Category: Arts & Culture
Oli Mathiesen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) is a queer Māori choreographer and dancer based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Next month, as part of Tempo Dance Festival, he will perform with The New Zealand Dance Company for the first time in What They Said, choreographed by Jo Lloyd. He talks to express about gender in dance, […]
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 […]
Pop icon Madonna has released her 50-track career-spanning compilation album titled: FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE: 50 NUMBER ONES to celebrate her huge range of club hits! The new album, which is available now via streaming and in physical format and includes an epic collection curated by Madonna, is in celebration of her historic milestone as the […]
Organisers of the Auckland Rainbow Parade are calling on volunteers to make art to support the annual Parade set to take place on the 18th of February 2023 on Ponsonby Road, Auckland. If you feel like you missed your calling and have an artist inside just busting to get out – this could be your […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is back, and Season 2 wouldn’t be the same without Ru’s best Judge Judy, Michelle Visage. She talks to Oliver Hall about what ‘down under’ drag can teach the US, Drag Kings competing and moving to New Zealand. Michelle Visage is sitting in the makeup chair getting her hair done, […]
Living sculptures and ‘photomontagers’ Gilbert & George have been turning the art world on its head since the sixties with their provocative and thought-provoking works. They talk to Oliver Hall about life’s contradictions, never arguing and ‘extraordinary’ spunk. At the respective ages of 78 (Gilbert) and 80 (George), the pair travelled to New Zealand for […]