Category: Arts & Culture
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 […]
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, […]