Between Our Stories - Sam Lau - Episode 2

Between Our Stories - Samuel Lau - Episode 2

In this episode we chat with Samuel Lau.

Sam Lau is a Hong Kong-Australian actor, musician and theatre-maker working on Kaurna Land. A graduate of the Adelaide College of Arts, Sam has worked with organisations such as ActNow Theatre, OzAsia, London Artists Projects, State Theatre Company South Australia, Perform!Education, Adelaide Festival Centre and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance.

Sam is also an accomplished musician, classically trained in piano and trombone. Combining his musicianship with the theatre, Sam has both acted and performed music in various productions, and composes for theatre and short films. Melding his actor training with his musicality, Sam approaches music through the lens of storytelling, embodying a narrative, feeling or journey in his songs and compositions. Sam is also a current 2023 Interplay Artist, an Nexus Arts initiative supporting professional growth for musicians, providing tailored mentorship and industry guidance.

Sam often explores themes of diaspora in his writing and works. He is currently developing Walk of the Ancestors in partnership with Brink Productions, a theatrical work where he explores the generational stories of his family. This work has had developments in 2022 through The Mill’s Breakout Residency and Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE Development Program, and is continuing its development in 2023 through support from Arts South Australia.

Between Our Stories

Between our stories started as a small group of us friends wanting to tell stories from the most authentic place we could, we wanted to explore the substance of our stories and what lied underneath if we just took the time to dig a little deeper.

As we started to explore what this means we found that there are others that are also on the journey too.

Our invitation for you is to join us to dig a little deeper and see what our own stories are offering to us, and how our experiences overlap and give rise to the space of the in between

Thanks for joining us as we explore the spaces between our stories.

 

We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians and their stewardship of the land that now sustains us all.