Congratulations to Ben Goldscheider - nominated today for Royal Philharmonic Society 2025 award for instrumentalist of the year! See him Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham this Sunday, 2 February with Huw Watkins and Benjamin Baker Not to be missed! David Whetstone VisitHexham youtu.be/JRaeiM8BYGs?fe…

Nick Cave on DesertIslandDiscuss on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Top drawer in every way. 👏

Screenwriter Peter Straughan discussed Conclave Tyneside Cinema and Live Theatre for New Writing North. Any forthcoming accolades well deserved. CULTURED. North East open.substack.com/pub/culturedno…

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Impressed with this - running all week People's Theatre substack.com/home/post/p-15…

Interview for Cultured North East with Paul Mort from South Shields who stepped back from the brink to help others get their lives on track. New book out from HarperNorth substack.com/home/post/p-15… CULTURED. North East

Another knockout review for #Champion in! David Whetstone CULTURED. North East says 'Ishy Din’s new play is as the title proclaims – a champion piece of writing, as honed and toned as a boxer’s torso and so beautifully presented and performed that you’ll want to punch the air.' Read it

Nic Greenan on her first year running Tyneside Cinema and current priorities- my piece for CULTURED. North East open.substack.com/pub/culturedno… NECulture Newcastle City Council North East Screen BFI

Meet Dani Zareie, a young man earning applause Live Theatre and going places. Enjoyed our chat for CULTURED. North East open.substack.com/pub/culturedno… Project A - Actor Training Company NECulture Arts Council England, North

Very impressed with Berwick Parade. Lucky you if you’re going tonight or Sunday. Well done to all. open.substack.com/pub/culturedno… CULTURED. North East Maltings Berwick English Heritage CultureNorthumberland Create Berwick NECulture Naoki Hiroshima Kim McGuinness

Terrific production this week People's Theatre but the suspense will kill you. Ha! My review for CULTURED. North East open.substack.com/pub/culturedno…

More gold from David Whetstone ...

Hey BBC Football Gossip why so keen to shift Isak out of @nufc? Today’s 2 top items about Isak & Liverpool from fly-by-night websites based on sfa - just 2+2=5. So we’ll swap him for Nunez? Why? Who says? Just pack it in. By the way… NUFC want Salah. Stick that in your goss column.

Peter Bradshaw in conversation with Dave Whetstone | The Body in the Mobile Library and other stories - The Lit & Phil….. come and join us ⁦The Lit and Phil⁩ tonight. It should be fun. litandphil.org.uk/event/peter-br…

Review from ⁦⁦CULTURED. North East⁩ north thank you ⁦Paul Norris⁩ ⁦David Whetstone⁩ culturednortheast.co.uk/p/fun-loving-w…

David Whetstone has written a piece for @Culturemag as a reflection on the work of the North East Culture Partnership and what the horizon looks like. culturednortheast.co.uk/p/goodbye-to-n… Arts Council England Arts Council England, North Historic England Historic England North East The National Lottery North East Combined Authority

You can catch Royal Northern Sinfonia performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Ripon Cathedral on Friday 27 June, St George’s Church, Cullercoats on Saturday 28 June and St Mary’s Church, Wooler on Sunday 29 June. #ACEsupported Full details: buff.ly/srhxmyK

Setting up this afternoon for the Community Day ⁦Linskill Centre⁩ tomorrow 10am - 4pm free entry. We are in the Mitford Room come & say hello & discover more about our activities #NorthShields800

The future is bright for the Tyne Theatre & Opera House and we're proud to support the next chapter of this much-loved Newcastle venue. culturednortheast.co.uk/p/why-the-futu… North East Combined Authority

There's only 1 wk to go until we welcome #OrdinaryDecentCriminal to our stage - playing from next Wed - Sat 26 Jul. Check out this interview in CULTURED. North East as David Whetstone chats to writer Ed Edwards 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 & performer Mark Thomas about this brand new play An ordinary decent