Category: Arts & Culture

Nov 29
Ruby Rose Writes and Directs The Veronicas’ Latest Video

Things get steamy and heated and then all of a sudden, very, very dark in The Veronicas’ latest music video for their single, ‘On Your Side’. Written and directed by Ruby Rose, of Orange is the New Black fame, it montages two women’s relationship – from the initial meet-cute through courtship and the drug overdose at […]

Nov 28
Review: ‘Galathea: Into the Bush’

I ventured out to see Twin City Productions and director Ania Upstill’s newest effort, a modern adaptation of John Lyly’s 1588 play, Gallathea, in Wellington last Friday night with the expectation of the queerest-ass night out I’d had since I last went out with a pack of drag queens to a New York City gay […]

Nov 24
Legacy Project Looking for Actors

The Legacy Project is a theatre development programme geared specifically towards LGBT+ writers and works. For Legacy Project 4, six brand-new rainbow works are going to be performed in a week-long season as part of Auckland Pride 2017. This is where you come in: obviously, plays need actors, so Legacy Project is holding an open […]

Nov 09
Review: Riding in Cars with (Mostly Straight) Boys

I didn’t want to write a review for Riding in Cars with (Mostly Straight) Boys mainly because I’d already done an interview with two of the three people involved. But the thing is, after going to their premiere performance on Monday night, I can’t help but feel that I need to share the heart-wrenchingly cuteness […]

Nov 03
Oh! Boy George!

On Friday 2 December, ‘80s icons Culture Club will descend on New Zealand for the first time, performing at Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena and Auckland’s Vector Arena two nights later. express’s Oliver Hall caught up with their legendary front-man Boy George to discuss a life in the public eye, living in the present and working with […]

Oct 31
Rufus Wainwright Coming Back to New Zealand

After performing at Womad last year, Rufus Wainwright is coming back to New Zealand to perform at Auckland Arts Festival. His concert will be in two parts: the first being his opera, Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert; and the second, recreating Judy Garland’s concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For the opera, singer Cindy […]

Oct 28
Taking Queer Theatre to Rural Youth

Sam Brooks is bringing back Riding in Cars with (Mostly Straight) Boys, this time with bestie Geordie Holibar (formerly of Shortland Street), and rising star, Tim Earl. I sat down with Brooks and Earl to talk about the play, and the intentions with the revival. Firstly, the play is about Kyle (Earl), who’s gay (if you hadn’t figured that […]

Oct 27
Review: Stars in Her Eyes

When I was first invited to the media screening of Stars in Her Eyes, I was rather sceptical: sure, there were some recognisable names, but some of the leads had no major credits to their name, plus it was filmed by students at Unitec. It wasn’t at all what I expected: it was definitely suited for […]