Category: Events

Feb 04
Auckland Arts Festival Highlights

Bringing 19 days of the world’s best theatre, dance, music and circus to the city. From epic drama to circus comedy, from urban art to Opera and from contemporary Pasifika dance to seductive tango, the festival shines a spotlight on the wonderful world of arts. La Soirée In a show that can only be referred […]

Dec 21
Lorde Surprises at New York LGBT+ Fundraiser

Photo: Matthew Lyons Lorde, along with friend Jack Antonoff, covered Robyn’s ‘Hang With Me’ at Webster Hall in New York City on 12 December for an Ally Coalition benefit show.   The Ally Coalition is a nationwide charity in the USA, based in Boston, which works with leaders in the entertainment, music and fashion industries […]

Dec 12
Laying Down the Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law, who created hit Australian TV sitcom The Family Law, is coming to Auckland to take part in LGBT+ writers’ festival Same Same But Different. The TV show is now producing its second series, and is based on Law’s book of the same name, which tells the story of a dysfunctional Chinese-Australian family on […]

Dec 08
Hear Stories from the Homosexual Law Reform

Join 12 people from the LGBT+ community who were around in 1986 as they tell their stories about one of the landmark moments of this nation’s history. The evening at Q Theatre’s Loft will be hosted by legendary emcees Sarah Lambourne and Steven Oates. All proceeds will benefit community helpline, OUTLineNZ, and with tickets only […]

Nov 29
Puāwai Festival Begins Tonight!

Body Positive will be hosting the Puāwai Festival at Te Pou Theatre in New Lynn from 29 November through to 3 December. The schedule: Tuesday 29 November: an oral history of HIV in New Zealand, hosted by Steven Oates, and a panel including Michael Bancroft and Judith Ackroyd Wednesday 30 November: Spoken Word night as […]

Nov 28
Review: ‘Galathea: Into the Bush’

I ventured out to see Twin City Productions and director Ania Upstill’s newest effort, a modern adaptation of John Lyly’s 1588 play, Gallathea, in Wellington last Friday night with the expectation of the queerest-ass night out I’d had since I last went out with a pack of drag queens to a New York City gay […]

Nov 25
One Night Only: Desperate Remedies at the Civic

UPDATE: 25/11/16 Two for one tickets for our express readers, head to Ticketmaster and use the promo code “UNLEASHED”.   Think Much Ado About Nothing but with same-sex relations (and less Shakespearean English). Or Vanderpump Rules, but two retro-fitted sheds on the Auckland waterfront instead of Sur, and with far less glamour. Starting with a […]

Nov 21
Culture Club’s NZ Tour Cancelled

In an unprecedented move, it has been announced Culture Club’s Auckland show on 4 December has been cancelled, in addition to their Christchurch show. Full refunds can be obtained by contacting Ticketmaster. Australian dates are still going ahead. If you can’t make it to those shows, have a read of our cover story on Boy George. […]