Opening act of Durham Brass trumpets coal mining heritage A live performance of an album which encompasses the rise and fall of coal mining will kick off the Durham Brass festival on July 5. Acclaimed band, Public Service Broadcasting will perform Every Valley at Durham Cathedral on the opening night of the popular event, which …
It’s not every day you peer at a painting and find yourself in it (and I don’t mean your reflection in the glass). That’s exactly what happened to me during a recce of Emma Holliday’s studio at 36 Lime Street, although I can’t guarantee it’ll be the same for others attending Ouseburn Open Studios this …
Dress appropriately for the weather and rough terrain, it states on the flyer. This, you’ll gather, is no ordinary theatrical offering from Hexham-based Théâtre sans Frontières (TsF). Not that this adventurous company, initiator of more than 50 productions since its inception, has ever dealt in the ordinary. Movement-based theatre shows performed in French, Spanish, German …
The National Theatre is supporting Laurels Theatre in the development of its latest production. The fringe theatre in Whitley Bay has been earmarked for funding by the prestigious venue and its Generate Programme, to bring together a group of creatives to workshop a new piece of theatre. This week, Laurels founders Jamie Eastlake and Steve …
Sam Fender’s face was a picture. His eyes were sparkling and his mouth had cracked into a huge smile. He was listening for the first time to Alan Hull’s original demo of Winter Song, a track he’d grown up with and had recently recorded. This was the look of instant recognition as one songwriter hears …
If I had the mind of a conspiracy theorist, I may have tabled the notion among trusted and similarly paranoid pals that unseen forces were in play, doing everything they could to scupper my interview with Dom Joly. Exhibit A: The copy of the comedian, broadcaster, film-maker and author’s latest book his publicist had kindly …
A poignant farewell celebration to mark the end of much-loved theatre company, Curious Monkey will pack out Gosforth Civic Theatre on Friday night (March 15). Curious Monkey Grand Finale promises to be an emotional and joyful evening as the curtain comes down on a decade of the North East’s trailblazing Theatre Company of Sanctuary, which …
A rare natural history collection is back “in the family” after being believed lost for decades. The internationally important 18th century shell collection has been returned to English Heritage’s Chesters site in Northumberland after once being saved from a skip. Containing more than 200 specimens, including an extinct species and several believed to have been …
As an audience member, says Janet Plater, you can come out of a theatre sometimes feeling a bit concerned or even depressed. That’s true. Given theatre’s role of reflecting society, there’s no shortage of material that would have that effect. “But I make no criticism of anyone,” adds Janet quickly. “Theatre’s hard whatever it is …
There’s an urban myth about a star solo violinist asked to stand-in at the last minute for an unwell colleague, who only discovers the concerto he is playing is Mendelssohn not Mozart after the lights go down and the orchestra strikes up the opening note. This is a musician’s in-joke based on the fact that, …
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