To Binh Ta, theatre is essential. “It’s like eating or sleeping,” he says, “I have to perform.”
When he was 17, Ta enrolled in acting school in Hanoi. There he studied a wide variety of arts including mime, ballet, acrobatics, Vietnamese opera and acting. A few years later, he came to Australia for an international festival for young playwrights; and he has been here ever since.
Though he misses Vietnam sometimes, Ta really feels like he has two homes, and is glad that he came to Australia.
“It is a good opportunity to study in a better country,” he says, “and learn things from a different culture.” MORE