Category: Events

Amy Jane Bedwell reviews Cirque du Soleil’s current production of Quidam.  It is a timeless tale. Zoé, the young protagonist, has been brushed aside by inattentive parents and becomes bored in her humdrum life. As a remedy she escapes into a world of her own making. Not unlike such classics as Alice in Wonderland and Where […]

Glamorous Australian drag artist Dallas Dellaforce loosens the corset strings on 2016 Auckland Pride Festival sensation, Briefs. If you like your circus with a whole lot of glam, then Briefs is the show for you! An awe-inspiring marriage of drag artistry, burlesque and cirque vivacity; this world renowned troupe has finally arrived on New Zealand shores […]

“We aim to be inspirational and interesting” says Heroic Garden’s long-time organizer Geoffrey Marshall, speaking to express about the return of New Zealand’s only region wide garden Festival as part of the 2016 Auckland Pride Festival. Now in its 20th incarnation, the Heroic Garden Festival is back to dazzle and daze Auckland with an array of […]

Wellington’s popular Te Aro bar, Ivy Bar, is confirmed to host the launch of Wellington Pride’s Programme. The event will take place on Friday 5 February, kicking off at 8pm and will tease many of the festival’s events.

Here it is, the finalised calendar for the 2016 Auckland Pride Festival. With a diverse range of events, there is something for everyone – so get along and support the Rainbow Community! Final Updated Version of 2016 Auckland Pride Festival Line Up

Weeks away from the highly anticipated Staircase Reunion, Amy Jane Bedwell talks 20th century queer culture, Staircase legacy and what we can expect come February 6 with three original drag legends: Bertha the Beast, Tess Tickle, and Buckwheat. STAIRCASE: A MOMENT IN HISTORY Anyone who dares claim Staircase was just a gay bar will find […]

2016’s Summer Shakespeare returns with The Tempest, directed by openly gay director Benjamin Henson, staged at a brand new location and in a pop-up Globe Theatre! For the first time in Auckland Summer Shakespeare’s fifty-three year history, this years production will not be held under Auckland University’s clock tower but adjacent to Aotea Square. Here […]

Levi Joule chats with Laneway headliner Shamir on being genderqueer, their eclectic brand of pop music, and a love of Bernie Sanders. Young, cool, and talented to boot, 21 year old genderqueer performer Shamir Bailey is New Zealand bound and ready to turn St Jerome’s Laneway Festival inside out. Although they have spent an intense […]