episode one 一

BUN FUN NEW YEAR

“Welcome to the Bao Family,

We’re a family of bunnies.”

We kick off this Lunar New Year with tales from our bunny friends at the Bao household. In the midst of preparing for the lunar new year family feast, twin bunnies Bunnifer and Bunnithy learn the true meaning of new year festivities and a couple of…interesting…recipes along the way.

Bun Fun New Year is devised and co-written by Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, Jasmine Chen, Howard Dai, and Amanda Sum.

Bunnithy, a cream-coloured twin bunny, has his head tilted in surprise, next to his sister, Bunnifer.
Bunnifer, a cream coloured twin bunny, smiling next to her twin brother, Bunnithy.

colouring pages

Click on our colouring pages to download print-at-home copies that you can fill in yourself!

They also make for a fun classroom activity!

New Year’s Feast!

Bunnies Go Shopping!

A printable black-and-white illustration depicting a top-down view of a family feast at a round table, with all the animals of the Chinese zodiac present.
A printable black-and-white illustration depicting two bunnies shopping and playing in the aisles of a supermarket, and buying fish from a vendor cat.

with performances by

  • Amanda Sum

    BUNNIFER

  • Aidan Chan

    BUNNITHY

  • Anjela Magpantay

    MAMA BAO

  • Howard Dai

    BABA BAO

  • Ida, Alma, and Otto Juliani

    THE BAO BEI BABIES

  • Derek Chan

    GUNG GUNG BAO

  • Jasmine Chen

    TIGER MOM

  • Charlie Cooper

    TERRY

  • Robyn Jacob

    DJ LOBSTER BISQUE

  • Nancy Tam

    DIM SUM AUNTIE CAT

  • Emily M Cheung

    OX

  • Kristin Fung

    POPO DRAGON and SNAKE

  • Anthony Lee

    RAT UNCLE

read full bios here!

credits

Bun Fun New Year is devised and co-written by Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, Jasmine Chen, Howard Dai, and Amanda Sum.

Bun Fun New Year Theme Song, Disowned, and A-BUN-DANCE composed, and performed by Amanda Sum.

Additional voices by Justin B. Stein.

Sound Design and additional composition by Nancy Tam
Mixed and mastered by Ira Jordison
Illustrations by Cherry Lu
Associate producing by Charlie Cooper

A Year of Blessings is co-produced by the Five Blessings Collective, Gateway Theatre, and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

A diamond shaped illustration in red and gold depicting bunnies playing with ingredients in the kitchen.

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