“If there’s no true or authentic memory of an event, only that which we story in speech or written language, then the more we story them, the more alive they’ll feel.”

Leah McIntosh28 May 2020

5 Questions with Mirandi Riwoe

“I like to write back against established beliefs or generalisations depicted in existing fiction or historical texts, such as that of the ‘sinister Oriental’ or the ‘wanton’ Asian woman.”

Leah McIntosh14 May 2020

5 Questions with Thuy On

“There’s a porous wall that encourages osmosis. I’m a better critic because I am a poet and vice versa. “

Leah McIntosh8 May 2020

5 Questions with Divya Venkataraman

‘We need to broaden not only the perspective of the creator, but also of the critic. What’s the point of people of colour creating art if its merit and its meaning are interpreted and judged exclusively through a white gaze?’

Leah McIntosh5 May 2020

5 Questions with Vivian Pham

‘Put up with labels only when they serve you.’

Leah McIntosh27 March 2020

5 Questions with Zaiba Khan

‘There’s also not much separation between my art practice and spiritual practice.’

Leah McIntosh9 March 2020

5 Questions with Margaret Leng Tan

“After Cage anything is possible. Experimentalists like myself are the children of Cage. We have cleared the path for the next generation to find its own way.”

Leah McIntosh19 February 2020

5 Questions with Kim Ho, on 'The Great Australian Play'

An ingenious new satire from Patrick White Award-winning playwright Kim Ho, The Great Australian Play is a psychedelic romp through the myths of our glorious nation’s past, present and imagined future.

Leah McIntosh19 February 2020

5 Questions with Hirzi Zulkiflie

We spoke to Hirzi Zulkiflie, a leading personality in the Singaporean LGBTQI community.

Catch him in his debut Australian appearance at Spice Night, as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Leah McIntosh13 February 2020

5 Questions with ‘What Every Girl Should Know’

5 Questions with the producer and actor Vivian Nguyen of What Every Girl Should Know.

Leah McIntosh6 February 2020

5 Questions with Nicholette C

Join Nicholette C as she takes you through her journey growing up Asian in Australia, currently playing as part of Perth’s Fringe World.

Leah McIntosh3 February 2020

5 Questions with Mallika Sarabhai

We talked to Mallika Sarabhai, a storyteller, activist, and one of the most vital figures in Indian dance today.

Leah McIntosh6 January 2020

Five Questions with Grace Lee

‘Words have the power to not only capture these stories, but to prompt reflections about the anomalies in human experiences.’

5 QuestionsLeah McIntosh18 December 2019

Five Questions with WomanFishMan

‘To get to a certain point, a project that was really ambitious, we needed to take a pathway through different types of experimentation and testing of ideas.’

5 QuestionsLeah McIntosh25 November 2019

Five Questions with Margot Morales Tanjutco of 'Vanity Fair Enough'

‘I wanted to write about how we’re all complicit in capitalism - in a fun way!’

5 QuestionsLeah McIntosh25 November 2019

Five Questions with Intan Paramaditha

‘Decolonising feminism examines the terrain of power relations, questioning whose voice represents the other and whose knowledge is deemed legitimate. It’s important to see this not just as a theory but a practice in everyday life.’

5 QuestionsLeah McIntosh4 November 2019