Category: Arts & Culture
Alok Vaid-Menon Friday 7 October Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Avenue Photos: Aatir Zaidi Alok travelled all the way from New York City to give their performance of ‘Giving Birth to Myself’ at Basement Theatre. With their eclectic mix of delivery, Alok’s themes hit hard and left the audience in awe.
2015’s winner, Carissa Sinclair, accepting her prize Entries are now open for the Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest. First awarded in 2016, it replaces a previous contest, begun in 2014, by express. This year, there is a focus on specifically encouraging youth to enter. Andrew Rumbles, the contest administrator, explains, “with the support of The […]
What is the premise of Insolent River: A Tango? Insolent River: A Tango is a cosmic romance, an elemental duet exploring desire in nature and in human life. First staged in Wellington in 1985, with dancers Michael Parmenter and Maari Gray Insolent River caused a sensation due to its strange combination of the mythic and […]
It is pretty exciting that Auckland finally gets to see the likes of a professional, home-grown cast for Billy Elliot: The Musical as Auckland Theatre Company’s (ATC) end-of-year musical. Based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot, this musical debuted on West End in 2005 with the music written by none other than Elton John and […]
express was lucky enough to be invited by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s (APO) season launch on Tuesday 20 September. The Auckland Town Hall, the APO’s home, was packed all the way up to the gods. You could hear the murmur of excitement before the showcase in the Deutz bar, with ladies grasping their bubbly and the men […]
Image: ABC News Diversity was the name of the game at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards. With recognition being given to celebrities of a variety of ethnicities, queer talent and stories were also big winners! Following the recent controversy surrounding an excess of white nominees and winners during the Academy Awards, television proved it is the medium of diversity with […]
Amy Jane Bedwell talks to cabaret comedy duo Frisky and Mannish about their upcoming show, queer politics on stage, and taking the piss! How did Frisky and Mannish come to be, and why do you think you’ve had so much success? It was a glorious accident that came about when we were both unemployed and a friend […]
Join Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at their festival to the disgraced! This final instalment of the Newstalk ZB Series celebrates some of the world’s greatest banned and slandered compositions. Like predecessors Degenerate and Denounced, Outraged pays homage to the ground shakers and rule breakers of the musical past. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro In […]