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Ballet

Thrilled to be dancing in home city

Rambert, which prides itself on being the country’s oldest dance company (centenary coming up in 2026), is on the brink of a Newcastle return — good news for fans and a special thrill for one of its dancers. Conor Kerrigan, who was born in Newcastle and grew up in Gateshead, has been waiting for this …

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Cast of new drama wowed by stunning backdrop

Television

Northumberland is no stranger to offering a dramatic and stunning backdrop to big-hitting feature films and TV winners over the years. Robin Hood, Elizabeth, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, the first series of Blackadder, Transformers – The Last Knight, various tellings of Macbeth, Beowulf and — of course — Vera being some of the best known …

Comedy

Jesterval interval comes to a happy ending

For a good few years in the 2010s, the sight of a massive tent plonked between The Sage (as it was then, Glasshouse pedants) and Baltic meant one thing… lots and lots of laughs. The Jesterval comedy festival, which usually ran for around 10 days, brought a steady stream of top drawer stand ups to …

A novel way to enjoy the summer

Writers and readers are alerted to the summer programme of New Writing North (NWN), that engine of literary enterprise that has worked wonders for all who take pleasure in words. From the humblest of beginnings, the Newcastle-based writing development agency has grown to embrace the North as defined from coast to coast, helping writers in …

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Giving a voice to victims of austerity

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Exhibition

Framing the life of a remarkable trailblazer

It was during a heartfelt service celebrating the colourful life of the legendary Vera Selby that Keith Green, secretary at Ashington Veterans and Elders Institute, described the former snooker world champion as ‘popular, respectful and always in good spirits’. He went on to tell a packed room that ‘Not only was she the only lady …

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