Category: Arts & Culture
Amy Jane Bedwell interviews first-time Samoan-Filipino Hawaiian playwright Kiki about her upcoming play, Puzzy as part of the 2016 Auckland Pride Festival. Co-writer Victor Rodger, most notable for his pacific coming-out story Black Faggot also talks Puzzy and it’s importance to theatre in New Zealand. Puzzy. The name will strike you before anything else. One-the-nose and to-the-point, […]
After a sell-out 2015 performance, Night of the Queer is back at TAPAC (The Auckland Performing Arts Centre) for Auckland Pride 2016. The night is a showcase of local GLBT talent with creative collaboration of TAPAC Artistic Director Margaret-Mary Hollins and OKAREKA Tai Royal & Taane Mete, promising “thrilling and fearless performances” from a wide […]
The first locally produced lesbian drama has been launched online. Pot Luck is a new local production that explores the lives of three Wellington friends when they make a pact which turns their weekly pot luck dinners into a search for love. In order to produce more episodes, the show has launched a boosted page to fundraise […]
“samesamebutdifferent LGBTQ+ is the catchy name of a writers’ festival taking place 12 -14 February under the umbrella of next year’s Pride Festival,” explains Peter Wells, who is organising this treat. “It’s a celebration of Aotearoa’s top LGBTQ+ writing talent, from Witi Ihimaera to new voices coming through. It’s about ideas, thinking, stretching the concept […]
Hudson and Halls Live! is extending its season. The show produced by Silo Theatre will now run to December 12. Hudson and Halls Live! portrays popular gay chefs Peter Hudson and David Halls as they film a live Christmas show in front of a studio audience. Executive Director of Silo Theatre Jessica Smith announced the […]
Sarah Houbolt’s opening performance of her one-woman show was amusing, moving, and revealing. Titled Kookoo the Birdgirl, Sarah’s performance is rooted in the story of an American woman, Minnie Woolsey, who grew up in an asylum, later escaping to join a circus. We do not know how disabled or ‘abnormal’ Minnie’s body was, but she […]
expressers are all a-flurry about the fabulous Womad 2016 line-up and pure excitment for this worldy event! For those who have not made the trip for this stunning festival, get your tents out and gumboots on! This should be a yearly tradition; not only are we talking about amazing music, but a vibrant and diverse […]
Entries are now open for the 2016 Wallace Arts Trust Short Fiction Contest. The competition welcomes both emerging and established writers to share their stories based on the theme ‘A Kiwi Romance’ using a maximum of 750 words .The winning story will be unveiled during Auckland Pride 2016. With the support of the Wallace Foundation, […]