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On her trolley 

Sophie Willans 

Brexit blues 

Bridget Christie 

Short shrift 

The Calman Before the Storm 

Here comes the sun 

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What’s on in NE1 

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Where to go, what to see 

08 Try this 

See and be seen in NE1 

12 Can do 

Jobs for the boys - and girls... 

16 On the record 

The weird world of Sophie Willan 

18 Funny girls 

The women making us laugh 

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Thicker than water When: March 13 to 18 

Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers is one of the longest running musicals of all time, and after three decades on 

the stage, it’s still playing to packed audiences and traditionally sells out Theatre Royal when it comes to 

town. It tells the captivating tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, 

only to meet again with fateful consequences. There’s a love triangle, imprisonment and tragedy. Think 

EastEnders with great music, and you have the gist. 

Theatre Royal, from £16.50, theatreroyal.co.uk 

Recommends 

10 years of Pride 

When: July 21-23 

News reaches us that Pride is set to return to town 

for its tenth anniversary event this summer with NE1 

named festival sponsor for the third year. 

The free festival, which attracted more than 

73,000 visitors and contributed more than £10.4m 

to the economy in 2016, will include a weekend of 

live music and entertainment at the Town Moor and 

satellite events at venues across the city during June 

and July, including a black tie ball and LGBT youth 

prom. northern-pride.com 

(Not so) secret garden 

Our favourite pop-up bar could be back this summer. 

More than 118,000 people visited Hadrian’s Tipi 

during its eight-week stint next to Newcastle Central 

Station over the festive period, and now there are 

plans for Hadrian’s Enchanted Garden. This time 

around, the bar will be constructed beneath a 

pagoda with a vintage fountain, wisteria, bell jar 

lights, Pimms, gin, a barbecue and ice-cream. 

The new pop-up could… well.. pop up in May or 

June provided it gets the go ahead. Watch this space… 

hadrianstipi.com 

Space age 

When: March 7 

Bowie worshippers are in for a treat when the legendary concert 

movie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars returns for 

one night at Tyneside Cinema. Capturing Bowie and his band at 

London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1973 at the now-infamous 

concert which ended with the shock declaration that it was 

Ziggy Stardust’s last performance, the film screening is followed 

by a new film featuring MOJO editor-in-chief Phil Alexander 

in conversation with Spiders From Mars drummer Woody 

Woodmansey. Tyneside Cinema, £9.75, tynesidecinema.co.uk 

Howzat! 

When: March 15 

Former England cricket captains David Gower and Chris 

Cowdrey take to the boards to reminisce about school, playing 

for England, and why they only 

ever seemed to end up on 

the same team when one of 

of them was captain. 

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UPFRONT 

Fairy tales of 

Newcastle 

When: March 1 to 4 

The darkest operatic fairy tale of 

them all, Hansel and Gretel opens 

up Opera North’s fairy tale season 

at the Theatre Royal, with the 

poverty-stricken youngsters living 

in a tower block and transported 

into a forest fantasy land. 

The company also offers up 

its first-ever staging of Rimsky- 

Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden 

and its twist on the classic tale of 

Cinderella. Can’t decide? 

Try all three. 

Theatre Royal, £9.25 to £62 

theatreroyal.co.uk 

Recommends 

Steaming ahead 

When: March 4 

Discovery Museum’s Steampunk Comic Book Day 

looks a treat, offering the opportunity to draw 

inspiration from 19th Century inventors like Brunel, 

Lovelace and Babbage to make your own work of 

art. You’ll also explore the best of the genre from the 

likes of Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary 

Gentlemen to Kevin J. Anderson’s Clockwork Angels. 

Discovery Museum, £10, discoverymuseum.org.uk 

Could it be magic? 

The Alchemist is set to work its magic on Newcastle 

when it opens its doors at the end of March. 

The much-talked about new headline act at 

intu Eldon Square’s huge new Grey’s Quarter, The 

Alchemist comes from the same people who brought 

us The Botanist and features a global menu and a 

huge cocktail collection. Make ours a Smokey 

Old Fashioned! 

thealchemist.uk.com 

Shhh! 

The go-to brand of fashion editors and stylists, Hush has 

launched a concesssion in John Lewis, Newcastle. Aimed at 

women who like fashion but aren’t slaves to it, Hush is the 

brainchild of Australian Mandy Watkins and key pieces on our 

wishlist this season include star print knits, jersey dresses and a 

wear-with-anything leather jacket. 

www.johnlewis.com 

No comparison 


The stand-up circuit’s self-confessed 

Mr Nice Guy, Stuart Goldsmith tackles 

first-time parenting, countryside living 

and how much compromise is too much 

to make in his award-winning new 

show, Compared to What, 

which heads to The Stand 

any day now. 

No plot spoilers here, 

save to say the show has 

a punch line he spends 

55 minutes building up 

to, but you won’t see it 

coming. Intriguing! 

The Stand 

£10/ £8 

thestand.co.uk 

UPFRONT 

Word 

on the 

Street 

Don’t say we didn’t tell you... 

CHEESY DOES IT 

Coffee shop Simply 

Cheesecake and Friends 

is now open on Dean 

Street, serving up 

breakfast, lunch, tea and - you guessed 

it - cheesecake! facebook.com/ 

simplycheesecakeandfriends.co.uk 

HOME COMING 

North East-born theatre 

director Suba Das is heading 

home to put on the brilliant 

East is East in April. 

Unmissable! northernstage.co.uk 

TEEING OFF 

An animatronic adventure 

golf course with spacethemed 

zones is set to 

open at the old Co-op 

building on Newgate Street. Intriguing! 

DO LOOK DOWN! 

Events in the Sky returns 

for six days in August, when 

top chefs will serve meals 

at a sky table 100ft above 

the Stephenson Quarter. Book now. 

eventsinthesky.co.uk 

GOOD VIBRATIONS 

News reaches us that 

Beach Boys icon Brian 

Wilson will be performing 

his seminal album, Pet 

Sounds, at the Live from Times Square 

festival on August 6. Altogether now... 



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Back for Murs 

When: March 6 & 7 

Not winning the X Factor clearly hasn’t done Olly 

Murs any harm. Following a sell-out tour a couple 

of years ago, the cheeky chappie from Essex is back 

in Newcastle with 24 HRS, apparently a break-up 

album, albeit an upbeat one! 

Metro Radio Arena, from £29.50, 

metroradioarena.co.uk 

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Party like it’s 1399 


A vegan medieval feast? We’re intrigued. Wildflower, 

Newcastle’s newest vegan and veggie café, is taking us 

back to medieval times with an evening of feasting 1400s 

style, albeit with a meat and dairy-free twist. Professional 

storyteller Mica will be bringing Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales 

to life as you dine. 

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Making history 

Out and 

about? 

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@NewcastleNE1 

When: 6 – 11 March 

In 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis 

and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records in 

Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam 

sessions ever. Fast forward six decades and Million 

Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life 

in a show featuring hits like Blue Suede 

Shoes, Great Balls of 

Fire, and Walk the 

Line. Jason Donovan 

plays record producer 

Sam Phillips, the 

man who brought the 

quartet together to 

make history. 

Theatre 

Royal 

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Hedda Gabler 

When: Until March 8 

Victoria Elliott was Denise in Hebburn, 

starred in the X Factor musical I Can’t Sing, 

and is now Hedda Gabler - Ibsen’s great 

part known as the ‘female Hamlet’, at 

Northern Stage. Here’s more... 

You’ve been rehearsing for Hedda by day 

and playing Elizabeth in Dr Frankenstein at 

night. How have you managed? Denial and 

red wine! They’re both dense, psychologically 

intense roles, so you have to be 100% into 

what you’re doing. 

How did you approach such an iconic role? 

She’s an enigma, but it’s a dream come true. 

It’s authentic and true to me. 

The set design from Tom Piper is incredible. 

Selma (Dimitrijevic, the director) and I are 

strong feminists and Tom’s set design really 

works with that; it’s masculine and strong. 

How do you cope with a short, intense 

rehearsal period? It’s like being in Big 

Brother. You spend all this time locked up 

with eight people until you feel like you’re 

going mad. 

Tell us about playing Denise in Hebburn. It 

polarised people. I’d be sat in a pub and hear 

punters behind me talking about how s*** it 

was but others loved it. 

What next? I’m giving myself a 

couple of months off to co-write a onewoman 

show I want to take to the Edinburgh 

Fringe. I’ve also been through an awful breakup 

and I’m now on the apps, as a 35-year-old 

woman trying to maintain some dignity. 

Northern Stage, from £13 

northernstage.co.uk 


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Quentin Blake 

at the Laing 

When: From March 11 to July 8 

Probably the best-loved illustrator on the 

planet, a show of Sir Quentin Blake’s work 

is heading to Laing Art Gallery. 

Fans of his work, and of the books of 

Roald Dahl and David Walliams, which 

feature his pictures, will recognise his 

style instantly, and in advance of the 

show, here’s more to whet your appetite: 

Blake started collaborating with Roald 

Dahl in 1975 and went on to illustrate 

classics including The Witches, Matilda, 

and The Twits. He says The BFG was his 

favourite project with Dahl. 

Blake only ever wears white plimsolls, 

despite the fact that Dahl teased him for 

going out to dinner in them. 

Preferring to draw from imagination 

rather than reference, he says drawing is 

“like acting and I get to play all the parts”. 

Blake illustrated Great Day for Up for 

Dr Seuss, the first book Seuss did not 

illustrate himself. 

He has also found “enormous 

satisfaction” in painting works for the 

walls of hospitals, mental health units and 

maternity wards in the UK and France. 

One of his toughest jobs was working 

on Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen’s Sad 

Book, which details his grief after losing his 

18-year-old son Eddie to meningitis. 

He also illustrated a previously lost 

Beatrix Potter manuscript telling The Tale of 

Kitty-in-Boots, which was published for the 

first time last year. 

He says his greatest achievement is 

“keeping going,” adding, “somehow, I 

haven’t gone out of fashion. If my drawings 

encourage and inspire people, I find it very 

touching.” 

Laing Art Gallery, March 11 to July 8 

laingartgallery.org.uk 


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NE1 CAN 

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Just the job 

As the old saying goes, it’s not what you know, 

it’s who you know, and Newcastle city centre 

Business Improvement District Company NE1 

Ltd is bringing both into play to create job 

opportunities and raise aspirations among 

young people. 

The new NE1 Can initiative aims to boost 

job prospects and improve skills and education 

training for people in Tyne and Wear. 

Using NE1’s extensive relationships with the 

city’s business community, NE1 Can provides 

direct links between 1,400 business members 

and young people seeking work, opening up 

employment opportunities and raising aspirations. 

The initiative has hosted one of its first 

workshops, which saw 40 youngsters from 

Newcastle schools attend an NHS careers insight 

event, Day in the Life of a Doctor, and NE1 Can 

is working with a growing number of schools, 

colleges and employers including the NHS, Marks 

& Spencer, Leeds Building Society, Nigel Wright, 

and NRG. 

Events are planned in the coming months with 

Virgin Money, Bond Dickinson and others. Check 

the website for more details. 

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TUNE IN 

Satisfaction guaranteed When: March 9 

Two of Britain’s most exciting soul acts have joined forces to create a funky Otis Redding tribute, which BBC 

Funk and Soul stalwart Craig Charles has described as “cool, slinky and tight in all the right places”. 

Performing 20 of the music legend’s best-known tracks, Mudibu and The Jezebel Sextet offer up a show 

steeped in raw soul and 1960s RnB. Pure, unadulterated, foot-tapping joy. 

Sage Gateshead, £18.81, sagegateshead.com 

Dog days 

When: March 1 

Festival band Police Dog Hogan say Newcastle has been on their 

wish list for ages, and they’re making their Newcastle debut with 

a gig at The Cluny. 

Playing an eclectic mix of country, folk and bluegrass, the 

group was formed in London by vocalist James Studholme and 

fiddle player Eddie Bishop. It’s now an eight-piece with fiddle, 

banjo, mandolin, accordion, trumpet, keyboards, bass and 

drums. The musical equivalent of everything but the kitchen 

sink, it promises much. 

The Cluny, £16.50, thecluny.com 

Hit the decks 


Two stand-out club nights to come begin on March 9 with 

Daphni (aka Caribou), who plays All Night Long at WHQ; the 

result, we are told, of him asking his mates to nominate the best 

gigs around the world. His pals Kieran ‘Four Tet’ Hebden and Sam 

‘Floating Points’ Shepherd told him to play WHQ, and here he is. 

On March 10, meanwhile, Rub 

a Dub Dub & Hospital Records 

present Hospitality with 

Danny Byrd, Dimension, DJ 

Hazard (pictured), S.P.Y., Danox 

& Haxby, MC Texas & Aems MC 

in one of the biggest Drum 

& Bass line ups for a long 

time at Boiler Shop. 

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Second chance 

When: March 9 

It’s been a tumultuous few years for 

Middlesbrough-born James Arthur. 

Dropped from Simon Cowell’s record 

label after getting involved in spats with 

just about everybody, Arthur has now resigned 

with Syco and is back to his raspyvoiced 

best with his Back from the Edge 

album. See him in town any day now. 

02 Academy, £33.60 

academymusicgroup.com 



FUNNY GIRLS 

SOPHIE’S W RLD 

With 

As International Women’s Day hits town, Liz Hands 

delves into a fantastic bill of women’s comedy heading 

into Newcastle, beginning with Sophie Willan 

With a heroin-addicted mother 

who had a schizophrenic partner, 

comedian Sophie Willan grew up 

in and out of the care system and 

boucing between family members 

and foster parents. Aged 23, she was 

handed a file which detailed years 

of reviews by social workers, and 

made the unusual decision to turn 

the material into a stand-up show, 

On Record, which she’s bringing to 

Newcastle. Here’s how she finds the 

funny in the most unlikely places… 

How have you found comedy 

in this personal tragedy? Oh, 

there’s lots of humour in any family 

dynamic. People on the outside 

might not see it, but if you open it 

up and invite people in they can 

see the humour. By the end of the 

show, the characters have become 

humanised and the audience finds 

my mum and her partner lovable. 

Were you hurt by what those 

social workers said about you? 

I’m reclaiming the negative 

language they used about me; that I 

was rebellious, defiant and rude. 

How do you cope with criticism 

of your mum? People say why 

doesn’t she get a job, but I ask would 

you want her to get one? She gets 

frightened being in a queue, let 

alone on a check-out with a queue 

coming towards her. Comedy can 

make people think about their preconceptions. 

Is there a wider message? There 

are so many cuts to mental health 

services and so much grossly 

negative representation like TV’s 

Benefits Street, and individual 

blaming of people really winds me 

up. On Record isn’t, ‘oh my God, 

this has happened to me’; there’s a 

wider narrative there. 

Who makes you laugh? My 

grandma introduced me to Victoria 

Wood and Julie Walters, and I love 

Susan Calman and Josie Long. 

Comedy’s opened up for women; 

you don’t have to break down preconceptions 

that we aren’t funny. 

When you get great reviews, 

does it pile on the pressure? No, 

it’s great to be well received, but 

while reviewers are great, it’s the 

audiences who will be there with 

you show after show; that’s why I 

love touring. 

Sophie Willan: On Record, March 9, £10/£8, Northern Stage www.northernstage.co.uk 

How do you deal with nerves? 

If there’s lots going on, like in 

Edinburgh, it feels like there’s a lot 

of pressure, but when it’s 

just me and the audience I 

don’t get nervous. I 

get to the venue 

early, go through my 

set and get myself 

mentally prepared. 

Describe your humour 

Observational, personal; 

observations about wider 

social narratives made through 

my experiences of childhood, my 

mother and growing up. I need 

to be personally connected to 

the comedy. 

What about your new book? 

There are so many pieces of work 

about those growing up without 

parents, but how great would it be 

if they had been written by people 

who actually had that experience? 

Stories of Care features works of 

fiction written by real care leavers. 

What’s next? I’m on Alan Davies’ 

As Yet Untitled show in April, with 

Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ivo Graham and 

Susan Calman. I can’t wait! 

FUNNY GIRLS 

POWER LIST 

the election of US President 

Donald Trump, female gender 

equality is big news, which means 

International Women’s Day (IWD) on 

March 8 is especially relevant this 

year. Try these events: 

BEST FOOT FORWARD 

When: March 8 

Follow in the footsteps of Newcastle 

suffragette Kathleen Brown in a free 

walk for IWD with Newcastle City 

Guides. See where she celebrated, 

demonstrated and was imprisoned, 

and witnesses the unveiling of a 

Blue Plaque in her memory. Meet at 

10.30am at The Royal Station Hotel, 

finishing at the top of Grey Street. 

www.newcastlegateshead.com/ 

city-guides 

MUSICALLY SPEAKING 

When: March 5 

Enjoy a special IWD concert with 

Coven ’17, three of folk’s finest 

and most forthright female acts - 

O’Hooley & Tidow, Lady Maisery, and 

Grace Petrie. 

The Cluny, £14, thecluny.com 

SWEETNESS AND MIGHT 


See the play Sugar, devised with 

women at Low Newton prison, 

the Women’s Direct Access 

Homelessness Service, and women 

on probation attending the Women’s 

Hub at the West End Women & Girls 

Centre. The play tells the stories of 

three women and exposes routes 

into prison, life behind bars and the 

revolving door which can catapult 

women back into jail. On opening 

night, you can stick around to meet 

the cast. Live Theatre, £10-14 

concessions from £6, live.org.uk 

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FUNNY GIRLS 

Behind every great laugh, there’s 

a hilarious woman. We’re totally 

spoilt for choice with these female 

comedians heading to Newcastle… 

SUSAN CALMAN 

When: March 6 

Talking about her height (lack of it), 

her dress sense (ditto), her sexuality 

(gay) and her love of swearing, The 

Calman Before the Storm is an act 

of genius from a comedian at the 

top of her game. Northern Stage 

£16.50, northernstage.co.uk 

JOSIE LONG 

When: March 7 

Fresh from the international success 

of her show Cara Josephine, Long 

returns with Something Better - all 

about optimism, hopefulness and 

people and things to look up to. The 

Stand £12/£10 the stand.co.uk 

Eleanor Conway 

BRIDGET CHRISTIE 

When: March 6 

Christie manages to find the funny 

in Brexit and whatever your political 

views, her Because You Demanded It 

show gets our vote. The Stand £16 

thestand.co.uk 

Josie Long 

IMAGE CREDIT: ©Steve Ullathorne 

ELEANOR CONWAY 


Sex, Sambuca and the addict that 

lies within us all features in this 

former music journalist’s act, Walk 

of Shame, which draws on years of 

parties around the world with the 

likes of 50 Cent and Justin Bieber. 

Tyne Theatre and 

Opera House, £11 

tynetheatreandoperahouse.co.uk 


Susan Calman 

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HAIR FLAIR 

HAIR FLAIR 

GET SET FOR 

THE WEEKND 

The Weeknd (yes, it is spelt like that) on sex, drugs, marriage 

and music superstardom, not necessarily in that order 

The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is 

heading to Newcastle, albeit without 

his famous hair, having cut it off in 

favour of a more groomed look. A 

renowned lothario and lover of Selena 

Gomez, here’s what he has to say… 

On being a man of mystery: “We live in 

an era when everything is so excessive, 

so it’s refreshing for people to be like, 

‘Who the f*** is this guy?’ My career 

is going to be long, because I haven’t 

given people everything.” 

On Taylor Swift copping a feel of his 

hairdo at a Grammys party: “She was 

just drawn to it. And, of course, I’m not 

going to be like, ‘hey, can you stop?’ I 

mean, it felt good!” 

On being a lothario: “I’ve had a lot 

of sex.” 

On living in a haunted house in LA: 

“I hear voices sometimes. I heard the 

Hollywood hills lie over Indian burial 

grounds, but maybe it’s just the wind.” 

On the food of his Ethiopian heritage: 

“It’s the best, man. But it’s very 

fattening. Ethiopian mothers like to 

have chubby kids.” 

On making music while under the 

influence: “When I had nothing to do 

but make music, it was heavy, so drugs 

were a crutch. There were songs on my 

first record that were seven minutes 

long - rambling and whatever thoughts 

I was having under the influence. I can’t 

see myself doing that now.” 

On exercise: “I’m unhealthy when I’m 

working, and start working out when I 

go on tour. As long as my face looks OK, 

I’m good.” 

On his theme for the Fifty Shades of 

Grey film soundtrack: “The film and 

my music are a match made in Heaven. 

My work is very Fifty Shades of Grey.” 

On kids and marriage: “I’m the kind 

of guy to have kids before getting 

married. Marriage is scary, man.” 

On overcoming nerves: “I’m not up 

there lip-syncing, I don’t have backup 

dancers, I don’t have crazy s*** 

going on; It’s all about me and the 

microphone. I used to go on stage 

drunk because of nerves, but you have 

to fight it and now I feel like people are 

more nervous to see me than I am to 

see them.” 

Metro Radio Arena, March 11, from £30, metroradioarena.co.uk 



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LISTINGS 

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LISTINGS 

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Your go-to guide to 

NE1 goings-on 

Night at the 

Oscars 

March 10 

MUST SEE 

The Royal Northern Sinfonia play 

Oscar-winning scores. £12. 

Sage Gateshead 

sagegateshead.com 

Evan Dando - 

only UK date 

March 4 

MUST SEE 

Grunge god and former Lemonheads 

frontman Dando plays his only UK 

date of his current tour. £22. Wylam 

Brewery, wylambrewery.co.uk 

MUST SEE 

Dr Frankenstein 

Until March 11 

Psychologically disturbing 

new version of Mary Shelley’s 

Frankenstein. 

Northern Stage 


Post-modern 

Jukebox 

March 9 

MUST SEE 

Scott Bradlee reimagines music 

and frames it in new ways. From 

£28.50, 7pm. Newcastle City Hall, 

newcastlecityhall.org 

One-Off 

Events 

March 4 

Great North Nights 

Grown-up sleepover. £75. 

Great North Museum: Hancock, 

greatnorthmuseum.org.uk 

March 7 

Ladies Lunch Club 

Food and fizz. £27.50, 11am. 

Blackfriars, 

blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk 

March 11 

Championship Lunch 

£22.50, 12pm. 

Blackfriars, 

blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk 

Art 

March 2-April 8 

Monica Ross 

Critical fine art exhibition. 

University Gallery, 

northumbria.ac.uk/ 

universitygallery 

Until March 4 

Northern Portraits 

Work by Aidan Doyle, Charlie 

Parker and Steve Lyon-Bowes. 

Newcastle Arts Centre, 

newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk 

March 4 

Up and Out 

NewBridge Project, 

thenewbridgeproject.com 

March 11-July 8 

Quentin Blake, Inside Stories 

Legendary illustrator. 

Laing Gallery, 

twmuseums.org.uk/laing 


Out There: Our Post-War 

Public Art 

Sculptures and structures 

created 1945-1985. 

Bessie Surtees House, 

historicengland.org.uk 

Until April 15 

Paola Ciarska 

Miniature paintings. 

Gallagher & Turner, 

gallagherandturner.co.uk 

(until March 15) / Globe 

Gallery, globegallery.org 

Shunga 

Japanese woodblock prints. 

Gallagher & Turner, 

gallagherandturner.co.uk 

Until May 14 

Disappearance At Sea – 

Mare Nostrum 

Group exhibition drawing 

attention to the journey of 

migrants and refugees across 

the Mediterranean Sea. 

Baltic, balticmill.com 

Until June 4 

Wrot 

Holly Hendry creates a geology 

of oozy forms peppered with 

comic elements. 


Modern Visionaries 

Inspired self-portraits by 

some of the world’s most 

famous artists. 

Laing Gallery, 

twmuseums.org.uk/laing 

Club 

Every Monday 

Digital Mondays 

Born to dance! 

Digital, yourfutureisdigital.com 

Club Tropicana 

Fun and sunshine! 

House of Smith and Floritas, 

house-of-smith.com 

3Some 

Naughty fun for Mondays. £3. 

Beyond Bar & Grill, 

beyondbar.co.uk 

Every Tuesday 

Hustle 



Waikiki 

House of Smith and Floritas, 


Lovedough 

Best of hip hop and RnB. 

Tup Palace, tuptuppalace.com 

Ill Behaviour 

Student dance night. 

Cosmic Ballroom 

Every Wednesday 

Project Pop 

DJ Steven Leslie, free. 



Dirtiz 

Perdu, perdubar.com 

Playground 

With Joe Peel, Loja Garden 

and DiscoAIDS. £5. 

Tup Tup Palace, 

tuptuppalace.com 

Shake 

The CUT, facebook.com/ 

thecutnewcastle 

Naked 

House of Smith, 


Legends 

Illegitimate, 

voodoonewcastle.com 

Every Thursday 

Quids In 

Student anthems. £1. 

Illegitimate, 

voodoonewcastle.com 

SinSeven 

Start your weekend here! 



Rebel Thursdays 



Off The Record 

Music for the soul. 

Music Slash Art, 

musicslashart.com 

Jungle 



Every Friday 

Kyoto 

RnB, grime and house. 

Riverside, 

riversidenewcastle.co.uk 

Fusion 

Chart, house, dance. 



Dirty Little Secret 



Jukebox 

Alt. music. 



Skull Kandi 

DJs, drinks and dancing. 

Floritas & House of Smith, 


Fridays with DJ Jay Rockwell 

RnB, disco, house & classics. 





LISTINGS 

Send your event listings to listings@ne1magazine.co.uk 

LISTINGS 

Arts and Crafts 

Market 

Grainger Arcade, Grainger Market, Newcastle 

Second Saturday of the month 

9am to 5.30pm 

Directory of regular traders 

- Bitz and Bobz 

- Barbara Kirk 

- Christine Richardson 

- EmeldaK Cat Creations 

- Michelle Douglas 

- Nelly Blue Crafts 

- Pink Pond Laser Design 

- Standsupfront 

- Sterling Crafts 

- Barbara Whale 

- Ray Stephenson 

Phone: 0191 211 5512 

Email: markets@newcastle.gov.uk 

www.newcastle.gov.uk 

www.twitter.com/Nclmarkets 

Feral Fridays 

Digital 2, 

yourfutureisdigital.com 

DirtyPop 

Student Friday. 

O2 Academy, 

o2academynewcastle.co.uk 

Every Saturday 

Infaktion 

Deep, tech and big house. 

Riverside, 


Later 

Steven Dunn & Jason Hopper. 

Lola Jeans, lolajeans.co.uk 

Saturdays at Bonbar 

Electrifying entertainment. 

Bonbar, bonbar.co.uk 

Karacter 

DJs over 3 floors. 

Tiger Tiger, tigertiger.co.uk 

FutureLove 

Dance classics. 

Digital, yourfutureisdigital.com 

Kinky Disko 

The finest disco. 



Simply Saturdays 

DJ session from Adam Walker. 



Jay Rockwell & Jason Hopper 



Dragnet 

Electro, hip hop & disco fun. 



S@S 

The epicenter of class! 



Uplifting Groove 

Diverse tunes. 

World Headquarters, 

welovewhq.com 

R-Tribe 

Cosmic Ballroom 

Projekt 

Deep house and urban. £5. 

O2 Academy, 


Every Sunday 

Persistence 



March 3 

Reasons To Be Cheerful 

With Palms Trax. £14, 11pm. 


welovewhq.com 

Concept 10 (1.3) 

Top DJs. From £12, 10pm. 

Boiler Shop, 

facebook.com/boilershopncl 

March 4 

Wanted 

Top DJs. £8, 11pm. 


welovewhq.com 

March 9 

Daphni 

Renowned DJ. From £7, 11pm. 


welovewhq.com 

March 10 

Concept 10 (1.4) 

Drum & bass. From £10. 

Boiler Shop, 

facebook.com/boilershopncl 

Pirate Material 

With Flava D. £12, 11pm. 


welovewhq.com 

March 11 

Exhale 

My My My March Party. £8. 


welovewhq.com 

Comedy 

March 1, 8, 15 

Red Raw 

New comedy. £3, 7pm. 

The Stand, thestand.co.uk 

March 2-4 

The Weekend Shows 

Mark Maier, John Scott, Caroline 

Mabey, John Gibson, Jonathan 

Mayor. From £12. 


March 5 

Sod The Tories (And Have A 

Nice Week) 

Political panel show. £6, 7pm. 


March 6 

Susan Calman 

£16.50, 7.30pm. 

Northern Stage, 



£16, 7pm. 


March 7 

Josie Long 

£12, 7pm. 


March 7, 14 

Long Live Comedy 

New act night. Free, 8pm. 

Jumpin’ Jacks @ The Dog & 

Parrot, thedogandparrot.co.uk 

March 9 

A Comedy Night That 

Passes The Bechdel Test 

With Liberty Hodes and 

Lauren Stone. £5, 7.30pm. 

Alphabetti Theatre, 

alphabettitheatre.co.uk 

March 9-11 

The Weekend Shows 

With Pete Johansson, Paul 

McCaffrey, Cal Halbert, Lucy 

Frederick, Jason Cook, From 

£12, 7.30pm. 


March 10 

Silly Billies 

Off-the-wall comedy. £5. 



March 12 

Simon Munnery 

Inventive comedian. £12, 7pm. 


March 13 

Good Grief 

With Richard Gadd. £12, 7pm. 


March 14 

Stuart Goldsmith 

Comedian’s Comedian 

Podcast host. £10, 7pm. 


Dance 

March 11 

Savages 

Scandi-influenced. £12.50. 

Dance City, dancecity.co.uk 

Film 

Empire Cinemas, The Gate, 

empirecinemas.co.uk 

March 3 

Logan 

March 9 

NT Live: Hedda Gabler 

March 10 

Kong: Skull Island 

Tyneside Cinema, 

tynesidecinema.co.uk 

March 1 

Meet the Filmmaker: Free Fire 

+ Q&A with Ben Wheatley 

March 2 

Bringing in Baby: Moonlight 

Live Satellite Q&A: Dancer 

From March 3 

Viceroy’s House 

Certain Women 

Multiple Maniacs 

March 4, 11 

Children's Film Club: TBC 

March 5 

Screening Women: Fish Tank 

March 7 

Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders 

From Mars 

March 8 

Screening Women: Winter’s 

Bone 

March 9, 15 

NT Live: Hedda Gabler 

From March 10 

Elle 

The Age Of Shadows 

The Love Witch 

March 11 

John Waters: Pink Flamingos 

From March 13 

Cameraperson 

March 14 

Brit Rock Film Tour 

Kids 

Permanent Exhibitions 

Exhibitions At Life 

Young Explorers Zone for 

under 7s, Curiosity Zone, 4D 

Motion Ride, Planetarium, 

Science Theatre. 

Life Science Centre, life.org.uk 

Every Mon-Sat 

Under 5’s Music Making 

Concerts and classes. £3. 

Sage Gateshead, 



Saturday Storytimes 

Free, 10.30am, 11.30am. 



Planet Music 

For ages 5-7. £3, 1pm. 



Every Sat & Sun 

Busy B’s 

Inspired by Baltic exhibitions. 

Free, 2-4pm. 


Every Mon & Thurs 

Babies Babble, Play & More 

£3, 1.30pm. 



March 4 

Happily Ever After 

Interactive storytelling. 

Seven Stories, 

sevenstories.org.uk 

Steampunk Comic Book Day 

Make your own comic. £10. 

Discovery Museum, 

twmuseums.org.uk/discovery 



LISTINGS Visit www.getintonewcastle.co.uk for full listings Send your event listings to listings@ne1magazine.co.uk 

LISTINGS 

March 4-5 

Making Space: Paper Circuits 

Construction with card and 

electricity. 


March 5 

Musical Creepy Crawlies 

Interactive workshops. 



March 7 

New Inventors: Fun Forces 

Explore invention and 

innovation. £6, 2pm. 



March 11 

Codebreaking 

Test your skills. £5, 11am. 



March 11-12 

Making Space: Soldering 

Solder a basic circuit. 


March 12 

Kids Comedy Club 

With host Lee Kyle. £4, 12pm. 



Seeing The Universe In All 

Its Light 

Showcasing ‘big telescopes'. 



Is There Anybody Out There? 

New planetarium show 

about looking for life in the 

Universe. 


Little Bear Goes North 

Planetarium show. 


Chuffing Contraptions 

Exploring engineering & tech. 


Until April 23 

Brick History 

Intricate models made from 

LEGO bricks. 


Until May 14 

Bones: Skeleton Secrets of 

the Animal World 

An enormous selection of 

animal skeletons. 



Until May 21 

Fabricating Histories 

Might-have-been inventions. 



Until June 2017 

Michael Morpurgo: A 

Lifetime In Stories 

Showcasing notebooks and 

manuscripts. 



LGBT 

Every Monday 

The Vault 

Hosted by Anna Morphic. 

The Bank Bar, Scotswood Rd 

Rewind 

Student night. 

Powerhouse, Westmoreland Rd 

PARIS 

With Vicky Paris. 

Eazy St, eazy-street.co.uk 

Every Tuesday 

Sing-along-a-Swallows 

Karaoke night. 



Midweek Madness 

Hosted by Gloria Hole. 


Generations 

With Vicky Paris. 



Northern Proud Voices 

Community choir. £3, 7pm. 

The Mining Institute, 

northernproudvoices.co.uk 

Thirsty Thursday 

Party tunes. 


Miss Lucy 

A night hosted by Miss Lucy. 


Every Friday 

Camp, Chart and Cheese 

With Gucci Gabore. 


Mutha’s Mix Up 

Camp & pop. 

SR44, Scotswood Rd 

I Luv PH 

Weekend warm up. 


Beauty Killer’s Big One 

Top tunes! 


Every Fri & Sat 

Cabaret Show 

From £5. 7pm Fri, 6&10pm Sat. 

Boulevard, 

boulevardnewcastle.co.uk 


Party Anthems 

With Dixie Swallows. 


The Pink Club 

The Pink Room, 

Westmoreland Rd 

PH:UK 

Chart, pop, RnB. 


Saturday Night Live 

Vicky Paris and Miss Lucy. 


H**ker Knees 

Deep house. 

SR44, Scotswood Rd 

Every Sunday 

Old School Sunday 

Phyllis Tyne and Ophelia B. 


Fun Day Sunday 

With Miss Vicky Paris. 


March 6 

The Klub Kids Extravaganza 

UK's best queens and stars 

from RuPaul’s Drag Race. 

£28.68, 7pm. 

O2 Academy, 


Markets 

Every Mon-Sat 

Grainger Market 

9am-5.30pm. 

Grainger Market, 

graingermarket.org.uk 

Every Sunday 

Quayside Market 

From 9.30am. 

Quayside Road 

First Fri of the month 

Newcastle Arts’ Steamer 

Artists, designers and artbased 

crafters. 10am-6pm. 

Newcastle Central Station 

Farmers Market 

9.30am-2.30pm. 

Grainger Street 

Second Sat of the month 

Arts And Crafts Market 



Third Sat of the month 

Vintage/Collectables & 

bric-a-brac 



Fourth Sat of the month 

The Art Market 

9am-5pm. 



Music 

Every Monday 

Live Lounge 

With Liam Fender. 8.30pm. 

Newcastle Arms, 

newcastlearms.co.uk 


Take It To The Bridge 

Jazz jam session. £1, 8pm. 

The Globe, jazz.coop 


Acoustic Night 

The Duke of Wellington 

Live Soul Thursday 

Acoustic sets. 8pm. 

Tiger Hornsby, 

tigerhornsby.co.uk 

Every Friday 

Live Music 

Tribute, local & cover bands. 

Trillians, 

trilliansnewcastle.co.uk 

Transitions 

Nu disco and vocal house 

feat. DJ Glen Horsborough. 



Every Sunday 

Live Soul Sunday 



March 1 

Breathe In The Silence 

with Divides 

Alt rock. £6, 7pm. 



Lark Ascending 

£12, 7.30pm. 



Tragedy 

Hardcore punk. £10, 7.30pm. 

Think Tank? @ Digital, 

ssdconcerts.co.uk 

Neon Waltz 

Melodic indie pop. £6, 7.30pm. 

Think Tank? Underground @ 

Head of Steam, ssdconcerts. 

co.uk 

Lukas Graham 

Danish pop and soul. £22.50. 

O2 Academy, 


March 2 

Peter Hook 

Joy Division and New Order 

bassist. £22.50, 7.30pm. 

Boiler Shop, facebook.com/ 

boilershopncl 

The Silk & Bamboo Ensemble 

Free. 1.10pm. 

King’s Hall, ncl.ac.uk/events 

Trash Talk 

Hardcore punk. £12, 7.30pm. 



March 3 

Bonobo and Daktyl 

Electronic. £12, 7.30pm. 



Emma Fisk’s Hot Club 

du Nord 

Jazz standards. £7, 9pm. 

Jazz Café, 

jazzcafe-newcastle.co.uk 

HeartRock Live 

With Ambershift. £5, 7pm. 



The Voluntears 

Indie rockers. £8, 7pm. 

Riverside, 


Future Traditions FARNE Fair 

£12, 7.30pm. 



With Confidence 

Pop punk. £10, 7.30pm. 



March 3-4 

Folkworks Pass It On 

£12, 2pm. 



March 4 

Blind Monk Trio 

Fresh, modern spin on 

chordless trio format. £10. 


Storytelling Lounge 

With Taffy Thomas and Jake 

Evans. £12, 1pm. 



Cath and Phil Tyler 

Folk music. £12, 6pm. 



Folkworks Pass It On 

Shirley Collins and Friends. 

£12, 7.30pm. 



Festival Club 

Special Cabaret. £12, 9pm. 



Talk Like Tigers 

Dream pop band. £5, 7.30pm. 



co.uk 

March 4 

Richard & Adam: The 

Classics Tour 

The brothers from Britain’s 

Got Talent. £22, 7.30pm. 

Tyne Theatre & Opera House, 

tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk 

Evan Dando 

Former Lemonheads 

frontman. £22, 7.30pm. 

Wylam Brewery, 

wylambrewery.co.uk 

March 5 

Martin Harley & 

Daniel Kimbro 

Blues and roots music. £12. 



Decade 

Alt-rock. £10, 7.30pm. 





LISTINGS Visit www.getintonewcastle.co.uk for full listings Send your event listings to listings@ne1magazine.co.uk 

LISTINGS 

March 6 

Evarose 

Melodic alt rockers. £6, 7pm. 



July Talk 

Alt-rock. £10, 7.30pm. 



March 6-7 

Olly Murs 

£29.50, 7pm. 

Metro Radio Arena, 


March 7 

Dave Giles & 

Lewis Fieldhouse 

Acoustic folk. 7pm. 



Lucy Spraggan 

Singer-songwriter. £14.50. 

Newcastle University 

Students Union, nusu.co.uk 

March 8 

The Chris Sharkey Trio 

Rebellious & innovative. £4. 

Jazz Café, 


March 9 

The Music of Otis Redding 

£12, 8pm. 



Balter 

7.30pm. 

Bar Loco, 

barloconewcastle.com 

Gerry Richardson Quartet 

£5, 8pm. 

Jazz Café, 


James Arthur 

X-Factor star. 7pm. 

O2 Academy, 


Cassia 

Indie pop. £6, 7.30pm. 



March 10 

Lack Of Afro 

Multi-instrumentalist. £8. 

Hoochie Coochie, 

hoochiecoochie.co.uk 

Billie Meets Kurt 

Gabriele Heller & Steve 

Glendinning. Free, 9pm. 

Jazz Café, 


Bare Knuckle Parade 

Celtic-influenced melodic 

rock. £6, 7pm. 



X-Factor Live Tour 

£20, 7pm. 



Black Star Riders 

Rock n’ rollers. From £18. 

O2 Academy, 


RNS at the Oscars 

Oscar-winning scores. £12. 



Joe Fox 

Singer-songwriter. £5. 



co.uk 

March 11 

Ruby & The Mystery Cats 

Good-time rock & roll. £3. 


The Weeknd 

Alternative RnB star. £30. 



Folkworks: Luke Daniels 

Award-winning singer and 

composer. £12, 8.30pm. 



Samling Masterclass and 

Concert 

£12, 1.30pm & 5.15pm. 



Crashed Out 

Rock band. 7pm. 

Trillians, 


March 12 

The Wailers 

Reggae legends. £23.62. 

O2 Academy, 


Loreena McKennitt 

£12, 7.30pm. 



The Real Thing 

Soulful pop. £12, 8pm. 



Mortiis & Pig 

Heavy metal. £16, 7.30pm. 



Fvnerals 

Doomy shoegaze. Free, 7pm. 

Trillians, 


March 13 

State Champs 

Pop punk. £14, 7.30pm. 

Riverside, 


March 14 

Mick Shoulder’s Swing 

Manouche 

£7, 8pm. 

Jazz Café, 


Lower Than Atlantis 

Indie rockers. £18, 7pm. 

O2 Academy, 


Us The Duo 

Folk pop. £10, 7.30pm. 



March 15 

Gojira 

Rock behemoths. £25.87. 

O2 Academy, 


A Shot At Discovery 

£6.05, 7pm. 

O2 Academy, 


‘Twitch’ - An Evening with 

Sarah Fisher & Friends 

£12, 8pm. 



Devilskin & Sumo Cyco 

Alternative metal. £11. 



? Pub Quiz 

Every Sunday 

The Hancock 

Win bar vouchers and cash. 

50p, 8pm. 

The Hancock, 

thehancocknewcastle.co.uk 

General Knowledge Quiz 

From 8pm. 

Trillians, 


Every Monday 

Interactive Quiz 

Cash prize. Free, 8pm. 

The Mile Castle, 

jdwetherspoon.com 

Idiots Quiz 

Prove your intelligence! 8pm. 

The Forth, 

theforthnewcastle.co.uk 

Quiz Night For The Intelligent 

Free drinks prizes and buffet. 

8pm. 

The Duke of Wellington 

Interactive Quiz 

From 8pm. 

The Quayside Bar, facebook. 

com/jdwthequayside 

North Terrace 

General knowledge. £2, 8pm. 

North Terrace, Claremont Rd 

Every Tuesday 

Tyneside Bar Cafe Quiz 

Rotating music, film, 

popular culture and general 

knowledge. £5 per team, 

8.30pm. 

Tyneside Bar Cafe, 



Pub Quiz 

Winning team gets a £20 

bar tab. 

The Victoria Comet, 

facebook.com/ 

thevictoriacomet 

Redhouse 

Cash prize and a free pie for 

the winner. 50p, 8pm. 

Redhouse, 

theredhousencl.co.uk 

The Bodega 

£1, 8.30pm. 

The Bodega, 

thebodeganewcastle.co.uk 

March 3 

Sport 

Newcastle Eagles vs 

Glasgow Rocks 

TO 7.30pm. 

Sports Central, 

newcastle-eagles.com 

March 10 

Newcastle Eagles vs 

Cheshire Phoenix 

TO 7.30pm. 

Sports Central, 

newcastle-eagles.com 

March 11 

Newcastle Utd vs Fulham 

KO 3pm. 

St James’ Park, nufc.co.uk 

March 1 

Stage 

Good Dog 

Growing up in a multicultural 

community. From 

£10, 7.30pm. 

Live Theatre, live.org.uk 

March 1-4 

Trajectory 

Two one-act dark and 

comedic plays. £8, 7.30pm. 



Hansel and Gretel 

Operatic fairy tale. From 

£9.25, 7pm. 

Theatre Royal, 


March 2-4 

Cinderella 


£9.25, 7pm. 



March 3 

The Snow Maiden 


£9.25, 7pm. 



You Win Again 

Bee Gees musical. From 

£24.50, 7pm. 

Newcastle City Hall, 


March 4-5 

A Suitcase. A Toothbrush. 

A Ball. 

Extraordinary short plays. 

From £8, 7.30pm. 


March 6-11 

Million Dollar Quartet 

Smash-hit musical. £15, 7pm. 



March 7-8 

An Evening With An 

Immigrant 

Poems, stories and anecdotes. 

Pay What You Feel, 7.30pm. 



March 9 

Scott Bradlee’s Post- 

Modern Jukebox 

Reimagining music and 

framing it in new ways. From 

£28.50, 7pm. 

Newcastle City Hall, 


March 9-11 

Little Shop Of Horrors 

Classic musical. £13.50, 

7.30pm. 



March 10-11 

Sugar 

Play centered on life in 

prison. From £10, 7.30pm. 


March 11 

Closing Party 

Say goodbye to Alphabetti’s 

current home. Free, 7.30pm. 




Dr Frankenstein 

From £15.50. 

Northern Stage, 


March 13-18 

Blood Brothers 

Captivating tale of two twins. 

£16.50, 7.30pm. 



March 14 

Evening with Levison Wood 

Tales from the writer, 

photographer and explorer. 

£20, 7.30pm. 



March 15 

David Gower, Chris 

Cowdrey & The Holy Bail 

Cricket chats and stories £25, 

7.30pm. 



Talks / 

Workshops 

Every Day 

Victoria Tunnel 

Booking essential, times vary. 

Tours start from 55 Lime 

Street, ouseburntrust.org.uk 

Writing Group 

With Victoria Watson. 

Quilliam Brothers, 

quilliambrothers.com 



LISTINGS 

Visit www.getintonewcastle.co.uk for full listings 

Irish Language Lessons 

Develop skills and learn to 

read basic text. Free, 7pm- 

9pm (beginners 6pm-7pm). 

Tyneside Irish Centre, 

tynesideirish.com 

Every Mon & Weds 

Mindful Space 

Meditation and discussion 

for people experiencing mild/ 

moderate mental health 

difficulties. 2.30pm-4pm. 

Third Floor, Broadacre House, 

mindfultherapies.org.uk 

Every Tues, Weds & Fri 

Free Guided Tours 

11.15am. 

Tyneside Cinema, 



Get Started With Drawing 

Introductory classes. Free, 

6pm-8pm. 



Every Weds & Fri 

Body Scan Meditation 

A led body-awareness 

meditation. £3.50, £2 conc, 

1.15pm-2pm. 

Third Floor, Broadacre House, 

mindfultherapies.org.uk 


March 2 

Shadow Wars: The Secret 

Struggle of the Middle East 

Lecture from acclaimed 

author. Free, 6pm. 

The Lit & Phil, litandphil.org.uk 

Shakespeare Club: Henry 

VIII 

With Dr Adam Hansen. Free, 

6pm. 


March 3 

Arctic Turns On The Farne 

Islands 

Illustrated talk with Dr Chris 

Redfern. Free, 7pm. 



March 4 

Cup and Saucer Worskhop 

Create your own. £35, 10am. 

Newcastle Castle, 

newcastlecastle.co.uk 

Teapot Making Worskhop 

Create your own. £35, 1pm. 

Newcastle Castle, 

newcastlecastle.co.uk 

March 7 

Searching For The 

Highest-Energy Particles In 

Nature 

The history of the discovery 

of cosmic rays. Free, 6pm. 


March 10 

Thomas Bewick & His Dogs 

A talk through Bewick’s 

illustrations. Free, 7pm. 



March 11 

Meet The Author: Bryan 

Talbot 

Discussing his Grandville 

graphic novel series. £2, 2pm. 



The Art Of Science 

Workshop led by artist Ruth 

Sheldon. £10, 10am. 



March 13 

Choice Borders 

With historian George M 

Trevelyan. £5, 7.30pm. 


Ana Fernandez Guerra and 

David Murray 

Soprano and piano. £8, 

7.30pm. 


March 15 

Book launch: Rocket Man 

with Cousin Jacks 

Robert Stephenson in 

Columbia 1824-27. Free, 

1pm. 


Gail-Nina Anderson 

Lecture Series 

Three Double Portraits talk. 

£3, 6pm. 


Next issue 

If it’s happening in Newcastle NE1 

it’s in NE1 magazine. 

In the next edition OUT MAR 15 

Quentin Blake 

Irish Music 

Bring your instrument and 

learn to play. Free, 7pm-8pm. 



Trace Your Irish Ancestry 

Free, 7pm-8.30pm. 



Every Friday 

Learn to Play Guitar or 

Ukulele 

Bring your instrument to 

learn with other players. £5, 

11am-1pm. 

Newcastle City Library, 

newcastle.gov.uk 


Rapper Dance Workshop 

£12, 10am. 



Mixed Instrument Workshop 

Open workshop. £12, 12pm. 



Rapper Broken Down - Talk 

Illustrated talk. £12, 12pm. 



Singing Workshop, Raiding 

The Archives 

With Emily Portman. £12, 2pm. 



Newcastle Gin 

and Vodka fest 

Russell 

Howard 

Beauty and 

the Beast 

Send us news of your events: 

listings@ne1magazine.co.uk 

11 March – 8 July 

Admission charges apply. Free entry for children 12 and under. 

New Bridge Street,Newcastle, NE1 8AG • Tel: (0191) 278 1611 

Illustrations © Quentin Blake. 

Exhibition in partnership with 

House of Illustration. 

www.laingartgallery.org.uk

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