Girl on a Corner Produced by Karin Williams for Multinesia Productions Part of the Auckland Fringe Festival and Auckland Pride Written by Victor Rodger Directed by Anapela Polataivo and Vela Manusaute Auckland has so many festivals over the summer that at times it’s hard to keep up. ‘Girl on a Corner’ sits in two camps […]
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Laurence, Anyways ~ a film review
Laurence, Anyways Produced by Lyla Films & MK2 Directed by Xavier Dolan Produced by Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz and Lyse Lafontaine Written by Xavier Dolan Starring Melvil Poupard & Suzanne Clément Cinematography by Yves Bélanger Release date 18 May 2012 at Cannes Film Festival Country Canada Language French with English subtitles Length 161 minutes. There are far worse […]
Whore ~ a theatre review
Whore Written and directed by Melissa Fergusson Produced by Natalie Tozer and Charlatan Clinic Staged at Lot 23 café and bar, 23 Minnie Street, Mt Eden, Auckland 1021 11 – 12 July, 2014 at 7.30pm Reviewed on Saturday 12 July, 2014 First impressions are lasting impressions. My first impression of Melissa Fergusson was that she […]
Fascinating Graces ~ Authenticity as the New Casting Paradigm
Fascinating Graces ~ Authenticity as the New Casting Paradigm To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our […]
A Monstrous Little Voice
‘I’ll speak in a monstrous little voice’ Bottom the Weaver in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s 1999 novel Speak, she writes ‘When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.’ Laurie Halse Anderson Speak is a story of rape, recovery, and confession. After being raped at a party, the […]
Teen Faggots Come to Life ~ a theatre review
Teen Faggots Come to Life Produced by PIPA Created in association with Jay Tewake and the Mika Haka Foundation Staged in the Basement Studio as part of Auckland PRIDE 13-15 February, 2014 at 7.00pm A thousand and six years ago (early 1960’s actually) I went to the Civic Theatre in Christchurch to hear a concert […]
Queen ~ a theatre review
Queen Produced by Smoke Labours Productions Written by Sam Brooks Directed by Harry McNaughton Driving to the theatre I found myself wondering why I was going to Queen at all. Two lesbians (one transgendered) and an eleven year old straight boy going, quite excitedly, to experience a play exclusively about the gay male experience. I […]
Mumbai Monologues – A Thousand Unsaid Words ~ a theatre review
Mumbai Monologues – A Thousand Unsaid Words Somewhat of a review … From the moment I began to discuss Agaram Productions involvement in the Auckland Pride Festival Gala ‘Le Jeu de Mechant’, Mumbai Monologues felt like a good bet to me. I was thrilled when they agreed to be part of it. Ahi Karunaharan and […]
Occasional Stuff – with regular updates – about Auckland Pride Events 2014
Occasional Stuff – with regular updates – Auckland Pride Festival Events, 2014 As an Auckland Pride board member since day one I might get slapped with a writ of habeus corpus for this so I’ll happily say right here, right now ‘mea culpa’. The first event was a must. Waitangi Day Dawn Ceremony at Okahu […]
An Alternative Queen of Heaven ~ Biblical Dysphoria
‘What exactly do you mean by Biblical Dysphoria?’ I can hear the fundamentalist guardians of the truth bleating already. After all, you can’t mention their Bible without the hackles being raised. Not if you’re queer, anyway. Sheep though they may be proud to be, I doubt their shepherd would have any problem with the terms […]
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