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Q&A: Meet the creatives behind Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas!

Glass slippers and pumpkins aside, Tae’s wheels of steel are roaring into this year’s Brisbane Festival with her Fairy Godmother in drag.

7 Aug 2023 12:41

Charmaine Idris

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‘Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas!’ Photo: Damien Bredberg.

Nationally acclaimed Shake & Stir theatre company will be roaring into this year’s Brisbane Festival with the world premiere of Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas!

After a car accident that results in quadriplegia and yet another spinal surgery, Tae questions what the future may hold for her and her family.

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Charmaine Idris

Art sparks my imagination. Uplifts my soul. Without it, I would shrivel up and become dust. An aimless wanderer searching for that next theatre fix, book fix, cinema fix. My first play was cathartic in reconciling my past so that I could be present in the present.

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