For all singers, musicians and poetry readers to come along and perform. The Band Room, 200 Childers Road, Saturday, 1.30–3.30pm, $4.
Gisborne-based six-piece plays covers and originals. Smash Palace, Saturday, 9pm. $10 at the door.
Musica Viva Gisborne presents pianist Liam Wooding
Tiromoana, Sunday, 2.30pm. Entry $25 adults, students free.
A Gizzy Kai Rescue benefit gig that includes Paws, Slyone, Stix, Brazilbeat, Geeez, DJose, plus more to be announced. Smash Palace, Saturday, July 10. Tickets from .
Smash Palace, Friday, July 16, 8pm. Free entry.
Tennessee Williams' evocation of loneliness and lost love. July 1 — July 11, 7.30pm shows plus two 4pm Sunday matinees. Adults $30+bf, youth $25+bf, drama/lit educators (with ID) $25+bf, seniors $25+bf. Book at trybooking.com via this shortcut . Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street.
Find out what the family musical is all about and meet the production team. Musical Theatre Gisborne, 99 Innes Street, Sunday 2–3pm.
Unity Theatre, 209 Ormond Rd. Opens Thursday July 8 - July 17, 7.30pm plus two matinees. Tickets from eventfinda, $25+bf.
Works by kai whakairo Eru Brown, Tamanay Tuhou, Houston Pekin, Meka Mauriri, Kiwa Mihaka and Matthew Randall in a show that revisits the origins of these ‘artforms' engineered for the practice of survival. Tairawhiti Museum until August 1.
Poutu Puketapu's installation that retells the legend of Uru, eldest child of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. Tairawhiti Museum until July 21.
Tairawhiti Museum until July 25.
Ko Wai! Works by Steve Gibbs, Maia Gibbs, Maia Keane, Rina Kerekere, and Jual Toroa.
Some local legends pop up in this Nicolas Brikké film showing longboard surfing at surfing spots on the southern, eastern, western and northern coasts of the North Island.
In a parallel present, Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother when he takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy. He treks deep into the forest, pulling cable long distances to connect large metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market. In the face of hostility and the threat of robot cablers, he faces a tough choice.
A series of ocean-themed short films focusing on adventure, the aquatic environment and inspiration.
After surviving a series of deadly escape rooms designed by Minos Escape Rooms Corporation, Zoey Davis and Ben Miller are determined to bring the corporation to justice for the deaths of those who hadn't survived the rooms. On their way to confront Minos in New York City, they are trapped with several other survivors of escape rooms. They must work together to get through a gauntlet of more elaborate and dangerous escape rooms to stop the murderous games.
Action comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Richard E. Grant, Frank Grillo, Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman. Suspended bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) must again team up with hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson) and his wife (Hayek) to stop a madman (Banderas) from launching a terror attack on Europe.
Vin Diesel is joined by John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron in the latest instalment. Dom Toretto is living the quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, but danger lurks just over the horizon. Dom's crew come together to stop a world-shattering plot by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've encountered — Dom's brother.
Musical drama based on the stage musical by Quiara Alegria Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of a corner in the Washington Heights neighbourhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, where everyone pursues their dream of a better life.
True story of racehorse Dream Alliance, bred by a small-town Welsh bartender and raised with the help of weekly contributions from the meagre earnings of friends.
Emma Stone and Emma Thompson star in a live-action film about the early days of Estella, who became the 101 Dalmatians bad egg, Cruella de Vil.
A case from the files of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. It features the first case in US history where a murder suspect claimed demonic possession as a defence.
A computer-animated film about Lucky, whose aunt moves her to a small town where her adventurous spirit won't get her into scrapes. It's too quiet for Lucky until she meets a wild mustang she must protect.
A family venture out into a post-apocalyptic world where blind monsters with acute hearing roam.
