Jennifer Wong is one of the stars of the upcoming Sydney Fringe Festival with her quirky take on food and growing up.
When Chinese-Australian writer and comedian Jennifer Wong heard about a Chinese restaurant in Horsham that had traded for almost half a century and boasted a mini-golf course, she had to visit. It became one of the establishments featured in her upcoming bookA celebration of Australia’s regional Chinese diners and their quirky characters.
Wong says having creative outlets across different mediums is partly a reality of working in the relatively small arts scene in Australia, but it’s also satisfying. “They’re all about the same thing in the end, entertaining an audience and maybe showing them something they hadn’t seen or considered before and making them feel connected or less lonely.”Food is a constant theme. She’s long been fascinated by how the way we eat gets woven into memories.
These days, it’s important to Wong to celebrate community in her work and to inject levity into her projects. In 2018, she was hospitalised with depression and lost her love of performing. It took her some time to get back into the swing of live shows. “But coming back has reminded me how much I love performing and getting to spend time with an audience.”
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