1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (881+ words) There was a palpable sense of warmth - and no shortage of full-throated cheers - inside Newcastle's Live Theatre as a crowd of North East theatremakers came together for the 2026 North East Playwriting Awards. Writers, actors, directors and industry figures packed into…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (988+ words) The Royal Shakespeare Company's exciting new production of Hamlet likens the state of Denmark to Titanic, doomed the moment it hits an iceberg in the form of a highly dubious marriage. The King has died and his brother Claudius has…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (519+ words) It's not a job you would want to tackle after a night on the tiles. A major, "1.8 million roofing conservation project has begun at the National Trust's Cragside property in Northumberland. The roof is a network of over 100 roof drops,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (481+ words) Good morning, good tunes and goodbye from papa Haydn There was a time not so long ago when Joseph Haydn's symphonies seemed to have all but vanished from the concert menu. Light and tasty as a souffl, these 18th century delicacies…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (216+ words) Beamish Museum is gearing up for a wide-ranging Easter programme that mixes hands-on activities with a look at how the celebration has evolved across centuries. Running from April 3-19, the events at the County Durham attraction will take visitors from Georgian…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1204+ words) A new BBC crime drama set against the wild sweep of the Northumberland coastline is set to put the North East firmly back in the small screen spotlight - and it arrives as part of a major new wave of investment…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (584+ words) Jack Reacher is a retired Military Police o'cer, formerly of the US Army. He is the lead character in a fantastically successful series of books written by British author Lee Child, which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. There are…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (495+ words) Not so long ago, I seem to recall, there was widespread anxiety that classical music was in terminal decline " along with the audiences that had sustained it. Maybe that anxiety still exists but there was no sign of it at…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1229+ words) The Glasshouse has taken the wraps off its 2026-27 classical music season, hailing it as the most ambitious yet - and beginning with a home-produced Mozart opera to emphasise the point. The September 19 concert staging of Cosi fan tutte, with a cast…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (285+ words) Keep your eyes on your water glasses this weekend. A crowd of dinosaurs are on the loose in Newcastle. Opening on Saturday (March 28), The Great Dinosaur Escape at the Life Science Centre brings more than 20 life-size animatronic dinosaurs to the…...