Review: Urzila Carlson
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8th May 2013
If you managed to get tickets to see Urzila Carlson in Auckland this week, just a warning, she may abruptly leave. Don’t take it personally, something special’s just about to happen in her life.
The gayest musical ever?!
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2nd May 2013
“Colin Craig may have been right. The gay onslaught has arrived,†is the way the producers of the Wellington leg of the ‘perhaps the gayest musical ever’ introduce Zanna Don't.
Comedy Fest: Gay Guide
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29th April 2013
While heartbreakingly Margaret Cho cancelled, there are some rib-tickling gay and lesbian comedians at this year’s New Zealand international Comedy Festival.
The best X Factor audition ever?
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22nd April 2013
South Auckland drag queen Ashley Tonga swept into the auditions of New Zealand's X Factor like a hurricane of hilarity and talent, leaving us all blown away!
Theatre spotlight: Queen
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5th April 2013
Sick of being asked those some stupid questions about being gay over and over and over? Then you're bound to relate to a play about being young and gay, soon hitting the stage in Auckland.
Review: Dances of Desire
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Despite some supremely sublime moments Jack Body's reflection of Carmen Rupe, presented by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with guest soloists, somehow fails to quite hit the spot.
Auckland Arts Fest highlight: I ♥ Alice ♥ I
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5th March 2013
One of the GLBT must-sees at the Auckland International Arts Festival is a play which was inspired by a stolen kiss between two women in a supermarket. Their love story is told on stage.
Pride review: After Lilburn
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23rd February 2013
A night of musical and visual surprises. Of discarding inherited rules and rebuilding new expectations. Of heartbreak and rebirth, of personal exploration.
Pride review: Black Faggot
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17th February 2013
High energy, rib-splitting humour in which no gays, polynesians or sacred cows are spared. This deeply human comedy of sex and Samoan-ness is beyond brilliant.
Pride review: One Night Only
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15th February 2013
The packed audience at the Bluestone Room on Durham Lane watched as Bucky and Tess, as the long-time friends affectionately refer to each other, went from burly men to decorated divas.
Pride review: Kitsch n Sync
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14th February 2013
An uproarious, irreverent and often touching trip into the mind of a performer who brings a few wonderfully mouthy dames from yesteryear out of the audio archives.
Pride review: Salon Mika
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14th February 2013
Mika and co. create a noir world of shadows and moods, of letting go too soon or holding on too long. Joyous cravings mix with defiance, orgasmic power mingles with searing loss.
Pride review: Gobsmacked
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13th February 2013
Crisp and tart observations, lots of warm and human moments and a sense of exuberant fun: life through the eyes of a gay boy and his bff.
BGO spotlight: Sharvelle
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Among the acts performing at the Big Gay Out is Christchurch pop/R&B/soul musician Sharvelle, making her Coyle Park main stage debut.
Quick-fire Q&A: Maree Sheehan
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Musician Maree Sheehan warms us up for her performance at the Big Gay Out with a quick-fire Q&A, and tells us how excited she is!
