The Best is Yet to Come – A Queer Magic Show Writer & performer: Jeremy Rolston Directors: Kade Nightingale & Hayden Rolston Producer: Jeremy Rolston Stage manager: Petra Shotwell Graphic designer: Jared Pallesen Photographer: Leoluchino Linumus There’s magic in the air in the Q Theatre Vault and it’s well worth checking out if it ticks all your boxes. I’m wary of […]
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This is where you’ll find the stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else …
Skin Hunger – a theatre review
By Tatiana Hotere Directed by Romy Hooper Produced by Edward Peni Tech Design by Michael Craven Lighting Design by Jane Hakaraia and Michael Craven Set Design by Jane Hakaraia At 6.30pm in Q Loft from 7 – 10 February 2023 I was excited at the thought of being able to attend the opening night of […]
My Dad’s Story
‘My Dad’s Story When I was little my Dad was deeply involved with the union movement following his return from five years on the frontline during World War II. He was a working-class boy from Port Chalmers who had grown up during the depression of the 1930’s and who could remember the violence of the […]
Service to the Union Movement
Tertiary Education Union (TEU) IDAHOBIT Day Hui 2022 Lexie was a keynote speaker at the TEU IDAHOBIT (International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia) Hui at AUT where the TEU and TIASA reaffirmed its commitment to respect, protect and fulfil the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
Lake Alice Hospital
Lake Alice Hospital was a rural psychiatric facility in Lake Alice, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It was opened in August 1950 and had a maximum security unit. Like many New Zealand psychiatric hospitals, Lake Alice was largely self-sufficient, with its own farm, workshop, bakery, laundry, and fire station. It also had swimming pools, glasshouses, and vegetable gardens. The facility […]
The Lake
Some rough memories dredged up by this. Yes, I am a Lake survivor, too. ‘The following has been written (and copy righted) by Annie Helm, a Lake Alice survivor, a MH advocate and activist and a friend. Creative expression is one way survivors of psychiatric harm share their stories and is an important part of […]
Equity?
Equity embodies values, policies, and practices that ensure that all people — and, in particular, those who have been historically underrepresented based on race/ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, or religion—are represented in the development of policy; support; the nurturing of accessible opportunities; and the fair distribution of […]
Eleanor Catton’s ‘traitorous’ words
“But I think it is always a shame when people don’t stand up for what it is that they really believe. And I do think the problem we face in New Zealand is that we are reluctant to express firm beliefs in anything. “ Ain’t that the truth! As long as we remain firmly on […]
Hogmanay
When I was a kid, New Year’s Eve was a bit of a thing. I didn’t know then but where we lived was the wrong side of the tracks and brutally working class. It was post-war, the dawning of the 1950s, and everyone on our street lived in a state house. Most of the families […]
Hello Darkness ~ a theatre review
Hello Darkness Crafted from the diaries and book written by Festival founder Peter Wells Produced by Auckland Writer’s Festival Directed by Shane Bosher Text by Victor Rodger Performed by Roy Ward Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland 23 – 28 August 2022 On Friday, I posted a promotional image for ‘Hello Darkness’ featuring actor […]
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