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Inspired win for artist George

Art can inspire other art and this was certainly the case with George Shotton who produced a prize-winning painting after a masterpiece at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle left a lasting impression. Read

Dance supremo is heading for London

A prominent figure on the North-East arts scene, dance supremo Janet Archer is now taking her leave. David Whetstone talks to her about a job well done. Read

Play brings out the Beast in Matthew

Behind those protuberant fangs and beneath those rather fetching horns is actor Matthew Cammelle who will be stepping on to the stage at Newcastle Theatre Royal tomorrow (tues) as Beast, opposite Ashley Oliver's Belle, in the musical based on the Disney film. Read

Cobweb baton debut for Adoo

"Cobweb isn't really a proper orchestra," conductor Andy Jackson explains to the audience, "for a start, the string section speak to the wind section." Although an amateur orchestra, Cobweb is a wonderful opportunity for excellent musicians from across the North-East to just turn up to rehearsals and have fun. Read

Drama with a tragic insight

Topicality is generally considered a good selling point in the theatre but the play Ruby Moon could be described as horribly topical. Read

Strains of Victorian melancholy

A once famous Victorian ballad is to be heard again in the latest remarkable happening at Belsay Hall in Northumberland. Read

Parrott proves the perfect stand-in

As recent principal conductor of the London Mozart Players, Andrew Parrott seemed just the man to stand in for the Northern Sinfonia's indisposed music director, Thomas Zehetmair. Read

Pal Svensson Exhibition at the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery

An exhibition of work by Pal Svensson, the artist who has developed proposals for the Durham Sky Bowl, will take place at the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery from the June 9 until July 15. Read

Libraries - we just love 'em

Do you visit libraries and museums and, if not, why not? That is the question North-East families were asked as part of a national Taking Part survey, intended to get to the heart of what local services people really want. Read

Free of that demon now

Mike Oldfield, who shot to 70s stardom at the age of 19 with the conceptual album Tubular Bells, tells Hannah Stephenson how success only added to life's traumas. Read

Time to book in for view of sensation

The Queen is among the many admirers of Gauri Sharma Tripathi. Gauri's performances sell out pretty much everywhere she goes. Read

NDT2, Newcastle Theatre Royal

One of the freshest and most exciting dance companies in the world will be performing for two nights only at Newcastle's Theatre Royal this week. Read

The Adoo movement

Paralysed musician Clarence Adoo rediscovered his ability to play and will now conduct an orchestra. He talks to Tamzin Lewis about a possible world first. Read

Dutch dancers are electrifying

If you thought ballet was boring you've obviously never seen Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2). Read

Shock of the new

Not all new writing is great, but all great writing was once new. That encapsulates the spirit of optimism that underpins the New Writing Festival at the Customs House, South Shields. Read

Music hewn out of the landscape

The Waterboys at The Sage Gateshead - Half way through he tosses it out, as if to get it over and done with. Read

Stars sought for High School Musical

Youngsters in America love High School Musical. Now it's taking off here, as David Whetstone reports. Read

Royal's scene is changing

Before the curtain fell on Coriolanus at the weekend, a pair of the Royal Shakespeare Company's most seasoned performers got a glimpse of the future at Newcastle Theatre Royal. Read

Gory-Olanus

The RSC has been visiting Newcastle for 30 years and their anniversary production of Coriolanus is typical of the high standard we have come to expect from the UK's leading theatre company. Read

Homage to the power of the pen

Anybody who needs convincing that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword would do well to read this incredible anthology. Read

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