Category: Arts & Culture
Playwright Sam Brooks’ new production Burn Her open tonight! Burn Her is set on election night, where a crisis forces an idealistic party leader to decide between her morals and her ambitions to govern. express asks Brooks if protagonist Aria was inspired by Jacinda. “I actually wrote the play two years ago—well before a Labour government […]
Celine comes to our shores in just one week! There are singers, and then there are SINGERS. Celine Dion is the latter. A powerhouse vocalist who’s been making music for three decades and is one of the bestselling artists of all time. In terms of consistent live vocal performances and a voice that has never […]
The world could soon have its very first superhero series with a lesbian lead character if reports are to be believed surrounding the proposed Batwoman series. According to Variety, the CW channel is currently working on a series about the crime fighter, that would fit in well with its current other popular DC superhero shows, including The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, […]
express magazine and LGBT+ History enthusiast Gareth Watkins take a look back at July throughout the years, noting the important dates for New Zealand’s rainbow community. 5 Jul 1936 Photographer Robert Gant dies. Born in England Gant moved to New Zealand at the age of 21, living in Wairarapa and Wellington. Gant’s visual interests include […]
The New Zealand International Film Festival kicks off in Auckland on Thursday 19 July and on Friday 27 July in Wellington. Here are express’ top LGBTI picks for the festival. A Kid Like Jake Based Daniel Pearle’s play, helmed by trans director Silas Howard (Transparent) and staring Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and Homeland’s Claire […]
The first official trailer for the long and much anticipated gay conversion therapy drama titled The Miseducation of Cameron Post has finally been released. Following Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post‘s winning of the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018. The movie adaptation of Emily Danforth’s acclaimed 2012 novel now has its first […]
Belinda Nash charts the rise of Nopesisters Clothing—a success born from tragedy. Wellington sisters Britt and Johanna Cosgrove’s journey into fashion is personal. The pair unknowingly launched a movement, first designing the ‘Mastectotee’ as a breast cancer fundraiser in 2016 inspired by their mother, which led to its ‘NOPE’ and ‘NOPE for HOPE’ tees, tragically […]
To celebrate the 125th Anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, The Royal New Zealand Ballet is presenting their new production Strength and Grace featuring work from four female choreographers, this August. The choreographers commissioned for Strength and Grace are Sarah Foster-Sproull from New Zealand, Danielle Rowe from Australia, Penny Saunders from the United States […]