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 […]
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 […]
Outgoing Gay MP Kevin Hague will speak at the Launch of Hamilton Pride Week this Friday 9 September at The Meteor, Hamilton. Hague, who yesterday announced that he would be stepping down from his parliamentary role to pursue a role with Forest and Bird, has been staunch advocate for the rainbow community since long before he […]
Amy Jane Bedwell talks to  Sweeney Todd cast member Cameron Barclay about being on stage, theatrical horror, and the virtues of opera. Cameron Barclay is a member of the twelve person ensemble featuring in the New Zealand Opera’s staging of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as well as being the understudy for the role […]