actually quite a low number of people for me and so this is kind of like me being able to more precisely sculpt a work, which is also kind of an interesting new space for me. Merlynn: It’s so funny because it’s like a new process for both of us but it felt easy and correct the entire time. Who are you making the work for? Merlynn: I think the work is for people who belong to this specific type of world that we’re describing, creating – who have before seen it on stage, much less on an Australian stage. And it’s also for the people who’ve never encountered a world like that. It’s an invitation for them to have a sneak peek into this very specific, very clear visual world that we have that just doesn’t exist in Australia
Joe: I think also zooming out beyond the specific cultural aesthetic and invitation, I think there’s something in the work that speaks to that feeling of bittersweet pain and joy of all of history and culture reacting against individual tiny moments of life. And I think there’s a lot of people that feel that particular way about the world – especially at the moment. And I think this work is pretty much made for that temperament of person, which I think is far more common than maybe we expect. Basically, if you like Everything Everywhere All At Once come see this show. Merlynn: You’ll love this! Also I think maybe it’s for the Chinese diaspora across Australia and hopefully across different countries too.
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