Gatherings and Conversations

A meeting place for artists and industry to share experiences, ideas and practice.

Longhouse Independent Theatres 2025, © Justin Cueno

A meeting place for artists and industry to share experiences, ideas and practice.

In some traditional societies, the Longhouse is the meeting place where the village gathers to share stories and bond as a community. CAAP’s Longhouse Program combines talks, performances, masterclasses and workshops. Everyone interested in Asian Australian contemporary performance is welcome to attend.

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Previous Events

2025

Writing Places Real and Imagined
Presented in partnership with Kyoto Experiment and The International Asian Playwrights Focus
Online
Panel: Jarunun Phantachat (Thailand) , Ahilahn Karunaharan (New Zealand) , S. Shakthidharan facilitated by Tessa Leong

Independent Theatres
Presented in partnership with The Old Fitz Theatre
The Old Fitz, Gadigal NSW
Panel: Nicole Pingon, Janine Lau and Zainab Syed, facilitated by Tessa Leong

Creative Conversations
Presented in partnership with Perth Festival
AGWA Theatrette, Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar WA
Panel: Joe Paradise Lui, Merlynn Tong and Cezera Critti-Shanaars facilitated by Tessa Leong

William Yang and Rainbow Chan In Conversation
Presented at and in partnership with Riverside Theatres and Sydney Festival
Riverside Theatres, Dharug Country, NSW
Panel : William Yang and Rainbow Chan hosted by Annette Shun Wah

2024

Works in Progress
Bay 20 Carriageworks, Gadigal NSW
Artists: Chirstopher Gurusamy, Eric Jiang, Maybelline San Juan, Kimi Shazell and Michelle St Anne, hosted by Happy Feraren

Authenticity
Presented in partnership with National Theatre of Parramatta
Riverside Theatres, Dharug Country, NSW
Panel: Mina Morita, Joanne Kee and Bali Pada, facilitated by Tessa Leong

Local Voices, Global Stories
Presented in partnership with Sydney Theatre Co
Sydney Theatre Co, Gadigal NSW
Panel: Vaishnavi Suryaprakash, Jordan Shea, How Ngean Lim facilitated by Kenneth Moraleda

2023

Works in Progress
Bay 20 Carriageworks, Gadigal NSW
Artists: Andrew Deng, Cheng Tan, Jules Orcullo, Natasha Pontoh-Supit and Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung hosted by Happy Feraren

Independent Artists
Bay 20 Carriageworks, Gadigal NSW
Panel: Piumi Wijesundara, Tiffany Wong and Victoria Falconer, hosted by Tessa Leong

Asian Australian Leadership
Presented in partnership with La Boite Theatre
La Boite Theatre, Magandjin QLD
Panel: Courtney Stewart , Tarun Nagesh and Katrina Irawati Graham, facilitated by Tessa Leong
Longhouse Coordinator: Triona Calimbayan-Giles

Longhouse x Artshouse
Presented in partnership with Arts House
Artshouse, Naarm VIC
Panel:Kianna Oricci ,Elyas Alavi and Harry Lee Shang Lun, hosted by James Nguyen,

Culutral Consultancy
Carriageworks, Gadigal NSW
Panel: Mayu Iwasaki, Kenneth Moraleda and Pearl Tan, facilitated by Happy Feraren

ABOUT GOLDEN BLOOD 黄金血液

Two orphans find their own way into adulthood in this moving, high-octane, and often hilarious coming-of-age drama, set amongst the steamy, tropical backstreets of Singapore’s criminal underworld.

In a once-grand apartment, two estranged siblings – 14-year-old Girland 21-year-old Boy – are thrown back together after the unexpected death of their mother. The naive but headstrong Girl elects Boy as her legal guardian. The only problem is that Boy is a fledgling gangster. The audience watches rapt as this unconventional family grows up, gets entangled in a darkly glamorous world of crime and luxury, and comes to confront the ghosts of their past.

Past Seasons
Griffin Theatre Co (2022) *world premiere
Sydney Theatre Company (2024)
Melbourne Theatre Company (2024)

★★★★★ “Bringing with it a strong sense of self, pace, and culture… it’s a remarkable work.”
– Time Out

★★★★ “Effortlessly funny and wonderfully twisty”
– The Age

★★★★
– Cultural Binge

About Azadi

1947 is known to be a pivotal year in Indian history. It is the year that some may say India gains Azadi from the British Rule and is divided in two nations, one for the Hindu majority, i.e., India and one for the Muslim majority, i.e., Pakistan. It’s a violent affair. No one talks about it.

Qala, born in an Indian Hindu household is taught one thing: she cannot marry a Muslim man. Amir, born in a Pakistani Muslim household is taught the opposite: no Hindu women. Their fated love demands Qala to search for answers from her history where she meets her great-grandmother, Sarasvati, a survivor of Partition.

“I am writing this work for the people who belong to the future, especially the people of India and Pakistan. In many ways we are one and the same, but there are great barriers that stop us from realizing this. I want Azadi to be one story, among many, to be a space where those barriers are questioned and hopefully broken.”