HOW DO I LET YOU DIE? (2023)
As performer
REVIEWS:
“Alice Qin plays Lee with a disarming intimacy that belies the fact that it’s not her life that’s being laid bare”
— Sonia Nair, The Age
“Alice Qin brought charm and playfulness as Lee’s proxy, blurring the lines between reality and performance. Her ability to effortlessly connect to the material was a testament to both her skill and the universality of the migrant experience discussed in the piece.”
— Lakshmi Ganapathy, Arts Hub
“Alice Qin plays Michelle with a great deal of charm and authority. “
— Michael Brindley, Stage Whispers
“Qin delivers an assured yet naturalistic performance as Lee”
— Myron My, My Melbourne Arts
SECURITY (2022)
As director
Reviews:
“There’s a delicate chemistry, and a surprising lightness of touch, to the gruff and unvarnished way these women talk to one another, and you care about them long before their overwhelming boredom gets punctured by a violation they cannot prevent.”
— Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald
“Playwright (Michele Lee), director (Alice Qin) and dramaturg (Emilie Collyer) made up the dream girl power team. Taking a little-explored corner of the work sector — security work — and under-voiced concerns about women’s rights in public space, the play was a fiery concoction of laughs and shudders as the characters and plot developed.”
— Leila Lois, Arts Hub ★ ★ ★ ★
“it’s art like this that helps to shift things, even a little bit, in the right direction.”
— Koraly Dimitraidis, The Plus Ones
Media Appearances:
Dress For The Podcast You Want — Episode 504 The Big Shush w/Alice Qin (2021)
ENLIGHTENMENT (2021)
As performer
Reviews:
Media Appearances:
“This outlandish adaptation rides high on a synergy of cultural energies and performance styles. Enlightenment has important things to say to the contemporary moment. It’s also super fun.”
— Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald ★ ★ ★ ★
“Elbow Room’s Enlightenment is a triumph. It’s clever, its dark, it’s fun: and it’s exactly the kind of theatre that the best Melbourne indie theatremakers are renowned for.”
— Robert Reid, Witness
Little Emperors (2017)
As performer
Reviews:
‘Alice Qin, who plays Kaiwen’s sister, gives a vital performance full gloriously expressed energy. She plays a first child who although a girl was kept and dressed as a boy to hide her gender.’
— Suzanne Sandow, Stage Whispers
‘Brilliant direction, concept and design make it easy to see why Wang Chong is regarded as such a rising theatrical talent in China.’
— Cameron Woodhead, The Age ★ ★ ★ ★
'About once to twice a year, I see a show I know I am going to rave about for years to come- it’s early in 2017 but this is my hot pick for the show I cannot forget, and cannot stop talking about.'
— Ellen Burgin, Theatrepeople ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
'Qin thrives in this role.'
— Liddy Clarke, Stagenoise
'Qin is lovely as the sister burdened by past actions'
— Tim Byrne, TimeOut ★ ★ ★ ★
'Alice Qin - making her Australian stage debut - is the standout as Huishan'
— Myron My, My About Town
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