Category: Arts & Culture
Jessica Driver talks to express about joining the cast of the hit show, which is touring 33 New Zealand venues, over 46 days. Why are Kiwis nationwide still lining up to singalong to ABBA’s greatest hits? “Because they have never gone out of style! They are songs for everyone,” reflects Driver who has arrived in […]
In 2023, Sydney WorldPride (SWP) and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) unite to present a must-see, truly global LGBTQIA+ pride festival. SGLMG and SWP operate are two separate organisations with the same goal – to introduce the world to the Southern Hemisphere’s glittering LGBTQI+ communities, giving our diverse First Nations and Asia-Pacific communities […]
Kiwi landscaper Chris Davis has won the World of WearableArt (WOW) $5,000 Sustainability Award for his design: Haerenga (Journey). For over 30 years, World of WearableArt (WOW) has been embracing the worlds of art, design and fashion and bringing them together in a theatrical performance. WOW attracts entrants from over 40 countries each year, with designers […]
Kween Kong talks to Oliver Hall about representing South Auckland on Drag Race, bringing Pasifika culture to Sydney WorldPride, and moving back to Aotearoa. “I think this season was great. I feel like we’ve definitely redeemed the franchise,” Kween Kong tells us with a beaming smile. She is on Zoom from her home in Melbourne. […]
Sandi Toksvig read Law at Cambridge (often considered to be the world’s best university), but would never practice, instead pursuing a career in comedy, leading her to present popular TV shows The Great British Bake Off and QI, as well as authoring over twenty novels. Calling from her home in England, in the middle of […]
After much anticipation from fans, the official trailer for My Policeman, an LGBTQ+ romance drama starring Harry Styles, has been released. Based on the novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman follows the life of a police officer who gets married to a schoolteacher, all while already being in a love affair […]
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 […]