Love Between The Covers
Romance fiction grosses more than a billion dollars a year – outselling mystery, sci-fi, and fantasy combined. Yet the millions of voracious women (and...
MJ Rodriguez’ Ground-Breaking Emmy Nomination
Following POSE’s third and final season, MJ Rodriguez has become the first trans woman nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at...
Crime Writer Headlines Writers’ Festival
Best-selling crime writer Val McDermid is the international headline act for the second Samesame but Different LGBT+ writers’ Festival in Auckland next month.
Lesbian McDermid,...
Ethereal and Corporeal: The Absurdity of Humanity
Makyla Curtis investigates the blurred lines between the physical and psychological in New Zealand Dance Company’s upcoming double bill, The Absurdity of Humanity.
Here, humanity’s...
An Art Lover’s Escape
The Mercury Bay Art Escape is back again this year, held on the gorgeous Coromandel Peninsula, we chat to artist Chris Charteris who has...
Benjamin Henson to Direct 2016’s Summer Shakespeare, With Cast Auditions Now Open
Acclaimed director and playwright Benjamin Henson, will direct 2016's Summer Shakespeare play The Tempest.
The Auckland production of The Tempest will "take a fresh look...
Sweeney Todd: At Last, The Arts are Complete Again!
Amy Jane Bedwell talks to Sweeney Todd cast member Cameron Barclay about being on stage, theatrical horror, and the virtues of opera.
Cameron Barclay is a...
Sneak Peak of Freeheld Starring Out Actress Ellen Page
Based on an inspiring true story, Freeheld stars Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a couple who, in their darkest hour, take on the...