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Elissa Blake

Elissa Blake is an Arts Writer.

Not welcome: Teenage friends Lilian Proano and Cathy Emelianov.

Booze rules in Sydney Festival decision to lock out under-18s

Want to dance in an open-air disco? Maybe get your hair sculpted into a crazy shape? Or hang out, talk to friends, eat sushi and soak up the atmosphere at Sydney Festival Village in Hyde Park? Well, you can't. At least, not if you are under 18 and unaccompanied by an adult.

"So I'm not talking about history here. I'm talking about my own life": Vernon Ah Kee with Sydney Festival Director ...

We're still not considered 'fully human'

Gaze into the eyes of one of Vernon Ah Kee's portraits of his family members and you can see the range of human emotion: tenderness, anger, curiosity, sorrow and surprise.