Category: Events
It is pretty exciting that Auckland finally gets to see the likes of a professional, home-grown cast for Billy Elliot: The Musical as Auckland Theatre Company’s (ATC) end-of-year musical. Based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot, this musical debuted on West End in 2005 with the music written by none other than Elton John and […]
express was lucky enough to be invited by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s (APO) season launch on Tuesday 20 September. The Auckland Town Hall, the APO’s home, was packed all the way up to the gods. You could hear the murmur of excitement before the showcase in the Deutz bar, with ladies grasping their bubbly and the men […]
Image: Stockshare Bisexual Awareness Week is upon us again! From 19 to 26 September, join #BiWeek 2016 sponsors, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in celebrating bisexuality. Being aware and accepting of sexualities different from our own is something that the queer and wider community are still grappling with. Even from within our own […]
Amy Jane Bedwell talks to cabaret comedy duo Frisky and Mannish about their upcoming show, queer politics on stage, and taking the piss! How did Frisky and Mannish come to be, and why do you think you’ve had so much success? It was a glorious accident that came about when we were both unemployed and a friend […]
Join Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at their festival to the disgraced! This final instalment of the Newstalk ZB Series celebrates some of the world’s greatest banned and slandered compositions. Like predecessors Degenerate and Denounced, Outraged pays homage to the ground shakers and rule breakers of the musical past. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro In […]
Lick Auckland with Danielle Cormack Saturday 17 September Neck of the Woods, 155 K’Road Photos: Maria Bumanglag and Jake Skipper Lick Auckand delivered another spectacular event for girls who like girls on Saturday, this time with a very special guest all the way from Australia, Danielle Cormack. This Wentworth top dog did a meet and greet with […]
Remixing Homo House Friday 16 September Toto, 53 Nelson Street Photos: Luke Pearson The Monte Cristo Room at Nelson Street’s Toto was packed with scantily clad blokes on Friday night for Theta Project’s Homo House. Resident DJ Jordan Eskra was joined by internationally acclaimed DJ Dan Murphy who offered some outstanding remixes of our favourite queer anthems […]
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has perplexed and delighted musical theatre audiences since its adaptation in 1979. Gratuitously violent and frequently comical, a show which is best described as a musical horror of epic proportions invaded theatres to mixed reviews, with […]