Category: Arts & Culture
What a pleasure this cutting-edge comedy hour was! Freya Demarais kept a largely full Basement audience for Live Orgy in chuckles and outright laughs as she fearlessly delved into topics ranging from feminism to the Green Party to sex. Kate Sheppard “what a good bitch” began the laughs, which carried on to Helen Clarke “our […]
Playwright Sam Brooks takes to the stage for the first time to deliver a monologue about life, love and a speech impediment; with lip-syncing galore. Stutterpop felt uniquely Fringe. An unexpected, thought provoking, personal piece, that won’t appeal to everyone. Sam Brooks talks about his life from realising he was gay as a teenager to […]
LevI Joule went along to the opening night of Legacy Project and explains why it is a must see. After a successful first year, Legacy Project has returned to Q Theatre for the Auckland Pride and Fringe festivals. The concept is pretty straight forward. Six brand new works each exploring the modern kiwi queer experience. […]
Now Auckland Fringe has finally put out it’s program, the festival is shaping up to feature a cluster of theatre gems. One of the strangest looking show on offer is the R18 rated, Loose Dick Kiddies Show. Express had to find out more, so we caught up with created and star Daryl Wrightson to get […]
On the opening day, On the Moment of Change, an exhibition mounted at Artspace specifically for Pride, makes powerful statements about those flashpoints in our lives which change them forever. This reviewer found a clear connection between the displacement of human lives under the tyranny of terrorism, graphically shown by Sabir Harb’s work, and under […]
February is the Rialto Channel’s Month of Sin and on Saturday 28 February they will premiere Lars Von Trier shocking two part sexual epic Nymph()maniac. Metro’s Most Exciting Playwright Sam Brooks took at a look at this must see dark comedy. Two decades into his career and there’s still nobody like Lars Von Trier. There […]
The Wild Blue Yonder is a gay-themed NZ play written in the late 90s that will finally make it’s stage debut this Pride at Garnet Station’s Tiny Theatre. Just in time for our proudest month of the year, comes a kiwi play whose gay protagonist, Martin, has been bitten by the Dusty (Springfield) bug. Set […]
Fiendishly naughty actor and playwright Patrick Graham is taking on the role of Bottom (for the second time) in Michael Hurst’s take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at this year’s Auckland Summer Shakespeare. express probes his passive role. So this is the second time you’ll be a Bottom? I guess that makes me vers then. […]