Category: Events

Sep 11
Olly’s Column

Oliver Hall runs through upcoming events and shows not already highlighted in express for this month. I’m so Into You…  ‘Everyday’ is one of the hottest collaborations this year and frequently played at Family’s Down Under bar. Teaming Pop Princess Ariana Grande with Rap Jedi Future, creating a sensual brooding RnB floor filler that juxtaposed Grande’s sweet high notes […]

Sep 06
Drags to Bitches Hits Christchurch!

15 and 16 September are the dates to note for Sydney’s award-winning Drags to Bitches show at Hornby Working Mens Club. This show is a tribute to all that is drag. Led by Laydee Kinmee, eleven performers are on stage including three live singers, four showgirls and four dancing boys – all of who identify […]

Sep 01
Gay Maori Artists performing at Te Pou Festival

Now in its third year, Te Pou Theatre’s Kōanga Festival gathers together the community for a celebration of new stories and storytellers, in association with Going West Festival. Two incredible and openly gay artists are taking part in Te Pou’s brand new innovative development programme for Māori playwrights, part of Kōanga Festival which launches this […]

Sep 01
Hello My Endless Love

Lionel Richie brings his All the Hits tour to our shores next month, backed by disco legends Chic!  Lionel Richie is one of the most successful singer-songwriters of all time. His chart career began in the late sixties as the lead singer of the Commodores and in the early eighties branched out as a solo artist […]

Jul 31
Family Bar & Club Celebrates 12 Years!

The amazingly successful Family bar & Club are celebrating their 12th Birthday on Sunday 27 August. Family has spawned a number of other bars all joining the main club including Downunder Bar, Secret Garden Bar & Saloon Bar. Last year’s birthday bash saw a raft of political and other celebrities attend and with a General […]

Jul 27
The Greatest Cock I’ve Ever Seen

Former Creative Director Shane Bosher returns to the Silo theatre directing a throbbing, juicy, modern, comedy that will fuck with your brain. Staging Cock the 2010 Olivier award winning play in New Zealand for the first time feels like a return to form for the Silo theatre brand – the company that taught Auckland what […]

Jul 25
Theatre’s Legendary Love Affair

We chat with Vida Gibson and Samuel Austin, two of the brightest lights debuting in the Auckland Theatre Company’s showing of Nell Gwyn, a comedic stage within a stage. Unassuming is a term not usually bracketed with the lights, bluster and dazzle of the theatre stage where song, dance, witticisms and exaggeration create magic. And […]

Jul 17
RuPaul’s Drag Race and LGBT+ Stars Shine in Emmy Noms

Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com The nominations for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced overnight with LGBT+ shows and stars making a strong showing. The awards are handed out every year to honour the best in U.S. television. RuPaul’s Drag Race, which just ended its ninth season, was the big story of the night, taking […]