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William Yang and Benjamin Law: Sydneyphiles Reimagined

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Organiser: State Library of New South Wales
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Location: State Library of New South Wales, Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW, Australia
Entry Fee: $ 20
Presenter(s): William Yang and Benjamin Law

In this special event, William presents a performance about Sydneyphiles, followed by a conversation with writer and journalist Benjamin Law about the legacy of Sydneyphiles and William’s broader body of work, and what it means to see the show now reimagined for audiences at the State Library.

William Yang worked as a freelance photographer in the 70s and 80s documenting Sydney’s social life. In 1989 he integrated his skills as a writer and a visual artist. He began to perform monologues with slide projection in the theatre. They tell personal stories and explore issues of identity. William had a retrospective exhibition Seeing and Being Seen at QAGOMA, Brisbane, in 2021. He won a Lifetime Achievement award from Sydney Theatre Critics in 2022.

Benjamin Law is a journalist, columnist, TV screenwriter and author of The Family Law, Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East and Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101. The Family Law is an award-winning TV series for SBS that Benjamin created and co-wrote over three seasons. He co-hosts ABC Radio’s Stop Everything! with Beverley Wang, and is a weekly columnist for Good Weekend magazine.

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