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When Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2020 program dropped, Benjamin Law’s play – combining real estate, mental health and trauma within family dynamics – was an immediate standout. Three emotive, sensitive topics are comically “braided”, as Law so eloquently explains, into one.

The creator and co-writer of the TV series The Family Law makes his play-writing debut with Torch the Place, about a mother who can’t let go, be it grudges or objects. Law, fabulously photographed for this week’s cover by Nic Walker, says he hopes audiences find comfort in his depiction of delicate topics. ●

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n a world seemingly swamped by a culture of outrage, celebrated author and TV writer Benjamin Law reckons it’s still all right to lean back and have a good laugh.

It is, after all, the very mechanism he has used to earn a name as one of Australia’s brightest and polarising literary stars.

He says taking the piss is part of our Australian way of life. But Law says doing it properly can serve a purpose.

The man whose personal experiences growing up in a dysfunctional Chinese-Australian family earned him acclaim first for his book and then a television series has now turned his focus to the issue of mental health.

It is a sensitive topic, certainly.

But one Law says he is prepared to wade into.

The 37-year-old suspects learning to find the light in the darkest corners of our lives could just be a platform for change.

He makes his debut as a playwright this February with Torch the Place, a production focused on the life of a hoarder and the dysfunction that comes with it.

Law has worked with The Lady in the Van director Dean Bryant and a cast including Fiona Choi, Diana Lin and Michelle Lim Davidson to bring the poignant comedy to life for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

“I have always been fascinated by compulsive hoarding,” he admits. “It tends to affect people and communities that have been affected by trauma.

“I thought it was an interesting condition that braided all the big concerns and anxieties that Australia is experiencing at the moment – mental health, capitalism gone bad and real estate.

“For anybody who has grown up with the condition or is living with it now, I hope the play gives them a sense of companionship and solidarity.

“I’m not trying to normalise it but remove the stigma and talk about ways to approach it.”

The story delves into the life of a mother who can’t let go of anything – from grudges to household objects – and explores the impact that has on her and her family.

In a nation where 1.2 million people are grappling with the condition, it is set to be a tangible insight for audiences. “I have already had people who have read the script say that this is a

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New playwright Benjamin Law picks his battles in the public arena with a shrewd sense of humour.

You gotta laugh, it’s the Law

“I do think we are allowed to laugh in the darkness and that laughter and being entertained and feeling joy can be an act of resistance in itself.”

depiction of their own family or something they have experienced,” Law says. “I don’t think it necessarily offers any solutions. But it lays out the complexities of what the disorder can look like.”

At its core, he hopes the dark comedy might just prove a decent night out at the theatre.

“We are talking about some pretty grim stuff but I hope what I have written is something that people can laugh over, even shriek about.”

Law sees comedy as an important outlet for a society increasingly bound by opinion.

But it is his take on some of Australia’s most divisive issues that has earned him an even wider following. An outspoken LGBTI advocate, Law found himself on the receiving end of fierce criticism during the marriage equality debate.

But no matter the topic, Law seems happy to weather the criticism; perhaps even thriving off it.

“If you do get to a position of prominence, if your

work matters, you should expect to be attacked at some stage,” he says. “The worse thing is if nobody is reacting to your work whatsoever.

“I think because I am gay and because I am Asian-Australian, I’m a minority within a minority.

“But I think my point is as valid as anybody else’s.

“If I am advocating for young transgender people and have powerful people in the media denying they exist, I will use my privilege to stand up for them through my work.”

In a 2016 Quarterly Essay, Moral Panic 101, Law explored the evolution of homophobia in Australia and how bullying of vulnerable youth remained.

Then he famously became a target for trolls and an Australian broadsheet newspaper for his comments targeting MPs over homophobia.

It was the kind of experience that may have prompted any writer to retreat. “It’s important to keep your perspective and maintain good humour because a lot of the time the people attacking you don’t have good spelling or grammar,” he jokes.

He says his decision to block “thousands” of people on social media was merely an opportunity to exercise his “freedom not to listen” and that the occasional tussle with right-wing media personalities kept him “match fit”.

There are no plans, he says, to stop elevating issues that matter but there are just as many that need no longer divide us.

“There are some issues I think that need to be taken more seriously,” Law says.

“On others, yeah, we need to relax.

“I don’t believe we have been swamped by outrage culture and I find it ironic the people who say that are usually political commentators who have spent their entire careers writing a column a day about what they are angry about.

“I do think we are allowed to laugh in the darkness and that laughter and being entertained and feeling joy can be an act of resistance in itself.”

In the meantime, the author is determined to continue pursuing challenging projects.

Last year he was in front of the camera for the two-part documentary series, Waltzing the Dragon, an examination of the history and current environment between China and Australia.

“I feel like every year brings a new project for which I am deeply unqualified,” Law says. “I don’t think I am necessarily that ambitious … I just can’t stand being bored.

“If it’s fun and interesting, I’m up for it.” ● TORCH THE PLACE \ February 8 to March 21, Arts

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Royal Park views are a feature of Hughenden, a grand Georgian-style home on about 560 square metres with a separate, self-contained, two-bedroom apartment. The home was built in 1942 and has been impeccably restored.

The rooms are elaborate, embellished with intricate plasterwork and with elegant open fireplaces, highly detailed cabinetry and Murano glass chandeliers in the living and dining rooms. Hydronic heating, a grand staircase, triple-glazed windows, marble and terrazzo bathrooms, and a separate gym are all features. The property is zoned for University High and close to transport, schools, the hospital and university precincts. â—? BEVERLEY JOHANSON Agent: Nelson Alexander, Tom Roberts 0418 553 680 Price: $2.38 million Private sale

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All the flourishes that make Boom-style, two-storey terraces so enduringly appealing are here, combined with an equal standard of 21st-century functionality. The grand home is a fine example of the era with a marble fireplace and arched bay window in the formal living room, and a fireplace in the formal dining room with a modern extension at the rear. Parquetry flooring, a large timber kitchen and a clever dining area that echoes the front bay window are features of this light and open area. In the beautifully landscaped rear garden, a spa sits in a Victorian-style pergola. Upstairs, two of the four bedrooms have fireplaces. Transport and shopping are close by. â—? BEVERLEY JOHANSON Agent: Jellis Craig, Brad Airs 0414 594 884 Price: $1.85 million-$2 million Auction: 12.30pm, February 15

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