BEST HOMEGROWN
After releasing the bonus edition of their album You are Here earlier this week, Opshop are doing the rounds with three concerts in as many days. Tonight they join forces with the soulful Heavy Jones Trio and The Ambassadors to play Auckland's Studio. With hits such as No
Ordinary Thing, Saturated and Being, tonight's show is sure to be a sell-out.
Opshop, Heavy Jones Trio and the Ambassadors, Studio, K Rd, tonight, doors from 9, tickets $20 from Ticketek
BEST IN BOOKS
Whether you're a budding writer or a bookworm, this weekend's Auckland Writers and Readers Festival is a great chance to indulge your passion. With more than 60 speakers, the festival includes authors, film and television writers, journalists, playwrights and songwriters. Hosted by the Hilton Hotel, seminars run throughout the day and are priced from $12.
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 05, the Hilton Hotel, Princes Wharf, today and tomorrow, 9.30am-5pm, tickets from $12, from Ticketek, see www.writersfestival.co.nz for full programme
BEST CRASH COURSE
If you're looking for a bit of action/adventure for the kids this weekend, nothing will beat tomorrow's Bike Wise Mountain Bike Jam. Designed for kids 5-13 years old, the mountain bike series has already attracted hundreds of entrants around the country. Every competitor will receive a medal and certificate. Pre-registration is a must. If you miss out this weekend, there's still time to enter next week's jam at Omana Park, Beachlands.
Bike Wise Mountain Bike Jam, Woodhill Mountain Bike Park, State Highway 16, tomorrow, 10am-1pm, entries from $16, see www.bikewisejams.co.nz for details
BEST SHORT STORY
With 37 plays performed in just 97 minutes, the Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) is not the high-brow literary experience you might expect. Oliver Driver, Jeremy Elwood and Keith Adams put on an action-packed, energetic show, that fluctuates between slapstick physical comedy and spine-tingling drama. Though technically classified as theatre, this show offers more laughs than some of the comedy acts around at the moment.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged), Maidment Studio, Alfred St, today, 4pm, 8pm, tomorrow, 4pm, tickets from $47 from Ticketek
Best of the weekend
BEST HOMEGROWN
After releasing the bonus edition of their album You are Here earlier this week, Opshop are doing the rounds with three concerts in as many days. Tonight they join forces with the soulful Heavy Jones Trio and The Ambassadors to play Auckland's Studio. With hits such as No
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