Stretch: The Chasing Summer Tour: A bittersweet blend of folk, soul and rock. EastEnd Cafe, Wairoa, Saturday, 8pm, tickets $20+bf phone 0800 289 849 or eventfinda.co.nz
Bach’s St John Passion: Gisborne Choral Society with Wellington City organist Douglas Mews, St Andrew’s Church, Sunday, 2pm, $25 adults, $10 students at door.
End of the Summer Wine: Mere Boynton and friends in concert at Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Sunday, 4pm. Tickets from tinyurl.com/yxht3oog or eventfinda, $30+bf adult, under 18s free.
Coming upOrpheus: An internationally award-winning show about falling in love, seismic shifts in your everyday life, and how far you’d go to save those you hold close. Dome Room, April 12 (8.30pm) Tickets $25 https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/ or $25 cash door
The Gisborne Beer Festival presents: The Phoenix Foundation, Beastwars, Temple Of The Grunge, and Spaghetti Toast. The Jolly Stockman, April 20 (midday). Entry from $65. Book at www.tinyurl.com/yyaheybr
TheatreETC’s Fearless Fridays: Theatre-sports-based improv club. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli St, 6.30pm, $5 cash only at door
Mamma Mia! auditions: Gisborne Musical Theatre clubrooms, April 13-14 (9am).
Visual ArtsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Posing, Not Posing Exhibition, takes a look at photography before smartphones and selfie sticks March 1-31. Fruits of a Splendid Isolation, a retrospective of works by John Walsh, Richard Rogers, Daryl File and Kent Baddeley.
Paul Nache Gallery: Works by Matthew Couper.
Verve Cafe: Works by Conor Jeory.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Annabel Dowding.
Seasons of the Arboretum: Photographs by Ebony Whitaker Eastwoodhill Arboretum Homestead Tea House, April 3-28.
At the moviesDome cinema
The Price of Everything: Nathaniel Kahn asks why some artists’ work draws huge bids at auction while that of others goes almost unnoticed.
Older than Ireland: Documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of life as seen through the eyes of 30 Irish centenarians.
Scotch: A Golden Dream: Documentary film about Scotch whisky, a spirit that generates annual export earnings of over $6 billion.
Destroyer: Nicole Kidman plays against type as a gritty Los Angeles detective who revisits her early work history as an undercover cop when the leader of the gang she infiltrated re-emerges after a long period operating under the radar.
Capharnaum: After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents.
Odeon multiplex
Us: American horror film written, directed and co-produced by Jordan Peele, who directed Get out and co-produced BlacKkKlansman. A family fight back against a group of doppelgangers wanting to take their place.
Five Feet Apart: Two young people with cystic fibrosis develop a relationship, initially complying with the guideline that patients should be kept at least six feet apart to lower the risk of cross-infection. Later they reduce their separation to five feet by holding either end of a pool cue.
Dumbo: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Alan Arkin star in Tim Burton-directed live-action remake of the Walt Disney animated classic of 1941. The storyline of the new film is different from that of the original but still features a flying elephant.
Rabb Da Radio 2: Punjabi-language sequel to the 2017 film Rabb Da Radio. When Manjinder Singh takes his newly wedded wife Guddi to his maternal home, he is heartbroken to realise his family are not as close-knit as they were 16 years ago.
Fighting with My Family: English wrestling-mad siblings Saraya and Zak try out for the WWE but only Saraya earns a spot in the programme. After crossing the Atlantic and making her way in a cut-throat world, she takes the name Paige from her favourite character in the film Charmed. Based on the life of Saraya “Paige” Bevis, the film stars Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn and, in a cameo, the film’s executive producer, Dwayne Johnson. Stephen Merchant directed.
Daffodils: New Zealand “musical love story” based on a stage play by Rochelle Bright, who drew inspiration from her parents’ marriage. Film is driven by Kiwi music from the 1960s to the ’90s. Directed by David Stubbs and starring Rose McIver, George Mason and Kimbra.
Destroyer: Nicole Kidman plays against type as a gritty Los Angeles detective.
Captain Marvel: Brie Larson plays a former fighter pilot whose DNA is fused with that of a Kree in an accident, giving her superhuman strength and energy projection.
A Dog’s Way Home: A dog (voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard) travels over 400 miles to find her owner.
Green Book: A bouncer from The Bronx is hired to drive a black pianist on a tour to the Deep South in the 1960s.
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