Category: Events
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1664″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”] Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade Saturday 2 March Oxford Street, Sydney Central. Photos | Jeffrey Feng Photography An estimated 500,000 spectators lined the streets and on the rooftops and balconies of Oxford Street to cheer on over 12,500 marchers taking part in the world’s biggest celebration of the LGBTQI community. […]
The massive rainbow was painted over 3000 square metres and is believed to be the biggest ever painted in New Zealand. To celebrate the upcoming Wellington Pride festival, Wellington Airport has unveiled a huge rainbow alongside one of its runways after taking three days of painting to complete. Wellington Airport chief executive Steve Sanderson said […]
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and composer catches up with express to discuss his 20-year anniversary “All These Poses” tour which hits Auckland and Wellington this weekend! Since his last jaunt to New Zealand, playing as a part of the Womad Festival, Rufus Wainwright had been knee-deep in his second Opera, Hadrian (which opened in Toronto last […]
With the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras wrapping up this weekend, organisers have announced that this year’s pride parade will start to phase out the use of glitter, balloons, and plastic water bottles. Organisers of the event, that is part of one of the oldest continuously operating LGBTQI organisations in Australia, say the glitter ban […]
express sat down with two of our favourite bitches, Murphy and Ruby – the brains behind Woof – The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show. What is your favourite of all the competitions at Woof and why? M: I love the ‘dog owner look-a-like’ as the hoomans dress themselves and us pooches up in crazy costumes. Most […]
Presented as part of the 2019 Auckland Arts Festival; award-winning director Anapela Polata’ivao has turned Tusiata Avia’s classic, solo poetry collection performance, Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, into an all-female ensemble production that examines and celebrates what it is to be a Samoan woman. express caught up with star Petmal Lam to learn about making it […]
In less than a decade, Adelaide-based acrobatic company Gravity & Other Myths has rocketed to stellar acclaim across the world, with a number of disarming and accomplished circuses. They will be making their debut in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of the 2019 Auckland Arts Festival in March with their latest sensation, Backbone. After completing an […]
There’s nothing quite like the annual Splore festival which celebrates its twentieth anniversary from 21 to 24 February. That might be because of the lush oasis-like location (Tapapakanga Regional Park), the stunning lantern festival-like evening illuminations, or that arts and culture are given the same exposure as the music (EDM royalty Rudimental and Orbital are […]