Category: Arts & Culture
Host of Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show, Steven Oates, checks out Rialto Channel’s crazy colourful canine documentary, Well Groomed, where aspiring-artist pet-owners turn their pooches into their canvas! Every year at Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show I see doggies dressed up to the nines – but nothing I’ve seen over my many years […]
A feature film due to be shot in New Zealand and Australia later this year, is seeking two Māori trans women to share a major role. Based on an amalgam of real-life people and events, the film explores the changing face of diversity across Australasia, spotlighting increased visibility of trans and gender diverse communities. Spearheading […]
NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, Welcome to your Festival – express checks out AAF’s programme designed to unify, uplift, and inspire through an annual world-class collection of events and performances. Despite a Covid curve-ball, organisers of AAF 2022 have put together a massive 24 shows/events taking place both outdoors and online. The theme and curatorial lens […]
In early 2018 express ran a story on the gay reality TV pilot that was being pitched as a gay-male version of the Real Housewives of Auckland. Four years on express sits down with creator Lewis Rowe to find out what went wrong for ‘The Princes of Auckland’? It felt like car dealership owner Lewis […]
Brady Peeti is shaking up the ‘cis-tem’, playing groundbreaking roles on NZ stages, while acting as an agent, to help other trans talent to come through! She to talks to express about Covid cancellations, Kaupapa and wanting the best for her community! It’s Pride month! What does Pride mean to you? Pride for me is […]
Debuting on Rialto Channel as part of their Celebrate Pride season, Are You Proud? is a documentary that examines what Pride month really means and the conflicting opinions on how we should be celebrating it. express spoke exclusively to director of Are You Proud?, Ashley Joiner. Activist Ashley Joiner was motivated to create a documentary about the UK’s […]
A new gay indie film titled “Mysterious Ways” telling the story of a vicar who decides to have a forbidden Anglican wedding with his Samoan boyfriend is set to be filmed in Auckland this May. Mysterious Ways is a timely exploration of issues around faith for gay people both here in New Zealand and around […]
What’s with the name? A tribute to a fashion icon. express spoke to Famine of Beauty founder Kevin Barratt to find out what’s really behind the name? Introduce yourself, what do you do? Kia ora, I’m Kevin Barratt, ‘One Man Brand’ and founder of a glorious little 2020 lockdown start-up, Famine of Beauty. We offer a fabulous […]