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Havelock Theatre’s Chain Reaction opens on January 25 at the Havelock Town Hall. Set in Havelock during the timber milling days of the 1850s, Martha and John take in the mysterious Mr Blackshaw as a lodger and townsfolk are murdered. Runs Wednesday to Sunday until February 5. Tickets $18 from Eyes on Nature in Havelock, Still Books in Blenheim, Take Note in Picton and Foresters Cafe in Rai Valley.

Writhe: new sculptures by Jeff Thomson, New Zealand’s master of corrugated iron art at The Diversion Gallery in Picton. Preview January 25 at 6pm.

Lisa Crawley tour at Le Cafe on January 25 from 8pm. Tickets $10, R18.

Sweet Az Sun Festival, Lansdowne Park, January 28 from noon to 8.30pm. Featuring Kings, Knights of the Dub Table, My Baby, Soul System, Alion and more. Tickets at $35 at United Video in Blenheim and the Blenheim i-Site, or online at www.cosmicticketing.co.nz.

Summer Beer Fest: Shake it for Kaikoura at Dodson Street Beer Garden on February 4. Fundraising for Kaikoura Earthquake Recovery Fund. Live music, beer, wine and cider. Tickets $65 from Harcourts Blenheim or Dodson’s.

Brayshaw Park Heritage open day on February 6. All ages, gold coin donation.

International operatic singers James Rodgers, Rachelle Pike and Jillian Zack Rodgers, direct from the New York stage, returning to their hometown for Lloyd Webber to Puccini, a concert in Marlborough’s ASB Theatre on February 7.