The North East Magazine
“Ersatz” The People’s Play by Kevan Ogden plays the People’s Theatre Newcastle this week until Saturday evening with performances starting at 7.30 pm. The Peoples Theatre is integral to semi professional theatre here in the North East and our cultural life generally. A proud and distinguished part of that heritage is its support for new [...]
The Soul Of Flies (El Alma de Las Moscas) directed by Jonathan Cenzual Burley, starring Andrea Calabrese and Javier Saez is a Spanish film which was selected for the 55th BFI London Film Festival. It is now available on DVD with English subtitles distributed by Matchbox Films/Fusion Media Sales Ltd. An old man is dying. [...]
Written by J.B. Priestley the production plays at The People Theatre until Saturday November 3rd. Our Theatre reviewer Seamus Doran was there on the opening night. J.B. Priestly was an intellectual with the common touch. He had the ability in his writing generally and most particularly in his plays to take difficult issues and subjects [...]
The Deafening Silence is a play written and directed by Carra Jay Willis, Sarah Southern and Kirsty Young and is a Mint Banter production (Let Wa Go) that was performed at The Studio Theatre Royal . Teenage siblings Maisy and Olly have left home, fed up with the house rules of their parents establishment. Fuelled [...]
We’re All Doomed……….. or maybe not ! Conspiracy theorists should have a field day with this modern day soothsayer predicting death and destruction for us all. This DVD documentary film directed by Chris Smith, is centred around a lengthy illustrated interview with writer Michael Ruppert, a former L A policeman turned investigative author. Director Smith [...]