It has been a tumultuous few weeks for David Semark – and also, of course, for Sir Ian McKellen, the man whose fall from a West End stage made national news and prompted a wave of concern. Sir Ian, aged 85, is one of the finest Shakespearean actors ever to tread the boards and a …
What a gig to begin Durham’s annual celebration of brass! The splendour of the cathedral; contrasting musical moments of storm and tranquillity; the end of a momentous week. “I’ve been asked not to be too political,” said Ross Forbes of the Durham Miners’ Association at the microphone… but there was a massive cheer. A festival …
Moves to inject new life into one of Newcastle’s historic buildings have received a welcome boost with a financial contribution and support from a national organisation. The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has made an award of £36,539 to go towards the restoration of the Keelmen’s Hospital which has occupied a commanding site overlooking Newcastle Quayside …
Coinciding nicely with Wimbledon, that annual fortnight when everyone notices tennis, is this tour-de-force. Kemi-Bo Jacobs, an associate artist at Live Theatre, draws on her experience and evident deep well of stamina to tell the story of Althea Gibson, Wimbledon champion in 1957 and ’58. It’s a breathless telling of a tale with many twists, …
Annette Chevallier’s first solo exhibition for several years is called A Walk by the River and its 20 pictures invite you to take a stroll around the walls of the gallery at Newcastle Arts Centre. It’s possible to see the river’s peaty beginnings in the first pictures, hung just outside the gallery in the little …
In a month that brings in Player Kings (minus Sir Ian McKellen, sadly) and film spin-off Madagascar: The Musical to the Theatre Royal, a group of young actors from the North East will also take to the stage. On the theatre website their production gets equal billing although its title is much, much longer and …
For three nights only, The Becoming is coming back, inviting audiences to witness a ‘raw expression of resilience and creativity’ born of the frustrations of lockdown. To shed a little light on what promises to be three memorable nights, I meet Liv Lorent at the headquarters of balletLORENT, the contemporary dance company she set up …
For Trevor Wood, the writing must shortly make way for the talking. Book number five from the Newcastle-based purveyor of page-turners is on the launchpad and ready to go. But The Silent Killer is something else, a challenging novel with two compelling interwoven strands, one rooted in familiar crime-busting territory and the other to do …
Taken as a catch-all for arts and heritage, culture is something that concerns many of us even if it hardly dominates the party manifestos. The economy, the NHS, education, welfare, transport, defence… they’re the biggies and it’s unlikely a party vowing to throw everything at the arts would win many votes if they didn’t look …
Hannah Perry’s exhibition on Baltic’s level 4 offers a very different experience to the one it has replaced, Michael Rakowitz’s display of greenery with its garden centre planters under natural light. Machine-like structures and neon strips are there now, the latter framing a giant screen and flashing in accordance with the computer programme that governs …
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