Day: May 1, 2017

May 01
Grey Lynn’s Best Kept Secret

express enlists the help of interior designer James Peters to put his expert eye up to the stylish new development, Waima Terraces. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”1404″ image_crop=”0″ image_pan=”1″ show_playback_controls=”1″ show_captions=”0″ aspect_ratio=”1.5″ width=”100″ width_unit=”%” transition=”fade” transition_speed=”1″ slideshow_speed=”5″ border_size=”0″ border_color=”#ffffff” override_thumbnail_settings=”1″ thumbnail_width=”120″ thumbnail_height=”90″ thumbnail_crop=”0″ ngg_triggers_display=”always” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_horizontal_filmstrip”] Approaching this recent construction of 16 apartments, my […]

May 01
People: Nat Hugill

express talks to Nat Hugill — burlesque artist, drag king, actress, director and producer — ahead of her performance at the 2017 Hollywood Burlesque Festival. How long have you been performing as both your burlesque and drag king personas? Lilly Loca had her first stage debut in May 2009 at Miss La Vida’s Burly-Q Revue. […]

May 01
LGBT+ Doc Film Reviews

More than just a film festival, the 12th annual Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival is composed of work that captures history from a broad selection of interests. Oliver Hall checks the features that put their spotlight on the LGBT+ community. Although Whitney Houston had a huge gay fan base, there are more poignant reasons […]

May 01
Oliver Driver Breathes New Life into Shaffer’s ‘Amadeus’

Brought to us by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, it was inspired by a short 1830’s play by Alexander Pushkin called Mozart and Salieri. Well-known for his perceptive craft, whether acting or directing, Oliver Driver says […]

May 01
RNZB: Behind The Scenes

Ahead of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s performance of Three by Ekman, express contributor Ashna Sholehpak, managed to pull aside 25-year-old Shaun James, RNZB dancer, and get the low-down on what he enjoys about being with the company, what excites him about performing Ekman’s pieces, and all about his life of dance, travel, passion and the value […]