Category: Events
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in New Zealand. Historian Gareth Watkins looks back at the lead-up to the bill’s passing and how key New Zealanders have reflected on it since. The legislation was introduced in March 1985 as a private member’s bill and championed by Labour […]
As an out-of-work actor, he wrote one of the most successful musicals of all time, now Richard O’Brien is giving back to the community, hosting this year’s Rainbow Celebration Gala. He talks to Oliver Hall about his rollercoaster life, rainbow inclusion and writing a Rocky Horror sequel. On a rainy Auckland evening, express shadows Richard […]
Turing becomes the first gay man to ever appear on a British note. Codebreaker Alan Turing continues to make history more than 60 years after his death. The man some have credited with ending World War two early will become the first gay man to ever feature on the £50 note. Turing played a […]
Now in its sixteenth year, the Doc Edge Festival is New Zealand’s premier documentary film festival which has tells compelling, thought-provoking and at times bizarre stories from around the world. With 2021’s offering including 83 films screened across 38 days. Here are express’ top picks of a festival packed with unexpected gems. Workhorse Queen Following […]
Kiwi investment company Hatch and the world’s best-selling Belgian beer, Stella Artois, have teamed up to present a series of interactive discussion evenings aimed to demonstrate how we can all invest our time in the things that matter’, in our three largest cities this June. Kicking off in Auckland this Wednesday (2 June) the Invest […]
Following on from the incredible success of their debut event, MISBEHAVIOUR, Auckland’s newest sophisticated, late-night club party experience for the LGBTQI+ community and their allies returns to Everybody’s on Friday 18th June from 10 pm till late. Taking the flavour of the Melbourne, Brooklyn and East London LGBT scene, MISBEHAVIOUR II delivers a diverse night […]
Monty Montgomery (they/them) is Tāmaki Makaurau’s gender-bending “camp clown cowboy of your dreams!” Before debuting their new show, Mengagement, at Phoenix Entertainment tonight, Monty talks to express about taking drag to weird and wonderful places. What is a “camp clown cowboy?” A camp clown cowboy is a messy mixture of my favourite things. The sick […]
Start your engines Aotearoa! The full cast of Aussie and NZ queens for RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season 1 are hitting the road! Taking over Auckland’s Spark Arena on Friday 1 October and Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre on Saturday 2 October. In 2009 RuPaul’s Drag Race, a show that celebrated the art of drag […]