Arts & Culture

Turn That Racket Down! Join the Extraordinary Musical Bus Tour Celebrating Teenage Rebels and Nostalgic Anthems
Get ready for an extraordinary musical bus tour, dedicated to celebrating the very songs that parents once loathed! Welcome to the "Turn That Racket Down!" tour, an exclusive event happening on Sunday, August 13th. We kindly request passengers with a particular sensitivity to wear earplugs for a more enjoyable...
Uncanny: I Know What I Saw - Danny Robins Unveils Supernatural Wonders in Newcastle
The preeminent live paranormal tour in the UK, "Uncanny: I Know What I Saw," is set to grace the Newcastle Theatre Royal for a single night on Saturday, 6th July 2024. This special event will mark the debut of the tour's creator, Danny Robins, at his hometown theatre. The Newcastle-born...
Northumbrian Milliner To Share Her Expertise With A Global Audience
A Northumbrian milliner is preparing to share her craft-making expertise to a worldwide audience as well as helping a charity for the homeless and needy in New York City.  Margaret Woodliff Wright set up her business, The Northumberland Milliner at Doxford Newhouses near Alnwick after graduating with high distinctions in...
Teeside University Students Create A Graphic Novel Adapted From An SWO Stage Performance
A graphic novel adapted from a stage performance planned by Streetwise Opera has been created by Teesside University students. Streetwise Opera, an award-winning charity that works with people affected by homelessness, spent time before the current pandemic working with performing artists to run a programme of singing and creative workshops...
writing
An awards scheme – which is being supported by Newcastle’s Northumbria University – is offering grants totalling £45,000 to help struggling writers in the north of England. The Northern Writers’ Awards – set up by New Writing North in 2000 – aim to recognise talented writers and help their work...
From Hexham to Hope: Teens Rise at Loud Speaker's Inspirational Easter Festival
Organisers of a free teen festival say they’re desperate to do it all again after more than 200 gathered for an Easter weekend of learning and inspiration. The Kingswood Residential Centre at Dukeshouse Wood in Hexham was one of six venues across the UK that played host to the Loud...
Leave Your Mark At A New Norman Cornish-Inspired Exhibit At Beamish Museum
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North is offering the unique opportunity for visitors to create pieces of work directly onto the walls of a new Norman Cornish-inspired exhibit. The exciting Make Your Mark activity, which launches today, will see two people selected to creatively contribute to the walls...
Remembering the forgotten heroes of World War 2
On 15 August 1945, in a live broadcast to the nation less than a month after taking up his new role, Prime Minister Clement Atlee declared the end of World War 2 with the words “The last of our enemies is laid low.” Seventy-five years later residents in Newcastle are...
Lockdown Boosts Business For Newcastle Gallery
A New Tyneside business has bucked the trend by reporting an increase in trade – directly as a result of lockdown. As concerns grow for the future of British retail following the economic impact of Covid, The Aviary art gallery, at Jesmond, Brentwood, is busier now than it was pre-lockdown. The...
Credit: Valentine Fabre, Dent Blanche, Switzerland © Ben Tibbetts
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is bringing two nights of thrilling adventure films to the PLAYHOUSE, Whitley Bay on 23 and 24 April, 2020. The whole tour will cover loads of venues across the UK and Ireland between now and the 26th of May 2020, so if you...

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