Arts & theatre in Newcastle & North East, shows, plays

Innovation at Garden

A double launch took place last night at The Alnwick Garden which bodes well for art lovers and producers in Northumberland. Read

Epic lives up to promise

Tony Kushner's epic masterpiece has been widely lauded as one of the defining works of the late 20th Century and Daniel Kramer's breathtaking production lives up to all expectations. Read

Heavenly crossover

After watching Part One of Angels in America, I was initially annoyed I had to wait a whole 24 hours until I could see the second, and concluding, Part Two: Perestroika. Read

A tragedy that has it all

Young reviewer Sean Thompson watched the RSC's Coriolanus at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, which runs until tomorrow. Read

Shock and awe as the RSC delivers

The Royal Shakespeare Company roared back into Newcastle last night with a suitably roaring play full of military and political blood and thunder. Read

Duckling odyssey draws in students

Rock promoter Geoff Docherty helped major rock groups including The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin take flight in the North-East. Read

Angels hit the heights

Young reviewer Ruth Lawson was at part one of Angels In America: Millennium Approaches at Northern Stage in Newcastle last night. The play runs until May 26. Read

Dazzling and a bit bespangled

The bones of a monster moggy are just one new draw at Baltic today. David Whetstone reports. Read

Musical extravaganza that's right up your street

42nd Street, Sunderland Empire Theatre, until May 26 - The musical of musicals is enjoying its latest revival and I have a sneaky suspicion North-East audiences are going to be pleased as punch. Read

Bumper RSC season begins

The extended Royal Shakespeare Company Newcastle season opens tonight. Entertainment Editor Gordon Barr has the details. Read

Top performers in our schools

More than 250 students took part in this year's National Theatre Connections festival at Newcastle's Theatre Royal. Our young reviewers were there to take in some performances. Read

Writing's on wall

Kate Moss and Madonna are among those who have sent Graham Dolphin back to the drawing board. On the eve of his biggest exhibition, the Newcastle artist talks to Tamzin Lewis. Read

Noddy stands the test of time

My colleagues may have been fighting over the latest Arctic Monkeys tickets, but I had a slightly less trendy request for my editor. Read

'Panto's going to be our best yet'

Pop star Faye Tozer, best known as one-fifth of the group Steps, is to star in Aladdin at Newcastle Theatre Royal this Christmas. Read

Accessible opera makes a comeback at theatre

It must be 25 years since Placido Domingo, the great Spanish tenor, performed at The Journal Tyne Theatre. Read

Angels in chaos

Northern Stage plays host to an acclaimed two-part work this week and next. Entertainment Editor Gordon Barr has the details. Read

Music well worth a look

Art and music meet in an exhibition in the back room of a Newcastle record shop. Read

Anything you write will be used in evidence and could earn £750

There is still more than a month for writers and aspiring writers to enter the Criminal Shorts competition. David Whetstone explains how. Read

A spooky night out

There will be some strange goings-on at a Tyneside theatre this week. Entertainment Editor Gordon Barr has the details. Read

Sisters are searching for meaning in a modern world

This is a fairly bleak play by Anton Chekhov and Cheek by Jowl's subtle interpretation, directed by Declan Donnellan, is a dark one. Although the play opens with the bittersweet lightness of a naming day, it quickly descends into gloom with much of the action taking place by candlelight. Read

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