British East Asian Plays Av Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen, Stephen Hoo, Amy Ng, Yang-May Ooi, Joel Tan, Jeremy Tiang, Daniel York Loh

•First collection of full-length plays from the British East Asian community•Ideal for schools, colleges and theatre companies with BAME members or audiences•In association with a conference at Tara Theatre in Spring 2018The first collection of full-length plays by writers from the British East Asian community. The plays explore subjects such as Asian stereotypes, traditions such as foot-binding, Chinese communities, invisibility and discrimination. To include a foreword by Kumiko Mendl of Yellow Earth Theatre and an introduction to explore the recent history of theatre from the BEA community and the ‘yellowface’ campaign to prevent white actors from portraying Asian characters in the media.