Category: Events
The Auckland season of the highly anticipated Royal New Zealand Ballet – Venus Rising has been cancelled due to increased Covid cases within the company. The decision to cancel the Auckland season was made with “deep sadness” and follows three previous cancellations of the season due to Covid. “This beautiful production, which we had to […]
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival 2023 programme has been gleefully announced, featuring a collection of internationally acclaimed showstoppers and hotly anticipated homegrown premieres. Here are express’ recommendations for unmissable experiences. THE SAVAGE COLONISER SHOW The world premiere of the stage adaptation of Tusiata Avia’s blistering poetry collection, The Savage Coloniser Show, […]
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2023 Season is filled with highlights to delight both regular concertgoers and new audience members alike, including favourite films with live orchestra! Two classic nineties Disney offerings will have their scores brought to life, live on stage at Auckland’s Aotea Centre. Pixar’s most successful movie of all time, the animated classic Toy […]
“There will definitely be restrictions on every camper for the period of 28th Dec to 2nd Jan when we are at our peak,” Campsite Manager Steve Farrow tells express. In Steve Farrow and his partner Adrien’s years managing Uretiti (New Zealand’s busiest campsite), they have never seen anything like this. “To-date we have pumped over […]
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival (AAF) have announced the full line-up of events bringing the joy of the Festival back to Tāmaki Makaurau for 18 days in March 2023. Waiata, kapa haka, dance-theatre, comedy, cabaret, aerial, jazz, opera, kōrero, sand art, orchestral and chamber music, R&B, K-rhythm, afrofunk, light art, photography […]
Delivering on his promise to return to Aotearoa, Elton John has also confirmed the addition of a new show in Christchurch this coming January for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The rescheduled kiwi-leg of the tour, which is part of Elton’s incredible, multi-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, will see the gay-icon perform two […]
From pioneering the music genre of New Orleans ‘Bounce’, to collaborating with Beyoncé, Big Freedia is a cultural icon, headed for New Zealand! “Release ya mind,” cause Big Freedia is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand in March joining The Soul Rebels, GZA and Talib Kweli to tour Auckland and Wellington as part of Bluesfest 2023. […]
When the rock musical RENT burst onto the stage in 1996, it instantly became a smash hit that had people returning over and over again. Described as “the best show in years, if not decades” (Variety) when it opened, RENT follows a group of artists struggling and striving to follow their dreams in New York […]