Much to do with law, but more to do with love
7:00 - 8:00 pm
“I think the law is ghosting me?”
It’s alienating. It’s violent. It’s pretty much incomprehensible. For one queer lawyer, it’s the ultimate toxic lover.
In his award-winning lecture-performance, Danish Sheikh returns to the courtroom that broke his heart, and the play that healed it. Tracing a journey through colonial legacies that refuse to die, court transcripts that won’t let him move on, and a certain pop star who insists on the redemptive power of shaking it off, this charming and provocative show asks:
What’s the point of loving the law when the law won’t love you back?
Companion Card Holder tickets are available. To book, please get in touch with the Gasworks Front Desk on (03) 8606 4200 during office hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm.
When law meets love: Paul Kidd and Danish Sheikh on activism, storytelling, and queer survival.
Saturday, 31 January
4 – 5pm
Join activist-lawyer and playwright Danish Sheikh in conversation with lawyer and advocate Paul Kidd, as they explore how queer lives have both been shaped by the law and reshaped it in turn – through activism, storytelling, and the pursuit of justice.
| Event details |
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| Dates | |
| Wednesday, February 4 | 7:00 - 8:10 pm |
| Thursday, February 5 | 7:00 - 8:10 pm |
| Friday, February 6 | 7:00 - 8:10 pm |
| Saturday, February 7 | 7:00 - 8:10 pm |
| tickets | |
| Full | $30 |
| Concession | $20 |
| Companion Card Holder | $0 |
| Location | |
| Gasworks Main Theatre |
| Running time | |
| 70 mins |
| accessibility | |
| Wheelchair Accessible |
| Age suitability | |
| 16+ |
| warnings | |
| This performance contains references to homophobia, transphobia, sexual violence, police brutality, and courtroom testimony involving traumatic experiences |
