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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Catch-22
Northern Stage, Newcastle 24 April 2014, running until 10 May 2014, then touring the UK. A Northern Stage Production Written for the stage by Joseph HellerDirected by Rachel Chavkin THEATRE REVIEW: RYAN GRAY In her welcome letter, printed on the fourth … Continue reading
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Walker Books Ltd. Available now on Amazon BOOK REVIEW: ANTONIA VELIKOVA I have to say, I think I’ve developed some sort of immunity for any novel that is characterised as YA. Sure, the John Green hype did not pass me … Continue reading
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Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Iggy Azalea: The New Classic Virgin EMI Records Released on 21 April 2014 Available now on iTunes ALBUM REVIEW: BARRY QUINN Iggy Azalea is making a bold statement in naming her new album The New Classic. The new classic it is … Continue reading
Sky Larkin – Live @ The Cluny 2
The Cluny, Newcastle 18 April 2014 Find out more about Sky Larkin and High Tide 15:47 LIVE MUSIC REVIEW: RYAN GRAY Leeds-based indie pop band Sky Larkin concluded their two-week tour with a Good Friday shindig at Cluny 2, and … Continue reading
Much Ado About Nothing
Alnwick Playhouse Globe Theatre on Tour 16 April 2014 11 April – 17 August, Book Tickets THEATRE REVIEW: LEXY POWELL The atmosphere in the Alnwick Playhouse was cosy as the audience packed into the small theatre. As they settled into their … Continue reading
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The Events
Northern Stage, Newcastle 15 April 2014, 7pm Writer: David Greig Director: Ramin Gray Ft. Gosforth Community Choir THEATRE REVIEW: HANNAH MORPETH Two spilled coffees, Dizzee Rascal and Souls. The Events is ultimately a play about atrocity, forgiveness and being human. … Continue reading
The Recruit (Cherub) by Robert Muchamore
Hodder Children’s Books Released 15 April 2004 Buy it now on Amazon BOOK REVIEW: KATIE CAIN Upon receiving this book, I was immediately intrigued. My excitement stemmed from many of the good reviews I’d discovered prior to actually reading it … Continue reading
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Definitions Released 5 January 2006 Buy it now on Amazon BOOK REVIEW: SARAH MCGHEE The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is an insightful, thought-provoking novel that attempts to describe the barbaric cruelty of the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a … Continue reading
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World Book Night
An annual celebration of reading and books, tonight is World Book Night! With luck, maybe you’ll come across one of the many book givers handing out free copies of any one of twenty books selected for this year.
The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl ‘68
Gala Theatre, Durham 21 April 2014 Director: Ray Manzarek Starring: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger Certificate: PG, 62 minutes MUSIC DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: SIMON RAMSHAW Don’t cancel your subscription to this resurrection. Instead, send your credentials to the nearest … Continue reading
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Goddess by Laura Powell
Bloomsbury Publishing Released 10 April 2014 Buy it now at Amazon BOOK REVIEW: EMMA YEO An alternative London, brought to its knees by poverty and crime, where the influence of Ancient Greece survives to the modern day. While the majority … Continue reading
Easter Greetings
So, it’s officially Easter. Here at Cuckoo, we hope you’ve been enjoying your Easter break, if you’re on one; or the sunshine, if you’ve been out much; or maybe lots of chocolate, whether or not you’ve managed to save those Easter … Continue reading
Dawn O’Porter Author Event @ Waterstones Newcastle
Waterstones, Newcastle 31 March 2014 AUTHOR EVENT AND BOOK REVIEW: NASIM ASL Released by teen publishers Hot Key Books at the start of April, Goose is the newest novel from broadcaster and journalist Dawn O’Porter. Dawn originally found herself in … Continue reading
Woods: With Light and With Love
Woodsist Released 15 April 2014 Available now on iTunes MUSIC REVIEW: SOPHIE WARD The seventh album from Woods, a band whose name only reinforces their obscurity, is titled With Light and With Love. Obviously, it is that not hard to … Continue reading
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Motherland
Vincent Dance Theatre Dance City, Newcastle 5 April 2014 DANCE REVIEW: ISOBEL TAYLOR-HERBERT Vincent Dance Theatre was founded in 1994 by Charlotte Vincent in order to produce ‘powerful and engaging dance theatre work’. In Motherland, a show exploring the representation … Continue reading
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Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit – Live @ The Cluny
The Cluny, Newcastle 11 April 2014 http://www.johnny-flynn.com Music Review: rosie hewitson As somebody who was a big fan of the nu-folk scene that emerged with the likes of Noah and the Whale, Emmy the Great, Laura Marling and Johnny Flynn, … Continue reading
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Final overview of Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014
Gateshead International Jazz Festival 4-6 April 2014 LIVE REVIEW: MARY WINN Whilst Gateshead’s 10th International Jazz Festival was always bound to be an unmissable event, with names as big as Courtney Pine and Esperanza Spalding studding the line-up, I’ll admit it … Continue reading
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Polar Bear and Shiver, as part of Gateshead International Jazz Festival
Polar Bear + Shiver Sage Gateshead Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Sunday 6 April LIVE REVIEW: AMBER EFSTATHIOU With two days of Gateshead International Jazz Festival already over, there was pressure on the musicians performing on the third to bring the … Continue reading
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Jean Toussaint Quartet and McCormack and Yarde duo with the Elysian String Quartet
Jean Toussaint Quartet and McCormack and Yarde duo with the Elysian String Quartet Sage Gateshead Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Saturday 5 April LIVE REVIEW: MATILDA NEIL This afternoon’s double bill opened with the collaboration of the McCormack and Yarde … Continue reading
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The Spring Quartet as part of Gateshead International Jazz Festival
The Spring Quartet (supported by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal) Sage Gateshead Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Saturday 5 April LIVE REVIEW: MARY WINN With names as lofty as Jack DeJohnette and Esperanza Spalding gracing the bill for the second night of … Continue reading
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