Category: Arts & Culture
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 […]
Another one of those, ‘we already knew that’ moments has occurred and sent the internet into a spin with the official announcement that lead character in the Scooby-Doo franchise Velma is a lesbian. The confirmation, if you needed it to be confirmed, has come from the producer of the 2010-13 cartoon series Tony Cervone who […]
Jordan Quinn tells us what inspired the new must-see exhibition Sex Workers of Aotearoa – a day in the life of. Sex Work; an industry most often illuminated by media clickbait and sensationalist headlines. We’re represented by questionable TV characters and victims in Hollywood movies. Our existence has shaped history and we’ve been the muses […]
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is excited to announce that it is performing physical concerts again at the Auckland Town Hall from Thursday 9 July, as it resumes its 2020 season. During the lockdown and through Level 2, the orchestra shared a wide range of digital content. This included their Thursday night Encore Livestreams, at-home performances, […]