Category: Arts & Culture
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, […]
Levi Joule reviews Hudson and Halls Live! Written and directed by Kip Chapman, Hudson and Halls Live! is a show about cooking, copious amounts of alcohol and the hilarity that ensues when the two are combined – All set in a live studio with Peter Hudson (played by Todd Emerson) and David Halls (played by Chris […]
Based on an inspiring true story, Freeheld stars Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a couple who, in their darkest hour, take on the biggest fight of their lives. Freeheld depicts the struggle for GLBT equality in the United States as terminally ill police detective Laurel Hester (Moore) fights to be able to leave […]
Academy cinema continues showcasing some of the world’s best GLBT films this month. November’s offering is the compelling Gayby Baby Gayby Baby premiered in Australia at the Sydney Film Festival in June to widespread critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the candidness of the film. Gayby Baby is undoubtedly motivated by the director’s support for marriage […]
Levi Joule chats with Liz Roberts and Alison Mau about First Lady, a book that tells the story of New Zealand’s sex change pioneer. Liz Roberts’ story is pretty remarkable. First Lady tells that story – warts and all, from her upbringing in a conservative Christchurch family, the father who despised her, the abusive marriage […]
Legacy Project is set to return for a third year during next year’s Auckland Pride festival. Legacy Project will once again be returning to Q Theatre Loft as their 2016 performance venue. “Legacy Project 3 will provide an opportunity for any emerging writer to have their new work performed on stage as part of the […]
HUDSON & HALLS LIVE! is Silo Theatre’s final show for the year, and is set to be a stunner. Premiering at Auckland Live’s Herald Theatre from November 5 – December 5, HUDSON & HALLS LIVE! offers a glimpse into the remarkable journey and terrible behaviour of two incredible personalities that were New Zealand’s original great […]
The Opening Night of Puccini’s Tosca at the Aotea Centre on Thursday 17 September featured a feast for the aural, visual and olfactory palette and concluded dramatically and far too quickly for an evening that was most enjoyable. Tosca is a pacey story of love, jealousy, dishonesty, intrigue, torture, duplicity, attempted rape, murder and suicide. […]