Stars In Their Eyes auditions: Unity Theatre, Ormond Rd, Saturday, 1- 5pm and April 29. 10-5pm
The Big Muffin Serious Band: Dome Room, Saturday, Presales $25 from Aviary. (8pm).
Heath Franklin’s Chopper — Bogan Jesus: War Memorial Theatre, Wednesday May 2, (7.30pm).
Coming upAnthonie Tonnon: The Dome, May 5. Tickets $20 from Aviary or www.anthonietonnon.com
Super Narco Man: EP release party, Smash Palace, May 5 (8pm)
Timeless Treasures: Gisborne Choral Society presents a concert of folk songs through the ages. St Andrew’s Church, Sunday, May 6 (2pm). $10 adults, gold coin students/children.
The Nutcracker: Moscow Ballet La Classique, War Memorial Theatre, May 7-8 (7.30pm).
The Palace Dance Studio: Ignite the Crown, War Memorial Theatre, Sunday, May 13 (7pm).
Monty Bevins, Lovers Again Tour: The Dome, May 17, Presale tickets $10 from Aviary, Raglan Roast, or www.montybevins.com
Visual artsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Horse riding and dressage inspired paintings by Rosemary Parcell. Da Vinci Machines and Robotics. This award-winning exhibition invites visitors to delve into the mind of artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Tao Nga Pare-mata, Mangatu taonga from the Campbell collection. Hikoi, works by Toni Rangi, Yvonne Tana and Jeannette McDonnell-Rata.
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 flicksOdeon multiplex
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 the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend into space to find him. Based on the book by Madeleine L’Engle, published in 1962.
A Quiet Place: Director John Krasinski and wife Emily Blunt co-star in a highly rated horror-thriller about a family who live quietly to escape the attention of monsters who 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 as a posse gathers to hunt him down. Stars Sam Neill and Bryan Brown.
Blockers: Parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night. Stars Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena.
Early Man: Stop-motion animated comedy about Stone Age valley dwellers defending their land from bronze-using invaders in a football match.
Love, Simon: Romantic comedy-drama about a gay teenage boy trying to balance the conflicting demands of friends, family and a blackmailer threatening to out him to his schoolmates, while trying to discover the identity of a classmate he has fallen in love with online.
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, Margot Robbie, Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown.
Ready Player One: In 2045, much of humanity uses virtual reality software OASIS to engage in work and play, because the desolation of the real world is too much to cope with. Teenager Wade Watts discovers clues to a hidden game in the programme.
Sherlock Gnomes: Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of garden ornaments.
Rampage: Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent gorilla who has been in his care since birth.
Dome cinema
The World’s Fastest Indian: Anthony Hopkins may not have the Southland accent right but he nails the essence of Invercargill speed king Burt Munro in Roger Donaldson’s nostalgic 2005 film tribute to a man who coaxed world land speed records from his highly modified Indian Scout motorcycle.
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.
The Divine Order: Nora advocates for women’s suffrage in Switzerland ahead of a referendum on women getting the vote. Political and religious leaders in Switzerland cited the Divine Order as the reason women did not have the right to vote.
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