Category: Events
Parallel Events + Styling, the team behind last year’s Let’s Get Proud party held during USCA’s (University of Canterbury Students Association) Sexuality Awareness Week, are bringing a one-night-only masked party to Auckland. Galatos is being taken over and transformed into a edgy, promiscuous dance floor with the creative team promising it will be their biggest dance party yet. […]
The sharpest and most exciting men’s event of the year is returning to Auckland in May 2017, hot on the heels of its successful debut appearance in May 2016. BarberCraft is a fun and dynamic celebration of everything a man needs to keep his image sharp; with barber demonstrations and an exhibition featuring a great […]
We all know laughing makes us feel good – but what if it could actually DO good at the same time? Enter, The Good Guys Comedy Extravaganza! Each year at the NZ International Comedy Festival, some of NZ’s funniest comedians donate a set for SpinningTop charity. Which means you get to laugh out loud and proceeds go to help at-risk migrant […]
Sydney-based electro-artist WCB and highly sought-after Kiwi musician Marika Hodgson, both strong creative forces in the LGBT+ community, are excited to bring their unique sounds to the newly re-homed Shanghai Lil’s as part of NZ Music Month. WCB, aka William Cooper Barling, is an unrelenting rising star with undeniable talent who has featured on BaseFM, RNZ’s Music 101 […]
It’s hard to imagine the magic the Royal New Zealand Ballet will create on stage in May when they premiere their newest production, Three by Ekman. Energy and rhythm are just some of the hallmarks of young Swedish choreographer, Alexander Ekman’s acclaimed dance works to be presented by the RNZB this May and June. In […]
Clear your calendars in May because once again, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has arranged an unmissable month of music! There will be a beautiful juxtaposition between modern works and beloved pieces of the past few centuries. NZSO commences in May with the spectacular Aotearoa Plus – Farr, Adams and Boulez, which boasts the world […]
Brought to us by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, it was inspired by a short 1830’s play by Alexander Pushkin called Mozart and Salieri. Well-known for his perceptive craft, whether acting or directing, Oliver Driver says […]
The 2017 Auckland Writers Festival kicks off on 16 May with the theme, “Love Story”. While most writers’ festivals are programmed for the literate masses, with a little investigation there are usually some Rainbow connections to be found and enjoyed. We asked Carole Beu, Festival Trustee and Women’s Bookshop owner, to point us in the […]