Boomshack Band: Ricky Boyd returns to the stage with the band for some more toe-tapping 50s rock n’ roll, 60s garage and RnB. Dome Room; January 28 (9pm).
Barleycorn: The Irish folk band play Matawhero Winery; January 29 ( 1 – 3pm).
Tiromoana Summer Concert Series: Pasquale Orchard (soprano) and Joseph Haddow (tenor) perform a selection from opera and musical theatre with pianist Bruce Greenfield. 41 Winifred Street; January 29 (7.30pm).
COMING UPTattletale Saints: The Nashville-based Kiwi duo and 2014 winners of the NZMA Folk Album of the Year visit Gisborne on their Australasian tour (Pre sales $20 from the Aviary and Eventfinda or $25 on the door). Dome Room; February 5 (8pm).
Teia Kennedy, Paul Jackson and Maisy Stark-Walker: Flag the Bag family fun day with live music, food trucks and a make-your-own-bag workshop (adults $5, kids free). Wrights Wines; February 5 (11am - 4pm).
Bodyheat: All Male Revue: An evening of live male entertainment and cheeky games ($20 presale, $30 on the door). Smash Palace; February 9 (8.30pm-10pm).
Giveaway: We have three double passes to give away to Bodyheat: All Male Revue at Smash Palace on February 9. Send your name and phone number to any of the following addresses to be in the draw. Email: guide@gisborneherald.co.nz or post to PO Box 1143 or 64 Gladstone Road, Gisborne.
THEATRECOMING UPWest Side Story auditions: Information packs available at Stephen Jones Photography. Musical Theatre Gisborne clubrooms; February 10 – 11.
The Pop-up Globe: Make a trip up to Auckland for a very Shakespearian evening in a life-size replica of the playwright’s theatre. Tickets are on sale via Eventfinda and at popupglobe.co.nz. Auckland; February 23 to May 14.
Swan Lake: Moscow Ballet company La Classique. Gisborne War Memorial Theatre; May 8, 2017 (7.30pm).
Four Flat Whites in Italy: Two delightfully mismatched couples valiantly negotiate the pitfalls of a later-in-life OE. Gisborne War Memorial Theatre; May 17 (8pm).
At the flicksODEON MULTIPLEXHidden Figures: Three African-American women provide Nasa with important mathematical data needed to launch the first successful space missions. Based on a true story.
Live by Night: A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era. Ben Affleck directs.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2D,3D) Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead.
Lion: Fact-based story of an Indian boy, adopted by a Australian couple, who as a young man tries to find his family, with the help of Google Earth.
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2D, 3D): Third film in the xXx franchise has Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, returning to race a villain to recover a powerful weapon.
The Catch: New Zealand film, about cheating in a fishing contest, boasts an appealing cast, great soundtrack, gorgeous scenery, amiable humour and a message.
Collateral Beauty: An advertising executive (Will Smith), retreating from life following personal tragedy, writes letters to Love, Time and Death. Top cast.
Ballerina: Animated film, set in 1880s France, of a poor girl who runs away to chase her ballet dream.
Monster Trucks: Combination live action/animated comedy about a high school senior (Lucas Till) who builds a monster truck from scrapped cars, then finds an unlikely subterranean friend.
La La Land: Musical comedy-drama starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz musician and an aspiring actress who fall in love in Los Angeles.
Passengers: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are space-age travellers awakened from suspended animation 90 years early.
Moana: Disney musical comedy adventure featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison and Jemaine Clement.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Stand-alone story set shortly before the events of the original Star Wars.
Sing: Animated comedy about a singing competition organised to try to save a music theatre from closure.
DOME CINEMAPaterson: Drama pairs filmmaking giant Jim Jarmusch and actor Adam Driver.
A Man Called Ove: A townhouse neighbourhood’s sullen prefect has his life turned around when a boisterous family move in next door.
Whisky Galore! New version of 1949 Ealing comedy about Scottish islanders and “salvaged” whisky. Stars Eddie Izzard.
Captain Fantastic: A family is forced to leave their self-created paradise deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and go back to the outside world.
The Country Doctor: French comedy-drama set in a village where the people’s reliable doctor, Jean-Pierre, falls ill. Natalie, a young hospital doctor, has to prove she can replace a man deemed irreplaceable.
VISUAL ARTSEXHIBITIONSTupara Gallery: Whitingia Exhibition: Contemporary Gisborne artists, including Walter Dewes, Tawera Tahauri, Henare Tahuri, Mokaraka Phil Berry and Nick Tupara come together in this summer exhibition. January 11 to February 20.
Café exhibitions: Gene Paul Walker at Flagship Café; Richard Rodgers at Verve Café; Troy Conole at Muirs Bookshop and Café and Jo Foster at Zest.
The Aviary: Wayno’s STOLEN show is now up at The Aviary. Ends January 31.
Tairawhiti Museum: A-Hoe! Exhibition: Toihoukura associate professor and artist Steve Gibbs shows a series of paintings inspired by his studies of rarely seen waka hoe from around Europe, New Zealand and America Ko Rongowhakaata exhibition: The Rongowhakaata people share their history through a large and varied collection of taonga from across New Zealand; Mahunga: A collection of photographs from the early 20th century, capturing the establishment of the Mahunga farm station near Matawai; works by John Roy; Gladstone Road: Photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag.
Gisborne i-Site: Exhibition space featuring a rotation of works by local artists.
Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0635.
