Category: Arts & Culture
After making history as the first transgender man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Gottmik has revealed acting ambitions. The drag queen auditioned to play the iconic role of Pinhead in the Hellraiser remake. The news might not be considered all that surprising, given the RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13 runner up first wore a Pinhead inspired […]
In a win for lesbian visibility, Tampa Baes is an 8 part doco series following the lives of young lesbians living in Florida. A brand-new lesbian ‘doco drama’ is in production and Kiwis will be among the first in the world to see it on Amazon Prime. Tampa Baes will follow “the young lesbian ‘it […]
Boh Runga will join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), Bella Kalolo, Vanessa Stacey and the Jubilation gospel choir, to celebrate the music of Aretha Franklin on Saturday 24 July. From ‘Think’, ‘Spanish Harlem’ and ‘Natural Woman’, right through to the fierce feminist anthem of all time, ‘Respect’ – the APO’s concert Aretha will revisit all […]
Murder Haus is an artist collective and queer family that works in art, drag, ballroom and fashion spaces. While their talents and creative passions go beyond drag, the impact they have made on Auckland’s scene is undeniable. Oliver Hall meets founding members, Joshiua, Ego and Dirrrty Helen, to find out what fuels their fierceness. Shaking […]
Three new judges have been announced for Canada’s Drag Race following both Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Stacey McKenzie stepping down. The new judges replacing Bowyer-Chapman (who was forced to bow out of the show in March) and McKenzie (who unexpectedly left due to “COVID-related challenges”) include stylist Brad Goreski, The Handmaid’s Tale star Amanda Brugel, as well […]
When it was first announced that RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under would be filmed in Auckland it was beyond our wildest dreams that one of the three competing Kiwi queens could take the crown from one of the seven Aussies. But Kita Mean did it! Our winner discusses the cost of drag, Scarlett Adams, Anita […]
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is bringing a winter feast of extraordinary music this July, including three innovative back-to-back concerts in Auckland and Wellington, as part of its Immerse 2021 festival. The festival features the world premiere of Ngā Hihi o Matariki, a unique musical celebration of Matariki. Performances of Igor Stravinsky’s groundbreaking masterpiece The […]
Theatremaker Shane Bosher talks to Oliver Hall about his new award-winning play Everything After which he hopes will become, “a vehicle to have a much bigger conversation about wellbeing, purpose, generation difference and ageing,” in the gay community. When I first met Shane Bosher over 15 years ago, I was already a fan. As Creative […]