Hope everyone has a great #RSD2021 and the queues stay healthy all day! only-in-newcastle.co.uk/focus-on-newca…

A new play by Steve Byron about what it is to get old is bringing real, live actors back to the stage Alphabetti Theatre this week. Directed by Karen Traynor, Sucking Eggs opens on Tuesday. Our Sam Wonfor🌻 can't bloody wait. only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/preview-…

Behind the Counter is a 12-part video series telling the stories behind the wonderful world of independent record shops. This week's instalment focuses on... us! Thanks to ClassicAlbumSundays, Record Store Day UK and Bowers & Wilkins!

Great to see Neville Hall with a new lease of life. The Common Room has announced a launch festival about NE engineering feats. Talks, exhibitions... even Lego. This is a £8.9m development backed by The National Lottery Heritage Fund with (due to Covid) £1.2m still to find. thecommonroom.org.uk

We're #BackToLive with a great season of live performances from 2 September. Kema Kay @TamsinDaisy @_oliviahannah_ The Six Twenty Your Aunt Fanny @BonnieBonnettes @JaniceOkoh Stephen Joseph Theatre

There's still loads of time to see Franko B's exhibition Things That Make Me Cry The Globe Gallery. David Whetstone has been and managed to have a chat with Franko to boot. Read all about it why don't you? only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/franko-b…

As it prepares to reopen its doors in the autumn, People's Theatre is inviting online audiences to take their seats for Queers - a collection of monologues first commissioned in 2017 by BBC and curated by Mark Gatiss 💙 for the Gay Britannia series. only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/preview-…

Morning. Here’s a little update about this week :)

*Premiere klaxon* Alphabetti Theatre press play on Pause this week - laura lindow's new coming-of-age play celebrating losing yourself in the magic of the movies. Yes please. only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/preview-…

Have you been on our family Art in Action Trail? 🌱 Please share your thoughts in this short survey ➡️ bit.ly/3qUKvM0 Your feedback helps shape our future family events and activities - thank you 💚

Been to Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art to see Sutapa Biswas' exhibition, Lumen, yet? David Whetstone has and can strongly recommend only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/exhibiti…

The annual exhibition from Chilli Studios is particularly special this year. You can find Never Normal Vane until July 27. David Whetstone came away very impressed. only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/exhibiti…

Last night, David Whetstone was Newcastle Theatre Royal for the first time in a very long time. Here's his review of Peter James' Looking Good Dead only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/review-l…

Art expert and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon is giving a Zoom lecture, 'Paintings to see before you die', to raise funds for the reopened The Lit and Phil on Aug 5. He is "a huge admirer" of the place which has lost members during the pandemic. Ticket details at litandphil.org.uk/events/

We're set to have a sunny weekend which makes Saturday morning the perfect time to try our Back to the Future walk. Starts at 10:30am | Tickets £5 Book: ouseburntrust.org.uk/back-to-the-fu…

IMPORTANT UPDATE - Sinderella – An Adult Pantomime Sinderella – An Adult Pantomime will not be going ahead on 21st & 22nd Jan 2022. *Applies to tickets purchased through Tyne Theatre & Opera House or Eventim. For any other bookings, please contact your point of purchase.

📢 ATTENTION North East bands & artists! 📢 We need new Demos to review in future issues of the magazine - whether you want some feedback on new material or have a brand new project in the works, we want to hear it! Drop us a line with info & music 👉 [email protected]

Howay the lad! They’re standing in the stalls! Sam De Greef about to take the roof off ⁦O2 City Hall Newcastle⁩ and raise a shedload of cash for ⁦North East Homeless🗯⁩

Howay the lad! Sam Fender blew the crowd O2 City Hall Newcastle away with a relentlessly brilliant gig which also raised more than £130k for North East Homeless🗯. Sam Wonfor🌻 couldn't have been happier to be hot, sweaty and singing her socks off only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/sam-fend…

**Classic Coffee Klaxon** The legendary Coffee Rooms Tyneside Cinema will reopen for the first time since March 2020, and they've had a bit of a spruce up. only-in-newcastle.co.uk/words/tyneside…