Gig Guide

THIS WEEK

Free dance

St Andrew’s Church Community Centre. Today, 7pm to 8.30pm. A movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. $10 entry.

No Faith In Fighter Pilots

Saturday, April 29, Smash Palace 9pm,  Common Threat pay tribute to Faith No More + Foo Fights + Stone Temple Pilots for a night of 90s nostalgia. Tickets $15 to $20.

Friday Night Karaoke

Breakers bar, from 8pm to midnight. Free entry.

New Zealand Army Band

Tairāwhiti Community Concert, Gisborne Boys’ High School, Thursday, May 4, 7pm. Free tickets from Eventfinda.

Saturday Night Live: Mike Pomana, Jam Solo

Breakers Jandal Bar, Saturday, May 6, 8pm to 11pm. Free.

Double Tribute - U2, David Bowie

Performed by Blood Red Sky and Stardust. Smash Palace, Saturday May 6, 7pm to 11.30pm. Tickets $22.20.

Rhythm n’ Lines

Prepare for the international line dance flash mob on May 6 by learning this year’s chosen dance Storm and Stone. $10. Limited to 25 dancers.

Gisborne Line Dancing

Join in the fun. All ages, beginner/advanced dancers. Senior Citizens’ Hall, 30 Grey St, Tuesday 4.30 to 6.30pm. Details: Kerry ph 021 102 4890.

COMING UP

Midwave Breaks

The Dome, May 13.

The Chardonnay Affair — Rendezvous on The Chardonnay Express

Gisborne Railway Station, Grey St, Sunday May 28, 12.30pm to 5.00pm.

An evening with Sir John Kirwan

Lawson Field Theatre, May 17, 6pm to 7pm. An inspirational free event with All Black legend and Westpac NZ ambassador Sir John Kirwan. JK has helped tens of thousands of New Zealanders stay strong through tough times.

THEATRE

The Wolves, by Sarah de Lappe

Unity Theatre, Ormond Road. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets on sale at Eventfinda, adults $27, students $24, concession for a group of 10 or more $22.

Jesus Christ Superstar

Centre Stage presents the iconic

rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Opening night. War Memorial Theatre, Today until May 6. Tickets from ticketek.co.nz or Gisborne i-SITE.

Chicago — The Musical

Musical Theatre Gisborne presents Chicago — The Musical, War Memorial Theatre, May 19-27. Book at i-Site or Ticketek.

VISUAL ARTS

Lightscapes by Zoe Alford

Her latest exhibition delicately captures the different landscapes and scenery of Te Tairāwhiti at various times of the day and year. Tairāwhiti Museum, until June 11.

The Deal Exhibition

Dave Roil’s dramatic and exclusive haute couture garments, with local photographer Tink Lockett with 14 fine art images printed on silk. Open until June 18. Using upcycling methodology and sewing only by hand, David Roil established a subculture in 2004 becoming involved with the London Pacific Fashion Week. Over the years his men’s and women’s range have been shown at the Melbourne Fashion Festival in the Melbourne Museum for the Global Indigenous Runway.

Colours Deluxe

Celebrating the achievement of Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, who in the 1880s undertook an ambitious project to describe and paint New Zealand’s flowering plants. At Tairāwhiti Museum until June 25.

ODEON MULTIPLEX

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

The story of how George Foreman overcame the poverty of his origins to become a world champion, lost it all, and regained it.

Marlowe

Detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation with a wealthy family in Bay City, California, after a beautiful blonde hires him to find her former lover. Based on a novel by Benjamin Black (John Banville), The Black-Eyed Blonde, a pastiche of Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe novels.

Polite Society

A martial artist-in-training believes she must save her elder sister from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, she tries to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

80 for Brady

Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin star in this film inspired by the true story of four best friends who take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl to see their hero Tom Brady play. Brady was a producer of the film.

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own.

Mafia Mamma

Toni Collette stars as a mild-mannered suburban mum who inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere, she defies everyone’s expectations as she finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war.

Evil Dead Rise

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Hugh Grant star in the tale of a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers who undertake a heist to retrieve a lost relic.

Super Mario Bros

Chris Pratt is the voice of Super Mario in this video-game-to-film adaptation from Illumination.

John Wick: Chapter 4

The seemingly indestructible Wick is in Paris and on the trail of The High Table.

DOME CINEMA

Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival

The story of Ernest Shackleton and his 1914 expedition to the Antarctic is retold by Australian adventurer Tim Jarvis and by Shackleton himself, through his diary.

My Neighbour Adolf

A Holocaust survivor living in Brazil convinces himself his neighbour is Adolf Hitler, and sets about gathering evidence to support his theory.

Driving Madeleine

Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to take her to a retirement home. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine’s life. Her extraordinary past is revealed in the streets of Paris.