Category: Events

It’s a chilly, dark evening and my yellow cab is speeding through the dazzling, neon intensity that is New York’s Times Square. I’m en route to a meeting with Mariah Carey, The Biggest Selling Female Artist Of All Time (220 million record sales worldwide and counting) to talk about the release of her 14th (and […]

Dunedin Pride is back for 2014 and organisers are promising that it will be bigger and better than ever.   As to why festivals such as Dunedin Pride are important, Mr. Neill Ballantyne cites reports such as the Youth 07 report which show that times are still tough for LGBT young people as they come […]

It’s been seven years since Justin Timberlake brought his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour to NZ. Last night he returned for a three-show residency at the Vector Arena with his World Tour. Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds show was always going to be a hard one to top. One of the first pop artists to bring his full staging to the […]

I’m still trying to make sense of Miley Cyrus’ “Bangerz Tour” from Wednesday night. On one hand, it was a celebration of freedom and individuality – liberating and encouraging young girls to own their sexuality, as opposed to the traditional ideology of being submissive to males. On the other – dildos, teddy bears, ecstasy, cannabis, […]

Express talks to 2015 Auckland Pride Parade Director Richard Taki (aka Bumpa) to find out more about the 2015 Pride Parade. How many entries were there last year? If we include our wonderful volunteers who gathered everyone up at the end then 47! Are you expecting an increase this year? We are expecting an increase […]

As gorgeous and tall as he is talented, director Oliver Driver hopes his new musical will make us all drop to our knees and worship HIM. The only production of Jesus Christ Superstar  I have seen was a high-pitched, prudish interpretation put on by an all boys Catholic school. At intermission, I walked out, declaring […]

GLBTI athletes and culture lovers will be heading to Wellington in late January next year for the Rainbow Sport and Culture Weekend. One of the co-ordinators, Martin Kaulback, says the aim of the gathering (Friday 23 to Sunday 25 January 2015) is for an informal and friendly GLBTI weekend of fun and competition. “We want […]

2015’s exciting commercial line-up of classical music looks set to be the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra’s biggest selling season ever. From Holst’s The Planets which will launch the season on Thursday 19 February, to Elgar’s Enigma Variations on Thursday 18 June and Film Classics on Thursday 22 October, which will feature Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Tchaikovsky’s […]