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Monthly Archives: September 2014
REVIEW: The Mission by Allen Zadoff
Orchard Books Allen Zadoff Official Website Review by: Francesca Moody The Mission is the second in the Boy Nobody trilogy of books by Allen Zadoff . The first instalment was called Boy Nobody but has been re-released with the new title … Continue reading
REVIEW: The World of Norm by Jonathan Meres
Orchard Books www.jonathanmeres.com Review by: Katy Willis The World of Norm. Um, don’t you mean If I Were Ten Again This Is The Book I Would Be Secretly Putting Into My Mum’s Trolley At Asda? I think that sounds about … Continue reading
REVIEW: Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part II
Theatre Royal, Newcastle 26th September REVIEW BY JULIA SANDERSON Following the production of Henry IV Part I, Friday 26th September saw the opening night of Gregory Doran’s Henry IV Part II at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal, second of the three plays … Continue reading
REVIEW: Screaming Steel: War, Art and Trauma 1914-1918
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle 20th September – 13th December 2014 More information on Screaming Steel at Tyne and Wear Museums Review by: Jacob Armstrong The First World War was a cataclysmic event in more ways than one, bringing forth the collapse … Continue reading
REVIEW: Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting
Trouble in Mind Released 27th October Ultimate Painting Tumblr Page REVIEW BY: SOPHIE WARD Ultimate Painting are a new duo made up of Mazes frontman Jack Cooper and The Proper Ornaments/Veronica Falls guitarist James Hoare. Having both been brought up on a stream of … Continue reading
REVIEW: Jenny Hval and Susanna – Meshes of Voice
Susanna Sonata Out Now Jenny Hval Official Website Review by: Hannah Morpeth Jenny Hval and Susanna’s collaboration on Meshes of Voice is nightmarish in every way. Inspired by experimental film Meshes in the Afternoon and the artwork of Antoni Guadí, all … Continue reading
REVIEW: Daniel Buren: Catch As Catch Can – Works In Situ @ BALTIC
The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 11th July – 12th October 2014 balticmill.com Review by: Hannah Ord As an art enthusiast, I have been a regular visitor to the BALTIC over the years and during that time have seen … Continue reading
REVIEW: Mixtape Boy Bands vs. Girl Bands @ Live Theatre, Newcastle
5th September 2014 Written and Directed by Melanie Rashbrooke Review by Fionn Oakes Game show come sketch show. Quiz night with added culture. The LOLs plus the character. What do you get? You get Mixtape. And a crackin’ good night. … Continue reading
REVIEW: Indiana – No Romeo
Sony Indiana on Soundcloud Review by: Jack Blenkinsopp The first time I heard the music of Lauren Henson, aka Indiana, was when I saw the video for her recent single ‘Solo Dancing’ while flicking through the music channels on Sky. … Continue reading
REVIEW: Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part I
Theatre Royal, Newcastle 25th September REVIEW BY MATILDA NEIL This Thursday was the opening night of Henry IV Part 1 at the Theatre Royal, the first play shown as part of this year’s RSC season. Having never seen one of … Continue reading
REVIEW: Night Moves
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle 15th September 2014 Night Moves on the Tyneside Cinema website Review by: Simon Ramshaw Just listen to that title. Night Moves. It sounds like a forgotten X-Men spin-off that we really want to see. However, in reality, it’s Meek’s … Continue reading
REVIEW: Pride
Directed by: Matthew Warchus Starring: Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Andrew Scott, Bill Nighy, Freddie Fox Certificate: 15 Running time: 120 min More Information on Pride at Tyneside Cinema REVIEW BY: ANTONIA VELIKOVA “Go see Pride immediately,” my friend from London messages … Continue reading
REVIEW: Marmozets – The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
RoadRunner Records Release Date: 29th September Marmozets Official Website REVIEW BY: SOPHIE WARD Yorkshire’s young five-piece group Marmozets have been making a deep impression on the music scene. What makes them stand apart from anything I have heard in a while is … Continue reading
REVIEW: Cate Le Bon @ Sage Gateshead
Saturday 13th September 2014 Review by: Andrew Beadling Coming off the back of US tours with Warpaint and Franz Ferdinand, as well as an extensive run on the summer festival circuit including slots at Glastonbury and End of the Road, … Continue reading
Top 5… Netflix TV Shows
Words by: Sarah Burgess Whether you’re a dedicated Netflix addict like myself or a spontaneous visitor hijacking your friend’s subscription, trawling through the incessant titles of movies and TV programmes that Netflix streams can be somewhat soul-destroying. Hence, I have … Continue reading
REVIEW: Nick Mulvey – ‘Cucurucu’
Out now Nick Mulvey Official Website Review by: Sophie Heward It took me a few listens of ‘Cucurucu’ to fully appreciate its pretty intricacies. The first time I heard it, the slow opening of a soft vocal paired with subtle … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Sarah J Maas
Interview by: Minahil Mujahid Sarah J Maas is the bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series (Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight and Heir of Fire). Recently, she came to Seven Stories in Newcastle where I interviewed her before … Continue reading
REVIEW: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof @ Northern Stage
Newcastle Upon Tyne 18 September 2014 More information available at the Northern Stage website REVIEW BY: Antonia Velikova Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has always been peoples’ favourite Tennessee Williams play . Revived as a joint production by Northern Stage, … Continue reading
Everybody Loves John Green’s Books… But I Don’t
Words by: James Smith Warning: Here be spoilers for The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska. If you feel strongly in support of any of the aforementioned books, please look away now. I currently fear for my life. I … Continue reading →