Coming upSmokefree Rockquest Heats: Acts performing tonight will be hoping to become regional finalists. War Memorial Theatre Saturday, May 12 (7pm).
Eb and Sparrow: Sultry alt-country music. The Dome, May 12 (8pm) Album release tour for Seeing Things. Presales $15 from www.ebandsparrow.co.nz.
Hot Mama, featuring DJ Exile: Smash Palace, May 12 (9pm) $5 door.
Sunday Afternoon Concert Series: Lixin Zhang 16-year-old pianist, winner of the Wallace Junior and Wallace National competitions in 2016 and 2017. 2pm, Tairawhiti Museum. Adults $5, children and students free.
The Palace Dance Studio present Ignite The Crown: Enjoy a night of world-class dancers. Performances from The Royal Family, ReQuest Dance Crew, Royal Family Varsity, Sorority and Bubblegum. War Memorial Theatre, Sunday, May 13 (7pm).
Monty Bevins: Folk, roots and soul music, featuring Paul Jackson. Lovers Again Tour, The Dome, Thursday, May 17. Presale tickets $10 from Aviary, Raglan Roast, or www.montybevins.com
White Chapel Jack: The Dome, Saturday May 19 Presales $20 from www.undertheradar.co.nz $25 on the door.
Smokefree Rockquest Finals: The acts chosen on the night get to perform at the national finals. Friday, May 25 War Memorial Theatre, 7pm Tickets can be purchased from www.smokefreerockquest.co.nz
Footnote NZ Dance presents Search Engine: An electrifying performance, with shimmering light and captivating dance movements. War Memorial Theatre, Friday May 25 (7-8pm). Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography. Adults $27.50, child $17.50 or www.ticketdirect.co.nz
ExNE: Premiere screening of showcase of new music from the East Coast filmed live in October. Smash Palace, Wednesday May 30, (7pm). Entry free.
Theatre
The Nutcracker: Moscow Ballet La Classique, War Memorial Theatre, May 7-8 (7.30pm).
Visual artsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Da Vinci Machines and Robotics, closes May 20. Tao Nga Pare-mata, Mangatu taonga from the Campbell collection. Hikoi, works by Toni Rangi, Yvonne Tana and Jeannette McDonnell-Rata. He o Mo Apanui, paintings by Erena Koopu, opens tomorrow at 5.30pm.
Te Kurahuna: Traditional Maori arts exhibition at Te Whare Wananga o Te Kurahuna, 75a Peel Street.
Te Kuwatawata gallery: Te Whare Ripene, an exhibition of ribbon weaving by Te Aitanga a Hauiti artists.
Paul Nache Gallery: Never Mind The Apocalypse, Teresa HR Lane
Verve Cafe: Works by Leah McCann
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Kath McLaughlin.
Zest Cafe: Pen drawings by Kartlyn Rose.
At the flicksDome Cinema
The Breaker Upperers: New Zealand comedy film about a two-woman agency that will break up relationships, for a fee. Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek are the co-writers, co-directors and co-stars of a film that also stars James Rolleston as a “hot-but-dumb teenage rugby-head Lothario”. Jemaine Clement has a cameo and Taika Waititi is an executive producer.
The Divine Order: Nora advocates for women’s suffrage in Switzerland ahead of a referendum on women getting the vote.
Lost in Paris: Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon’s whimsical style, Lost in Paris stars the filmmakers as a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond and a small-town Canadian librarian.
Odeon Multiplex
I Feel Pretty: Renee (Amy Schumer) is insecure about her appearance. After falling off an exercise bike and hitting her head, she is convinced she has been transformed into a beautiful woman, even though no physical change has taken place. Nevertheless, her new-found confidence brings about big changes in her life.
The Breaker Upperers: New Zealand film about professional relationship-enders. See synopsis above.
Isle of Dogs: Stop-motion animated comedy set in near-future Japan. A boy searches for his pet after dogs are banished to an island due to an illness outbreak. Voice cast includes Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, F. Murray Abraham, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton and Yoko Ono.
Truth or Dare: A demon controls a game of Truth or Dare, forcing players to reveal their darkest secrets or perform deadly dares.
Avengers: Infinity War (2D, 3D): The Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop Thanos from amassing the all-powerful Infinity Stones. Stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt.
A Wrinkle in Time: After Meg’s scientist father disappears, Meg, her brother and a friend are sent into space to find him.
A Quiet Place: Director John Krasinski and wife Emily Blunt co-star in a horror-thriller about a family trying to escape the attention of beings that consume anyone they hear.
Sweet Country: Australian drama set in the Northern Territory outback in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes on the run.
Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter’s mischievous rabbit gets a live action/computer-animated update. Sam Neill is in the live-action cast. Voice cast for the animation includes James Corden as Peter Rabbit.
Ready Player One: In 2045, people use virtual reality software for work and play, because the real world is too much to cope with. Teenager Wade Watts discovers clues to a hidden game in the program.
Sherlock Gnomes: Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet recruit Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the disappearance of garden ornaments.
Rampage: Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakeable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent gorilla who has been in his care since birth.
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