Category: Arts & Culture
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, […]
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 […]