Stories - Saga Sisterhood

A one-night live recording of Saga Sisterhood at The Blue Room Theatre for Summer Nights.

With Indian, Burmese, German and English ancestry, and growing up in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, Esther Marriott never felt like she belonged anywhere.

Deciding to study film at university after she migrated to Perth, Western Australia, Syarisa Yasin was frustrated to discover people kept trying to push their own stereotypes onto her stories.

Rekha Sekhon has many names, and many lineages. Coming from both Kenya and India, Rekha shares her story of how through love, family and migration, she discovered who she really is.

Hojeswinee Kanagarajah grew up speaking many languages in Malaysia and feeling at home in different accents, never ashamed or judged. But when she moved to Australia, everything changed.

After migrating from Pakistan to Perth, Australia, Jawaria Mahmood shares a story of bringing her favourite holiday, Eid, to her local shopping market.

Mamta Kochhar grew up in a home troubled by trauma – her parents fled the violent events following the Partition of India in 1947 and witnessed brutal death and destruction. The violence that then entered her childhood made Mamta turn off her emotions and stop being vulnerable as she grew into a woman. This is the story of how motherhood changed her.

When Amarjit Kaur moved to New Zealand with a toddler and baby on the way, the last thing she expected was to develop a close friendship with a stranger at the bus stop. Adrianne Smith became a dear friend, but after Amarjit moved with her family to Australia, they lost connection. This story is about Amarjit's search to find Adrianne Smith.

Maya-Rose decided to go to India because she had a double-edged desire to be a hippie anthropologist and a technologically savvy Mother Teresa. Her idealistic efforts were soon turned upside down.