Top Coat cast and creatives at rehearsal. Source: Prudence Upton
Ms Yura immigrated to Australia with her family when she was 10 years old. Ms Tsukakoshi was born in Sydney and has a Japanese father. They appear in the Sydney Theatre Company's production "Top Coat".
Ms Tsukakoshi plays the main role Winnie, and Ms Yura plays a double role - first generation Japanese immigrant Asami and second generation Yuko.
In the Australian theatre, the stories of social minorities such as Asian-Australians are not told often. Top Coat is a entertaining comedy but it also uncovers the unseen journeys of main characters multi-directionally, by introducing effective "flips" in the play.
In the audio, Ms Yura talks about the play and her roles, and shares her experience as a young immigrant. Ms Tsukakoshi also gives a short message in Japanese.
