Samesame but Different 2023

Join us in 2023 for a queerevolution!

While 2022 was a reflective look into our past, we felt 2023 needed to celebrate our own evolution, and revolution. We haven’t always managed to create, and recreate ourselves, to write and speak ourselves into existence without some struggle so we wanted to stand in this space that we have created and loudly announce ‘we are here’, in person, IRL, and we aren’t going anywhere!

Tickets: All events are all free of charge, except Show Ponies.

Our sponsors make these events possible, and we would like to give a huge thanks to Creative New Zealand, The Rule Foundation, Auckland Council, Activate Auckland, Auckland Council, Proud Centres and the Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust.

samesame but different programme (All events at Ellen Melville Centre unless otherwise stated):
Feb 21st 6pm - Joanne Drayton’s: The Queen’s Wife Book Launch (Old Government House)
Feb 22nd 5pm - PRIDE Poetry Speakeasy and Open Mic (Grey Lynn Library)
Feb 23rd 7pm - Off the Page: Losing Face
Feb 24th 6:30pm - samesame but different Opening Gala
Feb 24th 7:30pm - Speaking the Unspoken: words I should have shared
Feb 25th 10am - Tuākana/Teina
Feb 25th 12pm - We All Have A Story
Feb 25th 2:30pm - We are all writers
Feb 25th 4pm - Honoured Writer
Feb 25th 5:15pm - Peter Wells Lecture
Feb 25th 8pm - Show Ponies (venue TBC)