Welcome to our award-winning museum, home of the region's taonga and other treasures.
The Century Theatre, built in 1977 as a concert chamber to commemorate Napier’s first century as a city, is the setting for the museum's performing arts, film and talks programme. The Theatre bar opens one hour before every show and sells a range of confectionery, alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages.
Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl
Fresh from her sold-out 2021 Kia Mau Festival theatre debut, Daughter, Teremoana Rapley continues her live creative research and development inquiry triptych series with Of a Housegirl.
The second instalment of this analogue, sensory-challenging experience,...
Date: Tuesday 26 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
[Please note that an additional performance of 'Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project' has been added on the 29th of October 2021 in the Toitoi Opera House.]
Paul Bosauder is a cultural ambassador, performing around the world as a highly regarded...
Date: Wednesday 27 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
[Please note that the venue for this event has changed from the Paisley Stage to the MTG Century Theatre.]
Stepping into the Sun. Stories of Coming out - in conversation with...
Date: Friday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Funny Ha Ha - Tom Sainsbury and Catherine Robertson die on stage.
[Please note that the venue for this event has changed from the Paisley Stage to MTG Century Theatre. Due to...
Date: Friday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Motuhake
Jandel J & The Funky Friends
“You are Special / I am Special (Motuhake)” is a highly interactive and magical show for children and families. This story is set in an imaginary world where the main character gets spooked as he journeys through adventures and finds puppets that come...
Date: Saturday 30 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“A Galvanizing Psychological Thriller” - Time Magazine
‘Equus’ is a psychological drama about Dr. Martin Dysart (Daric Moore), a psychiatrist who has grown unhappy with his life, encouraged to take on a peculiar case by a magistrate, Hesther Salomon (Natalie Sandbrook). This involves...
Date: Friday 5 November to Saturday 13 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The epic tale of a woman's life during one of the most tumultuous periods in America's history. From her young, innocent days on a feudalistic plantation to the war-torn streets of Atlanta; from her first love whom she has always desired to three husbands; from the utmost luxury to absolute...
Date: Sunday 14 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert...
Date: Sunday 14 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The annual Spark Business Hawke's Bay Napier Business Awards. Come celebrate Napier's CBD and support the finalists in 10 categories - Innovation Star sponsored Spark Business Hawkes Bay's, Community Star sponsored by Napier City Council, Team Star - sponsored by Navigator Accounting, Landlord...
Date: Tuesday 16 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
One of China’s premier filmmakers delivers his love letter to cinema, set during the Cultural Revolution of his youth. Warm, funny and (despite rumoured political censorship) surprisingly sharp-edged.
China
In Mandarin with English subtitles
104 minutes
"The most internationally-acclaimed...
Date: Thursday 18 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A filmmaking couple navigate love, recognition and Ingmar Bergman in Mia Hansen-Løve's triple-layered Cannes darling, a serene and self-reflective ode to film and storytelling.
France / Sweden
In English
113 minutes
Rated M / sex scenes, offensive language & nudity
Mia Hansen-Løve...
Date: Friday 19 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This captivating tale of fated lovers, drawing on myth and fantasy, is also a love song to Berlin.
Germany
In German with English subtitles
91 minutes
Rated M / violence & sex scenes
"German auteur Christian Petzold is a master in the art of tightening an invisible grip on his characters;...
Date: Friday 19 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
An impassioned film with an unflinching Indigenous and feminist perspective.
Australia
In English
104 minutes
Rated M / Domestic violence, sexual violence & offensive language
"How far would you go to protect the life you’ve made? For writer, director and star Leah Purcell’s fiery...
Date: Friday 19 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The unique power of Australia’s Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts organisation, fuels this artful documentary by Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin.
Australia
In English
101 minutes
Rated M offensive language
"Rising from humble beginnings in a...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Photographer Fiona Clark shocked 1970s New Zealand with her documentary images of Auckland’s burgeoning queer scene. The pictures they tried to ban were just the beginning for one of Aotearoa's photography greats.
New Zealand
In English
82 minutes
"Fiona Clark is one of Aotearoa’s most...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A thrilling tale of resilience, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Flee is just as interested in the quiet toll trauma takes on survivors as it is the extraordinary acts that ensured their survival.
Denmark
In Danish, English, Farsi, Russian and Swedish with English subtitles
83 minutes
M...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wild, outrageous, unruly, hallucinatory, body/machine-modification-run-amok, masterful, cartoonish, genre- and gender-bending Titane was awarded the 2021 Palme d’Or, only the second time in Cannes Film Festival history that a woman director has received the accolade.
France
In French with...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Patu! is the definitive film of the 1981 Springbok tour protests, a technically complex piece of guerrilla filmmaking that explicitly connects apartheid abroad and racism at home. Newly preserved by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
New Zealand
In English
113 minutes
PG
"In 1981, South...
Date: Sunday 21 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A love letter to a rapidly vanishing world: this gentle documentary follows a handful of elderly men who, with their beloved dogs, comb the forests of Northern Italy on the hunt for a rare culinary delicacy.
Italy / USA
In Italian with English subtitles
84 minutes
"This sweet and...
Date: Sunday 21 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A filmmaking couple navigate love, recognition and Ingmar Bergman in Mia Hansen-Løve's triple-layered Cannes darling, a serene and self-reflective ode to film and storytelling.
France /Sweden
In English
113 minutes
Rated M / sex scenes, offensive language & nudity
Mia Hansen-Løve may...
Date: Sunday 21 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"If a young man cannot command an inmate-run prison with his storytelling, his first night behind bars promises to be his last in this lush, striking and unexpected tale that blends magical realism with current affairs.
Côte d'Ivoire
In Dyula and French with English subtitles
93...
Date: Sunday 21 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Photographer Fiona Clark shocked 1970s New Zealand with her documentary images of Auckland’s burgeoning queer scene. The pictures they tried to ban were just the beginning for one of Aotearoa's photography greats.
New Zealand
In English
82 minutes
"Fiona Clark is one of Aotearoa’s most...
Date: Monday 22 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Moving with the breathless intensity of a political thriller, this disturbing document of potential voter fraud in the 2018 Zimbabwe election is elevated by astonishing access to key players behind-the-scenes.
Denmark
In English and Shona with English subtitles
116 minutes
A power vacuum...
Date: Monday 22 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Two strangers connect in the intimate confines of a train compartment in Juho Kuosmanen’s arresting sophomore feature.
Finland / Russia
In Finnish and Russian with English subtitles
107 minutes
M for offensive language
"Between Moscow and Murmansk, Laura (Seidi Haarla), a Finnish...
Date: Tuesday 23 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
One of China’s premier filmmakers delivers his love letter to cinema, set during the Cultural Revolution of his youth. Warm, funny and (despite rumoured political censorship) surprisingly sharp-edged.
China
In Mandarin with English subtitles
104 minutes
"The most internationally-acclaimed...
Date: Tuesday 23 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
After learning he only has months to live, a working-class father reckons with guilt and grief as he searches for a replacement family for his young son.
UK
In English 96 minutes
M for offensive language
"When window cleaner John (James Norton) is given just a few months to live, he thinks...
Date: Wednesday 24 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This captivating tale of fated lovers, drawing on myth and fantasy, is also a love song to Berlin.
Germany
In German with English subtitles
91 minutes
Rated M / violence & sex scenes
"German auteur Christian Petzold is a master in the art of tightening an invisible grip on his characters;...
Date: Wednesday 24 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, Happening is a powerful and timely abortion drama, executed precisely by director Audrey Diwan.
France
In French with English subtitles
100 minutes
Rated R16 for sex scenes, nudity, cruelty & content that...
Date: Thursday 25 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Melancholic, atmospheric and heartfelt, Ben Sharrock’s feature exploring immigrants awaiting asylum eschews conventional approaches to stories of the modern refugee crisis to create something profound and surprising.
UK
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
104 minutes
Rated M for...
Date: Thursday 25 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"The Liberace of Sandusky” emerges from retirement for one last day in the sun – and one final night on stage – in a knock-out turn by Udo Kier
USA
In English
106 minutes
Rated M for Offensive language & sexual references
"Once one of Ohio’s leading hairdressers, Pat...
Date: Thursday 25 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wild, outrageous, unruly, hallucinatory, body/machine-modification-run-amok, masterful, cartoonish, genre- and gender-bending Titane was awarded the 2021 Palme d’Or, only the second time in Cannes Film Festival history that a woman director has received the accolade.
France
In French with...
Date: Friday 26 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A tonic for the nerves, Rosa’s Wedding is an uplifting and spirited ode to loving thyself, drenched in the dreamy seaside sunshine of the Costa del Azahar.
Spain
In Spanish with English subtitles
99 minutes
Rated M for offensive language
"A film brimming with joy, laughter, and a touch...
Date: Friday 26 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, Happening is a powerful and timely abortion drama, executed precisely by director Audrey Diwan.
France
In French with English subtitles
100 minutes
Rated R16 for sex scenes, nudity, cruelty & content that...
Date: Friday 26 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by this year’s guest selector, Kerry Fox, from a total of 117 submitted entries. 93 minutes NZ Classification TBC
For New Zealand’s Best 2021 short film competition, Head of Programming Michael McDonnell and Senior Programmer...
Date: Saturday 27 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Based on the 2014 memoir, My Salinger Year is The Devil Wears Prada for the literary world, a young woman’s coming of age as she balances her writing ambitions with her new job at a major New York City literary agency.
Canada
In English
101 minutes
Rated M for offensive language & sexual...
Date: Saturday 27 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Set against the vibrant backdrop of urban Shiraz, an affable but desperate prisoner is almost undone by a ‘selfless’ gesture that goes viral.
Iran
In Farsi with English subtitles
127 minutes
Rated M for suicide references
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi won all sorts of plaudits a...
Date: Saturday 27 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Recently widowed and grieving, army officer Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) proves vengeance is a dish best served bold in this dark — and comic — take on the revenge thriller from Oscar-winning Dane, Anders Thomas Jensen.
Denmark
In Danish with English subtitles
116 minutes
Rated M for Violence,...
Date: Saturday 27 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our Bill Gosden tribute wouldn’t be complete without a wall-to-wall Technicolor classic. Bill’s love of early cinema, vibrant studio-era musicals, and frankly anything starring Elvis could be felt throughout his retrospective programming, not least in the carefully curated Live Cinema events he...
Date: Sunday 28 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let this exultant ode to the life-sustaining waterways that criss-cross our planet wash over you, captured in jaw-dropping imagery by Mountain director Jennifer Peedom.
Australia
In English
76 minutes
"As we have learned to harness their power, have we also forgotten to revere them?” So...
Date: Sunday 28 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Fran Kranz’s highly accomplished debut feature takes an unflinching look at the endemic horror of school shootings in America and their lingering scars, through the eyes of the parents of the perpetrator and his victim.
USA
In English
110 minutes
NZ Classification TBC
"In a small...
Date: Sunday 28 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Follow Tilda Swinton on a strange supernatural journey into the Colombian jungle, in this hypnotic new film from the director of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Cemetery of Splendour.
Colombia/Thailand
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
136 minutes
NZ Classification...
Date: Sunday 28 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A soon-to-be-demolished social housing estate, named after Yuri Gagarin, in the Parisian banlieue provides the earthly anchor for weightless flights of fancy in this wondrous and moving debut feature.
France
In French with English subtitles
99 minutes
Rated M for drug use & offensive...
Date: Monday 29 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tracing the story of one of our more complex characters, this layered portrait re-examines the exploits of influential outsider, Dutch immigrant artist Theo Schoon, told in his own words and through first-hand accounts.
New Zealand
In English
100 minutes
"Filmmaker and art historian Luit...
Date: Monday 29 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Two strangers explore the pleasures and pitfalls of platonic friendship while bonding over online Spanish lessons in this intimate, expressive drama shot during lockdown over video-chat calls.
USA
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
92 minutes
Rated M for offensive language
"A...
Date: Tuesday 30 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"A thrilling tale of resilience, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Flee is just as interested in the quiet toll trauma takes on survivors as it is the extraordinary acts that ensured their survival.
Denmark
In Danish, English, Farsi, Russian and Swedish with English subtitles
83 minutes
M...
Date: Tuesday 30 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Deception abounds in this nuanced portrait of lies and loss when a middle-aged woman discovers her recently deceased husband led another life in France, contradictory to the pious Muslim home they built together in England.
UK
In English, French and Urdu with English subtitles
89...
Date: Wednesday 1 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"Andrey Konchalovsky’s tense political drama, a Venice prize-winner beautifully shot and rich with historical detail, tells the story of an infamous 1962 Soviet massacre and its attempted cover-up.
Russia
In Russian with English subtitles
121 minutes
B&W/DCP
Rated M for violence, nudity,...
Date: Wednesday 1 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The biggest player in the New Zealand economy is put on notice in this spirited documentary that sees a young activist from rural Northland go up against the powerful dairy industry.
New Zealand
In English
90 minutes
"Dairy in New Zealand is big business. We are the globe’s biggest milk...
Date: Thursday 2 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In love, newly engaged and maintaining a long-distance relationship, director Jan Oliver Lucks and his fiancée decide to throw traditional rules out the window by opening up their relationship before they tie the knot.
New Zealand
In English 87 minutes
Rated R16 for nudity, offensive language...
Date: Thursday 2 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The first Australian film featured in Cannes’ Official Selection in a decade, Justin Kurzel’s disturbing dive into the tormented mind and soul of a mass-shooter is bolstered by four remarkable lead performances.
Australia
In English
112 minutes
Rated M for violence, offensive language,...
Date: Thursday 2 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This pressure-cooker Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film puts viewers on the frontlines of an impending massacre in the Bosnian genocide – with harrowing power.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnian, Dutch, English and Serbian with English subtitles
105 minutes
Rated M for violence & offensive...
Date: Friday 3 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
An archaeologist reluctantly agrees to test-run a humanoid love robot programmed to fulfil her desires in this poignant comedy starring Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens.
Germany
In German with English subtitles 100 minutes
Rated M for sex scenes, sexual references & offensive language
"In a...
Date: Friday 3 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This queer coming-of-age romance combines all the sensuality of François Ozon’s best with the infectious energy of a CW drama and how meeting one person can open you up and change the trajectory of your life.
France
In English and French with English subtitles
101 minutes
Rated M for...
Date: Friday 3 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The biggest player in the New Zealand economy is put on notice in this spirited documentary that sees a young activist from rural Northland go up against the powerful dairy industry.
New Zealand
In English
90 minutes
"Dairy in New Zealand is big business. We are the globe’s biggest milk...
Date: Saturday 4 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our premium collection of Maori and Pasifika short films from the gifted storytellers of Moana-nui-a-kiwa.
74 minutes
NZ Classification TBC
"Curated by Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka), Director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, with guest co-curator Craig Fasi (Niue),...
Date: Saturday 4 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This pressure-cooker Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film puts viewers on the frontlines of an impending massacre in the Bosnian genocide – with harrowing power.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnian, Dutch, English and Serbian with English subtitles
105 minutes
Rated M for violence & offensive...
Date: Saturday 4 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Documentarian Julien Temple explores the close ties between Shane MacGowan, Ireland’s beloved punk poet, and his home country’s tumultuous history.
Ireland/UK/USA
In English
124 minutes
Rated R16 for violence, offensive language, drug use & sexual material.
"The first inkling that this...
Date: Saturday 4 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Equipped with keen intelligence and a big heart, lawyer Jeffery Robinson educates and challenges in equal measure, giving voice to the silenced and seeking acceptance of racist realities in pursuit of lasting change.
USA
In English
118 minutes
Rated M content may disturb
"Who controls the...
Date: Sunday 5 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tracing the story of one of our more complex characters, this layered portrait re-examines the exploits of influential outsider, Dutch immigrant artist Theo Schoon, told in his own words and through first-hand accounts.
New Zealand
In English
100 minutes
"Filmmaker and art historian Luit...
Date: Sunday 5 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Debut director Panah Panahi’s stunning Iranian road movie wowed critics at Cannes with its rich emotional nuance and sly political critique.
Iran
In Farsi with English subtitles
93 minutes
Rated M offensive language
"Crackling with energy and outbreaks of exuberant lip syncing, riotously...
Date: Sunday 5 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Jacques Audiard’s charming exploration of the tangled work and love lives of three young Parisians is a beautifully-crafted love letter to the classics of French New Wave.
France
In French and Mandarin with English subtitles
104 minutes
B&W/DCP
Rated R16 sex scenes, nudity, drug use &...
Date: Sunday 5 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hello Darkness
By Peter Wells, Adapted by Victor Rodger
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance to Sunday 13th of March 2022. Any ticket holders will automatically have their tickets transferred to this new date and will receive communication about this...
Date: Sunday 13 March
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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