Category: People
How did you get into this whole theatre lark? By accident really. I was half way through my Bachelor of Communications and a group of us went to see Creditors by August Strindberg. Long story short – I fell in love with everything about it and I decided I needed to leave uni immediately and […]
Actor, Singer and Musical Director Paul Barrett picked up the gong Artistic Achievement at this year’s national Attitude Awards, which celebrate kiwis living with a disability. Despite suffering from Tourettes syndrome from a young age, Paul has become one of NZ’s most in demand actors and musical directors, lending his hand to over 150 professional productions. He […]
express catches up with ballet dancing hunk Loughlan Prior to discuss his lead role NZ Ballet’s production of A Christmas Carol and his dance film David! What can you tell me about your short dance film David? The film follows the abstract path of David as he struggles with the realisation of being a bisexual […]
Owen’s gorgeous face is one you might recognise from Family Bar, where he has worked for over a year. Owen says he loves the job, telling us he feels so lucky to work in such a fun, crazy environment! Owen came to New Zealand from Punjab, India in 2011 to study his now completed diploma […]
Fresh from their first ever NZ gig, Oliver Hall interviews, Hurray for The Riff Raff’s trans fiddler Yosi Perlstien. Hurray for the Riff Raff are one of the most exciting bands on the US Americana scene, a genre that combines blues roots and country. Their latest album Home Town Heroes has been named one of […]
When kiwi Olympian Robbie Manson wrote an essay for Outsports about his coming out experience he was shocked to find it made headlines the world over. He talks exclusively to Oliver Hall about coming out to his teammates, family, and future dreams. At 25, Robbie Manson is shaping up to be one of the best […]
Belinda Dunne has been promoting ‘fight nights’ for almost 15 years! This Saturday (29 November) she is staging NZ’s second-ever mixed martial arts (MMA) night with an all-female match line up; known as Princesses of Pain! Oliver Hall caught up with Dunne to find out more. What inspired you to start Princesses of Pain? I […]
You new book is titled Public Sex in Paekakariki. Why this title? Because sex is so public! People dancing/kissing say it, pregnant woman say it. In magazines, beautiful bodies invite thoughts of sex, and tv and film – crammed with it. But also because I wrote a play, Public Sex, which we put on in […]