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 …
Whether you’re someone who writes; someone who wants to write or someone who enjoys the writing of others, you will find much to like in New Writing North’s autumn programme. Festivals and author events, industry workshops, community writing groups and poetry discussion sessions all feature including courses for those interested in writing for children and …
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 …
One of Britain’s most famous locomotives is to spend four weeks in the North East as part of a railway festival. Summer at Locomotion will take place from July 20 to September 1, with Flying Scotsman in residence at the Shildon visitor attraction until August 18. Flying Scotsman steam rides are now available to book, …
Popular stage show Birdsong to return to the region A new production of First World War drama Birdsong begins a national tour in the autumn, arriving at Newcastle Theatre Royal from January 21 to 25 next year. Rachel Wagstaff’s stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s 1993 bestselling novel of war and romance premiered in London in …
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 …
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