Gig Guide

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

THIS WEEK

Friday Night Karaoke

Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight. Free entry.

Dakilulu + Model Citizen

Smash Palace, Friday 8pm, door $10. Gizzy band Model Citizen open with their catchy tunes, then Wairoa’s Dakilulu take it to the next level with their captivating sounds.

New Zealand Army Band

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

Saturday Night Live: Mike Pomana, JamSolo

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

Watch Gisborne line dancers join an international flash mob at the Gisborne Farmers’ Market at 11am on Saturday. They will be dancing to Storm and Stone.

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.

GizzyBorn - NZ Music Month Local Artist Showcase

Smash Palace, Saturday May 20, Doors open at 6.30, tickets $25.  Featuring The Voles, Natasha Lee, Model Citizen, JamSolo, Levi Mackey, Hide the Pain, Harry.

The Chardonnay Affair — Rendezvous on The Chardonnay Express

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

The Stallions male revue

Sugar Night Club, Saturday June 10. Ladies’ night out, group and solo performances, limited seating. Book online at ticketfairy.com

Gisborne Country Music Club

Singers and musicians welcome. Sunday Senior Citizens’ Hall, 30 Grey St, 1pm to 4pm, $5 visitors, $3 members, $1 children, incl afternoon tea, ph Flo 867 7637 or flo.pahuru@outlook.co.nz

THEATRE

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. 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. Tairāwhiti Museum until June 18.

Colours Deluxe

Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, New Zealand’s flowering plants. At Tairāwhiti Museum until June 25.

DOME CINEMA

The Blue Caftan

Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Mina slowly realises just how much her husband is moved by his presence.

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.

Huda’s Salon

A young mother goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem. However, this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda blackmails the mother to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, thus betraying her people.

ODEON MULTIPLEX

Jos — The Forgotten Photographer Who Saved a Town

Filmmakers Dave Kwant and Robyn Janes spent two years making a 46-minute documentary on Jos Divis, a Czech-born miner who photographed life in the New Zealand mining towns where he lived and worked between 1909 and 1935. Janes says the film is aimed at giving Divis (1885-1967) the recognition he deserves as a street photographer ahead of his time. Divis worked in West Coast coal and gold mines, and was interned on Somes Island in World War 2 as an enemy alien. His photos record Depression life, and he was in half of them, causing some to say he was the inventor of the selfie.

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2D and 3D)

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

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.

80 for Brady

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

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.

The Super Mario Bros Movie

Chris Pratt is the voice of Super Mario in this video-game-to-film adaptation from Illumination. With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to foil his plans to conquer the world.