Shrek the movie was released in 2001 and was an instant sensation. Its animation, writing and humour were all highly praised and the film firmly established Dreamworks as a serious rival to Pixar in the new age of computer animation. The film tells the story of Shrek, an ogre whose life of contented solitude is …
Night Country is the fourth season of True Detective, with each telling a separate, self-contained and usually disturbing story. The enduring success and popularity of the series is largely down to two things; the consistently high quality of the casting and the spectacular virtuosity of the first series, which saw Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson …
ONE FOR THE ROADS: You will find mention of Teesworks elsewhere in this week’s inaugural edition of The QT (welcome to the first Eyes & Ears column by the way!). Another mention must be given following the victory of PD Ports in their legal case with South Tees Development Corporation. The corporation, headed by Tees …
There’s excitement in the air at Live Theatre. A chunky run of staged readings of Seconds Away! — a new play with songs, created by Jimmy Nail and Ian La Frenais — kicked off last night (Feb 6), offering sell-out crowds at the Newcastle theatre a first taste of a project, which has been five …
Ten grand, a full production of your play on a North East stage and a London transfer within 12 months. Little wonder more than 700 people tabled their scripts and stories for consideration by the assembled panel of judges for the first Richard Jenkinson Commission. Launched by Laurels Theatre in Whitley Bay in the summer …
The winter of 1962-63 is remembered as the ‘big freeze’, one of the coldest on record. In some parts of the country snow lay metres high, bringing things to a grinding halt. In Hartlepool, recording the worst unemployment figures in the country, hardship was piled on hardship. William Gray & Co. had recently closed its …
Although something huge is happening in the North Sea, something genuinely transformational, the chances are it has barely registered with you. Why is that? Maybe because no matter how hard you scan the horizons from the sandy beaches of Seaburn, Seaton Carew, Sandhaven or Druridge Bay, you can’t see it taking shape and there are …
David Almond and Julia Green have lived on their quiet Tynemouth street since November 2022 and if ever a place could be called a house of stories it’s surely theirs. Bookending the upstairs landing are studies — one each, with desk, writerly paraphernalia and personal flourishes. Julia’s has a bookcase with David’s published titles and …
There will be a more visible police presence and a more local focus on crime in Northumbria’s Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine’s vision of how she will reshape the force. Having taken the top job back in April of last year, the Chief Constable is now setting out her stall on how to bring crime down …
He’s the driving force behind the largest automotive cluster in the UK and a long-time champion for accelerating growth and investment across the North East. Paul Butler, CEO of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), continues to play an integral role in positioning the region as the location of choice for automotive investment in Europe …
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