Category: Arts & Culture
A new video from the popular YouTube series titled Kids React, featuring a group of kids opening up on their opinions on whether or not Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street are a couple has gone viral. The Kids React video follows Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman ended years of speculation on whether characters Bert and Ernie were gay or not, claiming that the […]
A new ten-part reality dating series, hosted by Courtney Act has been commissioned by E! Entertainment, and aims to captivate a growing number of people who identify as bisexual. Titled The Bi Life, the new show will follow a group of bisexual+ (bi, pansexual, fluid, etc.) or questioning British singles as they are sent on an adventure […]
Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Are We There Yet? – Women and Equality in Aotearoa examines the journey of gender equality in New Zealand. Express takes a closer look at this inclusive exhibition. This year marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. On 19 September 1893, the Electoral Act 1893 was passed, giving all […]
Actor Paul Fagamalo talks to express about growing up in South Auckland, identifying as fa’afafine and starring in Maori TV’s Tongue Tied. On Tongue Tied Paul Fagamalo plays Pristina is a strong-willed Samoan fa’afafine who is wanting to learn more Te Reo. Born and raised in Mangere, he tells us about his life growing up. […]
This month Auckland Live presents Women 20-18 a season of visual art, music, theatre and talks that shines a spotlight on the un-ordinary women of New Zealand’s arts industries, and celebrates the voices of all women here and around the world. On 8 September – the 125th anniversary of the day our parliament voted 20 – 18 […]
ATC’s latest show Filthy Business is an epic family comedy, spanning the 1960s through to the 1980s in London’s East End. Over thirty years, we follow the highs and lows of the Solomon family in a once-thriving family firm. Their crumbling rubber empire is home to formidable matriarchs, ambitious children, idiot grandkids, gruff wideboys and […]
Karen O’Leary talks to Oliver Hall about drunkenly stumbling into acting and scoring roles in What We Do in the Shadows, The Breaker Uppers and TV’s top new kiwi comedy Wellington Paranormal. Karen O’Leary accidentally fell into acting! “My official day job is running a community-based early childhood centre,” she explains to express. “One of […]
Katy Perry is back in NZ for two nights with her Witness Tour, a show that promises to be a spectacle! There is a giant eye-shaped LED screen that stares back at the audience as it illuminates her stage, a curvy runway that penetrates deep into the standing crowd, numerous elevating stages from a mini […]