The North East Magazine
Going as strong as ever in its 176th year, Newcastle Theatre Royal has announced a dazzling line-up of new shows for Summer / Autumn 2013. The new programme features some great new shows and old favourites, but always the best combination of dance, drama, musicals, comedy and opera of any venue in the North. Critically acclaimed [...]
The screen adaption of Les Miserables -The Movie starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried, and featuring Helen Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen is an exceptional piece of film making. Directed by Tom Hooper it is based on the epic 19th Century novel by French writer Victor Hugo and the world wide [...]
There’s around ninety minutes of great country music coming your way on today’s American Connection. There’s classic songs from Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Billie Jo Spears and I’ll be playing a track from a Canadian artist who celebrates his seventy fourth birthday today in our Country Birthdays slot. I’ll be taking the usual look [...]
Newcastle Upon Tyne Music Theatre Company present their version of Annie -The Musical at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal from August 28th through to September 1st and this is the blockbuster show to catch when it opens. This warm-hearted musical was first produced on Broadway in 1977 and was later made into a great John Huston movie [...]
With an estimated 100 million album sales the song writer, film and television star and worldwide icon, Dolly Parton is one of greatest selling music artists of all time. A multi Grammy award winner, which includes the most prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, Golden Globe Award winner and Tony Award nominee. The 2008 Backwoods Barbie tour (which features in 9-5 The [...]
Like many more artists who have become known by their first name, just mention Dolly and everyone knows you’re talking about Mrs Parton’s little girl. Her attributes are too many to mention here…..artist, composer, businesswoman, author and many more including actress. Of the latter she debuted in the very successful nineteen eighty 9 to 5 [...]
Here’s a show to warm your heart – a local youth group’s production of Disney movie “Camp Rock”. A musical story about kids by kids, it set in the Camp Rock talent school. Stories unfold of teenage crushes, jealousies, set backs and love and success winning through in the end. It’s a tableau of the [...]
It is 1930′s America, the ‘Great Depression’ rages. The jobless line up to be fed in charity soup kitchens. Spirits run low. What happens? People seek escape into fantasy….players and audiences alike. Then like now! This show tells the story of one such fantasy of how a big dreams girl just in from the country [...]