Civic Theatre Waipukurau

15/03/2026

10/03/2026

📽🥤Holy Days - Screening from March 19
From the team behind the Kiwi hit Uproar, Holy Days is a hilarious, heartwarming 1970s dramedy with a star-studded cast: Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes, and Jacki Weaver. When young Brian discovers plans to close a convent of delightfully eccentric nuns, he sets off on a wild road trip across New Zealand to save them. Packed with laughs, quirky characters, and heart, this is a joyful adventure the young at heart will adore.

When the last of the sisters of St. Suzanne’s face forced retirement, they take matters into their own hands. A last-minute dash to New Zealand’s stunning So...

09/03/2026

Did you miss Kate Thomson on the Centralines Sports Show on Saturday?

John Swinburn caught up with Kate Thomson to talk about New Zealand documentary No Tears on the Field, which explores the passion, pride and challenges behind provincial women's rugby and the communities that stand behind the teams.

The interview comes ahead of the special Q&A screening at the Civic Theatre Waipukurau, on Saturday 14 March, 6.30pm.
Kate will be at the screening along with director Lisa Burd, giving audiences the chance to hear more about the story behind the film.

🎟 Tickets are $25, with $5 from every ticket going to the Central Hawkes Bay Rugby Sports Club
Tickets are available from the Civic Theatre and Central Rugby Sports Club – cash only.

🎧 Listen to the full interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/46bnIXGHEdYhXUbRb84jy4?si=tFv3xXjsS_qQaqfFcnvQkA

08/03/2026

📽🎶EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Limited screenings from March 19th

EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT is the groundbreaking new cinematic experience from visionary director and Academy Award®-nominee Baz Luhrmann, inviting audiences to see Elvis perform and tell his story as never before. Drawn from newly unearthed footage of Elvis’s legendary Las Vegas residency and US tour, the film places audiences on stage and in the room with Elvis at the height of his powers. Just pure performance and Elvis in his own words, revealing the entertainer, the musician, and the man behind the icon. This is Elvis as you have never seen or heard him before. this is finally the Elvis ‘World Tour’ he never got to go on.

This is more than a concert film. It is EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience from Academy Award-nominated Baz Luhrmann.In cine...

06/03/2026

🍿📽 Reminders of Him
Screening from March 12th

There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you. The literary phenomenon from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover becomes a transformative feature film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of love to overcome even the worst mistake. After a perfect outing with her boyfriend, Kenna (Maika Monroe; The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Longlegs) makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison. Seven years later, Kenna returns to her hometown in Wyoming, hoping to rebuild her life and earn the chance to reunite with her young daughter, Diem, whom she has never known. When Diem’s custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna’s attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger (Tyriq Withers; HIM, I Know What You Did Last Summer). As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.

You can’t rewrite the past, but you can start again. Watch the trailer for now.From Colleen Hoover, the best-selling author of It Ends With U...

03/03/2026

The Magic Faraway - Screening from 26 March - Rated G
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. Soon after the family’s arrival in the countryside, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including treasured characters Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Based on Enid Blyton’s best-selling children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family w...

03/03/2026

Special Screening 📽
The French Job | Sunday 8th March | 2pm
After the theft of the century, the madness begins... On the night of May 19th, 2010, five paintings were stolen from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. The five artworks, from artists including Matisse, Modigliani and Picasso, were estimated to be worth more than 100 million euros. While the paintings have never been recovered, this outrageous comedy tells a frenetic and madcap tale of what could have happened to these famous works. Melvil Poupaud (Jeanne du Barry) plays Yonathan, whose monotonous life is turned upside down when he encounters Eric (Sofiane Zermani), a brash, smooth-talking con artist/fence. When Eric hires Jo (Steve TIentcheu, Neneh Superstar), a skilled thief known as “The Spider Man of Paris”, to steal the paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, the three men’s lives are intertwined in an uncontrollable spiral. Anchored by a star turn from Melvil Poupaud as the perpetually anxious watch expert turned in circles by a fast talking criminal, this wonderfully told story takes audiences on an entertaining ride through one of the most famous art heists of recent times.

On the night of May 19th, 2010, five priceless paintings were stolen from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. This is the true story of the theft and of what b...

03/03/2026

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