David Whetstone - JournalLive

Theatre: Review: Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour 2012, Metro Radio Arena

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

STRICTLY strutted into Newcastle bringing glitz and glamour and a liberal sprinkling of sequins in its wake.

Music: Preview: Eric Faulkner at the Head of Steam, Newcastle

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE chap with the guitar is Eric Faulkner and he’ll be performing at the Head of Steam opposite Newcastle Central Station on Friday.

Theatre: Review: Rambert Dance Company, Newcastle Theatre Royal

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THIS was a night to expect the unexpected from Rambert. For it wasn’t the beautiful Roses nor the playful Seven For a Secret, Never to be Told that won the night, but the powerful Monolith.

Arts: Exhibition: Simon Nicholas paintings at Northumbria University Gallery

JournalLive — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BACK in October 2001 – which is to say 10/11, the month after 9/11 – Simon Nicholas’s paintings caused a flurry of concern when they went on display in Newcastle.

Theatre: Curtain rises on Theatre Royal Newcastle 175th birthday celebrations

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THE Theatre Royal, standing proud at the top of Newcastle’s Grey Street, has touched the lives of more people than there are seats in the auditorium.

Theatre: Review: Sting’s The Last Ship musical at Live Theatre

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT is possible Sting’s musical The Last Ship will never leave the harbour, yet alone dock in a major theatre.

Today's News: Sting musical given first outing at Live Theatre, Newcastle

JournalLive — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:00 GMT

STING’S embryonic first stage musical was given two try out performances on Tyneside at the weekend – and afterwards the Wallsend-born star spoke exclusively to The Journal about his new venture.

Today's News: Opening curtain on story of theatre in the region

JournalLive — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE mighty document issued more than 200 years ago by George III goes on public display in Newcastle today, possibly for the first time.

Theatre: Review: Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal

JournalLive — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THERE is no sneaky rose thorn to lay Aurora low in SB artistic director Ashley Page’s engaging take on what for many is the greatest of the 19th Century ballet greats.

Theatre: Playwright Zoe gives the old blokes a run for their money

JournalLive — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT

AT the launch of Live Theatre’s new season, artistic director Max Roberts joked that much of the past two years seemed to have been dedicated to “old blokes”.

Music: Curtis Stigers talks of his upcoming UK tour

JournalLive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

IT’S the oldest gaffe in the book, the bellowed “Hello, Manchester” (or Birmingham or Liverpool) to a massed concert audience in Newcastle – or, indeed, anywhere miles away from the place plucked from the ether by the jet-lagged star on stage.

Music: Happy Mondays announce Newcastle date

JournalLive — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BY the time you read this, it’s unlikely there will be a ticket left for the Happy Mondays gig at the Newcastle O2 Academy on May 3.

Arts: Shakespeare in Art exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery

JournalLive — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

SHAKESPEARE wrote 38 plays but inspired many more artists. David Whetstone views work by just a few of them.

Music: Fund gives the chance to make orchestral concerts more widely available

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A SUCCESSFUL bid to an innovation fund means more people around the region will be able to enjoy concerts by orchestras including the Northern Sinfonia – although the players will not be there in person.

Theatre: The King And I at Newcastle Theatre Royal

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A PACKED house testified to the enduring popularity of a show that premiered on Broadway back in 1951.

Film Reviews: Andy McVicar film Compulsion wins London Short Film Festival prize

JournalLive — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AN important film award has whisked its way from London to a studio hidden within the Byker Wall in Newcastle.

Film Reviews: Harrigan hits the screen at last

JournalLive — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:00:00 GMT

BEHIND a new feature film being shot in the North East lies a successful father-and-daughter team, as David Whetstone reports.

Music: Review: Thin Lizzy at Newcastle City Hall

JournalLive — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT

IT remains to be seen just how many shows the new-look Thin Lizzy will have to play before the perception of this classic rock institution changes.

Arts: Preview: Joseph Hillier exhibition, Darlington

JournalLive — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE profile of North East artist Joseph Hillier has been on the rise. Recently, it was announced that his sculptures had been bought by Newcastle University.

Theatre: Interview: comedian Dave Johns

JournalLive — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AMONG the gales of laughter he hopes to generate at Live Theatre this week, a few ripples of nostalgia might be discernible. It will be 21 years since Dave Johns made his stand-up debut.