Congratulations, Get Rich! is a glittering ghost story where emotion is lost to theatrics
- Written by Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland

Merlynn Tong’s new play, Congratulations, Get Rich!, bursts onto stage with all the colour and flair you’d expect from a work set in a struggling Singaporean-style karaoke bar.
Currently playing at Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre, the play opens with Mandy (Tong) and her doting boyfriend Xavier (Zac Boulton) caught in a...