Category: Arts & Culture
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 […]
Oliver Hall sits down with George Solomon, one of the co-creators and cast members of Oh What A Night! A Musical Tribute To Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Tell us a bit about your background before joining Oh What a Night? I’ve been working professionally in show business since my early teens. I have […]
Oliver Hall caught up with Sherlock and Game of Thrones star Mark Gatiss to discuss his career, casting gay roles and why the LGBTI community can take nothing for granted. British actor, screenwriter and director Mark Gatiss has starred in and written for some of the most important TV shows of the 21st century. These […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”1600″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Drag Wars @ Pheonix Cabaret Friday 26 June level 1/258 K Rd, Auckland Photo: Yosuke Tanaka Taking place on the final Friday of each month, Drag Wars is a Ru Paul’s Drag Race-style contest, hosted by Caluzzi comedy duo Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it! Contestants […]