Category: Arts & Culture
One of Australia’s greatest contemporary playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith, talks about ATC’s latest production of her play Switzerland, based on the renowned queer author Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley). Joanna discusses the dark character and working with Dame Helen Mirren on the upcoming film adaptation. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! What inspired you to write Switzerland? […]
Illuminating the stage, Lightscapes promises to be an extraordinary celebration of the RNZB’s 70-year legacy and a testament to the company’s vibrant future. The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) is set to commemorate its 70th anniversary with a special program entitled Lightscapes. David McAllister, the Interim Artistic Director of RNZB, expressed his excitement about the anniversary, stating, […]
Playwright Ankita Singh (Basmati Bitch) talks about the importance of including a variety of class, caste, religion, and sexuality, in her Asian characters. Like a dramatic Indian soap, my playwriting debut Basmati Bitch has it all: song, dance, sword fights, gangsters, erotica, and epic love confessions between two dudes! If you think this sounds a […]
The highly acclaimed global World Press Photo Exhibition, which is seen in over 60 cities around the globe each year, returns for the first time since 2019 to Auckland to showcase and celebrate photojournalism and documentary photography of the last year. The exhibition includes winners from the prestigious World Press Photo Contest, first founded in […]
Benjamin Kilby-Henson, Co-Director of Auckland Theatre Company’s King Lear, ponders the question, ‘How does my queerness influence my work and artistic output?’ Well, fuck, I suppose the answer would be ‘wholeheartedly,’ as my queerness is so central to who I am, what I want to say, and how I see the world. Art is so […]
Kinky Boots, a vivacious musical concoction of compelling storytelling and intoxicating musical score, made its triumphant debut at Auckland’s Civic Theatre last night, bringing the house down with rapturous applause and a standing ovation. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! At the heart of the spectacle is a captivating performance by Stewart Adam McKensy as Lola, the […]
Produced, written, directed, and performed by force-of-nature movement alchemist Hannah Tasker-Poland, with the live musical wizardry of internationally renowned composer and musician Lucien Johnson, The Most Naked is steeped in mesmerising dance artistry, subversive theatre, spectacular live music, and political eroticism. Hannah is a highly regarded dance artist, choreographer, stage and screen actor, avant-garde burlesque/fetish artist, SPFX […]
The 2023 NZ International Comedy Festival With Best Foods Mayo is about to get even camper with the New Zealand Comedy Trust’s brand new event – Loud & Queer, a celebration of Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ comedians and the capital’s iconic queer community – Saturday 20 May at Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington’s spectacular St James Theatre. This one-night-only extravaganza will be hosted by certifiable local hero and […]