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Congratulations, Get Rich! review: ghosts, trauma, culture and karaoke
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ArtsHub Australia
is a bold new work by Merlynn Tong exploring mother-daughter relationships, multigenerational trauma, culture and legacy.
Deftly combining fact and fiction, Tong based the characters in Congratulations, Get Rich!
: a make-or-break nightThe play opens with Mandy (Tong) and her dad-joke loving boyfriend Xavier (Zac Boulton) on a make-or-break night in Mandy’s failing karaoke bar, Money Money Karaoke.
: Money Money KaraokeThe set – the central room of Money Money Karaoke – is rich with symbolism and hauntings.
Congratulations, Get Rich is an internationally co-produced work presented by La Boite Theatre, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Singapore Repertory Theatre in association with Brisbane Festival.
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