There was no dampening of enthusiasm even when everything else was getting damp beneath an authentically English sky — and even when this particular performance of Kynren was a preview, a trial run ahead of the first night proper on July 27. The Archers, as they call the volunteers who make this extraordinary pageant happen, …
Not many artists can be described as household names in the North East but Norman Cornish and LS Lowry can surely claim that accolade and they will be in lights from this weekend at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. New exhibition Kith and Kinship: Norman Cornish and LS Lowry opens on Saturday (July 20) featuring …
The Globe Gallery has certainly been a globe-trotting gallery. Even if its ‘trotting’ has been confined to the North East, there’s a circularity about a journey that, after nearly 30 years, brings it back to the place where it all began — 97 Howard Street, North Shields. It was here that Rashida Davison’s eye alighted …
The Project A graduates of 2024 bow out with a disturbing exploration of what it means to disappear – or be ‘disappeared’, as can happen to those who have no say in the matter. Fin Kennedy’s award-winning play of 2005 is based on a book of the same name by Doug Richmond that was published …
Here’s an idea for tackling the energy crisis – find a way to connect balletLORENT to the grid. My goodness! On the evidence of this latest presentation, which leaves its dancers panting on the floor, it could power homes from, I’d guess, Heddon-on-the-Wall to Newcastle city centre. At least the dancers could take their clothes …
It’s nice to see a good set and you get that at the People’s, even if it isn’t quite what you see in the promotional photos which were taken at the wonderful Tanfield Railway. Prominent on stage is the bridge over the rural branch line where Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis, the children of E Nesbit’s …
When so much about nature and the environment seems depressing, it’s nice to be able to report on something positive — something, moreover, that runs counter to a prevailing sense of helplessness. The ‘something’ is beavers which are gradually being reintroduced to enclosed pockets of land across England with almost instantly beneficial effect, creating wetlands …
Keith Alessi’s on the road again, speaking to me on a WhatsApp call as he embarks on a four-hour drive to see a friend in Philadelphia who’s “not doing too well”. The drive’s nothing, he assures me. “I routinely drive 30 or 40 hours across country in the States. “When I come to the UK …
Marty, battling alcoholism, nearly died earlier this year. Bushee, a refugee, is seeing light at the end of the tunnel after getting by on £35 a week. Both were in Newcastle Cathedral this week rehearsing for a concert. It wouldn’t have been the place either of them would have expected to be just a few …
Hullabaloo in the Park is a festival for young people organised by Theatre Hullabaloo, the children’s theatre in Darlington, and it takes place from July 26 to 28 in the town’s South Park. More than 15,000 visitors are expected for “an extravaganza of performances, music, dance, storytelling, play spaces, pop-up entertainment, messy play, crafts, workshops …
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