Category: Events
When 29-year-old Year of Dragon Xin Ji, born in Lan Zhou China, discovered dancing at just eight years old, he knew he’d found his passion for life. This June, Auckland audiences will get to experience this masterful dancer at The New Zealand Dance Company showcase of Kiss The Sky during the Matariki Festival. After being […]
Exposed Theatre is back at Basement Theatre soon and it’s back with a mighty punchy sex-fuelled drama from award-winning playwright Nathan Joe. Joe’s Like Sex is a modern take on a 1900’s play that looked at sexual practices and relationships, but Nathan sets his in an Auckland high school. Written by Nathan Joe, and directed […]
Bonjour from TropOut 2017 Nouvelle Calédonie! Travel scribe Kunal Sharma, and our very own Business Manager at express, accounts his week-long experience at the gay holiday mecca known as TropOut. It is the perfect festival for the contemporary traveller, packed with unique destinations, boutique accommodation, and parties for the tame and the wild, all while […]
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 […]