Slanted Theatre

about us & the team

Slanted Theatre, founded by Tiffany Wong, is a theatre collective promoting Asian artists, collaborating with over 130 talents in four years. Recognized as a Champion of the AA22 List 2022, it presents diverse productions and fosters representation, eliminating tokenism while exploring the variety within the Asian community through relevant storytelling.

Slanted Theatre is a volunteer-run collective creating sustainable opportunities for Asian-identifying artists across Australia. Founded in 2021 by Tiffany Wong, we exist to make space for Asian stories, Asian creatives, and Asian leadership in an industry where these voices have historically been limited.

We focus on development, visibility, and access. Our work is built on care, curiosity, clarity, shared responsibility, and community.
Since launching, we’ve collaborated with more than 190 Asian-identifying artists across productions, developments, and open-access showcase events.

In 2022, Slanted was recognised as a Champion of the AA22 List, acknowledging our contribution to Asian Australian arts and our impact on representation in the sector.

What We Do

Slanted presents a combination of independent productions, new work developments, and open-access Showcases. Our aim is not scale — it is to create culturally safe, artist-led spaces where Asian-identifying creatives can experiment, develop skills, and build community.

Productions

We have introduced significant Asian works to Australian audiences for the first time, including:

  • Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee
  • Boom by Jean Tay
  • Three Fat Virgins Unassembled by Ovidia Yu
    (recipient of a Sydney Theatre Award for costume design)

We also champion new writing, including:

  • Short Blanket by Matt Bostock (world premiere)
  • the Chain Play series, an ambitious relay-writing experiment involving 40+ artists

Showcases & Festivals

Our open-access development strand began with Birthday Bash in 2022 at Flight Path Theatre and has since grown into a recurring platform for new Asian writing.
In 2024, we partnered with Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta to present Dragon Tales, launching an annual Lunar New Year showcase, which continued into 2025 with Serpent Secrets. In 2025, the program expanded across cities with Slanted Scribbles in Naarm in partnership with Darebin Arts. We return to NTofP in 2026, continuing to build a consistent and sustainable pipeline for new work.

Across all iterations, these showcase events support emerging, returning, and experimental voices – creating low-barrier, artist-centred development pathways for Asian-identifying creatives.

Alumni & Collaborators

Over the past four years, Slanted has worked with a wide network of writers, directors, performers, designers, dramaturgs, technicians, and producers. Below is a representative list of artists who have contributed to our work across productions, developments, and showcases.

  1. Jack Aldo – Dragon Tales: Soy Sad (Cast)
  2. Sarah Amin – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Set Designer)
  3. Nigeen Ansari – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Dramaturg)
  4. Jico Avedillo – Ching Chong Chinaman (Cast), Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues & No More Hemsworths (Cast)
  5. Natalie Baghoumian – Chain Play (Stage Manager)
  6. Kate Baldwin – Ching Chong Chinaman (Lighting Designer), Boom (Lighting Designer)
  7. Aloma Barnes – Short Blanket (Set Designer), Boom (Set Designer)
  8. Matt Bostock – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer), Short Blanket (Writer)
  9. Jeremy Budiman – Ching Chong Chinaman (Marketing Videographer)
  10. Dax Carney – Short Blanket – development (Cast)
  11. Jessica Carter – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Co-Writer/Cast)
  12. Denise Chan – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Kopi-Diem (Writer)
  13. Ellie Chan – Serpent Secrets: Feng Shui Secrets (Cast)
  14. Jonathan Chan – Ching Chong Chinaman (Creative Consultant)
  15. Katrina Chan – Chain Play (Assistant Costume Designer)
  16. Sabrina Chan D’Angelo – Three Fat Virgin Unassembled (Cast)
  17. Stef Chang – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast)
  18. Melody Chen – Serpent Secrets: Lobster Mobster (Co-Writer)
  19. Natasha Cheng – Dragon Tales: Australian Gangster (Cast)
  20. Sam Cheng – Ching Chong Chinaman (Sound Designer/Composer), Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Sound Designer/Composer), Boom (Sound Designer/Composer)
  21. Keidan Cheung – Dragon Tales: Australian Gangster & My Big Fat Asian Wedding (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Lobster Mobster (Cast)
  22. Brendon Chhor – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast)
  23. Linda Chong – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: No More Hemsworths and The In Between (Cast)
  24. Serena Coady – Dragon Tales: Bin Room (Writer)
  25. Aaron Cornelius – Chain Play (Producer, Photographer & Archival Videographer), Lady Precious Stream (Producer), Ching Chong Chinaman (Graphic Designer)
  26. Donita Cruz – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Co-Writer)
  27. Andrew Dang – STANS: development (Cast)
  28. Kento David – Ching Chong Chinaman (Accent Coach)
  29. Hiruni Dharmasena – Chain Play (Photographer)
  30. Sonia Dodd – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Producer), Birthday Bash: Pending Payment (Writer), Dragon Tales: Pending Payment (Writer)
  31. Cat Dominguez – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Cast)
  32. Alan Fang – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer), Birthday Bash: Rich Kidd (Writer)
  33. Julia Faragher – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer), Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues (Writer), Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Writer)
  34. Happy Feraren – Three Fat Virgin Unassembled (Cast)
  35. Cyan Fernando – Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram (Cast)
  36. Roel Fiala – Serpent Secrets: Monkey Business (Cast)
  37. Trent Foo – Dragon Tales: A Chinese Christmas (Writer), Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Co-Writer)
  38. Melissa Gan – Boom (Cast), Ballet Brown – Development (Cast), Dragon Tales: Ballet Brown & My Big Fat Asian Wedding (Cast)
  39. Caroline L. George – Three Fat Virgin Unassembled (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Kopi-Diem (Director)
  40. Tony Goh – Ching Chong Chinaman (Cast)
  41. Alex Gonzalez – Ching Chong Chinaman (Choreographer)
  42. Michele Gould – Ballet Brown – Development (Writer), Dragon Tales: Ballet Brown (Writer)
  43. Alexandro Gould-Arocha – Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Co-Writer)
  44. Jenny Guigayoma – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Cast)
  45. Lycia Gunawan – Birthday Bash: The In Between (Cast)
  46. James Hartley – Dragon Tales: Australian Gangster (Director/Writer), Serpent Secrets: Monkey Business (Writer/Director)
  47. Millie Hing – Short + Sweet: What You Don’t Know (Cast), Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues (Cast),
  48. Chloe Ho – Lady Precious Stream (Cast), Chain Play (Assistant Costume Designer)
  49. Grace Ho – Ching Chong Chinaman (Cast)
  50. Robert Hoag – Dragon Tales (Photographer)
  51. Grace Hu – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer), Serpent Secrets: Wine Night (Writer)
  52. Susan Huang – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Dramaturg) & The In Between (Cast), Short Blanket – development (Cast)
  53. Pui Yan Rachel Hui – Lady Precious Stream (Set & Costume Designer), Chain Play (Set & Costume Designer), Short Blanket (Costume Designer)
  54. Akansha Hungenhally – Short Blanket – development (Cast)
  55. Julia Hyde – Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Cast)
  56. Aileen Hyunh – Dragon Tales: Bin Room (Director)
  57. Jaeson Iskander – Serpent Secrets: A Day In the Life of Instagram (Cast)
  58. Teddy Jamieson – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast)
  59. Lucy Jeong – Serpent Secrets: Lobster Mobster (Cast)
  60. Eric Jiang – Short + Sweet: we regret to inform you that (Director/Writer), Dragon Tales: noodle salad (Writer), Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Dramaturg)
  61. Jolin Jiang – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Composer & Music Director), Lady Precious Stream (Composer & Cast), Dragon Tales: A Chinese Christmas (Musician)
  62. Sammy Jing – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Director), Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Dramaturg)
  63. Christina Kim – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer)
  64. Jeno Kim – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast)
  65. Jerri Kim – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Lighting Designer)
  66. Monica Kumar – Dragon Tales: Bin Room (Cast)
  67. Loretta Kung – Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram (Cast)
  68. Mym Kwa – Lady Precious Stream (Cast), STANS: development (Cast), Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues & Pending Payment (Cast), Dragon Tales: Pending Payment (Cast)
  69. Rosanna Lam – Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Cast)
  70. Val Lam – Ching Chong Chinaman (Stage Manager)
  71. James Lau – Birthday Bash: The Pregnancy Test (Assistant Director), Short Blanket (Assistant Producer), Serpent Secrets: Feng Shui Secrets (Director)
  72. Deborah Faye Lee – Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Director)
  73. Eric Lee – STANS: development (Cast), Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast) & Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Dramaturg)
  74. Josephine Lee – Boom (Cast), Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram (Writer)
  75. Nelson Lee – Chain Play (Assistant Producer)
  76. Jasper Lee-Lindsay – Ballet Brown – Development (Cast), Birthday Bash: No More Hemsworths (Cast), Dragon Tales: Ballet Brown (Cast)
  77. Sasha Leong – Short Blanket – development (Cast)
  78. Enoch Li – Lady Precious Stream (Cast), Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Assistant Director), Birthday Bash: The In Between (Director & Operator), Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Director)
  79. Teresa Li – Serpent Secrets: Wine Night (Cast)
  80. Alex Liang – Short Blanket (Stage Manager)
  81. Jonathan Lim – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: Rich Kidd, The Pregnancy Test & Quit Your Job (Cast), Short Blanket – development (Cast), Dragon Tales: noodle salad (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Cast)
  82. Tiang Nee Lim – Boom (Cast), Dragon Tales: A Chinese Christmas (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Co-Writer) & Monkey Business (Cast)
  83. Andrew Lin – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Archival Videographer)
  84. Susan Ling Young – Lady Precious Stream (Cast), Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast), Dragon Tales: My Big Fast Asian Wedding (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Kopi-Diem (Cast)
  85. Hugo Liu – Birthday Bash: Rich Kidd (Cast), Dragon Tales: A Chinese Christmas (Cast)
  86. Vanessa Liu – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Production Assistant)
  87. Natalie Low – Boom (Producer & Cast), Ballet Brown – Development (Co-Producer), Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Dramaturg), STANS (Cast), Birthday Bash: The In Between (Cast)
  88. Steve Lu – Lady Precious Stream (Cast), Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues & The Pregnancy Test (Cast)
  89. Daniel MacKenzie – Boom (Cast)
  90. Andrea Magpulong – Short Blanket (Cast)
  91. Arielle Magno – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Cast)
  92. Wern Mak – Birthday Bash: No More Hemsworths & Rich Kidd (Writer/Cast/Director), Dragon Tales: No More Hemsworths (Cast/Writer)
  93. Catherine Mai – Lady Precious Stream (Lighting Designer), Chain Play (Lighting Designer), Birthday Bash (Lighting Designer)
  94. Rhiaan Marquez – Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Cast)
  95. Michelle Masefield – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Cast)
  96. Natania McLeod Roberts – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer), How Asian Are You? (Assistant Director), Birthday Bash: The Pregnancy Test (Writer/Director) & Quit Your Job (Writer)
  97. Liana Molina – Short Blanket (Production Assistant)
  98. Spencer Monro – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: The Pregnancy Test (Cast)
  99. Mehran Mortezai – Short Blanket (Lighting Designer)
  100. Callum Murray – Ching Chong Chinaman (Rehearsal Photographer)
  101. Isabelle Nader – Dragon Tales: The Birds and the Besties (Cast)
  102. Nashy MZ – Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Cast)
  103. Rita Naidu – Boom (Costume Designer)
  104. Sayuri Narroway – Short Blanket (Cast)
  105. Cynthia Ng – Dragon Tales: Bin Room (Cast)
  106. Luna Ng – Boom (Co-Stage Manager)
  107. Davina Oh – Ching Chong Chinaman (Co-Producer)
  108. Marie-Jo Orbase – STANS: development (Cast), Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: The In Between & The Pregnancy Test, Dragon Tales: The Birds and the Besties (Cast/Writer)
  109. Katie Ord – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Director), Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Director), Boom (Co-Stage Manager), Dragon Tales: Soy Sad (Director), Serpent Secrets: Lobster Mobster (Director)
  110. Vanessa Ou – Serpent Secrets: Wine Night (Cast)
  111. Sachi Osmond – Short + Sweet: What You Don’t Know (Cast)
  112. Susanna Pang – Lady Precious Stream (Assistant Producer)
  113. Neil Parikh – Dragon Tales: Australian Gangster (Cast)
  114. Mason Phoumarith – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer), Short + Sweet: we regret to inform you that (Cast), Birthday Bash: The Pregnancy Test (Cast)
  115. Nicole Pingon – Ballet Brown – Development (Director), Birthday Bash: Pending Payment and No More Hemsworths (Director), Dragon Tales: No More Hemsworths & Ballet Brown (Director)
  116. Alex Plenge-Chan – Ching Chong Chinaman (Cast)
  117. Teik Kim Pok – Dragon Tales: noodle salad (Cast)
  118. Natasha Pontoh-Supit – STANS: development (Writer), Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer)
  119. Lachie Pringle – Short + Sweet: we regret to inform you that (Cast)
  120. Dominique Purdue – Short Blanket (Cast), Dragon Tales: Pending Payment & The Birds and the Besties (Director), Serpent Secrets: Debut in Australialand (Director)
  121. Marcus Rivera – Serpent Secrets: Kopi-Diem (Cast)
  122. Ness Roque – Short Blanket (Dramaturg)
  123. Monica Russell – Short Blanket (Cast)
  124. Monica Sayers – Dragon Tales: noodle salad (Director), Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram (Director)
  125. Rachel Seeto – Short + Sweet: we regret to inform you that (Cast), Birthday Bash: Pending Payment (Cast), Dragon Tales: No More Hemsworths (Cast)
  126. Thulitha Senevirathne – Short + Sweet: What You Don’t Know (Director)
  127. Naomi Shen – Birthday Bash: The In Between (Cast)
  128. Niranjanan Sriganeshwaran – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer)
  129. Suzanna Steele – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Rehearsal Photographer)
  130. Mariah Stock – Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Cast)
  131. Liangyu Sun – Lady Precious Stream (Dramaturg), Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Rehearsal Photographer)
  132. Eezu Tan – STANS: development (Cast), Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer), Dragon Tales: My Big Fast Asian Wedding (Director/Writer), Serpent Secrets: Lobster Mobster (Co-Writer)
  133. Sophie Takatsuka – Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Cast)
  134. Cheng Tang – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Cast), Birthday Bash: The Pregnancy Test & The In Between
  135. Kevin Tran – Dragon Tales: Soy Sad (Writer), Serpent Secrets: Wine Night (Director)
  136. Mây Trần – Serpent Secrets: Monkey Business (Cast)
  137. Katrina Trinh – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Writer), Birthday Bash: Quit Your Job (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Co-Writer)
  138. Nina Untivero – Short Blanket – development (Cast)
  139. Minyu Vandenberg – Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Cast)
  140. Katie Vo – Serpent Secrets: Strangers (Cast)
  141. Rachel Wan – Serpent Secrets: Kopi-Diem (Cast)
  142. Simone Wang – Chain Play: How Asian Are You? (Writer), Ching Chong Chinaman (Associate Director)
  143. Gerwin Widjaja – Boom (Cast), Dragon Tales: My Big Fast Asian Wedding (Cast), Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram & Feng Shui Secrets (Cast)
  144. Shane Woon – Serpent Secrets: Feng Shui Secrets (Writer)
  145. Clara Wong – Chain Play (Assistant Producer), Short Blanket (Marketing Manager)
  146. Stephen Wong – Ching Chong Chinaman (Production Photographer & Videographer)
  147. Tiffany Wong – Ching Chong Chinaman (Director, Producer & Cast), Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Director), Short + Sweet 2022 (Producer), Lady Precious Stream (Director), Chain Play (Facilitator), Birthday Bash: The Terrible Twos (Producer) & Slanderous Tongues (Director), Short Blanket (Director), Boom (Director)
  148. Victor Xu – Dragon Tales: noodle salad (Cast), Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Cast)
  149. Coco Yamaguchi – Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Cast)
  150. Frank Yang – Ching Chong Chinaman (Cast)
  151. Johnny Yang – Chain Play: When There’s A Will, There’s A Way (Composer/Sound Designer)
  152. Millie Yang – Birthday Bash (Production Photographer)
  153. Prema Yin – Short Blanket (Sound Designer)
  154. Maya Yoneda Hutchings – Serpent Secrets: A Day In The Life of Instagram (Cast) & How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Director)
  155. Adam Yoon – Lady Precious Stream (Devising Consultant), Boom (Production Dramaturg), Dragon Tales: A Chinese Christmas (Director), Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den, Monkey Business & Wine Night (Dramaturg)
  156. Matthew Yuen – Birthday Bash: Slanderous Tongues (Cast), Short Blanket – development (Cast), Serpent Secrets: Feng Shui Secrets (Cast)
  157. Emma Zhang – STANS: development (Cast)
  158. Rebecca Zhang – Serpent Secrets: Dragon’s Den (Cast)
  159. Sunny Zhang – Ching Chong Chinaman (Rehearsal Photographer)
  160. Selina Zhen – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Publicist)
  161. Esther Zhong – Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Costume Designer)
  162. JoJo Zhou – STANS: development (Dramaturg), Serpent Secrets: How The Zodiacs Won The Rat Race (Dramaturg)
  163. Jordon Zhu – Boom (Cast)

Honorary artists

Skye Beker – Ballet Brown – Development (Cast), Dragon Tales: Ballet Brown (Cast)
Zoe Crawford – Lady Precious Stream (Video Cast)
Ryan Enniss – Dragon Tales: No More Hemsworths (Cast)
Mick Harris – Dragon Tales: Australian Gangster (Cast)
Tobias Miller – Short Blanket – development (Cast)
Harry Stacey – Dragon Tales: No More Hemsworths (Cast)
Joseph Tanti – Short Blanket (Cast)
Chemon Theys – Ballet Brown – Development (Cast), Dragon Tales: Ballet Brown (Cast)