Category Archives: Events

REVIEW: Creating Coraline with Mark Shapiro @ Seven Stories

Newcastle Upon Tyne 18th November 2014 More information on Seven Stories events at their website REVIEW BY: MAXINE DAVIES Mark Shapiro is Head of Entertainment and Brand Marketing at Oregon-based LAIKA, the studio responsible for this year’s stop-motion hit, The … Continue reading

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PREVIEW: Books on Tyne Festival

24th November-30th November 2014 More information on the Books on Tyne website Preview by: Angus Kirk After last year’s festival proved a success, the Books on Tyne Literary Festival will return this year with a bigger and better programme of … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Juice Festival – Skimstone Arts Album Launch

Gateshead Old Town Hall 30th October 2014 Review by: Eve Knowlson Reality Boots have collaborated with Skimstone Arts to create their debut album Louder Than Words. The musicians decided to set their album launch on the eve of Halloween in … Continue reading

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PREVIEW: Creating Coraline with Mark Shapiro @ Seven Stories

Newcastle 18th November 2014, 6pm-7pm More information on the Seven Stories website PREVIEW: MAXINE DAVIES Fans of animation should head down to Seven Stories on Tuesday 18th November 2014 to join In Conversation  with Mark Shapiro, Head of Entertainment and … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Kate Tempest @ Durham Book Festival

Gala Theatre, Durham October 17th 2014 Review by: Jen Szandrowska There’s something to be said for artists who are born to perform and from the moment Kate Tempest steps on stage, it is perfectly clear that she is not one of these … Continue reading

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REVIEW: James Dawson: This Event Is Gay

Seven Stories, Newcastle 14th October, 6-8pm More information on the event from the Seven Stories website Review by: Sophie Baines This Event Is Gay was a small ‘promotional’ event for James Dawson’s non-fiction book This Book Is Gay, set in … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Laura Bates, ‘Everyday Sexism’ @ Durham Book Festival

Durham Town Hall 11th October 2014 Review by: Emily Park As Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism talk came to an end, an elderly audience member asked whether it had saddened me. Despite the stranger’s certainty that “it should have done,” the … Continue reading

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PREVIEW: Kate Tempest: Hold Your Own @ Durham Book Festival

Gala Theatre, Durham 17th November 2014 More Information on Kate Tempest at Durham Book Festival Preview by: Bethany Calverley Kate Tempest is the shooting star of the spoken word  world. She’s turning heads by merging traditional poetic forms with the … Continue reading

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CUCKOO COMPETITION

Win tickets to Tom Stade at ARC, Stockton Since arriving in the UK, Canadian émigré Tom Stade has steadily earned a reputation as one of the most original and exciting stand-up talents around, and we’re giving away a pair of … Continue reading

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Bernicia Festival

Bernicia Festival 2014 Spanish City Plaza, Whitley Bay 31 August 2014 REVIEW: Matilda Neill Now into its second year running, the Bernicia Festival is a local event that offers performance opportunities to the North East’s growing supply of young, talented musicians … Continue reading

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Screenage Kicks: Blade Runner

Dir: Ridley Scott Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young 117 min At Discovery Museum pop up film review: James Marples I’ll say one thing for Screenage Kicks; they know how to pick their venues! Previous events have perfectly … Continue reading

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CUCKOO COMPETITION

Win tickets to Cat On A Hot Tin Roof At Northern Stage! We’re giving away a pair of tickets to Northern Stage, Royal & Derngate & Royal Exchange Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ classic play Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, … Continue reading

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Spellbound @ St Mary’s Lighthouse

St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov 111 minutes REVIEW: Matilda Neill Never before have I been to the movies where my immediate concern was nothing to do with the film I … Continue reading

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Sarah J Maas & Leigh Bardugo @ Seven Stories

Seven Stories, Newcastle 19 August 2014 Review: Minahil Mujahid At 6pm on the 19th of August, I was sitting underneath twinkling fairy-lights at Seven Stories. As expected, when YA fantasy writers Sarah J Maas and Leigh Bardugo entered the stage the … Continue reading

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CUCKOO COMPETITION

Win tickets to And & Dec’s Takeaway on tour at Metro Radio Arena The cheeky Geordie duo bring their award-winning primetime ITV show to Metro Radio Arena from Friday 5th until Sunday 7th September. Ant & Dec will be joined … Continue reading

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David Levithan Interview @ Miners Institute

Mining Institute 11 August 2014 interview: nasim asl To mark the publication of his back catalogue in the UK for the first time, David Levithan took to the road to visit Waterstones stores across the country in order to meet … Continue reading

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Split Festival

Mowbray Park, Sunderland 9 & 10 August 2014 Official Website festival review: nasim asl Following a year long hiatus, Split Festival made a triumphant return to Wearside this August. The two-day event was held right in the heart of a … Continue reading

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Screenage Kicks

Blade Runner featuring Warm Digits Discovery Museum 29 August 2014 For more information about Screenage Kicks, click here. preview: charlotte austin Cinema brings people together. Communal film-watching unites us as we all sit engulfed by the bright glow of a shared … Continue reading

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The Middlehaven Festival

23 August 2014 Middlehaven Dockside As the Summer festival season seems to be drawing to a close, hidden gems held later in the season can easily be overlooked. Namely, The Middlehaven Festival. For a festival that certainly isn’t well known, … Continue reading

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Stockton Weekender

Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 July 2014 For more information, click here. FESTIVAL REVIEW: CHARLOTTE AUSTIN “It’s like a heatwave,” sings Martha Reeve, about love, and we all understand exactly. For this is a sweltering evening; clad in spicy red, she and … Continue reading

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