Day: September 2, 2022
They say there is a role that every actor was born to play. When Auckland Theatre Company cast the role of Arie in Emily Perkins’ The Made, they found that actor in Hannah Tasker-Poland, a queer progressive-feminist fresh from producing her own first full-length work, The Most Naked. Hannah chats to express about becoming Arie, […]
A glittering line-up of Aotearoa’s top musicians and comedians are set to pay tribute to Dames Lynda and Jools Topp (the Topp Twins) this November in a special variety show celebrating the LGBTQ+ duo’s extraordinary contribution to NZ over the past 40 years. The event, which will take place on November 7, 2022, at The […]
US President Joe Biden has been urged to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people following findings of a “deliberate effort” to “roll back human rights” in the United States. Making the comments at a UN press conference, the independent UN expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz explained that “equality is not yet within reach and in many cases […]
Fresh off the back of last year’s film adaptation, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra prepares to explore Leonard Bernstein’s glimmering and impassioned Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Conceived on the brink of the civil rights movement in the United States, Bernstein wrote West Side Story in a time of both great change and artistic exploration. But […]
For over 30 years, World of WearableArt (WOW) has embraced the worlds of art, design and fashion and brought them together in a theatrical performance. WOW attracts entrants from over 40 countries each year, with designers creating extraordinary works of wearable art that are then brought to life on stage in the annual WOW Awards […]
Whether you’re looking to entertain your kids or giving your siblings a break and being the perfect ‘guncle’, join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for two big screen adaptations of works by beloved author and children’s laureate Julia Donaldson (The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child). For those who have never attended one of the APO’s hugely popular […]