Category: Arts & Culture
Moments after the US Supreme Court approved the historic decision to grant every citizen the right to same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama made a personal phone call to one man. That man was Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff who became an ‘accidental activist’ after making a promise to the love of his life to change the world. Love Wins is […]
SHAM is the latest work brought to the stage by Jess Sayer. The one act play of sixty minutes explores a tumultuous remains of a relationship between two vastly dissimilar sisters after a twenty-year separation, and the familial fallout that follows their unpleasant re-acquaintance. The presence of a mature lesbian relationship sets the work apart […]
Alan Curtis thinks that opera has something for everyone, and Verdi’s Otello, a brilliant adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterful play Othello, is the perfect stepping stone into a life of loving opera! There are some who say opera is “not their thing.” But perhaps you like classical music, which opera has, and perhaps you like […]
Amanda Leo talks to That Bloody Woman Composor Luke Di Somma about feminism and gender representation within theatre. One of Aotearoa’s most celebrated suffragettes, Kate Sheppard, led the Women’s Suffragette movement in Aotearoa New Zealand to win the vote for women in 1893. Auckland Theatre Company’s programming of the exciting punk rock opera, That Bloody […]
Only days away from opening night, Amy Jane Bedwell talks to playwright and actress Jess Sayer about playwriting, lesbianism, and her latest female-centric play, SHAM. I am looking forward to 31 May. I’ll have a drink at the bar before cramming in to the intimate Basement playhouse for an equally intimate performance. Opening night is […]
Auckland Theatre Company’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird is about growing up under extraordinary circumstances during the 1930’s in the Southern United States. Racial prejudice is heightened by these extraordinary characters who live in the small town of Maycomb Alabama, particularly Scout Finch, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus, alongside with a black man accused […]
This year’s International Comedy Festival has a super strong line up of LGBT focused comedy. From overseas stars to local living legends, Oliver Hall reflects on who gave his funny bone the biggest tickle! The real jewel in this year’s crown was Chris Parker and Tom Sainsbury’s sex-comedy masterpiece Camping. This ode to Carry On… […]
Aatir Zaidi reviews six time Academy Award nominated GLBT hit, Carol, ahead of it’s New Zealand DVD release on 4 May, 2016 Carol is based on the book ‘The Price of Salt’ by Patricia Highsmith, written in 1952. Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) meets gorgeous and elegant customer Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett) and sparks fly as growing familiarity […]