The Guide

Actors Stephen Lovatt (left) and Edwin Wright star in Everest Untold, at Lawson Field Theatre on Wednesday, July 6. NZ Herald picture

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This weekCosmopolitan Club — Hamilton big-band Tomorrow People on the road with their unique brand of “sunshine reggae”; Friday, July 1.

Soho Bar — Back To The Trap with DJ CJ, followed by Bryan Anderson and Rich James; Friday, July 1.

The Bandroom — TRAAMPS open mic for music, poetry and song; Saturday, July 2 (2pm).

Smash Palace — You hum it, they’ll rock it out . . . live music from popular covers band The Ashes; Saturday, July 2.

Tolaga Bay Inn — Tomorrow People on the road with their sunshine reggae; Saturday, July 2.

Shipwreck Bar — Frothmatics, electronic/hip hop with Snead Place Project, Hyan, Critters and Roop; Saturday, July 2.

The Dome Room — Popular with players and spectators alike, local club Poverty Bay Blues Inc holds its monthly jam night; Tuesday, July 5.

TheatreLawson Field Theatre — Wheeler’s Luck, Campion College interprets the comic tale of a Kiwi town and its inhabitants; June 30 (7.30pm).

Lawson Field Theatre — Everest Untold, in which Sir John Hunt (Steven Lovatt) and George Lowe (Edwin Wright) remind us that the summiting of Everest in 1953 was a team effort; July 6.

Coming upThe Prophet Motive — In town with Super Narcoman on and album/EP release tour, with support from Here Lie The Homunculi and Uni-Fi. Smash Palace; Saturday, July 9.

Xing Wang — Pianist returns to play the third in this year’s series of afternoon concerts. Tairawhiti Museum; July 10 (2pm).

Hairspray — It’s going to be “afrotastic” . . . Musical Theatre Gisborne tackles one of the most beloved contemporary musicals in the world. War Memorial Theatre; July 13-16.

Winter Arts & Crafts Fair — Featuring work by members of Arts & Crafts Gisborne. Lawson Field Theatre; July 16.

TRAAMPS — Open mic for music, poetry and song. The Bandroom; Saturday, July 16 (2pm).

Boomshack Band — Playing as part of the Dome’s cinema equipment fundraising series. The Dome Bar; July 16.

Tribute To The Rat Pack — Touring troupe Operatunity’s “brat pack” Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Rutene Spooner and Robert Enari pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr. War Memorial Theatre; July 20 (11am).

Calvino Trio — Award–winning piano trio on tour as part of Chamber Music New Zealand’s 2016 Encompass Series. St Andrew’s Church; July 24 (2pm).

Cornerstone Roots — Aotearoa reggae from Raglan ensemble. The Dome Room; July 29.

TRAAMPS — Open mic for music, poetry and song. The Bandroom; Saturday, July 30 (2pm).

The Nukes — West Auckland ukulele/bango trio brings its unique sound to town. The Vines; Saturday, July 30.

Poverty Bay Blues — Popular with players and spectators alike, Gisborne blues club holds its monthly jam night. The Dome Room; August 2.

Gisborne Unity Theatre — All-woman production of short plays: Towpath (directed by Elizabeth Boyce); Whether I Fall, written/directed by Jackie Davis; and a work about women bringing up mokopuna (directed by Stephanie Barnett). Unity Theatre black box; August 5-7 and 9-13.

At the flicksOdeon Multiplex tel: 867 3339The Legend of Tarzan (2D, 3D) — Alexander Skarsgard plays Tarzan or, as he is now known, John Clayton, 3rd Viscount Greystoke, who lives with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie) on his English estate. He is invited back to the Congo Free State to serve as a trade emissary, unaware he is a pawn in a deadly scheme hatched by a corrupt Belgian captain (Christoph Waltz). Jackson.

Central Intelligence — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart star as mismatched friends who meet again at a high school reunion and end up joining forces to foil the plans of bad guys wanting to sell satellite codes to the highest bidder.

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues — It is 1945. Nine-year-old Sebastian lives with his adoptive “grandfather” Cesar in the French Alps. Cesar’s daughter Angelina is due home after fighting in the Resistance. When Angelina’s plane crashes, Sebastian refuses to accept she has died and, with his dog Belle, sets out to find her. Subtitles.

Hunt For The Wilderpeople — Tale of a defiant city kid, his cantankerous “uncle” and a dog who go on the run.

Independence Day: Resurgence — The aliens are back. Those invaders from the first film were able to send a distress signal to their other battalions before their final defeat; and some went into hiding around the world. This time the aliens send a larger, more powerful battle fleet.

Finding Dory (2D, 3D) — Finding Nemo sequel in which Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a Pacific regal blue tang fish with short-term memory loss. With help from friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on a mission to find her long-lost parents.

Warcraft — Movie about initial encounters between humans and orcs, based on video game series.

Me Before You — Adapted for the screen by Jojo Moyes from her novel. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) plays a carer who tries to make a paralysed banker (Sam Claflin) believe his life is still worth living.

Now You See Me 2 — Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman all reprise their roles, and Daniel Radcliffe joins as a tech prodigy who coerces The Four Horsemen into pulling off another “impossible” heist.

The Conjuring 2 — Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, who travel to north London to help a single mother and four children in a haunted house.

Dome Cinema tel: 08 324 3005Dough — An old Jewish baker (Jonathan Pryce) struggles to keep his business afloat until his Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sales rocket. Also stars Jerome Holder and Pauline Collins.

45 Years — Geoff and Kate Mercer (Tom Courtney/Charlotte Rampling) are coming up to their 45th wedding anniversary when news arrives that the body of Geoff’s first love has become visible in a the crevasse into which she fell over 50 years earlier.

The Student and Mr Henri — Mr Henri is too old to live on his own so his son Paul offers to rent the spare bedroom to a student. This brings in provincial girl Constance. Mr Henri offers her free board on condition she helps break up his son’s marriage.

Our Little Sister — Japanese film in which sisters aged 29, 22 and 19 live in a house left to them by their grandmother. At the funeral of their father, whom they hadn’t seen since their parents’ divorce, they meet their 14-year-old half-sister. With no one to take care of her, she moves in.

Phoenix — In post-war Germany, concentration camp survivor Nelly seeks out her husband, who could be the person who betrayed her.

ExhibitionsTairawhiti Museum — Gisborne Artists & Potters Winter Exhibition (opens Friday, July 1); Te Rerenga Wairua, works by Nick Tupara; Ad Astra: Reach For The Stars, Jean Loomis looks at life through a cosmic lens; Gladstone Road, photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag; Jack Richards Decorative Arts Collection, including glass vessels by Alexander Lamont Workshops; Japanese-influenced ceramics by Kiwi potter Aaron Scythe; paintings by UK/NZ Melanie Mills and early 20-century Japanese wedding robes.

PaulNache — Everyday People, hyper-realist sculptures by Northland artist Glen Hayward.

Verve Cafe — New paintings by Krystal Kelly.

The Aviary — Book-inspired jewellery by Imogen Wilson, plus chains by Helena Andersson and works by painter/object maker Perry Davis.

Tirohia Gallery — The Design School, emerging designers share their work.

Tupara Gallery — Ko Wai Au, a gathering of Maori painters.

Toihoukura — Rukuhia, drawings by students across all levels.

Gisborne iSite — Exhibition space featuring a rotation of works by local artists.

Coming up Tauira Mokemoke (Empty Chair) — Works by Te Wananga O Aotearoa toi students, including a silent auction to raise funds for C Company Memorial House. Whirikoka Campus; July 5 (6pm).

Young Country — Show based on Kerry Hines’ PhD about the imagery of railways employee and photographer William Williams. Tairawhiti Museum; opens July 9.

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