It had to be a first. Never before, surely, within the beautiful debating chamber at Newcastle Civic Centre, has anybody raised the prospect of shrink-wrapping local residents. Feasibly it could have been mulled over as a punishment for some civic misdemeanour — non-payment of council tax, perhaps, or serial bus lane infringement. It might even …
“Sandwiched between edgy Byker and upmarket Jesmond, Heaton feeds from both in terms of attitude and what it offers. The result is a vibrant neighbourhood, centred around Chillingham Road, with just the right amount of grit and glamour” — The Sunday Times Best Places to Live in the UK, March 17, 2024 When it comes to …
Nothing at all for Sir Matthew Bourne to worry about in Newcastle. Not on stage anyway. Back at the Theatre Royal for the first time since 2005, his Edward Scissorhands earned a standing ovation from a sell-out audience on opening night, probably the first of many during a run that extends into a second week. …
Theatre Royal box office on alert as the return of Sir Ian McKellen is announced Sir Ian McKellen once hailed Newcastle Theatre Royal his ‘favourite theatre’ – so we can only imagine he’s as happy as everyone else that he’s returning to its stage later this year. A limited run of four performances on Player …
Travelling gave Topher McGrillis his first taste of the joys of digital photography, sowing the seeds for a passion which would become part of his professional career. Up until that point, his big passion had been film-making . “I was always obsessed with playing with my friends’ camcorders growing up but didn’t get my first …
Behind every artwork lies a story and Baltic’s latest Open Submission exhibition represents a veritable anthology with 104 submissions having made the cut. “We were aiming for 100 but snuck in an extra four,” smiles Baltic assistant curator Rose McMurray who was on the judging panel. That’s understandable, given the numbers involved here — a …
The 50th anniversary of Live Theatre, Newcastle, last year, embraced the concept of the rehearsed reading — a rare privilege for a playwright to share their work before it’s finished. The writer uses the reaction of the cast and the audience to further develop their imagined world and characters. The audience gets an exclusive preview of …
A full house is expected for this year’s Newcastle Writing Conference for which tickets go on sale today (March 20). Writing may be a solitary activity but that doesn’t mean all writers are solitary people. Grace Keane, senior programme manager at New Writing North, says it’s been five years since the conference last took place. …
Nine o’clock on Tuesday morning at Newcastle Civic Centre and children from across the city are trooping in for a spot of opera to get the day off to a rousing and harmonious start. It’s not every morning that a six-year-old from Fenham has a date with a singer who has performed on the operatic …
The true story of a young orphaned choirboy, whose scribbled plea to be remembered was found more than 100 years after he wrote it, will be told in a new BBC audio play. North East production company Sister Sounds have produced William’s Castle which will be broadcast on Radio 4 on the afternoon of April …
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