Category: Arts & Culture
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 […]
express explores the exciting new exhibition from Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre paying homage to local and international icons. In July 2015, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery opened the doors to the Len Lye Centre. Since its inception, this new space has become a mecca for innovative art enthusiasts the world over. They flock […]
Aatir Zaidi sits down with David Farrier, creator of the deceptively dark new documentary film, Tickled. Openly bisexual kiwi journalist, David Farrier, arrives in a colourful hipster shirt adorned with a little golden bird badge. He’s charming, friendly, and smiling. As we sit down to coffee, he is quick to comment on the overwhelming response […]
Amanda Grace Leo talks to lead actor Simon Prast about the iconic story of To Kill A Mockingbird being brought to the stage by the Auckland Theatre Company this May. With racism and racial prejudice still a hot bed of contention in multi-ethnic Aotearoa, the Giltrap Audi season of To Kill A Mockingbird promises an […]
Art History scholar Chance Wilson takes a sneak peak at the exciting new exhibition Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. What do you think of when you hear South America? According to travel ads on television, it’s all beautiful bodies on beautiful beaches; it’s a swooping […]
The Auckland Writers Festival 2016 is bringing some of the world’s best queer authors to New Zealand soil. Makyla Curtis explores the works of Jeanette Winterson, international highlight of this year’s Festival. This May, Auckland plays host to local and international writers for the renowned Writers Festival: Read the World! This year’s line-up includes an inspiring array […]
Debra Heather takes a look at Auckland Theatre Company’s production of Roger Hall’s You Can Always Hand Them Back. Roger Hall, one of New Zealand’s most adored playwrights, returns with British musical legend Peter Skellern (Love is the Sweetest Thing) to celebrate forty years of smash-hit success with a light-hearted journey through all of the […]
From Wellington based filmmaker Conan McKegg comes the newest GLBT web series, Two Naked Gay Guys! If the name alone isn’t enough to get you hooked, Two Naked Gay Guys (or 2NGG) is a comedy series focused on different types of relationships and the dynamics that surround them. McKegg tells express that “it started as […]