The Playhouse & Space Foyer Bar
The perfect meeting place for a pre-show drink or snack.
Located in the foyer of Dunstan Playhouse, The Playhouse & Space Foyer Bar offers a great selection of South Austra…
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Times
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Sunday6:00 pm — 7:00 pm
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Register your interest in this session to receive a reminder email in the week before the event. Your registration of interest is not a booking, and all events are free to attend.
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Admission
China or India: Whose century will this be? Who’s the next superpower? Let’s settle this once and for all in the only way that matters, through food.
Dim sum or Daal? Five Spice or Garam Masala? Jasmine or Basmati? Watch a battle where chopsticks will be flung and parathas thrown. It may vicious, but it’ll also sound delicious.
- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
This event may contain coarse language
- Runtime
- 1 hour
Part of
OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words: A vibrant celebration of Asian and Asian Australian literature, writing, and ideas. Curated by Sami Shah. Discover, engage, inspire.
Discover Weekend of WordsBenjamin Law
Team Chinese Food
Gadigal Country, Sydney, Australia
Benjamin Law is an essayist, journalist, author, screenwriter, and playwright. He’s best known for the books The Family Law, Gaysia, Moral Panic 101, Growing Up Queer in Australia, and the TV shows The Family Law and Wellmania.
Appearing in: Session 5, Session 11, Stop Everything! Live, Closing Night Debate
Sarah Malik
Team Chinese Food
Bediagal Land, Sydney, Australia
Sarah Malik is a Walkley-award winning Australian investigative journalist, author, and television presenter. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Desi Girl: On Feminism, Race, Faith and Belonging, and a travel anthology Safar: Muslim women’s stories of travel and transformation.
Appearing in: Session 1, Session 11, Closing Night Debate
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa
Team Chinese Food
Noongar Country, Perth, Australia
Sukhjit is a writer, performer, producer, and cultural leader based in Boorloo. Sukhjit is the Executive Director of The Blue Room Theatre and her debut novel will be released in 2025 with Upswell Publishing.
Appearing in: Session 3, Session 14, Closing Night Debate
Urvi Majumdar
Team Indian Food
Naarm, Melbourne, Australia
Urvi Majumdar is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and actor. She has written for The Project and The Weekly, and recently wrote and starred in her own online series, Urvi Went To An All Girls’ School, as a part of the ABC Freshblood initiative.
Appearing in: Session 5, Session 15, Closing Night Debate
Jason Chong
Team Indian Food
Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
Jason has been performing standup comedy for more than 20 years, appearing in festivals around the world, radio, and TV. You can hear Jason presenting the Evenings Program on ABC Local Radio (SA, NT and Broken Hill).
Appearing in: Session 6, Session 15, Closing Night Debate
Jennifer Wong
Team Indian Food
Cammeraygal Country, Sydney, Australia
Jennifer Wong is a writer, comedian, presenter of Chopsticks or Fork? (ABC), and columnist for The Guardian. Her humorous essays and reporting about food, culture, and mental health have been published by ABC Everyday, ABC News, Monocle, SBS Food, and SBS News.
Appearing in: Session 15, Workshop: Crafting Comedy, Closing Night Debate
Sami Shah
Moderator
Naarm, Melbourne, Australia
Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, and broadcaster. His autobiography I, Migrant was nominated for major literary awards, and his urban fantasy novel Boy of Fire and Earth and non-fiction work Islamic Republic of Australia received critical acclaim. He’s written multiple documentaries, and serves as Ambassador-at-Large for PEN Melbourne.
Appearing in: Opening Night Gala, Closing Night Debate, Book Club
Performance Location: Dunstan Playhouse
You can enter Dunstan Playhouse by foot from North Terrace, Adelaide Railway Station, Adelaide Oval, or King William Road.
From North Terrace, walk down the laneway alongside SkyCity Casino. From King William Road, you can walk over Festival Plaza (there’s a lift and escalator down to the Dunstan Playhouse level) or along the Walk of Fame from Elder Park.
Accessible drop off
There is an accessible drop off area located off Festival Drive under the Riverbank Footbridge.
A designated disability drop off is also available 45 minutes before performances. To access this drop off area, turn onto Festival Drive from King William Road, pass the Festival Plaza car park entrance and stay left, driving through the EOS Hotel visitor drop off loop to arrive at the Dunstan Playhouse & Space Theatre access drop off.
Taxi services
The best place to be dropped off by taxi is on King William Road at the Festival Theatre or on North Terrace. There is also a drop off area located off lower Festival Drive underneath the Riverbank Footbridge.
Car parking
The nearest car park is the Convention Centre Riverbank Car Park.
- Open: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Location: Festival Drive (adjacent Montefiore Road), Adelaide
- Entry: Festival Dr via King William Rd (Height: 2.0m) | Festival Dr via Montefiore Rd (Height: 2.0m)
Once you've parked, the eastern lift will take you to the promenade level where it's a short walk to the theatre.
Go to Adelaide Convention Centre website
Public transport
Accessible by many forms of public transport including trains, buses, the tram (stop at Railway Station) and a free bus service that operates on a loop throughout the city and North Adelaide with stops on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace.
Accessible seating
Boxes 1 and 4 plus selected seats in row L have removable seats to accommodate patrons who wish to remain seated in their wheelchair or transfer to a theatre seat.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are available at all Adelaide Festival Centre venues.
Assistance animals
Every theatre and event/function area of Adelaide Festival Centre is assistance animal friendly.
Audio assistance
Festival Theatre and Dunstan Playhouse have hearing loop facilities, limited to particular seats in the venues.
Audience members who require hearing assistance are now able to enjoy the show via the Beyerdynamic Hearing System.
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