It has been voted as the nation’s favourite painting, features on the £20 bank note and is going on show for the first time in the North East. JMW Turner’s 1839 portrayal of The Fighting Temeraire will be the centrepiece of an exhibition, Turner: Art, Industry, Nostalgia which runs from May 10 to September 7 …
If flashy West End musicals are at one end of a theatrical spectrum, then GIFT (Gateshead International Festival of Theatre) must reside at the other. Somewhat typical of its offer is MANUAL, a 40-minute “clandestine” (according to the programme) performance for one library visitor at a time. It was devised by Canadian theatre artists Adam …
Goodness only knows how many lives have been improved, however minutely, by Helix Arts during its 40-year history of working with artists and communities. The value of its work was acknowledged in December when the National Lottery Heritage Fund granted nearly £100,000 for an archive project called Re:Visits. There’s a wealth of material to be …
A project between Newcastle Theatre Royal and nine schools in the West End of the city will see almost 500 children enjoying a captivating — and soberingly topical — play this week. The stage adaptation of Onjali Q. Rauf’s award-winning children’s book, The Boy at the Back of the Class is on stage at the …
A leading North East author says he’s ‘thrilled’ to appear on the UK’s most prestigious crime writing long list for the second time. Trevor Wood, from Newcastle, joins Vera creator Anne Cleeves as a Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 nominee. And the playwright and journalist turned award-winning author is hoping to …
New science hub for deaf children launched at Life Newcastle’s Life Science Centre has linked up with the South of Tyne and Wearside Deaf Children’s Society to launch a new science club for deaf children, who often face barriers accessing STEM opportunities. The launch of the new club coincides with Deaf Awareness Week, May 6-12, …
“It sounds a bit pretentious but I do lose track,” says the storytelling powerhouse that is Alexander McCall Smith, apologising for the latest benign tsunami of tales he is unleashing upon us. Bit of an exaggeration, probably, but he does rather spoil his fans. “I’ve got a new Ramotswe coming out, I’ve got a new …
Consternation greeted the news at the beginning of last year that the council had appointed a new operator to run the venue known as The Exchange on Howard Street, North Shields. The arts-orientated charity that had been in charge for seven years had tendered but a rival bid from Stonebanks Investments, promising a lavish revamp, …
As the wonder of Wimbledon starts to peek over the horizon (OK, it’s still yonks away, but something has to get us through this perpetual chill), a three-day tennis hoopla on Tyneside sounds like the perfect way to get us in the swing. Six Newcastle parks will play host to the Tennis Festival, which has …
An exhibition exploring the experience of motherhood will get a fitting finale next month (May). Katie Cuddon’s A is for Alma at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle will offer a stage to three dancers from balletLORENT — and their toddlers — for a series of free performances. Newcastle-based artist Katie invited the award-winning dance company …
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