Gig Guide

MAMMA MIA. Picture by Stephen Jones Photography

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This weekThe Ashes + The Search: Party covers bands, Smash Palace, Saturday, 8pm, $10 on the door.

Jolly Lifestyle Market: Local craft stalls, coffee and music, with parking in the paddock. Jolly Stockman carpark, 3 Saleyards Road, Sunday, 11am-2pm, weather permitting.

Gisborne Country Music Club: All singers and musicians are welcome. Blind Foundation Rooms, Sunday, 1-4pm, $3 includes afternoon tea. Phone Flo 867 7637 or flo.ross@xtra.co.nz

Nick Saxon Live: Australian-based entertainer with dancing guitar tones and soulful melodies. Smash Palace, July 12, doors open 6pm. Free entry.

Coming upWinter Concert Series: Harry Grigg (vocal) and Xing Wang (piano) will perform at the Tairawhiti Museum. Sunday, July 14 (2pm). Adults $5, children and students with ID- free.

New Zealand Guitar Quartet: Classical/contemporary music from bluegrass to flamenco. Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa. Friday, July 19 (7.30pm). Tickets $25+ bf from the venue or www.eventfinda.co.nz

Julie Lamb Outfit Winter Tour: Funky pop, Smash Palace, Saturday July 20, (8.30pm). $15 on the door.

VF48Hours Gisborne Final: Watch the 10 best five-minute films made during 48hours, with awards for the 2019 champions. Dome Room, July 20, 7pm-10.30pm. Tickets $22.50 from www.eventfinda.co.nz

Elvis Tribute show: Cosmopolitan Club, August 3 (8pm).Members $15, non-members $20.

NZDC — NZ’s No 1 ACDC Experience: Smash Palace, August 10, (8.30pm). $25 plus booking fee.

Barleycorn: Irish-influenced Gisborne band, Tairawhiti Museum, August 11, (2pm). $5.

Michael and Ashleigh Tipping: Playing your favourites at the Cosmopolitan Club, August 23 (8pm). Free entry.

Winter Concert Series: Lazarus String Quartet, Tairawhiti Museum, Wednesday, August 28, (5.30pm). Adults $5, children and students with ID-free.

TheatreMamma Mia!: A musical based around the songs of ABBA, War Memorial Theatre, July 13-20, (7.30pm), Sunday, July 14 (2pm). Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography or www.ticketdirect.co.nz

Deathtrap: A thriller to die for by Ira Levin. Evolution Theatre Company, Friday, July 26 to Saturday, August 10. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances (7.30pm), Sunday (2pm). Adults $34, seniors $29 and youth $24.

Visual ArtsExhibitions

Tairawhiti Museum: About Time, paintings by Dave Andrew. Flat-Pack Whakapapa, three installations by Dr Maureen Lander.

Paul Nache Gallery: Works by Evan Woodruffe.

Zest Cafe: Stitched works by Te Puna Reo o Puhi students.

Verve Cafe: Installation by Conor Jeory.

Stephen Jones Photography: Landscape photographs by Ebony Whitaker.

Winter Arts and Crafts Fair: Crafts include: batik, soy candles, quilting, designer clothes, mosaic, ceramic, woodturning, knitting, jewellery, sewing, stained glass and more. Poverty Bay Bowling Club, July 14, (9.30am to 2pm). Free entry.

At the moviesDOME CINEMA

Girl: A transgender girl pursues a career as a ballerina. Inspired by Nora Monsecour, a Belgian trans female dancer that director Lukas Dhont met when he was 18 and she was 15. Stars Victor Polster, in his acting debut. Among the 500 actors — male, female and transgender — who auditioned, the filmmakers could not find one who could both dance and act to their satisfaction. They found Polster in casting for other dance roles.

Lost and Found: Seven linked stories are set in and around the lost-and-found office of an Irish train station. True stories inspired writer/director Liam O Mochain.

Little Woods: Sisters Ollie and Deb slip into the Canada-US, cross-border, drug trade after they fall on hard times following the death of their mother. Stars Tessa Thompson and Lily James.

The Ideal Palace: Film based on the true story of how a French postman, Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924), built for his daughter the Ideal Palace over a period of 33 years, from stones he picked up on his rounds. It is now classified as a historical monument.

ODEON MULTIPLEX

Toy Story 4: Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) tries to show craft-project-turned-toy (Tony Hale) why he should embrace being a toy. Then on a road trip, Woody makes a detour that includes a reunion with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (Annie Potts). After years of being on her own, Bo’s adventurous spirit and life on the road belie her delicate porcelain exterior.

Yesterday: Jack Malik, a singer-songwriter in an English seaside town, has fast-fading dreams of fame. But after a freak accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to find The Beatles never existed, and he has a catalogue of “new” songs. Stars Himesh Patel, Lily James and, as themselves, Ed Sheeran and James Corden.

Spider-Man: Far From Home: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a changed world. Stars Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Secret Life of Pets 2: Terrier Max must cope when his owner gets married and has a baby. Voice cast includes Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Dana Carvey and Harrison Ford.

Anna: Beneath Anna’s beauty lies a secret that unleashes strength and skill enabling her to become a feared assassin. Stars Cillian Murphy, Sasha Luss and Helen Mirren. Luc Besson wrote and directed.

Men in Black: International: London gets a branch of Men in Black (MIB), headed by High T (Liam Neeson), who pairs new recruit Agent M (Tessa Thompson) with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth). These agents travel the world dealing with alien attacks, but the organisation may have a mole.

Pavarotti: Documentary directed by Ron Howard about Luciano Pavarotti, produced with the co-operation of the operatic tenor’s estate, and using family archives, interviews and live music footage.

Rocketman: Taron Egerton (Kingsman) stars in the story of how shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight becomes superstar Elton John.

Aladdin: Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action remake of the 1992 animated film. Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Will Smith.

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