bloodlinks

william yang's Blood Links at Jubilee Hall tonight elevates slide shows (and their usual accompanying monologues) to a performance arts level.

although you can almost imagine sitting in a cosy living room, with a couple of friends, listening to his narration on the diaspora of his ancestors and still-alive relatives while he flashes through 500 over slides of people, scenary, food and messy kitchens, the whole show had a theatrical feel to it, which made it a rather unusual performance.

the funniest bit was definitely when he shared, in a lighthearted manner, what his conservative Asian family asked him pointedly, shortly after they realised he was gay: "Do you have AIDS?".. hahaha... how completely without tact..