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David Whetstone

David Whetstone

Ronnie Wood to exhibit limited prints in Newcastle

THE Rolling Stones will be in Newcastle next week - but on gallery walls rather than on stage.Read

Glorious creator Rajni Shah

Glorious way to produce a show

A VERY special musical is to take place in Newcastle. David Whetstone talks to Glorious creator Rajni Shah.Read

People's Philosophy Festival 2011

Preview: People's Philosophy Festival

PHILOSOPHY may seem like a rarefied – even solitary – occupation in a world supposedly obsessed with all things loud and shallow.Read

Bloodaxe Books celebrate latest Nobel Prize winner

IN a corner of north Northumberland where sheep outnumber people, they are celebrating their latest Nobel Prize winner.Read

Respected conductor Neil Thomson

Preview: Orchestra North East at The Sage Gateshead

CLASSICAL music fans who have thrilled to the lively concerts of John Wilson – principal conductor at The Sage Gateshead – will be curious to see one of his mentors in action in two of the region’s most atmospheric buildings.Read

Alicia Martel who stars in Lorca : Amor en el Jardin

Preview: Amor en el Jardin at Northern Stage

DREAM of a garden in Andalusia, drenched in fragrance and desire, implore Hexham-based theatre company Théâtre Sans Frontières (TSF).Read

Famed writer's child's tale is at Seven Stories

THE lighter side of one of the Britain's best-loved novelists is being celebrated on Tyneside.Read

Rory Bremner

First purpose-built comedy club The Stand for Newcastle

SOMETHING funny's happening in Newcastle. David Whetstone tours The Stand as the first night line-up is announced.Read

Review: Tartuffe at Northern Stage

MOLIERE'S play was adapted from the French by the poet Roger McGough and was a hit in Liverpool in 2008.Read

Joan Rivers

Preview: Joan Rivers at Newcastle City Hall

AMERICAN comedy legend Joan Rivers is to begin a short UK tour at Newcastle City Hall on October 12 – but that’s in 2012.Read

NewcastleGateshead art fair

Gallery of talent will be on show at NewcastleGateshead Art Fair

VISITORS to the Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair at The Sage Gateshead this weekend will see lots of art for sale – and also get a sense of a creative industry in action.Read

World of print celebrated on Tyneside

IF ANY region of Britain should host a major print exhibition, then surely it should be the North East, which gave the world Thomas Bewick.Read

The Sage

Sparkling Mozart performance at the Sage Gateshead

THE North East's own professional chamber orchestra got the Sage's new classical season under way with a sparkling Mozart programme.Read

Janis Ian

Janis Ian set to perform at the Sage Gateshead

ONE of America's best singer-songwriters is coming our way. David Whetstone caught a word with Janis Ian.Read

Carl Heslop will accompany silent

Alternative feel to Berwick film and arts festival

FILMS long and short, new and old are good reason to head for Berwick this weekend. David Whetstone previews the town’s Film & Media Arts Festival.Read

Painting by John Coatsworth

Artist John Coatsworth exhibits at Discovery Museum

ARTIST John Coatsworth is realising one of his greatest ambitions – to have a one-man exhibition in his home city of Newcastle.Read

NewcastleGateshead art fair

Preview: NewcastleGateshead Art Fair at The Sage Gateshead

THEY call it the NewcastleGateshead Art Fair but it really does open up an artistic window on the world.Read

Northumbria University

Northumbria University launches new creative magazine

A NEW platform for North East creativity has lift-off tonight at Northumbria University.Read

Actor and singer Luke Goss. Photo by McVirn Etienne

Luke Goss on Tyneside filming new movie Interview With A Hitman

LUKE Goss, one-time pin-up boy with 80s band Bros, is currently on Tyneside playing a ruthless killer in a film called Interview With A Hitman.Read

Northumberland artist's exhibition to open at Tate Britain

A NORTH East-born artist once cold shouldered by the London art establishment is the subject of a major exhibition opening in the capital tomorrow.Read

Author Profile

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.

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