Film, Music & Theatre

Larry Elder's new documentary on African Americans and politics is a runaway success The IMDb reviews are rolling in: close to 1,000 at the time of writing, with a 9.8/10 average rating. Released on June 19th, you can buy the documentary from their website for $19.00, which is roughly £16. Split...
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As preparation for the up and coming release of their new EP “Drifting Sands”, The River Coasters, Jon (guitar) and Sam (Vocals and percussion)  share the crucial parts of their background leading to their current status in the music industry, in an interview to let us all know what...
A whole new generation of young people are about to discover catchy songs, brightly painted buildings, and characters with an equal amount of colour as BBC iPlayer celebrates the 20thanniversary of one of the most popular children’s TV shows of all time by making them available online. Balamory, a children's...
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...
Reformed Bananarama Coming to Newcastle City Hall
If you’re of a certain age, you might remember them being always on Top of the Pops or their cheery sassy songs forever blaring out of radios. Well, Bananarama – one of the most successful girl groups of all time – have reformed their original line-up and are due to...
A new folk song - telling the story of these times – has been created using traditional North East words and sayings. Hadaway Ga’an Canny is one of a trio of songs, commissioned by The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, at South Shields and written and recorded by...
Join the Fight for Climate Justice: GAME CHANGERS - An Interactive Narrative Game
GAME CHANGERS represents a collaborative odyssey delving into climate activism, accomplished through an immersive decision-making game and live performance. The project emerges from the innovative collaboration between the interactive studio Megaverse, esteemed academics, creative minds, and cutting-edge technologists. Three actors in motion capture as avatars, joined by a fourth as...
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Some of the world’s greatest soul music legends are to play Sage Gateshead in May. The Soul Train Tour – put together by the producer, promoter and celebrity David Gest – has been entertaining music lovers across the world for the last decade. Gest – who was a close friend of Michael Jackson, a judge...
Since their formation in early 2006, Gentleman's Dub Club have made a name for themselves as one of the most respected names in dub/reggae music. GDC have been on tour for over a decade, are festival favourites across the UK and Europe, and they are ending this particular tour with a bang...
The world has drastically transformed in the last two centuries, and yet the manner in which academic institutions prepare us for our professional careers has remained stagnant. It is still fixated on the needs of an industrial age, a learning structure that is very much outdated and questionable for...

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