A cabaret-style themed concert for first-time to seasoned performers. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, Friday, August 20, 7pm, koha at the door. Register to sing:
Dome Room, Saturday, August 21, 8.30pm. Presales from $30+bf from eventfinda or $30 cash sales from Aviary.
Dome Room, September 4, 8.30pm.Tickets from eventfinda or Aviary $30.
With support from Maorissey. Dome Room, Saturday, September 11, 8pm.Tickets from Presales from Aviary $15. Door sales $20.
Dome Room, Friday, September 17, 8pm. Tickets from undertheradar or Aviary $25 cash.
For ages 15 and over to get up and put it on the line for a laugh, or sit back and laugh at the crazy antics. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, Friday, July 30, 6.30–8.30pm, $5 cash-only door sales.
Saturday, August 7, Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street.
Tairawhiti Museum, opening Saturday 10am.
Colonies is a series of works inspired by the diverse ecosystems seen in thriving coral reefs. These underwater structures are built from individual organisms known as coral polyps. Teeming with life and bursting with colour, the reef and its occupants form a symbiotic relationship where one is dependent on the other for survival. Tairawhiti Museum, opening next Friday, 5.30pm.
This exhibition explores the impact of the written and printed word in the dissemination of knowledge, and the advancement of literacy and access to knowledge in societies over the centuries. Tairawhiti Museum, until August 17.
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 Sunday.
In mid-1990s Ireland, Eddie and Amber stage a relationship to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to liberal London.
Based on a novel by Hannelore Cayre. Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) is an underpaid, overworked French-Arabic translator in charge of phone surveillance for a narcotics police unit. When she realises she knows the mother of one of the drug dealers, Patience decides to cover for him and gets herself more and more deeply involved in the world of drug trafficking. Soon, she is using her insider knowledge and police resources to build her own crime network and earns the name Mama Weed.
Award-winning documentary centred on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France and focusing on racing drivers Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, Bruno Senna (nephew of Ayrton), of Brazil, Memo Rojas, of Mexico, and Jules Gounon, of France.
A teenage Metallica fan and his mother must coexist for the holidays after plans for the boy to spend time with his father in Florida fall through.
Renowned thief Richard Pace (Pierce Brosnan) is recruited by a band of modern-day Robin Hoods to help steal millions in gold bars stashed beneath one of the world's most secure prisons. Also stars Tim Roth. Directed by blockbuster specialist Renny Harlin.
In the early 20th century, riverboat captain Frank Wolff (Dwayne Johnson) transports British scientist Dr Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt), and her brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) on a mission into a jungle to find the Tree of Life, which is believed to possess healing powers that could be of great benefit to modern medicine. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals, a hot and deadly environment and a competing imperial German expedition that is determined to find the tree first.
Essie Davis (Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) is Bunny King, a mother of two battling to be reunited with her children but making questionable decisions while trying to do the right thing.
An M. Night Shyamalan film in which a family discover that the secluded beach on which they are relaxing is causing them to age rapidly.
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
A lone fighter, known as Snake Eyes, is welcomed into an ancient Japanese ninja clan, but finds his loyalties tested when secrets from his past are revealed.
To protect an eight-year-old girl, an assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
Moonbound tells the story of little Pete, who embarks on an enchanting journey with June bug Mr Zoomzeman and the Sandman to rescue his little sister from the Moon Man.
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Also stars Rachel Weisz and Ray Winstone.
Superstar LeBron James and his young son, Dom, get trapped in digital space by a rogue AI. To get home safely, LeBron teams up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang for a high-stakes basketball game against the AI's digitised champions of the court.
