Category: People
As a choreographer and dancer, Michael Parmenter is rather a legend, having spent the past 30 years creating work that pushes the boundaries of theatre and dance. Known for creating work on a large scale with sizeable casts and in big theatres, his is “epic theatre”. Those who remember the heyday of the Hero Festival […]
To honour the upcoming International Human Rights Day, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is hosting a special LGBT+ documentary film screening on Saturday. We speak to Ambassador Rob Zaagman about the importance of recognising LGBT+ rights around the world. “Human rights are not about special rights for some, it’s about equal rights for […]
The wearing of spectacles is a statement of style and sophistication made famous in 20th century pop culture by icons Iris Apfel, Andy Warhol, Spike Lee, Elvis Costello, and movie characters Holly Golightly, Annie Hall and Lelaina Pierce. Today eyewear companies are falling over themselves to garner celebrity endorsement – Gigi Hadid for Vogue, Kylie […]
Will Snapchat Dude Tom Sainsbury be the undoing of Paula Bennett? Or is his satirical take on National’s deputy taking Paula’s popularity to previously-unseen heights? The life of a creative talent in NZ can be a struggle. Talk to many actors, writers or dancers and most have a part-time if not a full-time day job […]
express’ Ash sits down with William to discover the driving force behind his creative wisdom. 23-year-old William Fitzgerald has been dancing since he was eight and joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2014. He’s been in some of the company’s most notable roles including Martin Vedel’s staging of Coppélia, Mattress Suite by Larry Keigwin and Massimo Moricone’s A […]
The same year that New Zealand legalised same-sex marriage, Macklemore’s Same Love was blasting from our car stereos, going off at gay bars and it was also most likely what you listened to with tears in your eyes as you cooked dinner on a Sunday evening. Macklemore, real name Ben Haggerty, released the track with […]
express’s Elijah Michel connects with James Peters, Interior Designer and author of Fire and Brimstone: a personal journal of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in New Zealand, to discover his secret for success. When did you first discover a passion for interior design? As an 8 year old. My Aunt owned an arts and crafts house […]
Ryvre Thompson first got involved with the LGBT+ community when he was around 16-years-old, as a member of RainbowYOUTH’s peer support group GQ. It didn’t take him long to take on a facilitator role in the group, before then joining the organisation’s Executive Board. Now the Board Secretary, the 21-year-old volunteers his time while working […]