Chi Vu is the co-founder of Nhu Stories, an intercultural and interdisciplinary performance company based in Melbourne. After studying Creative Writing at The University of Melbourne she worked as a theatre facilitator, writer and Program Manager at Young People’s Performance Projects and SCRAYP – Youth Arts with an Edge. In 2000 Chi was awarded an Asialink writer’s residency to Vietnam.

Chi has worked with a diverse range of arts organisations including Kids’ Own Publishing, stART, Playbox Theatre, Theatre 4A, La Mama, the Asialink Centre, the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and the Big West Festival as well as culturally diverse community groups.

Chi’s work has won several awards in Australia including the Playbox Asialink Special Initiative Award. Her short stories have been published in Meanjin, The Age, Picador New Writing 4, Blur – stories by young Australian writers, Cau Noi – The Bridge. Her plays have been performed in Melbourne at the North Melbourne Arts House and Footscray Community Arts Centre; and in Sydney at Sidetrack Theatre and the Studio at the Sydney Opera House.

Bibliography:

Performance Works – Full Productions

2003 ‘Vietnam – a Psychic Guide’, at the North Melbourne Arts House (Nhu Stories)

2002 ‘A story of Soil,’ at Sidetrack Theatre as part of the Carnivale Festival (Nhu Stories)

2000 ‘A story of Soil,’ at the Footscray Community Arts Centre in association with La Mama (Nhu Stories)

Work-in-Progress shows

2004 ‘An Empty Evil Event,’ at The Studio in the Sydney Opera House (Theatre 4A)

2001 ‘Vietnam – a Psychic Guide’, at the Footscray Community Arts Centre (Nhu Stories)

Rehearsed Readings

2001 ‘Oxytocin musing,’ Theatre-in-the-Raw at Playbox Theatre (Nhu Stories)

Short stories

2004 ‘Cau Noi – The Bridge’ (ed. Ngoc Tuan Hoang, The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre)

2003 ‘The Age’ Perspectives (ed. Graham Reilly)

2003 ‘West of the West’ (ed. Scott Brook et al, Common Ground)

‘Meanjin’, 1/2001 (ed. Stephanie Holt)

‘refo’, 2/2000 (ed. George Papaellinas and Christos Tsiolkas, Common Ground)

‘Meanjin’, 3/1999 (ed. Stephanie Holt)

1997 ‘Picador New Writing4’ (ed. Beth Yahp and Nick Jose, Pan Macmillan)

1996 ‘Blur - stories by young Australian writers’ (ed. James Bradley, Random House)

1996 ‘Republica4’ (ed. George Papaellinas, Angus&Robertson)

Arts Projects with the Community

2004 ‘My Journey’, (Kids’ Own Australia Publishing)

2000 ‘Writing the City Streets,’ as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival (The Victorian Writers’ Centre)

+ Co-devising and scripting for 25 community theatre performances since 1996 (Y3P and SCRAYP – Youth arts with an Edge)

Exhibition catalogues, essays, film & small publications

2002 ‘The Lie of the Land,’ Gabriel Gallery (curated by Carmen Grostel)

2001 ‘Revolving doors don’t slam,’ (ed. Chaco Kato)

2001 ‘Know your place,’ Span Gallery (curated by Dylan Vokhardt)

2001 ‘Migration,’ West Space gallery (catalogue)

1998 ‘Maverick Sonnets,’ (ed. George Papaellinas)

1996 ‘Worlds Apart,’ short film screened on SBS TV (dir. Garry McKechnie)