Category: Arts & Culture
Award-winning director Shane Bosher returns to the Auckland stage with the international hit HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA, sponsored by express. He talks to Oliver Hall about the importance of telling contemporary queer stories. One of the hottest tickets in London last year, HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA is set to be one of the […]
American actor, singer, and songwriter, Darren Criss who is best known for performing Blaine Anderson on Glee and Andrew Cunanan on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, says he will no longer be playing any gay roles. 31-year-old Criss, says that while their are certain gay roles that he would love to perform, he didn’t […]
Where Self-Exposure and Ambiguity Meet: Alea front-man Alex Farrell-Davey opens up about the personal lyrics and lack of gender pronouns on his band’s debut album Henry St. A rare offering for a first album, Henry St doesn’t easily fit within a genre label. Instead, the band focused on the overall flow of the album to create […]
As Ru Paul’s reality show shined a light on drag in mainstream culture, two kiwi queens have worked tirelessly to ensure Auckland’s appetite for drag was satisfied. From taking over cabaret restaurant Caluzzi to starting monthly event Drag Wars and performing at Family; drag duo Kita Mean (32) and Anita Wigl’it (29) have been at […]
Rupert Everett discusses LGBT politics, why he will be forever grateful to Colin Firth and the decade it took him to make Oscar Wilde Biopic, The Happy Prince. I first interviewed Rupert Everett at Sydney Mardi Gras in 2007, where he was promoting his autobiography Red Carpet’s and Other Banana Skins. It was a strange […]
Ten Queens will soon compete to become Ru’s “Queen of Great Britain” as the BBC and World of Wonder take RuPaul’s Drag Race to the United Kingdom. Reported by Deadline, RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. will air on BBC Three in early 2019, with eight episodes, being planed. RuPaul, who will not produce the show, will also serve as host, and judge for the British version of the […]
Championing authentic expression and representation of the HIV community, the Puāwai closes tomorrow following a week of kicking all things ‘stigma’ to the kerb. Now entering its fourth year, the festival is the brainchild of cultural provocateur and community facilitator Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, and Mark Fisher from Body Positive. Creating open, safe and integrated spaces to […]
Nine fierce and fabulous drag-stars are out to win the title of the ultimate ‘drag-star’! Medulla Oblongata is 32 years old from Auckland. Medulla is a full time drag queen and has stared in a short film about her life. Originally from the Maldives, Medulla fled to New Zealand to escape persecution for being […]