Category: Events
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 […]
The Mika Haka Foundation which featured in the September issue of express is offering free photoshoots to people who have encountered suicide in their lives on World Suicide Prevention Day, Saturday 10 September. This photoshoot aims to raise awareness around suicide, offering participants the opportunity to share their stories. With rates of suicide and attempted […]
The Ponsonby Bowling Club will be the scene of a LGBT-focused mayoral debate this Friday 9 September. Organised by Rainbow Auckland, the Great Mayoral Debate will feature two of the leading candidates, Phil Goff and Victoria Crone, in a head-to-head conversation about their vision for Tamaki Makaurau. Rainbow Auckland representatives also say that they are hoping […]