The Cramlington Train Wreckers hits Theatre Royal Newcastle on 12th July, bringing the centenary of the 1926 General Strike ...

Joanna Long chats with Nicola Mantalios and Kerris Gibson ahead of their ensemble piece at Live Theatre, Newcastle on Friday ...

From 1st July to 2nd August Queer Pleasure Archive takes up residence in Baltic Library, taking a fresh look at the library collection through a queer lens and making interventions that celebrate ...

We find out all we can about the Gateshead music-maker before their headline show at The Cumberland Arms on Friday 17th July ...

Newcastle’s Dinky Bossetti return this summer with double A‑side Sick Of Myself / Lovebombs, as vocalist/guitarist Jade Mia ...

Twisterella returns to Middlesbrough on Saturday 3rd October with a new wave of artists announced for its 12th edition, bringing another all‑day sweep of emerging music across five city‑centre stages ...

Half a century ago a bunch of suburban school mates from Solihull banded together to form one of the most DIY and lo-fi of groups ever in Swell Maps. With crazy names like Biggles Books and Phones B ...

The Claypool Lennon Delirium sound exactly how you would imagine: Les Claypool’s freak-funk bass thump and Residents-style storytelling mashed-up with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band-era ...

Laura Doyle attempts to get some answers to the burning questions surrounding surreal pop culture phenomenon Salad Fingers, with its creator David Firth If you attended secondary school at any point ...

Given her legendary status as a DJ, it really came as little surprise that Avalon Emerson could effortlessly pivot to a side-gig as a brilliant avant indie floor-filler merchant with 2022’s immaculate ...

NOVUM Festival drops its first wave of events, promising a three‑day takeover of culture, play and performance across ...

I got to work with Ben Taylor (BFI Network) and producer Kate O’Hara to develop the script, as well as getting feedback from ...