Category: Arts & Culture
Last week Aatir Zaidi interviewed Nathan Joe and Jordan Keyzer about their play Hippolytus Veiled. This week he reviews it for our theatre lovers and express readers. Premiering on Tuesday 16 August at the Basement Theatre, Hippolytus Veiled comes from playwright Nathan Joe, winner of Playmarket b4 25 award 2015 and 2016. The play is […]
“If there’s something strange in your neighborhood. Who you gonna call?” The Ghostbusters of course. This supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig, and written by Feig and Katie Dippold. It is a reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise. Following a series of supernatural phenomenon in New York City, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, […]
Aatir Zaidi sat down with playwright Nathan Joe and Producer Jordan Keyzer to discuss their theatre production Hippolytus Veiled. Hippolytus Veiled is already making waves in the theatre community because of its bold and outrageous storyline. Jordan and Nathan are both past writers for The Legacy Project (a community based festival of LGBTQI+ short […]
Makyla Curtis investigates the blurred lines between the physical and psychological in New Zealand Dance Company’s upcoming double bill, The Absurdity of Humanity. Here, humanity’s urge to split and ostracise the mind from the body, the urge to see the world in opposites, of the mind and the body, of good and evil, are played […]
Embrace the rainbow with Rialto Channel, Sky Channel 39! express’ resident film fanatic Simon Shin previews two accomplished queer films premiering in August, Maya Newell’s Gayby Baby and Timothy Conigrave’s Holding the Man. Gayby Baby Premieres Thursday 4 August, 8.30pm Being insightful and poignant, Gayby Baby offers inspiring gay parents and their children a […]
Resident theatre expert Amanda Grace Leo is pumped for Auckland Theatre Company’s exciting line-up! With the huge success of That Bloody Woman, their upcoming shows boast a huge packaging of talent. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is the highly anticipated Olivier […]
The 2016 New Zealand International Film Festival is well and truly underway. One of the biggest draw cards for the GLBT community is Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau’s French film Paris 05:59. The film opens with a full blown orgy scene inside of a cruising club, drawing the audience into the actions from the first moment the camera […]
Auckland Theatre Company’s latest live theatre production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time opened on Saturday 23 July at Q Theatre. It is the story of an intellectually gifted, autistic 15-year-old boy, Christopher, and his sometimes strained and often difficult relationships with the people around him. The play explores the train wreck he […]