ADVERTISEMENT Live Theatre in Newcastle has always been about creativity and exploration. This autumn the theatre becomes a platform for artists to tell some of their most personal and political stories when productions range from a world premiere by a former Durham prisoner to Live’s very first family show co-writtenContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT I love the play Shakers by John Godber and so it was great to hear that a new production is on its way to the North East, arriving in Sunderland, Alnwick and Hexham in the next couple of weeks. Shakers began its life in 1984 presented by the HullContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Teatime on 1 September and the TVCA puts out a press release stating that dredging for the South Bank Quay project is about to start. It is accompanied by some reassuring words from Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen: “Let me be clear, not a single gram of dredged materialContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT A North East man is set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to fight Motor Neurone Disease in support of his colleague and friend. Peter Gillan from Newcastle is climbing the mountain which sits at a height of over 19,000 feet in September and is aiming to raise money and awarenessContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT A North East, family-friendly event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community is planned to return to Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley on Sunday 18 September. Ouseburn Family Pride was held for the first time in 2021, where more than 4000 attendees visited the one-day event. And now the event – sponsored by Byker-headquarteredContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway University of London The United Kingdom’s next prime minister will be Liz Truss. After a two-month contest, Conservative Party members have chosen her as their new leader. All that remains is for Truss to travel to Balmoral in Scotland where she will be formally invitedContinue Reading
Janine Birkett Janine Birkett is an actor, occasionally turning her hand to directing, producing and writing. TV credits include: Byker Grove, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, and Vera; and she played Jenny, Billy’s Mam, in the film Billy Elliot. She is also an award-winning audio-narrator as the voice of Ann Cleeves’sContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT “Commissario Montalbano sono”. These words – “I am Inspector Montalbano” – undoubtedly, sound familiar to fans of the RAI 1 series Commissario Monalbano. Based on the novels by the late – and great – Andrea Camilleri, Montalbano has been making regular appearances on BBC 4 since 2012. I cameContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Richard Holden, MP is the Tory MP in the so-called “Red Wall” constituency of North West Durham. Today he was meeting constituents in Crookhall. Anne Hardy, one of his constituents, turned up to see him with a few questions and comments. Anne posted on facebook: “Back home from whatContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT The world throws Covid, the energy crisis, the cost-of-living crisis and Boris at these teenagers… The world gives them a newly-appointed Education Minister who publicly tells members of the public to f*** off. The world – or schools for that matter – gives them detentions, castigates and subjugates themContinue Reading
