Witty and relevant, a stage adaptation of Alice Pung's Laurinda is filled with intelligence and humour
- Written by: Kate Hunter, Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
Jeff Busby/Melbourne Theatre CompnayReview: Laurinda, directed by Petra Kalive.
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Laurinda is a smart re-framing of Alice Pung’s classic coming-of-age novel about the racism inherent in the privileged world of private school culture.
In a bizarre twist of magical-realist fate, jaded school principal Lucy Lam...