Category: Arts & Culture
We chat with Vida Gibson and Samuel Austin, two of the brightest lights debuting in the Auckland Theatre Company’s showing of Nell Gwyn, a comedic stage within a stage. Unassuming is a term not usually bracketed with the lights, bluster and dazzle of the theatre stage where song, dance, witticisms and exaggeration create magic. And […]
One of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s largest and most ambitious productions of the year will be performed in Wellington and Auckland in August. French composer, Hector Berlioz’s lavish The Damnation of Faust: Concert Opera boasts four internationally-renowned singers and the Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus, alongside the NZSO, under the baton of Music Director, […]
VELVET is the international cabaret sensation Auckland has been waiting for. This mind-blowing extravaganza fuses burlesque and acrobatics together under disco lights and packs so much outrageous talent into one show you won’t believe what you’re witnessing! VELVET arrives in town after a stunning tour that blew audiences away in sell out shows all over […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com The nominations for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced overnight with LGBT+ shows and stars making a strong showing. The awards are handed out every year to honour the best in U.S. television. RuPaul’s Drag Race, which just ended its ninth season, was the big story of the night, taking […]
Kiwi filmmaker Paul Oremland talks about his new documentary which reflects on his most memorable shags, but isn’t just your standard blow-by-blow recap. I have three big passions in life – sex, films and history. My recent documentary, 100 Men, allows me to combine all three with some surprising results. The film grew from a […]
Last night marked the start of Theia’s EP Release Tour – her first New Zealand tour where she will be headlining her own shows in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland. In the spirit of #girlpower, she will be supported on her shows by an all female line-up of up and coming DJ’s, rich with talent and […]
Season one of Pot Luck web series is a fresh, fun, and sexy comedy that explores the lives of three lesbian friends when they make a pact which turns their weekly pot luck dinners into a search for love. Or not. Pot Luck’s writer/director Ness Simons, and Producer Robin Murphy, are following up the success of […]
Making a great occasion out of movie-going, the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) brings the latest and greatest cinema to the grandest screens of New Zealand. The event is the cultural highlight of winter in 13 towns and cities around the country. The full line-up encompasses over 150 features and documentaries curated by a […]