Gig Guide

Tirzah Russell. Picture supplied

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz or telephone 869-0630.

This weekDavid Shanhun + Matt Glass and The Loose Cannons: Dome Room, tomorrow (8pm), Tickets $20 at the door.

Trevor Shaskey Live: Playing all your favourite tunes. Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, March 29 (8pm), free.

Coming upSkinny Hobos: The Lucifer Tour: Smash Palace, March 30 (7pm), tickets $20-30 from www.undertheradar.co.nz

Stretch: The Chasing Summer Tour: A bittersweet blend of folk, soul and rock. EastEnd Cafe, Wairoa, March 30 (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, March 31 (2pm), $25 adults, $10 students at door.

Mere Boynton and Friends: Mere Boynton with classical guitarist Chaitanya Temepara and taonga puoro player Norm Heke at Eastwoodhill Arboretum, March 31, Tickets from tinyurl.com/yxht3oog or eventfinda, $30+bf adult, under 18s free.

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 http://www.tinyurl.com/yyaheybr

TheatreSylvia: A found dog comes between New York empty-nesters Greg and Kate in AR Gurney’s comedy, Evolution Theatre, March 22-23 (7.30pm).

Mamma Mia! auditions: Come join the party and audition for the ABBA-tastic musical. Gisborne Musical Theatre clubrooms, April 13-14 (9am).

Visual ArtsExhibitions

Tairawhiti Museum: Out of The Bedroom Into the Lounge, Jan Nigro, March 1-24, Posing, Not Posing Exhibition, takes a look at photography before smartphones and selfie sticks March 1-31. Phyllis Underdown - Retrospective collection of Gisborne scenes. Fruits of a Splendid Isolation, a retrospective of works by John Walsh, Richard Rogers, Daryl File and Kent Baddeley, opens tomorrow.

Paul Nache Gallery: Works by Matthew Couper.

Verve Cafe: Works by Conor Jeory.

Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Annabelle Dowding.

Life drawing at Lysnar House: Eight-week programme started on February 4 (7pm). Gisborne Artists Society members $50, non-members $60, or $8 a session for GAS members, $10 non-members. Bring paper, large paper clips and drawing materials. For more information, call Chris at 868 3422.

At the moviesOdeon multiplex

Fighting with My Family: English siblings Saraya and Zak, from a tight-knit wrestling family, try out for the WWE. When only Saraya earns a spot in the training programme, she must cross the Atlantic and make her way in a cut-throat new world. She adopts 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.

The Lego Movie 2: Fourth Lego Movie offering, following spin-offs The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie. Emmet Brickowski tries to rescue his friends from the Systar System, as “Armageddon” looms. Features voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Tiffany Haddish.

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.

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.

Bohemian Rhapsody: Rami Malek received the best-actor Oscar for his portrayal of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in this film.

The Favourite: Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill and Emma Stone as Abigail Masham portray a female triangle of affection and influence in 18th century England.

Greta: Isabelle Huppert plays an eccentric piano teacher who befriends a naive young woman (Chloe Grace Moretz) but whose behaviour become disturbing.

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.

Dome cinema

The Guilty: A Danish thriller in which a police officer demoted to desk work has to use all of his intuition and skill to find a kidnapped woman and her assailant while confined to the police station.

Destroyer: Nicole Kidman plays against type as a gritty LA police detective.

Older than Ireland: Documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of life as seen through the eyes of 30 Irish centenarians.

The Price of Everything: Nathaniel Kahn asks why some artists’ work draws huge bids at auction while that of others goes almost unnoticed.

Easy Rider: Far Out Film Night offering from 1969, written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, directed by Hopper, and starring Fonda, Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Landmark counterculture film of two motorcyclists crossing the US Southwest and South.

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz or telephone 869-0630.