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Silo Theatre
With an annual programme that presents current plays, past plays, locally devised theatre and overseas theatre, it's not easy to pin down the Silo. Past plays have included Toa Fraser's No 2, plus those from playwrights of the ilk of Neil La Bute (US), Dylan Thomas (Wales) and Louis Nowra (Australia).
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Urge
This men-only bar and club has seen a lot of cruising (and a lot of moustaches) in its eight-odd years. Club nights might include Underware, an excuse to get your gear off; or the Steam Room, an excuse to get your gear off.
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Village Sky City Megascreen
Watch the latest mainstream movie in a frenzy of popcorn and ice-cream consumption. Part of the modernistic Metro mall, slipping into a darkened cinema makes for a great escape from the crude fluoro flood. Go for Gold Class (around NZ$25.00 - NZ$35.00 ) where the popcorn is replaced with butter-chicken skewers and the waitstaff keeps your flute topped with champers.
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Whiskey
Whiskey gives a nod to the basement bars of New York with its dim, intimate interior. Spot your favourite old-school soft rocker among the black-and-whites lining the walls; one of whom will invariably be providing the soundtrack to that whiskey sour you're sipping.
