Coming upStretch — Touring troubador Anthony Stretch on his Road To Studio tour, with new Gisborne duo Boeys (Gareth Kaiwai and Ben Emms of Fighting Like Stags). The Dome Room; May 6.
TRAAMPS — Open mic for acoustic music, poetry and song. The Bandroom; May 7 (2pm).
The Lord Lackbeards – Touring company presents two works, the all-female Hamlet and Ophelia Thinks Harder; Tairawhiti Museum; May 7 (3pm & 7.30pm).
James Jin & Xing Wang — Violinist and pianist (respectively) kick off this year’s afternoon concert series with a musical tour through centuries and continents. Tairawhiti Museum; May 8 (1pm).
Pecha Kucha Night — Quick-fire presentations about the things that inspire us. The Dome Room; May 13 (7.30pm).
TRAAMPS — Open mic for acoustic music, poetry and song. The Bandroom; May 21 (2pm).
Wild World — Bryce Wastney and Ryan Beehre (of Minuit fame) offer their versions of the songs and story of the great Cat Stevens. The Dome Room; June 11.
Winter Concert Series — The second in this year’s series of afternoon concerts. Tairawhiti Museum; June 12 (2pm).
The Great Gatsby — Operatunity celebrates the composers of the 1920s and 1930s. War Memorial Theatre; June 15 (11am).
East Coast District Chamber Music Contest — Regional leg of the country’s biggest chamber music competition for school-age players. St Andrew’s Church; Thursday, June 1.
At the moviesDome Cinema tel: 08 324 3005Chef — Jon Favreau wrote, directed and stars in comedy about a chef who quits his job and goes back to his culinary roots, on the way bonding anew with his son and ex-wife. Also stars Emjay Anthony, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson and John Leguizamo, with nice cameos from Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt and Robert Downey, Jr.
Suffragette — Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan star in film focusing on one woman’s experience of the early-20th Century women’s suffrage movement.
Noma: A Perfect Storm — Film on chef Rene Redzepi, multiple winner of the award for Best Restaurant In The World, and how his culinary philosophy has shaped the success of his Copenhagen restaurant, Noma.
Robinson Crusoe — Animated take on Daniel Defoe’s stranded-sailor classic, with the story told from the viewpoint of the animals on the island Crusoe makes his home. The animals are happy on their island Eden, and even get used to this new creature and his dog. But two nasty castaway cats threaten the harmony.
Orphans and Kingdoms — Returning to his Waiheke Island home, a man is bound and beaten by three fugitive kids. Exposed to the helplessness of his tormentors, he is forced to face demons in his own past.
Odeon Multiplex tel: 867 3339Eye in the Sky — Thriller starring Helen Mirren as an officer in charge of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Intelligence indicates the targets are planning a suicide bombing, so the operation becomes a “kill” mission. But late in the piece a child enters the kill zone.
Mother’s Day — Comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts and Jason Sudeikis. Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.
Captain America: Civil War — Collateral damage in an Avengers operation brings political pressure for a system of accountability for the superheroes. This splits the Avengers into camps led by Captain America and Ironman. Good reviews.
Eddie The Eagle — Based on a true story, Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman star in this comedy-drama about the efforts of British ski jumper Michael “Eddie” Edwards to make the 1988 Winter Olympics.
The Jungle Book — New take on Rudyard Kipling’s beloved stories in which man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must save himself and all the animals of the jungle from tiger Shere Kahn.
The Divergent Series: Allegiant — Tris and Four leave the city, and what they find shocks them.
The Boss — Melissa McCarthy plays a wealthy CEO who loses everything through insider trading and makes a business comeback by way of a kiddie troop selling brownies.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War — Freya the Ice Queen brings her sister Ravenna back to life, and they plan to conquer the Enchanted Forest. Only The Huntsman and his lover Sara can stop them.
Zootopia (2D, 3D) — Animated flick about city comprising habitat neighbourhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople — From writer/director Taika Waititi and based on a Barry Crump book. A defiant city kid, his cantankerous “uncle” and a dog go on the run.
Kung Fu Panda 3 — As villainous Kai sweeps across China, Po must train a village of his clumsy relatives to become the ultimate band of kung fu pandas.
Mahana — Lee Tamahori directed this film based on Witi Ihimaera’s novel Bulibasha. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty and Tolaga Bay’s Akuhata Keefe star in a tale of two shearing families’ rivalry.
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