Entertainment

15 Nov 2024

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa hosts Tōku Ake exhibition, raising over $6000 for C Company

A striking range of students’ artwork is being exhibited at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Tōku Ake, My Journey, My Pathway is a culmination of work completed over the year. The exhibition has been artfully curated by Johnny Moetara including the use of...

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15 Nov 2024

Panto magic: Sleeping Beauty brings festive fun to Lawson Field Theatre

Audiences can expect fun and frolics when the pantomime Sleeping Beauty is staged by Evolution Theatre at Lawson Field Theatre in December. It’s the traditional fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty but with lots of slapstick humour. “People can expect...

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14 Nov 2024

Sparkling costumes and real stories: Priscilla set to hit Gisborne stage

“We have been incredibly fortunate to have the use of amazing costumes from Joanne Neilson in our show, some that had never been worn before and were made for an exhibition she had at Tairāwhiti Museum,” says director and choreographer Dean...

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07 Nov 2024

Gisborne’s new gem: Studio Foon unveils classic ceramics

Nathan Foon is creating classic ceramics in his small pottery studio on Lowe St in the Gisborne CBD. Bowls and stackable cups in earthy tones fill the shelves in Studio Foon, as well as some larger vases and other pieces. He launched his ceramics...

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07 Nov 2024

Gisborne artist Glenn Brown wins national art prize with futuristic Battle of Wellington

Gisborne artist Glenn Brown has won the Supreme Award in the Feilding and District Art Society’s 2024 Art Awards with a work which depicts a futuristic vision of New Zealand’s capital city. The painting, titled Battle of Wellington, is 1800cm x...

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05 Nov 2024

Piano and percussion come together in Boogie Circus at Gisborne’s Evolution Theatre

Pianist and singer Jan Preston’s Boogie Circus is coming to Gisborne’s Evolution Theatre this week. Greymouth-born Preston and percussionist husband Mike Pullman are touring the north and east of the island while promoting her new album...

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Caffeine hit reignites Kita

Visitors to the café at Tatapouri may be surprised to learn there’s a bit of star power behind the espresso machine preparing their flat whites and long blacks. Actor and musician Nikita Tu-Bryant is taking some time out of her busy life of...

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11 Jan 2024

Richard O’Brien’s new musical, The Kingdom of Bling, premieres in Gisborne

The Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien’s Celebration of Kindness world premiere tour, featuring his new satirical musical, The Kingdom of Bling, comes to Gisborne next week. The show will be staged at the War Memorial Theatre on Tuesday...

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24 Oct 2024

Artist Chrissy Morrell showcases diverse works in upcoming exhibition

At the bottom of a garden in a brightly painted orange studio in Wainui, a collection of Chrissy Morrell’s artwork is ready to be displayed in her exhibition Four Seasons. The prolific output, featuring a variety of landscapes and colourful...

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24 Oct 2024

She Shed Tour celebrates nine years with new venues and 10 new artists

Artists are working hard and studios and gardens are getting spruced up ahead of next month’s She Shed Tour Gisborne which will feature two new venues and 10 new artists. New venues are potter Judi Murphy’s garden and studio in Wainui and Sandr...

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23 Oct 2024

‘Breathe’ brings balance

A larger-than-life dandelion takes centre stage at Breath, which is Tairāwhiti museum’s newest exhibition. Tiny florets — those fuzzy bits of the dandelion — are scattered overhead, floating mid-air as if released by a puff of breath at local...

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Loren Sirl

02 Nov 2023

Play It Strange awards concert to feature Gisborne Girls’ High School winning duo

Gisborne Girls’ High School has achieved another outstanding result at the Play It Strange songwriting competition with students Breanna Osgood-Lloyd and Hinemaurea Wikitapu Waikari winning the Youth Town prize for their song He Can’t Be Mine...

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