Category: Events
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 […]
Peter Matvos is Auckland Council’s Community Centres Manager. He talks to express about Auckland Council’s Pride Month ‘Proud Centres’ and tonight’s Queen of the South event. Tell us a bit about the concept of Proud Centres? We asked communities what they’d like to see at their local centres and received positive feedback for more Pride […]
Graduating from her role as the Fugees’ lead singer (Killing Me Softly), Lauryn Hill left the band and crafted what many critics consider to be the greatest LP ever recorded by a female artist – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Classics include Ex-Factor, To Zion and Can’t Take My Eyes Off you and will all […]
A working group has been set up to explore the possibility of establishing a new Auckland Pride festival The ‘Rainbow Community Working Group’ has been launched with the aim to undertake LGBTIQ+ community events which will “be inclusive for everyone for 2020 and beyond.” The group has established a Facebook page which they have invited […]
NZ Herald Premier Series: Fantasy 8pm, Thursday 14 February Including highlights from Wagner’s comedic opera Die Meistersinger: Overture, British composer Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’ and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. Berlioz composed this spectacular symphony to recover from a failed love affair. He evidently found it therapeutic to write music depicting his own beheading and to conclude the […]
27-Year-Old Samoan-Kiwi Nick Francis has been crowned Mr. Gay New Zealand 2019 after a month-long competition which concluded on-stage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out on Sunday at Auckland’s Coyle Park. Nick who was born in NZ before moving to Samoa with his family as a child, returned back to Auckland in his early […]