In a rented studio in the Ouseburn, three musicians are pulling on monks’ — or, more correctly, friars’ — black costumes for a photo ahead of a morning’s intense rehearsal. Elsewhere in Newcastle, another trio of creatives are putting the finishing touches to an audio-visual installation intended to bring a favourite city haunt to life …
Four years after losing his mum suddenly when he was just 15, Ollie Maddigan started writing a play. “I always knew that I eventually wanted to process my feelings, experiences and grief by turning them into a theatre show. However, I think it was only when I was 19 that I thought enough time had …
Three young actors are feeling their way into the characters they’ll embody in The Bounds, a play set in Northumberland in 1553. This, according to Live Theatre, was ‘the true golden age of English football’, although its further assertion that ‘men will die today’ raises doubts about that. Ryan Nolan and Lauren Waine play Percy …
The eighth Newcastle Poetry Festival is upon us (May 9 to 11) with the action taking place at Northern Stage and the focus this year falling on the connection between poetry and history. As suggested by the title, In/Out of Place, attention will also be paid to feelings of displacement and belonging — and to …
I defy you not to be thrilled by Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. It is a defining icon of western music, an energetic, graceful and tactile masterpiece threaded through our cultural DNA. And this month you have not just one but three chances to hear it live in North East England: Royal Northern Sinfonia perform it …
Fans of Northern Chords might be wondering what has happened to the chamber music festival which has been part of the region’s musical calendar since 2009. Well, there is to be no festival this year but Jonathan Bloxham, its founder and driving force, promises: “We will be back with a vengeance in 2025!” That Northern …
Five days. Ninety shows. Two hundred and fifty performances. A pretty impressive set of numbers coming out of the recent launch of the Durham Fringe Festival 2024. Taking place from July 24-28, the return of the burgeoning event has added another two venues to the mix, meaning proceedings will be taking place across eight stages …
Robert McManners found himself getting annoyed, having made the trip to witness the death throes of the Dean and Chapter Colliery in Ferryhill, where he’d grown up amid the landmarks of coal mining. It was 1968 and he’d taken a day off university where he was studying medicine. A hobby painter, he’d gone with oil …
Sam Fender admits he’s ‘still figuring out’ how to handle fame and fortune as he puts the finishing touches to album number three. The North Shields singer-songwriter, who turned 30 in April, has landed back-to-back number one records and sold out St James’ Park — twice. But as Sam wraps up the follow-up to Seventeen …
The cutting down of a tree in Northumberland seven months ago triggered shock and dismay not just in the UK but in countries around the world. It was, of course, not just any old tree, but the iconic Sycamore Gap view on Hadrian’s Wall which had vanished. Sharing in the shock was David Breeze, Roman …
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