Entertainment

20 Dec 2024

What’s On: Diwali Festival, Rising Stars theatre and Christmas concert in Tairāwhiti this weekend

• Sun City Spinners: Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, 9am-11.30am, fees apply. Ph Dale 867 5083 or email eastland@creativefibre. org. nz

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Join the Latin party: Salsa, cumbia and reggaeton at Gisborne surf club

It will be time to party Latin-style when the Fiesta Latina takes over the Moana Lounge at the Midway Surf Rescue Community Hub the weekend before Christmas. Gisborne will once again resound with the cadences of salsa music while party-goers take in...

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13 Dec 2024

Priscilla Queen of the Desert review: Musical Theatre Gisborne’s production is a high energy extravaganza

Take three drag queens, some singing divas, a very busy ensemble cast, upbeat disco music a dizzying number of costume changes and a bus with sparkling lights and a large stiletto shoe on the roof and you’ve got Musical Theatre Gisborne’s...

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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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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

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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29 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

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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