Coming upThe Marriage of Figaro, One Crazy Day: Presented by Wanderlust Opera. War Memorial Theatre, March 31, (7.30pm).
The Wave featuring TDK & REI: Dome Room, March 31 (6pm), Tickets presale 7th Rose Tattoo Studio $20 or at the door $25
Poverty Bay Blues night: Dome Room at the Poverty Bay Club. Guest artist The Jan Preston Duo. April 3. Doors open 7pm, bands start 8pm. $5 door sales. R18.
Musica Viva presents Tony Chen Lin and Jun Hong Loh: Tiromoana, 41 Winifred Street, Okitu, April 4 (7.30pm) $30 adults, $10 students
Barleycorn: Celebrate the launch of new album, All at Sea, Gisborne Bowling Club, 28 Wainui Road. April 6, (7pm) Tickets $5 from sarah@454.net.nz + door sales.
Blues and soul with Shaun Kirk: Support act One and a Half Men.The Dome, April 6 (8pm). Tickets $15+bf from www.shaunkirk.com/tour or $20 from The Aviary
111: Tauranga covers band, Cosmopolitan Club, April 6 (8pm)
St Andrew’s Concert Series: City of Gisborne Highland Pipe Band perform a Concert of Scottish and Irish music with Madra Dubh Celtic Band, Highland Dancers, and a guest solo piper. Admission free, koha to performers. St Andrew’s Church, April 8 (2pm)
Hobnail Blue Sky Songs Tour: Classic celtic country folk performed live. April 19, Dome Room, (8-10.30pm). Tickets: $20 plus booking fee from eventfinda.co.nz.
The Timeliners on Tour: Neil Worboys, Maurice Priestley and Stephen Carlyle play acoustic rootsy blues. April 27. Smash Palace, 24 Banks St, (6-8pm), free, R18.
TheatrePopcorn, by Ben Elton: Unity Theatre April 13-20. Tickets $20 from i-Site. Moscow Ballet La Classique. War Memorial Theatre, May 7-8, (7.30pm).
ExhibitionsTairawhiti Museum: The Company of Potters which explores creative/social relations linking three kilns and New Zealand ceramicists, runs until April 15. My Language of Pattern and Colour — Watercolours by Gisborne artist Jan Linklater, runs until April 8. Paintings by Rosemary Parcell. Horse riding and dressage influence her work. Da Vinci Machines and Robotics. This award-winning exhibition invites visitors to delve into the mind of artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci
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: Paintings by Evan Woodruffe.
Verve Cafe: Views from the Trophy Room. Photographs by Ray Teutenberg of works by Conor Jeory
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Kath McLaughlin.
Zest Cafe: Paintings by Virginia Pahura.
At the flicksDome cinema Earth: One Amazing Day: Robert Redford narrates a documentary from BBC Earth Films that tracks the sun over a single day from the highest mountains to remote islands to exotic jungles, highlighting the wonder of the natural world.
Kobi: Documentary portrait of Kobi Bosshard, “grandfather” of contemporary New Zealand jewellery. Directed by daughter Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader, the film explores the philosophy and work of the Swiss goldsmith who came to New Zealand in the early 1960s and who, now approaching 80, continues to produce in his Central Otago workshop.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami: Documentary portrait of the Jamaican singer, model and actress Grace Jones. Directed by Sophie Fiennes, the film explores her private and public personas, and includes performance footage and interviews with family members.
The Square: The Square, “a sanctuary of trust and caring”, is the central work of an exhibition that Christian, curator of a Stockholm art museum, must ensure is promoted to best effect. But a controversial YouTube clip means Christian’s professional and personal lives enter crisis at the same time.
Odeon multiplexPacific Rim Uprising (2D, 3D): Science-fiction action film that is a sequel to the 2013 Pacific Rim film by Guillermo del Toro. This time round, del Toro is one of the producers, having made way for Steven S. DeKnight to direct. Ten years after the Battle of the Breach, a mysterious organisation has reopened the Breach for the Kaiju, and a Jaeger has gone rogue.
Mary Magdalene: Rooney Mara has the title role, and Joaquin Phoenix plays Jesus in a retelling of an old story from an unfamiliar angle. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peter and Tahar Rahim reportedly burns up the screen as Judas.
The Death of Stalin: Film — banned in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan — satirising the power struggles following the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine and Michael Palin.
Tomb Raider: Reboot of Tomb Raider series, with Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, who embarks on a perilous journey to her father’s last-known destination to try to solve the mystery of his disappearance.
The Shape of Water: Oscar winner for best picture, director (Guillermo del Toro), production design and original score. A mute custodian at a government laboratory falls in love with a captured human-amphibian creature.
Red Sparrow: Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina, retired through injury and recruited by a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their bodies and minds as weapons.
Finding Your Feet: Imelda Staunton stars as Sandra, who seeks refuge from marital problems by going to stay with an estranged elder sister (Celia Imrie) in London.
Black Panther: The heir to the kingdom of Wakanda returns to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to take up the throne, but troubles are in store.
Broken: A former gang leader must choose forgiveness or revenge when his daughter is murdered by a rival gang.
The Greatest Showman: Musical inspired by life of P. T. Barnum.
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