Category: Arts & Culture
Streaming giant Netflix has given fans a sneak-peak of its new adaptation of the 1968 gay stage play The Boys in the Band, starring Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory. The story written in 1968 by the late playwright Mart Crowley follows the lives and personal dramas of a group of gay men who meet […]
New research on William Shakespeare has concluded that the legendary playwright was “undeniably bisexual” putting to rest years of speculation and debate. Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr. Paul Edmonson who conducted the research analysed the 182 sonnets Shakespeare wrote from around 1578 onwards and found that, while ten were written for women, 27 were actually […]
Keegan Elliot profiles five of our hottest local drag talents. Bunny Holiday Bunny Holiday is Wellington’s ‘It Girl’. She takes inspiration from early 2000’s socialites like Paris Hilton. Bunny wants to spread the message of confidence and feeling your self-worth. The first exposure Bunny had to drag was when she watched the movie Party Monster […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet ASCENDS stages across the country AGAIN with Venus Rising. The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) will be one of the first ballet companies in the world to rise from the artistic decimation of the global pandemic and return to the stage with an audience on 20 August. Four extraordinary works created […]
In a new interview about the trilogy, ‘The Matrix’ co-director Lilly Wachowski has confirmed that the popular sci-fi series is a transgender allegory. The interview comes as filming on the fourth movie in the series which had begun in San Francisco in February has been halted due to COVID-19, forcing the release date back until […]
On Thursday 20 August, Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic – a documentary that takes an intimate behind the scenes look at the outrageous retrospective fashion musical the designer created – debuts on The Rialto Channel. In celebration, Oliver Hall talks to the legendary fashion designer about his inspirations, career highlights and who could play […]
Take a step back in time with Auckland’s new self-guided LGBTIQ+ walking tour which traces the formation of the 1972 Gay Liberation Front (GLF). The GLF was a radical activist group that was made up of mainly young people and was responsible for bringing LGBTIQ+ people out of the closet and proudly onto the city’s […]
A vocal supporter of the Black Live Matter movement Miss Geena celebrates her favourite new artists of colour. Paige South Auckland star Paige delivers her more of her impeccable 90s-nostalgia R&B new single on new single Bloom. This queer artist feels like she is following in the footsteps of Benee and Lorde on the path […]