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OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words

ABC RN’s Stop Everything! Live

Hosted by Beverley Wang
Special Event Weekend of Words Talks
Space Theatre
Stop Everything Website Feature
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Dates

  • Times

    • Saturday
      12:30 pm — 1:30 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.


Prices

Admission

FREE

ABC's beloved pop culture show returns to Adelaide for a live recording at OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words.

Don't miss this special reunion with Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law, joined by very special guests from OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words. If past years are anything to go by, there will be plenty of laughs (maybe a few happy tears too).


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Part of

Beverley Jason Sami on Stage

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 Words

Beverley Wang

Host

Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne, Australia 

Beverley Wang is the ABC’s National Culture correspondent. She hosts the pop culture show Stop Everything! and Life Matters on Fridays on ABC RN, and is a regular contributor to ABC News Breakfast. Beverley is Taiwanese Canadian, based in Melbourne. 

Appearing in: Session 7, Session 11, Stop Everything! Live 

Beverley Wang

Benjamin Law

Special Guest

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 

Benjamin Law

Performance Location: Space Theatre

Space Theatre

You can enter the Space Theatre 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.

Directions via Google

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.

Go to Adelaide Metro website

We want to make your vis­it as enjoy­able as pos­si­ble and offer many ways to assist if sup­port is required.

Accessible seating

Patrons using a wheel­chair and those unable to man­age stairs can be seat­ed in the bal­cony or on floor lev­el depend­ing on the venue configuration. 

Lifts

Stair-free seat­ing is avail­able at the upper bal­cony lev­el only. 

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

Space Theatre has 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. Please advise the oper­a­tor at the time of booking. 

Find out more about our access services

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Great beer, delicious food and river views

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