Bonnie & The Bonnettes Christmas Spectacular – Live Theatre
Is it bad that I don’t fancy a traditional panto this year? Yes, pantos are great but I’m always on…
cooking | food writing | Newcastle | Nigel Slater | North East | Northern Stage | theatre | Toast
Toast – Northern Stage
I read cook and food writer Nigel Slater’s well-loved memoir Toast when it came out years ago, and despite not being…
PREVIEW – Reasons To Stay Alive at Northern Stage
Matt Haig is one of my favourite writers. I read Reasons To Stay Alive a few years ago after suffering…
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Afghanistan | Khaled Hosseini | North East | Northern Stage | Taliban | theatre | Ursula Rani Sarma
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Northern Stage
There’s nothing like theatre to put your own life into perspective sometimes. Especially when the subject matter involves civil war,…
Them/Us by BalletBoyz – Northern Stage
I feel like I’m a bit behind about the Balletboyz phenomenon (a packed Northern Stage seemed to be big fans…
Wonderland – Northern Stage
Mining is part of my heritage. Both of my grandfathers were involved in mining in the North East, and unfortunately…
Barrie Rutter | Hull Truck Theatre | Jack Lear | King Lear | Newcastle | Northern Stage | Shakespeare | theatre
Jack Lear – Northern Stage (Newcastle)
There’s nothing like Shakespeare (or an adaptation) to make you remember why you fell in love with words in the…
Handspring Puppet Company | Michael Morpurgo | National Theatre | Sunderland Empire | theatre | War Horse | World War 1
War Horse – Sunderland Empire
As an animal-loving, hyper sensitive pacifist, I questioned whether I should go and see War Horse. I purposefully haven’t seen…
Amelie The Musical
A couple of days ago my friend informed me that they had adapted Amelie into a musical and I FREAKED…
Christmas Crackers | Dale Jewitt | Daniel Watson | Henry Lawrence | Katie Powell | Live theatre | Micky Cochrane | Newcastle | North East | Olivia Hannah | Sarah Balfour | Tamsin Daisy Rees | theatre
Christmas Crackers – Live Theatre
Wow, I think the last time I was at the Live Theatre was for last year’s excellent Christmas production, The…
