The QT

Thursday 9 May 2024
09/05/2024

festival

A modern twist on the classics

Hercules reborn as a self-obsessed Peterlee strongman seems a dead cert to be one of the highlights of ClassicsFest, a new festival blowing the dust off ancient Greek and Roman literature. A key part of the new festival was a challenge to North East writers to produce a modern version of one of the monologues …

From Hollywood to Allendale

Johnny Flynn — film, theatre, TV actor, composer and highly acclaimed musician —  is to play at the Allen Valleys’ Folk Festival later this year. It’s an astonishing coup for the festival, which has been running for eleven years, and is based in the south Northumberland village of Allendale. His visit will be a poignant …

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