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Music: Music is the food of love for pair

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

If music is the food of love then prepare yourself for a Valentine’s Day feast, as BARBARA HODGSON reports

Book Reviews: Post-Fleming Bond novels are being reissued

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

“JAMES BOND changed down into third gear, drifted the Saab 900 Turbo into a tight left-hand turn, clinging to the grass verge, then put on a fraction more power to bring the car out of the bend.”

The Journal Culture Club: Spaghetti Western Orchestra ticket offer

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:43:00 GMT

CULTURE CLUB members have the chance to take advantage of an exclusive ticket offer to see Spaghetti Western at The Sunderland Empire on Sunday, February 19 for just £15!.

The Journal Culture Club: Leap into love this February – WIN one of two couple’s passes to a romantic English Heritage site in the North East!

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:38:00 GMT

ENGLISH HERITAGE has teamed up with The Journal Culture Club to offer two lucky couples the chance to experience some of the region’s romantic hot spots, with a free trip to one of its stunning North East properties.

The Journal Culture Club: Win tickets to the world premiere of Stanford Violin Concerto No.2

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT

CULTURE CLUB members have the chance to win a pair of tickets to the world premiere of Stanford Violin Concerto No. 2, on Friday, March 2, at 7:30pm at Durham Cathedral.

Film Reviews: Review: The Muppets

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

FOR more than 35 years, Kermit The Frog, Miss Piggy and pals have been engrained in our rose-tinted childhood memories.

Film Reviews: Review: The Woman in Black

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I ADMIT to feeling a little excited when I went to this viewing.

Film Reviews: Review: Big Miracle

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IN 1988, countries came together to free three grey whales stranded in the pack ice near Barrow Point in Alaska.

Theatre: Interview: Actress Melanie Hill on new play Nativities

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

SHE may have been living in London for the past 30 years but Sunderland-born actress Melanie Hill still calls the North East home. Which is why she’s delighted to be back in the region in new play Nativities which launches at Live Theatre next Tuesday.

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: 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.

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: Preview: What I Heard About The World at Northern Stage

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

WHILE working for a Sunday tabloid I recall being asked to rip weird and wonderful stories out of magazines such as The National Enquirer and rewrite them as amusing short stories. It was probably journalism in one of its lowest forms but quite harmless, despite the lack of ‘facts’.

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.

Music: Review: Snow Patrol at Metro Radio Arena

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT

IT seems fitting that the winter weather that hit the North East should coincide with a visit by multi-platinum indie alt rockers Snow Patrol.

Music: Review: Paddy Keenan at the Tyneside Irish Centre

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

ON BBC TV last week, Paddy Keenan was described as the Jimi Hendrix of the uilleann pipes.

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.

Theatre: Consett Empire Theatre centenary celebrations planned for spring season

JournalLive — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

WITH 2012 gearing up to be a special year for Empire Theatre in Consett, as it turns 100 years old, its new season is out to make an impact.

Theatre: Review: Blood Brothers at Sunderland Empire

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

YOU just can’t keep a good show down. Since its 1983 debut, Willy Russell’s award-winner has been faithfully doing the rounds and, nearly 30 years on, fans could probably claim to know these brothers better than their own.