Must-see entertainment in The East Coast

  • Dome Cinema

    Gisborne

    The excellent, artful Dome is located inside the charming old Poverty Bay Club building (1874): beanbags and art-house flicks now occupy the glass-domed…

  • Globe Theatrette

    Napier

    A vision in purple, this boutique 45-seat cinema screens art-house flicks in a sumptuous lounge, with ready access to pizza and dumpling snacks from a…

  • Gaiety Cinema & Theatre

    Hawke's Bay

    The long-derelict Gaiety has been architecturally redeemed, and exudes gaiety once again! Art-house and mainstream movies on the Wairoa riverside and…

  • Napier Municipal Theatre

    Napier

    Not only the city’s largest venue for the likes of rock concerts, dance and drama (1000 seats), but also one of the world’s few working art-deco theatres…

  • Lawson Field Theatre

    Gisborne

    Reopened in 2019 after earthquake strengthening, the versatile, 250-seat Lawson Field Theatre hosts everything from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to…

  • Cabana

    Napier

    This legendary live-music room started in 1958 then died in 1997. But thanks to some forward-thinking rock fans, it’s risen from the grave to save the day…

  • Focal Point Cinema

    Hastings & Around

    Boutiquey cinema screening blockbusters in Hastings city centre, with nifty speakers fitted into the seats ('See it, hear it, feel it!'). Three screens;…