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CRUNCH
Winner of the Grand Design Award at NZ Fringe 2024 and Nominated for Best in Fringe, CRUNCH is travelling to Hastings to share its whimsy, joy, and crunchiness with audiences up north.
Come along and enjoy the "playful energy" and "glittery graphics" of...
Date: Friday 11 October to Sunday 13 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tangihanga, performed by Kristyl Neho, is a 60-minute drama comedy centered around Jess, a loving daughter, whose father Karanipa passes away, leading his whanau and friends to travel near and far to gather at the Marae to mourn his loss. Neho masterfully embodies 30 characters.
As the tangi...
Date: Friday 11 October to Saturday 12 October
Where: Toitoi - Tama Tūranga Huata Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
'When You Wish Upon a Star' A journey through a magical world of music.
Prepare to be enchanted as our talented cast embark on a magical journey through a beloved musical world.
You will experience the music that has captured hearts across generations.
So let us take you on this journey,...
Date: Friday 11 October to Saturday 12 October
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
An interactive comedy from the mind of George Fenn (NZ Spirit of the Fringe), Sexy Ghost Boy is about a ghost, who is too sexy for heaven and too sexy for hell.
Channeling the unusual through the audience, Sexy Ghost Boy channels the hilariously parody's the sexy parts of ourselves. Bring...
Date: Friday 11 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Off Broadway Rangatahi Drag Show is a dazzling blend of glitz and glam, and good old fashioned fun. With a sprinkle of banter and a tough of laughter, this performance is a captivating escape from the ordinary. From the stunning costumes and electrifying performances to the witty remarks and...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wellington pun-master, Nathan Bond is back in the bay with his signature brand of dry one-liners. In the five and a half years he's been plying his trade he's been nominated for five awards including the Lower North Island breakthrough artist of the year in 2020. He won the 2022 Wellington Roast...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: 118 Studio, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sensate Immersive Invites You to Our Golden Dreams Masquerade" Where Imagination Meets Experience.
Immerse All Your Senses and Indulge in Mystery, Magic, and Meaning Under the Flicker of Candle Light, Draped in Elegance.
Attire for 'golden Dreams': Enchanting Ensembles from Any Era or...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: The Old Mill, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Piper Blaster, the Dairy Queen from the Waikato is an all Singing, all Cooking, Drag Diva. Presenting a tale of the country boy from rural Waikato, and his discovery of all things fabulous. Featuring songs from The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and more, you're in...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the Tim Burton of Taranaki comes a show for the weird kids, the black sheep, and the grown-up gifted and talented failures.
Join Comedy Hub's reigning "Best Comedian", Callum Wagstaff, in a colourful nightmare land of everyday horrors and see the world through his glassy, lash-ridden...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: 118 Studio, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Rhian is a man who does shows, some of which win awards, that generally speaking are just him doing talking about something that has been a large influence in his life. Previous Fringe in the 'Stings shows have seen Rhian walking long distances and gambling excessively. This time I've lost my...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: 118 Studio, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Pegasus Studio's loveliest ladies for a Blossoming Burlesque Show - an essential part of Fringe in the 'Stings! A dazzling lineup of local and national performers are here to put some Spring in your Step with their showgirl antics. Think Glitz, Glamour & Blossoms!
The best little arts...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
After succeeding in obscurity across the country, Justin Ngai and Morgan Hunter-Bell are merging their brands of bizarre into one wild show. Get ready for an explosion of creativity as they explore road stories, dating woes, racial/societal expectations, and more in their own genre-bending style....
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: 118 Studio, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dedicated to the loved ones who help us become the people we are.
'For My Family, And Yours' is an exploration into the family relationships that shape us. Told through the lens of music, poetry and his family, Ravi the Poet interweaves a narrative of how we can’t help but be influenced by...
Date: Saturday 12 October
Where: 118 Studio, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
An ode to aspirations of lassoing passing asteroids and inflating the moon.
Only the Stars Know Where I’ve Been is a full-length contemporary dance work. Calling upon the dust collectors in our subconscious, it sculpts a vision of an approaching solar cycle. Time darts where it pleases,...
Date: Sunday 13 October
Where: St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Emilia is a call to revolution, a molotov cocktail that provides a shock to the consciousness and sets fire to the status quo. It premiered at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018, and was written for an entirely female cast. Written by the dynamic Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, the play imagines the life of the...
Date: Sunday 13 October
Where: Arts Inc. Heretaunga, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 15 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Back for our SIXTH year, the Hawke’s Bay Te Matau-a-Māui Poetry Slam 2024 is happening this October, as part of the Readers and Writers Festival. This is poetry at its most vital – live, loud, and irresistibly individual. Our bravest local poets will compete to pull on your heartstrings,...
Date: Thursday 17 October
Where: Hastings Community Arts Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 18 October to Friday 13 December
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Claire Baylis's debut bestseller Dice is a "harrowing and unforgettable" account of a sexual assault trial. Home Truths, the latest from 2023 Ngaio Marsh award-winner Charity Norman, grippingly portrays a family torn apart by lies. Lou Ward asks both authors why they're drawn to write about the...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Art meets string quartet at Creative Arts Napier.
Surrounded by the exhibition Warhol & Friends, the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) will bring pop art into a new dimension with a programme of fresh and familiar classical works. As part of their 2024 season, Soundscapes, the NZSQ is taking...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Messiah's cousin? Same DNA. Glorious choruses galore as Handel's genius for story-telling brilliantly evokes the epic drama of the plagues of Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea from the story of the Exodus.
Performed by Napier Civic Choir, conducted by José Aparicio.
This concert is being...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Two Maori writers coming at the same subject from different points in time: one from a vividly recreated past, one from an unsettlingly imagined future. Join Dr Monty Soutar (ONZM, Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Nga Tai ki lamaki, Ngati Kahungunu) and Tihema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Atiawa ki...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
There's murder afoot, but whoever's dunnit is no match for bookshop owners and fearless sleuths, Garth and Eloise. Catherine Robertson talks to Garth and Eloise - sorry, Gareth and Louise Ward - about their exceptionally entertaining collaborative debut novel, The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Meet two chefs who pour their love of family and culture into their food and serve us up cookbooks that are as much recipes for living fully as they are for eating well. Modern Chinese is the outstanding debut cookbook by Sam Low, winner of 2022 NZ Masterchef, and The Laden Table is the latest from...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our endless fascination with true crime is often more about how they dunnit than who. Our own queen of crime, Charity Norman, talks to Scott Bainbridge about the until-now untold story of a serial poisoner in his book The Trials of Nurse Kerr, and to pathologist, Cynric Temple-Camp about obscure...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
History comes most alive when we experience it through the lens of individual people. Join Cristina Sanders (Okiwi Brown) in conversation with Kyle Mewburn, whose historical debut Sewing Moonlight illuminates a German immigrant's life in 1930s New Zealand, and Saige England who takes us back 100...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Nature lovers and music aficionados alike will have the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in a magical fusion of music and the natural world. This October the New Zealand String Quartet – Te Rōpu Tūrū o Aotearoa brings Sounds of the Sanctuary to Rosewood Cape Kidnappers - an unforgettable...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
These three spellbinding novels for young readers capture the kind of magic that stays with us all our lives. Catherine Robertson talks to Rachael King, The Grimmelings, Shelley Burne-Field (Samoa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Rarua, Pakeha), Brave Kahu and the Porangi Magpie and Claire Mabey, The Raven's...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
SCHUMANN'S 2ND SYMPHONY and BEETHOVEN'S 2ND PIANO CONCERTO
The sunlit music of Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony breathes life and affirmation.
Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto will close a cycle for Hawke's Bay Orchestra of having performed all the Beethoven piano concertos. This performance will...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Blyth Performing Arts Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step-Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal witches, to face her destiny.
Award winning comedian Penny Ashton (Promise and Promiscuity, Olive...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Gavin Bishop (ONZM, Ngati Pukeko, Ngati Awa, Ngati Mahuta, Tainui) has long been one of our most beloved authors and illustrators of children's picture books. He has been shortlisted for more NZ book awards than any other author of any kind, and his legacy is immense. Gavin talks to children's...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The pressure to be connected to others, and to our family and culture, is felt from an early age. International bestseller, Stacy Gregg (Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Pukeko, Ngati Maru), returns to her roots with Nine Girls, an adventure for young readers set in the social upheaval of 1970s and '80s New...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Being well is about more than physical health. It's also mental, emotional, spiritual and social. And it's not just individuals that can get sick, but also cultures and societies. Author and health sector advisor, Tihema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngati Toa...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Messiah's cousin? Same DNA. Glorious choruses galore as Handel's genius for story-telling brilliantly evokes the epic drama of the plagues of Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea from the story of the Exodus.
Performed by Napier Civic Choir, conducted by José Aparicio.
This concert is being...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: St Pauls Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Women writers are the dominant force in publishing, outperforming male authors overall in sales and readership. Women's fiction, romance in particular, makes billions annually. Bestselling romance writer, Kate O'Keeffe, talks with Danielle Hawkins (Take Two), Nicky Pellegrino (Marry Me in Italy)...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
All writers, readers and book lovers are warmly invited to the launch of Mary-anne Scott's new novel The Mess of Our Lives. Please come and celebrate with a glass of wine at the grand finale of the Hawkes Bay Readers and Writer's Festival.
Mary-anne is from Havelock North and this, her seventh...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 22 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From The Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O’Brien comes a new satirical musical, THE KINGDOM OF BLING.
The master of madness today announces that the musical will embark on its world premiere “Celebration of Kindness Tour” throughout New Zealand this October. Starring O’Brien as The...
Date: Wednesday 23 October
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Programme
Giuseppe Tartini | Devil’s trill sonata
Camille Saint-Saëns | Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75
Eugéne-Auguste Ysaÿe | Sonata No 5
Henryk Wieniawski | Polonaise de Concert Op 4
Béla Bartók | 3 Burlesques op. 8
Frédéric Chopin | Andante spianato and grande polonaise...
Date: Tuesday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 18 October to Friday 13 December
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come and share the Magic and the Love of Dance with “La Mossa” a performance celebrating our talented local young dancers. This exceptional performance will be enjoyed by all, showcasing the talents of the students from Prestige Dance Studio under the direction of Principal Belinda Harvey....
Date: Saturday 2 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 22 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 15 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sophia has been conned into buying a derelict theatre. Now with crushing bank loan payments to make and no money, the jobless Sophia decides to defy the odds and dig her way out of her financial mess by reopening the theatre as a cafe. Her already dire situation worsens, when she soon discovers...
Date: Friday 8 November to Saturday 16 November
Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Anita Wigl'it (from 'RuPaul's Drag Race') as she plays with her balls!
Enjoy three competitive rounds of bingo, a drag show and lots of laughs over an hour and half!
Doors 7:30pm
Balls drop 8:30pm - approx 9:30/10pm
Please note that customers will be sat at shared tables.
Date: Friday 8 November
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Watch out! You will not be protected by censors, lawyers, or editors. This is New Zealand’s favourite TV comedy, but raw and uncut, right in front of your eyes, on stage live in your town.
7 Days Live starts with a burst of quick-fire standup comedy from New Zealand’s best comedians. Then...
Date: Saturday 9 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Immerse yourself in one of the most unique productions touring the world. Celtic Illusion, the Irish dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada and the USA by storm and will tour nationwide in 2024.
Even fans who have seen our previous shows...
Date: Monday 11 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a co-production between the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Queensland Ballet. If you are going to do fairies there can be no holding back, so wunderkind English choreographer Liam Scarlett unashamedly mixes, in this sparkling new production, 110 per cent magic with a...
Date: Saturday 16 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In our biggest Christmas extravaganza ever, bubble over with excitement as we end the year with variety acts and special guests!
Starring:
Karl Perigo
Russell Dixon
Kate Lineham
Grant Winterburn
And more to be announced!
NZ Tour 13 Nov - 17 Dec
Concerts start 11am
General admission...
Date: Wednesday 20 November
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Booze and Craic returns to The Cabana AGAIN!
The last 3 shows sold out as has every one of them since so grab your tickets fast
Irish comedian, ALAN MCELROY (RNZ's The Panel) is back! He will a host a hilarious line up of talent from the auld countries!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Excellent Irish story...
Date: Friday 22 November
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Tuesday 22 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read. Some of our Storytimes are themed and either a craft or an activity accompanies them. Suitable for preschoolers and...
Date: Tuesday 15 October to Tuesday 17 December
Where: Taradale Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
100% fun 100% African 100% joy
Cirque Africa is produced and directed by ‘Papa Africa’ aka Winston
Ruddle, the director who brought us the HIT BROADWAY SHOW CIRQUE MOTHER
AFRICA. Cirque Africa is coming to Australia in 2024 with a brand new
show featuring the very best talent from across...
Date: Friday 6 December
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Baby Bounce When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun. Suitable for children aged 0-2 years and their parents/caregivers.
Date: Friday 18 October to Friday 13 December
Where: Napier Library, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
BOHM PRESENTS
SARAH MILLICAN
Late Bloomer
When Sarah Millican was a child, she wouldn’t say boo to a goose. Quiet at school, not many friends, no boobs til’ she was 16.
Now? NOW she is loud, with good friends, a cracking rack and goose booing all over the shop.
In Late Bloomer,...
Date: Thursday 30 January
Where: Toitoi - Opera House, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
It is 1930 and the reunion of the cast and crew of 'The Mother of Pearls', our glorious Premiere, that opened our auspicious Opera House in 1915 yet ended in such ghastly grisliness.
You will be served Martinis, canapes and red herrings at Cedric's cocktail bar. Feathers will fly, heads will...
Date: Friday 14 February to Saturday 15 February
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Show Not to Be Missed!
The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen Experience Is an International Level Show Honouring the Timeless Music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
With a Full Nine-piece Line-up, the Boss Presents Bruce’s Music at a Captivating Level of Visual and Audio Excitement....
Date: Saturday 3 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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