Friday Night Karaoke
Breakers bar, from 8pm to midnight. Free entry.
New Zealand Army Band
Tairāwhiti Community Concert, Gisborne Boys’ High School, Thursday, May 4, 7pm. Free tickets from Eventfinda.
Saturday Night Live: Mike Pomana, Jam Solo
Breakers Jandal Bar, Saturday, May 6, 8pm to 11pm. Free.
Double Tribute - U2, David Bowie
Performed by Blood Red Sky and Stardust. Smash Palace, Saturday May 6, 7pm to 11.30pm. Tickets $22.20.
Rhythm n’ Lines
Prepare for the international line dance flash mob on May 6 by learning this year’s chosen dance Storm and Stone. $10. Limited to 25 dancers.
Gisborne Line Dancing
Join in the fun. All ages, beginner/advanced dancers. Senior Citizens’ Hall, 30 Grey St, Tuesday 4.30 to 6.30pm. Details: Kerry ph 021 102 4890.
COMING UP
Midwave Breaks
The Dome, May 13.
The Chardonnay Affair — Rendezvous on The Chardonnay Express
Gisborne Railway Station, Grey St, Sunday May 28, 12.30pm to 5.00pm.
An evening with Sir John Kirwan
Lawson Field Theatre, May 17, 6pm to 7pm. An inspirational free event with All Black legend and Westpac NZ ambassador Sir John Kirwan. JK has helped tens of thousands of New Zealanders stay strong through tough times.
THEATRE
The Wolves, by Sarah de Lappe
Unity Theatre, Ormond Road. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets on sale at Eventfinda, adults $27, students $24, concession for a group of 10 or more $22.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Centre Stage presents the iconic
rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Opening night. War Memorial Theatre, Today until May 6. Tickets from ticketek.co.nz or Gisborne i-SITE.
Chicago — The Musical
Musical Theatre Gisborne presents Chicago — The Musical, War Memorial Theatre, May 19-27. Book at i-Site or Ticketek.
VISUAL ARTS
Lightscapes by Zoe Alford
Her latest exhibition delicately captures the different landscapes and scenery of Te Tairāwhiti at various times of the day and year. Tairāwhiti Museum, until June 11.
The Deal Exhibition
Dave Roil’s dramatic and exclusive haute couture garments, with local photographer Tink Lockett with 14 fine art images printed on silk. Open until June 18. Using upcycling methodology and sewing only by hand, David Roil established a subculture in 2004 becoming involved with the London Pacific Fashion Week. Over the years his men’s and women’s range have been shown at the Melbourne Fashion Festival in the Melbourne Museum for the Global Indigenous Runway.
Colours Deluxe
Celebrating the achievement of Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, who in the 1880s undertook an ambitious project to describe and paint New Zealand’s flowering plants. At Tairāwhiti Museum until June 25.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World
The story of how George Foreman overcame the poverty of his origins to become a world champion, lost it all, and regained it.
Marlowe
Detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation with a wealthy family in Bay City, California, after a beautiful blonde hires him to find her former lover. Based on a novel by Benjamin Black (John Banville), The Black-Eyed Blonde, a pastiche of Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe novels.
Polite Society
A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her elder sister from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, she tries to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
80 for Brady
Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin star in this film inspired by the true story of four best friends who take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl to see their hero Tom Brady play. Brady was a producer of the film.
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own.
Mafia Mamma
Toni Collette stars as a mild-mannered suburban mum who inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere, she defies everyone’s expectations as she finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war.
Evil Dead Rise
A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Hugh Grant star in the tale of a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers who undertake a heist to retrieve a lost relic.
Super Mario Bros
Chris Pratt is the voice of Super Mario in this video-game-to-film adaptation from Illumination.
John Wick: Chapter 4
The seemingly indestructible Wick is in Paris and on the trail of The High Table.
DOME CINEMA
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival
The story of Ernest Shackleton and his 1914 expedition to the Antarctic is retold by Australian adventurer Tim Jarvis and by Shackleton himself, through his diary.
My Neighbour Adolf
A Holocaust survivor living in Brazil convinces himself his neighbour is Adolf Hitler, and sets about gathering evidence to support his theory.
Driving Madeleine
Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to take her to a retirement home. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine’s life. Her extraordinary past is revealed in the streets of Paris.
