ALL of the world’s a stage – but the North East will occupy a significant chunk of it when the World Shakespeare Festival takes place next year, coinciding with the Olympic Games.Read
THE natural history series Human Planet, shown on BBC1 earlier this year, is to become a live show making its debut at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena next year.Read
IF you haven’t heard of David Mulholland, don’t worry. According to those who knew him, he wasn’t very interested in self-promotion and would often barter his paintings for goods and services.Read
THEATRE Royal chief executive Philip Bernays launched this year’s panto, Sleeping Beauty, with his customary boast – but tinged with a note of concern.Read
ONE of the most successful stage shows ever created in the North East is to be revived next year in a co-production by Live Theatre and Northern Stage in Newcastle.Read
THE demands on a sports team manager are seldom more evident than at the Press conference when the impression can be of a cornered animal. There he is, the gaffer, perspiring beneath the TV lights, brow furrowed and subject to the odd twitch.Read
Two great songwriters, one matchless band and a fantastic night in store. David Whetstone talks to Brian Wilson ahead of his Gershwin gig at The Sage GatesheadRead
FESTIVALS come and festivals go – unless they are the Hexham Abbey Festival which came and stayed. The 59th is coming up next month and the trustees already have an eye on next year’s diamond jubilee.Read
RATHER than surrender to gloom and despondency, they came out fighting at Northumberland Theatre Company (NTC) after learning in March that they will lose their regular Arts Council funding from 2012.Read
David Whetstone is our arts and entertainments editor and is also the editor of Culture magazine. He has worked at ncjMedia for more than 25 years and has won numerous awards for he work.
