It is no coincidence Courtney Stewart chose myth busting as the heart of her first season of plays as the new artistic director of Brisbane's La Boite Theatre. The very fact of Stewart's appointment busted every myth she grew up with that said Asian-Australians couldn't direct plays or run theatre companies.
“I never thought I'd be a director, because I never saw anyone who looked like me when I was growing up,” says Stewart, who is fourth generation Australian-born Chinese. “I'm not a traditional choice and I'm aware of that and feel I have
