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evening of acoustic guitar performed by three of New Zealand's finest players. Dome Room, Friday, March 25. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
Motel California
Playing all the best-loved Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music, Dome Room, Saturday, April 2. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz
When Sun and Moon Collide auditions
Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, Saturday, March 5, 11am.
The Secret Garden
Evolution Theatre Company presents The Secret Garden. One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden has remained a favourite with children the world over. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, March 17 to 27. Tickets from trybooking.com
A Skull in Connemara
Unity Theatre's Norman MacLean-directed A Skull in Connemara is coming. April 1 to 9.
Out of the Closet
Out of the Closet is a collaborative arts and crafts exhibition presented by weaver Adrienne Stewart and her multi-talented whānau. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening Saturday.
Tri-Nations
Paul Nache presents Peter Adsett Tri-Nations and To Face. Paul Nache Gallery, 89 Grey Street, until March 20.
Pride Tairawhiti
To coincide with Pride Month in February, Tairāwhiti Rainbow Collective and Tairāwhiti Museum have come together to showcase stories and experiences of some of our LGBTQIA+ community members who have lived and grown up in Tairāwhiti. Tairāwhiti Museum until February 27.
Whakakaha
Exhibiting works by Rākau Buchanan, Paul Edgar Bird, Moorina Bonini, Te Awariki Lardelli, Genevieve Pini, Katrina Reedy, Carmel Salmanzadeh and Ron Te Kawa. Hoea Gallery, 67 Gladstone Road. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, or by appointment, until the end of March.
Makorori Artists Collective
The collective's second show is on at Verve Cafe in Gladstone Road until the end of February.
Be the Taniwha
Tai and Kaaterina Kerekere's exhibition is a tribute to leaders who challenged the status quo, paved pathways of empowerment and broke barriers by bringing issues to the surface. Tairawhiti Museum, until March 20.
Aline, the Voice of Love
French actress Valérie Lemercier wrote the screenplay, directed and starred in this “fiction freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion”. For Aline Dieu, nothing matters more than music, family and love. Her voice captivates all who hear it, including the successful and much older manager who marries her.
India Sweets and Spices
Comedy-drama written and directed by Geeta Malik, who drew on childhood experiences in Colorado. Her parents would take part in gatherings of the Indian community. Although she initially saw these parties as comforting, she came to realise they also gave rise to backbiting, gossip and drama behind the scenes.
Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life
Documentary that explores how Mark Hunt, the “Super Samoan”, pushed past a challenging childhood to become a kickboxing and mixed martial arts global star.
Barbarella
Roger Vadim directed his wife Jane Fonda in this Dino De Laurentiis-produced science fiction/fantasy film from 1968. Barbarella roams 41st-century space with a blind guardian angel (John Phillip Law). Milo O'Shea, Anita Pallenberg and David Hemmings co-star.
The Hating Game
Two executive assistants forced to work with each other when their companies merge are then positioned to compete for promotion. It gets complicated when they discover romantic feelings for each other.
Uncharted
Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) and Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) seek the greatest treasure never found.
Aaraattu
Indian Malayalam-language action-drama film.
Death On the Nile
Kenneth Branagh returns as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, bringing with him exotic locations and a cast that includes Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Blacklight
Liam Neeson plays a shadowy government agent who specialises in extracting operatives whose cover has been blown. He uncovers a conspiracy to shut down dissent, and declares war on it.
Marry Me
Jennifer Lopez plays a pop star who discovers her partner's infidelity just before their high-profile wedding. Instead, she locks eyes with a stranger (Owen Wilson) and marries him instead.
The Beatles: Get Back — The Rooftop Concert
Director Peter Jackson presents — for the first time in its entirety — The Beatles' last live performance as a group, the rooftop concert in London's Savile Row.
Belfast
Semi-autobiographical film written, directed and co-produced by Kenneth Branagh, recalling his childhood in a Northern Irish Protestant family at the time of “The Troubles”. Stars Jude Hill as nine-year-old Buddy, Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan as his parents, and Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as Granny and Pop.
Jackass Forever
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the gang get together again to hang out and do crazy stuff.
Moonfall
A mysterious force knocks the Moon out of its orbit and on to a collision course with Earth. Weeks before the expected impact, a NASA executive (Halle Berry) teams up with a man from her past (Patrick Wilson) and a conspiracy theorist (John Bradley) to save the world.
Sing 2
Can-do koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast prepare a stage extravaganza.
Clifford the Big Red Dog
A magical animal rescuer gives Emily a small red puppy that overnight turns into a giant.