Category: Arts & Culture
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Bold Moves opens in Wellington tomorrow night and tours nationally until Sunday 15 September. To celebrate, express caught up with RNZB’s Executive Director Lester McGrath, a ‘bold mover’ in his own right, he helped bring theatre to Auckland’s waterfront and has produced shows all around the world. He talks to Oliver […]
Jane Mulkerrins talks to the cast and crew of the new season of the groundbreaking show Pose – The first fictional series to present trans stories that have been made by trans people, both behind the camera and in front of it. Long before the first episode of Ryan Murphy’s now seminal series Pose ever […]
This month, Artist Gui Taccetti returns with Inferno, a subversive photography exhibition set to heat up Auckland’s Winter. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, artist Gui Taccetti moved to New Zealand a decade ago and last year was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts from Elam. His practise centres on photography with themes of religion, […]
Going all out for Pride month, Taylor Swift has finally released her new music video for her hit single You Need to Calm Down – And it’s packed full of LGBTI celebrity cameos! Ellen DeGeneres, Ryan Reynolds, Bobby Berk, Billy Porter, Ciara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, Adam Lambert, Todrick Hall, Hayley Kiyoko, Adam Rippon, Chester […]
Just days after dropping her new LGBTI supportive single titled: You Need to Calm Down, Taylor Swift has celebrated Pride month with a surprise performance at the historic Stonewall Inn. According to Variety Swift (who was greeted by the evening’s headliner, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson) performed two songs by Sara Bareilles including a […]
express alumni Amy Jane Todd says NZ Opera ‘has never felt so contemporary’ as it did on the opening night of The Barber of Seville. Opera has never felt so contemporary to me as the NZ Opera’s performance on the opening night of The Barber of Seville. The highlight is the barber Figaro [Morgan Pearse], […]
Elton John and Taron Egerton who plays the music legend in Rocketman, have come out swinging against Russian censors for cutting scenes of gay sexuality from the film. According to reports, the film about Elton John has been edited to remove scenes that include same-sex kissing, sex, and even an image of the star with his husband and children […]
As part of Auckland Live’s Cabaret Season, Musical Theatre Unleashed will see Aotearoa’s leading music theatre performers showcase a line-up of contemporary songs written especially for the stage by our very own NZ composers and lyricists. Express talks to Musical Theatre Unleashed’s Director and Curator, Ryan Jacobs. Tell us about your show and why we […]