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Promotions and special offers on events and entertainment in Newcastle and the North East. en-gb JournalLive http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/wall-e-61634-21362384/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/wall-e-61634-21362384/ THE technical wizards at Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles) dispel the myth that size matters in their latest computer animated fable. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/donkey-punch-61634-21364829/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:29:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/donkey-punch-61634-21364829/ (1hr 39mins) Starring: Nichola Burley, Jaime Winstone, Robert Boulter, Julian Morris, Sian Breckin, Tom Burke, Jay Taylor. Director: Olly Blackburn http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/meet-dave-61634-21364871/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:28:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/meet-dave-61634-21364871/ TWO Eddie Murphys are no better than one. In this family comedy, he plays the leader of a race of one and three quarter inch high aliens on a mercy mission to save their planet. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/it-s-back-to-the-future-for-sigourney-61634-21362385/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/18/it-s-back-to-the-future-for-sigourney-61634-21362385/ THERE isn’t a trace of the action hero about Sigourney Weaver as she describes her latest role in Pixar blockbuster WALL-E. The trademark tough demeanour which shot her to fame is long gone. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/all-that-jazz-61634-21357947/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:09:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/all-that-jazz-61634-21357947/ He may be a brass festival headliner but you can’t pigeonhole Soweto Kinch, as Paul Loraine discovers. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-yngwie-malmsteen-newcastle-carling-academy-61634-21358081/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-yngwie-malmsteen-newcastle-carling-academy-61634-21358081/ EARLIER this summer Joe Satriani thrilled a sell-out Newcastle City Hall crowd with a set rich in emotion and oozing understated cool. It was impossible to ignore that show when assessing fellow guitar hero Yngwie Malmsteen’s approach, and the Swede suffered as a result. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-one-man-star-wars-customs-house-south-shields-61634-21358196/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-one-man-star-wars-customs-house-south-shields-61634-21358196/ I HAD a feeling I was going to be in for a good if unusual night when my friends and I were greeted at the theatre doors by two friendly Storm Troopers. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-the-momenta-quartet-king-s-hall-newcastle-university-61634-21358229/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/17/review-the-momenta-quartet-king-s-hall-newcastle-university-61634-21358229/ THE New York-based Momenta Quartet made the day for a group of music students from Newcastle and Durham universities on its North East debut at the opening of the ¡Vamos! festival, a 10-day celebration of Spanish and Portuguese speaking cultures. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/16/off-to-a-flying-start-as-east-meets-west-61634-21350381/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/16/off-to-a-flying-start-as-east-meets-west-61634-21350381/ THE East 08 strand of NewcastleGateshead’s festivals and events programme resurfaces here in a melding of circus traditions. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/16/force-of-nature-61634-21350465/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/16/force-of-nature-61634-21350465/ In Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery, Yorkshireman Ashley Jackson tells David Whetstone about his art and his life. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/16/review-fiddler-on-the-roof-sunderland-empire-61634-21350476/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/16/review-fiddler-on-the-roof-sunderland-empire-61634-21350476/ I REALLY wasn’t expecting to enjoy this half as much as I did. It’s a lengthy show (two hours and 50 minutes including interval) set in a nation – Tsarist Russia in 1905 – on the brink of upheaval. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/15/take-to-the-stage-61634-21341138/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/15/take-to-the-stage-61634-21341138/ IT'S a British summer so who needs a roof? Natasha Wynarczyk offers a guide to this season’s outdoor theatre. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/15/sea-symphony-for-violinist-jonathan-61634-21341159/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/15/sea-symphony-for-violinist-jonathan-61634-21341159/ VIOLINIST Jonathan Storer is planning a personal sea symphony – swimming the English Channel in aid of mental health charity Mind. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/14/uk-galleries-lining-up-for-the-latest-art-fair-61634-21336738/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/14/uk-galleries-lining-up-for-the-latest-art-fair-61634-21336738/ TWENTY five galleries from around the country have already signed up to be represented at the second NewcastleGateshead Art Fair. The inaugural event took place last year in a marquee between The Sage Gateshead and Baltic. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/14/brinkburn-music-festival-at-brinkburn-priory-northumberland-61634-21336789/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/14/brinkburn-music-festival-at-brinkburn-priory-northumberland-61634-21336789/ THE second weekend of the 15th Brinkburn Music Festival was topped and tailed by the glories of English choral music, the Gabrieli Consort and Players revisiting their Purcell programme from the very first Brinkburn Festival and The Cardinall’s Musick making its Brinkburn debut with a cappella music by William Byrd. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/the-forbidden-kingdom-61634-21323026/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/the-forbidden-kingdom-61634-21323026/ THE Forbidden Kingdom is a hugely entertaining and self-consciously daft yarn that sees martial arts titans Jet Li and Jackie Chan share the screen for the first time. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth-61634-21323025/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth-61634-21323025/ THE fantastical storyline which underpins the remake of Journey To The Centre Of The Earth may continually hark back to Jules Verne’s mid-19th century novel, but Eric Brevig’s film is unquestionably a 21st century beast. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/mama-mia-61634-21323028/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/11/mama-mia-61634-21323028/ DUST off your dancing shoes because Mamma Mia! is a delight. Director Phyllida Lloyd and writer Catherine Johnson, who masterminded the smash hit stage version of the all-singing, all-dancing musical, work their magic here too with a cast including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/eddy-s-tour-to-repay-his-debt-to-fans-61634-21315200/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/eddy-s-tour-to-repay-his-debt-to-fans-61634-21315200/ WHEN I catch up with Eddy Grant, he’s on the road to Liverpool. Hot on the heels of appearances at Glastonbury and Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert, he’s now on tour. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/klondike-is-end-to-miner-s-journey-61634-21317482/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/klondike-is-end-to-miner-s-journey-61634-21317482/ THE lead mining industry has left its imprint on the North Pennines landscape. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/pupils-see-diversity-of-brass-band-festival-as-indian-group-pops-in-61634-21317978/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/10/pupils-see-diversity-of-brass-band-festival-as-indian-group-pops-in-61634-21317978/ BANDS heading to Durham for its extraordinarily diverse International Brass Festival don’t just arrive, perform on stage and leave. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/09/classic-tales-coming-to-seven-stories-61634-21309910/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/09/classic-tales-coming-to-seven-stories-61634-21309910/ Classic children’s stories are coming to life at Seven Stories. David Whetstone talks to illustrator Robert Ingpen about The Wind In The Willows. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/08/connecting-cultures-61634-21302359/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:52:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/08/connecting-cultures-61634-21302359/ CHINESE motifs have been introduced into a Sunderland church as part of a festival of art linking two remarkable cultures. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/08/compelling-journey-into-gloom-61634-21302355/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:49:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/08/compelling-journey-into-gloom-61634-21302355/ ANNA RALPH’S second novel opens with the words of its title: “Before I knew him, when he was still a collection of movements and mannerisms I observed from a distance, when he had no history, no future that I could guess, that is the time that I’d have back.” http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/08/it-gets-my-vote-61634-21302351/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:47:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/08/it-gets-my-vote-61634-21302351/ THE posters for Eurobeat claim "you'll laugh till the tears run down your legs" but can a spoof musical version of Eurovision actually out-cheese the real thing? http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/08/surreal-look-at-troubled-family-61634-21302305/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:42:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/08/surreal-look-at-troubled-family-61634-21302305/ WELCOME to Leenane, “…the murder capital of fecking Europe”. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/07/in-the-frame-61634-21273781/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:51:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2008/07/07/in-the-frame-61634-21273781/ A TALENTED North East artist has won the backing of a gallery for his breakthrough solo exhibition. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/07/the-spell-is-cast-at-brinkburn-61634-21273776/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:49:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2008/07/07/the-spell-is-cast-at-brinkburn-61634-21273776/ IT would be good to report that they put on something special for the 15th Brinkburn Music festival. But then the two-weekend event in the 12th century priory tucked away between the folds of the North Northumberland hills is always something special, so the term would become meaningless. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/07/here-s-your-chance-to-cheat-at-eurovision-61634-21272463/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2008/07/07/here-s-your-chance-to-cheat-at-eurovision-61634-21272463/ IF you watch the Eurovision Song Contest with tongue in cheek, you might enjoy a show which does likewise. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/04/hancock-61634-21226166/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/07/04/hancock-61634-21226166/ WITH great power comes great responsibility … not that bona fide superhero Hancock (Will Smith) cares.