S. Shakthidharan is a Western Sydney storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry, while Michele Lee is a non-Australian writer whose plays privilege the Asian Australian experience. In this episode, they discuss the migration play and the position of diasporic narratives on the twenty-first-century Australian stage. What is the role of playwriting in connecting with community and personal identity? How does the migrant experience intersect with gender and class in Australia? What kinds of stories are being privileged on the Australian mainstage?

This conversation was recorded in summer 2021–22.