Tag: Auckland Arts Festival
Last year, Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop (aka the theatre-making partnership EBKM) created Heartbreak Hotel, a musical play that explored the complexities of dating and heartache, which quickly became the talk of NZ’s theatre scene and was widely considered the best piece of homegrown theatre produced in 2023.
This year,...
2022 Arts Laureate award-winner Lindah Lepou has been a creative interdisciplinary force in NZ Arts since the early nineties, while mentoring and supporting other queer artists. Best known to many on Auckland’s gay scene for founding fa’afafine/takatāpui/trans girl group Pure Funk, which lit up stages and parties with their...
With the Auckland Arts Festival opening tonight YOUR EX takes an in-depth look at some of the festival's many highlights!
Inspired by the famous medical case of the Reimer twins, Carly Wijs' latest play BOY will debut to Kiwi audiences at Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival. BOY...
From 7 to 24 March, enjoy 18 days of unforgettable theatre, music, dance, cabaret, kōrero and more from Aotearoa and beyond in some of the finest venues across Auckland.
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Here are YOUR ex’s top reasons to buy your Auckland Arts Festival tickets now.
• To See African Excellence...
In an audio interview from a busy Edinburgh cafe, The Chosen Haram's lead artist, Sadiq Ali, tells express about growing up in a traditional Islamic household, hearing his father agree with the death penalty as a punishment for homosexuality, and discovering his love for circus performance.
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Livi Reihana and Amanda Kennedy are two queer Kiwi women who shot to fame as musical comedy duo Fan Brigade. Having changed NZ comedy for the better they are now turning their talents to the world of opera, with a comedic take on the story of the unruly tourists...
As part of the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival, proud fa'afafine Petmal Lam stars in The Savage Coloniser Show, a stage adaptation of Tusiata Avia’s award-winning poetry collection, The Savage Coloniser Book.
Directed by Anapela Polata’ivao and produced by Victor Rodger for FCC Theatre, the company that also adapted Avia’s...
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival 2023 programme has been gleefully announced, featuring a collection of internationally acclaimed showstoppers and hotly anticipated homegrown premieres. Here are express' recommendations for unmissable experiences.
THE SAVAGE COLONISER SHOW
The world premiere of the stage adaptation of Tusiata Avia’s blistering poetry collection,...
