ABBA: Heaven - All the Hits!: Auckland-based band The Mermaids perform Waterloo, Dancing Queen and more. Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, June 29, 8pm, $25+bf from www.eventfinda.co.nz
Fiesta Latina: Salsa dancing and more. The Dome, June 29, 9pm. Tickets are selling fast but 30 will be kept for door sales. Entry $10.
Coming upO Sing Joyfully: The Choir of Waiapu Cathedral will perform a selection of music ranging from the 16th century to the 20th century. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Wairoa, June 30 (1.30pm).
Winter Concert Series: Harry Griff (vocal) and Xing Wang (piano) will perform at the Tairawhiti Museum, July 8 (2pm).
Winter Arts and Crafts Fair: Crafts include: batik, soy candles, quilting, designer clothes, mosaic, ceramic, woodturning, knitting, jewellery, sewing, stained glass and more. Poverty Bay Bowling Club, July 14, (9.30am to 2pm). Free entry.
TheatreTwo Minutes of Good Stuff Film Festival: A screening of nine locally-made two-minute films to shine a light on work by a non-profit organisation and its volunteers for National Volunteer Week. Tairawhiti Museum, tonight (5.30pm), SOLD OUT.
ETC’s Fearless Fridays: Theatre-sports-based improv, give-it-a-go, part social club and part improv comedy club. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, June 28 (6.30pm). $5 cash-only door sales.
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play auditions: Auditions will be held at Unity Theatre, Ormond Road, on Sunday June 30 at 3pm.
Mamma Mia!: A musical based around the songs of ABBA, War Memorial Theatre, July 13-20, (7.30pm), Sunday, July 14 (2pm). Tickets from Stephen Jones Photography or www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Visual ArtsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: About Time, paintings by Dave Andrew. Flat-Pack Whakapapa, three installations by Dr Maureen Lander.
Paul Nache Gallery: Works by Evan Woodruffe.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Pinnies For Your Thoughts. Aprons stitched by Janine Hamilton-Kells.
Zest Cafe: Stitched works by Te Puna Reo o Puhi students.
Verve Cafe: Installation by Conor Jeory.
Te Awa studios: Works by Amanda Rutherford, Eva Zwinnen and Jess Blackwood at the Te Awa studios in the Heritage Plunket Building.
Stephen Jones Photography: Landscape photographs by Ebony Whitaker.
At the moviesDOME CINEMA
The Ideal Palace: Film based on the true story of how a French postman, Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924), built for his daughter the Ideal Palace over a period of 33 years, from stones he picked up on his rounds. It is now classified as a historical monument and in 1986 Cheval was depicted on a French postage stamp.
European Outdoor Film Tour: A selection of the best outdoor adventure films of the past year. “No actors, no blue screen, no second takes.”
Where Hands Touch: Germany, 1944: Leyna, the 15-year-old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth, and they form an unlikely bond.
Don’t Look Back: Documentary, released in 1967, about Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour of England. In 1998, it was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
The Secret Life of Pets 2: Terrier Max must cope when his owner gets married and has a baby. Voice cast includes Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Dana Carvey and Harrison Ford.
Anna: Beneath Anna’s beauty lies a secret that unleashes strength and skill enabling her to become a feared assassin. Stars Cillian Murphy, Sasha Luss and Helen Mirren. Written and directed by Luc Besson.
Men in Black: International: London gets a branch of Men in Black (MIB), headed by High T (Liam Neeson), who pairs new recruit Agent M (Tessa Thompson) with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth). These agents travel the world dealing with alien attacks, but the organisation may have a mole.
Wild Rose: Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) is a Scottish mother of two, just out of prison, with aspirations to be a country music star. Julie Walters also stars.
Sometimes Always Never (Triple Word Score): Alan (Bill Nighy) has spent years searching for his son Michael, who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify, Alan must repair the relationship with younger son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player he thinks could be Michael.
Pavarotti: Documentary directed by Ron Howard about Luciano Pavarotti, produced with the co-operation of the operatic tenor’s estate, and using family archives, interviews and live music footage.
Tolkien: Film about J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien befriends a group of fellow artists and writers at his school and over the years their bond of fellowship grows. He also meets Edith Bratt, the love of his life. But when World War 1 starts, his relationships are tested.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix: The X-Men must face the full power of the Phoenix after a mission goes wrong. Stars James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult.
Rocketman: Taron Egerton (Kingsman) stars in the story of how shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight becomes superstar Elton John.
Godzilla II: King of the Monsters Humans must rely on Godzilla to defeat King Ghidorah and other Titans who are causing worldwide destruction.
Aladdin: Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action remake of the 1992 animated film. Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Will Smith.
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