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BIG GAINS Pure Gym, which has centres on St James’ Boulevard HIGH FIVE and Eldon Garden, Good beer and great pubs, with Cheers magazine editor Alastair Gilmour has been named in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 for a second THE BRIDGE TAVERN time after its 2015 sales reached a Wylam Jakehead IPA (6.3% abv) lurks very fit £21.8m. below a set of original Bauhaus lamps puregym.com HITCHED! in an avenue of handpulls and sparkling KISS HIM, KATE! The North East Wedding Show, the biggest of its kind in craft fonts. Strong and complex, and PARTNERING UP The Bolshoi Ballet’s stunning retelling of The the North East, is heading back to Metro Radio Arena. voted Britain’s Hottest Beer, it perfectly North East brewer Taming of the Shrew is beamed live to Tyneside Now in its 16th year, it will feature more than 110 exhibitors. illustrates the pub’s innovative approach. Camerons has Cinema in January. Shakespeare’s comedy has Try on dresses, sample cakes, find fabulous flowers and partnered up been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, striking stationery, and book your perfect honeymoon LADY GREY’S with barbecue opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most hideaway - all under one roof. Quote NE1MAG when booking Mordue Northumbrian Blonde (4.0% abv) smokehouse famous adaptations being Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, your ticket online to get two tickets for £7. is as fresh and zesty as a the revellers Longhorns to Kate and the 1967 film of the play starring Elizabeth Metro Radio Arena, January 16-17 in this belting bar. A leaning towards develop a new menu at Tilleys bar. Taylor and Richard Burton. This time, it’s retold by theukweddingshows.co.uk sweetness, a pucker of lemon and a theheadofsteam.co.uk French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot and flirt with fruitiness slowly melt into one the world-famous Bolshoi dancers. We’re so in love! memorable pub encounter. BEADY Tyneside Cinema, January 24, from £10 Beaded jewellery tynesidecinema.co.uk THE CITY TAVERN specialist Trollbeads As dog-friendly as any country pub, but is bringing sparkle to high on the style. Caledonian Three Hop the city with a new Lager (4.5% abv) is rich, crisp and golden concept store on YOU, TOO… with spicy herbal aromas and earthy Grey Street. The new Gin palace Pleased to Meet You, in High Bridge, has flavours, and a lingering lemon finish. outlet is filled with bracelets and beads unveiled a new look after a £500,000 expansion which to mix and match. trollbeads.com includes new cocktail club Viceroy, a new dining area, THE CENTURION bar, luxury events space, and private dining. A robust example of Victorian opulence. ESSENTIAL SHOPPING Owner Ladhar Leisure’s plans in the city BEHIND THE SCENES AT Under the tight creamy head of Handbag Clinic has also include a Neapolitan- THE MUSEUMS Camerons Strongarm (4.0% abv) lies a popped up on inspired pizza and cocktail Explore the hidden treasures of the Discovery toffee-rich, ruby red ale balanced by a Mosley Street, venue opposite Central Museum and Great North Museum: Hancock with bitter-sweetness and soft hop finish. offering repairs Station and the White guided behind-the-scenes tours in January. on handbags and Hart Yard development The Arcs and Sparks tour at Discovery delves into a vast DAT BAR leather goods, fixing which will introduce collection of historic electrical inventions, while at At Great Punk brat meets bold sophistication. worn red Christian Louboutin shoe new food and drink North Museum: Hancock you can explore vast collections The impressive list of craft beers soles, and selling some of the world’s destinations to Grey of archaeology, natural history, and cultural relics. includes Anarchy Brew Co Strait Jacket most sought-after pre-loved handbags. Street. High Bridge Discovery Museum, January 6, discoverymuseum.org.uk (3.6% abv) - a golden beer packed with handbagclinic.co.uk ptmy-newcastle.co.uk Great North Museum: Hancock, January 9 big American hop flavours. greatnorthmuseum.org.uk 4 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 5 UPFRONT UPFRONTNEWS

HOT NEWS! Indian street food pioneer Dabbawal has been named the UK’s Best Casual Dining Restaurant in the country’s biggest annual Indian restaurant awards - the British Curry Awards 2015. Dabbawal was recognised for leading the UK street food craze which has taken hold since it opened its first kitchen in Newcastle in 2010. Since then, its High Bridge restaurant has led a ON THE TERRACES revolution in casual dining, with their unique take on traditional Indian street food served in its buzzing With Newcastle Utd fan urban kitchens. High Bridge, www.dabbawal.com Paul Dixon

Someone asked me what Christmas SPOOK NIGHT meant to me. Being an ageing cynic, With the dark nights here to stay, there’s nothing like a spooky FOR HIRE I said that it meant 10 days off and story to set the mood and test the nerves. Get your thinking caps on, people – Andy Zaltzman is more football. The hallowed halls of The Lit & Phil play host to an evening returning to The Stand with his Satirist for Hire show and What it traditionally means for of supernatural tales told by historian Gail-Nina Anderson, he needs your queries, complaints, and general gripes. Newcastle United supporters, of poet Sean O’Brien, and crime writer Ann Cleaves. The popular political comic is a master of weaving tales course, is a mixture of defeats and The Grade II-listed building is the perfect location for a around complex subjects. Whether you’re exasperated trying to find someone sober to drive spooky night in - just watch out for what lurks behind those old by economics, piqued by politics, or wound up about the you to and from the games during the bookshelves. Prepare to be severely spooked! world – Andy’s your man! festive period, as Arriva is still to grasp The Lit & Phil, January 6, £5, www.litandphil.org.uk The Stand, January 12, £12, thestand.co.uk the concept of ‘public’ and ‘transport’ in the same sentence. On Planet Football of course, Christmas and New Year is a time of TOON TWEETS frenzy matched only by WAGs in a silly A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GOT PEOPLE TWEETING… TWEET US @NEWCASTLENE1 hat sale. It’s the time when the transfer GET INTO NEWCASTLE DAISY TURNELL UPSIDE DOWN PRESENTS (@61SIDE): window gives clubs a final chance to (@NEWCASTLENE1): (@DAISY_TURNELL): Building Tyne Bridges with pull away from the relegation zone, NE1 making the case at No.10 Christmas Sunday lunch at @thecluny @IAmChrisRamsey who came by @61side to a last throw of the dice to cling to yesterday with BCSC. Real interest in + Steph’s homemade cake too... collect his @NewcastleNE1 the Premiership. It would be nice if our capital projects. #ImpatientElf Newcastle weren’t involved, but like Christmas without Slade, it wouldn’t PIXIE TENENBAUM LINDSEY CRAWFORD NEWCASTLE NE1 LTD be the same. I would dearly love a (@PIXIETENENBAUM): (@CONFOFAMUMMY): (@NE1BID): change once in a while, mind! A very One of only 20 De Beers rough cut A V E I K A || If you haven’t been you’re Fantastic to have cultural leaders like merry Christmas to you all (apart from diamond timers in the world & this missing out @AveikaNewcastle @davidjalmond at our youth centre Arriva management). one is currently in Goldsmiths #nebloggers #ne1 @NewcastleSpace2 [email protected]

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Bored of turkey, mulled wine and naff Christmas telly? Grab your coat and head to The Stand comedy club for Hoot Fest 2015. The annual five-night comedy spectacular brings together five of the country’s best comics, including festival favourite HIGH FLIERS Jo Caulfield, who will share her hysterical arguments and Two of professional wrestling’s biggest names are coming to the North East in January for an evening embarrassing misunderstandings alongside local favourites of 5 Star Wrestling at Metro Radio Arena. Seymour Mace and Matt Reed. They’ll be joined by BBC New Serious Parody Ltd, which produces the 5 Star Wrestling video games, is bringing its first promotion to the Comedy award winner David Callaghan and Stand regular and city with fan favourites Rey Mysterio and AJ Styles joining wrestlers from around the world for a night of high- Viz comic co-founder Simon Donald. Tempted? Make a night flying sports entertainment. Check out the 5 Star Wrestling on Facebook for full details of all the matches. of it with dinner in The Stand’s bistro and you’re on for a top Metro Radio Arena, January 13, from £30, metroradioarena.co.uk evening out. The Stand, December 27-31, thestand.co.uk PICTURE THIS Paul Piercy’s striking portraits of human rights activists from around the world come to Discovery Museum in early 2016. The Black Portraits feature silhouettes in black impasto oil paint which represent world- famous activists, some of whom have died or been imprisoned for their beliefs, including the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskya and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who endured 15 years under house arrest. See the website for talks and events throughout the CHEERS! exhibition. Discovery Museum City Tavern, which was restored to its Tudor- January 16-April 17, discoverymuseum.org.uk style glory in 2014, has been voted the Pub with the Best Pint in the UK at the Star Pubs & Bars awards organised by Heineken. The pub beat competition from more than 1,000 pubs across the UK to take the honour. Judges were impressed with the pub’s offering of 10 cask ales and ciders and three house ales. Northumberland Road, citytavern.co.uk

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NE1 NEWCASTLE RESTAURANT WEEK Every Newcastle foodie’s favourite week of the year is back January 18-24 with more than 80 of the city’s finest restaurants offering set menus for just £10 and £15. There are 11 new restaurants joining the event in 2016 including Aveika, Hawthorns, and Viva Brazil, while regular favourites Harry’s Bar, Broad Chare, and Carluccio’s return to join in the event. For all the offers, and to download your vouchers, go to the website below, and for details from some of the restaurants taking part, see over the page. www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/restaurant-week

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NE1 PRESENTS OUR PICK OF THE BEST NE1 Check out the menus NEWCASTLE RESTAURANT WEEK OFFERS AVAILABLE JANUARY 18-24 and download your vouchers at TWEET US USING getintonewcastle.co.uk/ #NE1RESTAURANTWEEK restaurant-week PLEASED TO MEET YOU KO SAI The menu at Pleased to Meet You Fenwick Food Hall’s fab new noodle in High Bridge includes fillet of cod, bar is taking part in its first NE1 grilled leek, wild mushrooms, and red Newcastle Restaurant Week and is wine vinaigrette. offering any five Asian tapas dishes High Bridge from the menu for just £10. ptmy-newcastle.co.uk Fenwick Food Hall, ko-sai.co.uk

THE BOTANIST A signature dish at The Botanist, at the BEALIM HOUSE top of Monument Mall, the chicken Printworks-turned bar, restaurant and gin hanging kebab is served with sweet distillery Bealim House is new to the city chilli, ginger and garlic butter. and to NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week Monument Mall and is serving up, among other treats, thebotanist.uk.com provençal fish stew with rouille et croutes. Gallowgate, bealimhouse.co.uk

THE HERB GARDEN BONBAR SACHINS The place for pizza, The Herb Garden BARLUGA The signature dish of stylish Bonbar, the Bon Stylish Indian restaurant Sachins’ special is offering any main menu pizza with a In the heart of Grey Street, Barluga’s burger, is on the NE1 Newcastle Restaurant menu features Amritsari Fish - chunks bottle of Peroni or a glass of prosecco special menu includes scrummy Week menu, served with vine tomato, gem of cod marinated in fresh Punjabi spices, during NE1 Newcastle Retaurant Week. cheescake with berry compote. lettuce, chargrilled red onion and gherkin. coated in gram flour and shallow fried. Westgate Road Grey Street, barluga.co.uk Fenkle Street, bonbar.co.uk Pleased to Meet You Forth Banks, sachins.co.uk theherbgardenuk.com

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TOP COMBO There’s something for everyone at Sage Gateshead over the New Year period with big band sound, classic rock, and bright new talent all taking to the stage. Here’s more:

Swing into the New Year with the Glenn Miller Orchestra led by Ray McVay on December 29. The band is joined by the IN THE GROOVE Jiving Lindy Hoppers and will be performing Get your groove on and dance away the classic wartime chart toppers. January blues with world-renowned DJ Jane LET’S DANCE Fitz at World Headquarters. On January 15, the Classic Rock Show Taking music out of the DJ booth and back into the hands A DJ for more than 20 years, Fitz is resident at returns with the Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs of musicians, Brooklyn-based dance trio Tortured Soul UK festival Freerotation, as well as at Meadows in of All Time. Part two of the tour features Led play a one-off gig at Hoochie Coochie in January. the Mountains in Bulgaria and in London at Night Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love, Queen’s I Want Influenced by the classic songcraft of Prince, Heatwave and Moves and Cartuli’s Day. It All, and AC/DC’s Highway To Hell. Kool & The Gang, Tortured Soul’s groove-centered rhythm is Playing all over the world in everything from Get your air guitars ready, people! guaranteed to get you dancing away those January blues. mountain ranges to warehouses, Fitz brings a Hoochie Coochie, January 15, £15, hoochiecoochie.co.uk hard-to-categorise selection that blends early For a gentler evening, ECHO Rising Stars UK acid house with deep, psychedelic house on January 16 brings together three of the and techno. finest young musicians for a night of classic World Headquarters, Jan 16, welovewhq.com music – cellist Harriet Krijgh, harpist Remy van Kesteren, and pianist Cathy Krier. HIT FACTORY Sage Gateshead, sagegateshead.com Discover something new this January Andy Zaltzman at The Acoustic Factory at O2 Satirist for Hire Academy, which brings together 12th Jan (Tickets £12) local bands, solo artist and ‘Political comedy at its singer-songwriters. best’ - Sunday Times Acts include local four- Simon Donald piece rock band SkyRush, Barry Twyford Isn’t Meant finalists in the Soundwave 17th Jan (Tickets £8/7) Music Competition in ‘As funny with a 2015; acoustic singer- microphone in his hand songwriter Craig Roddam; as he was with a pencil’ multi-instrumentalist and - Guardian HOOTFEST! songwriter Meghann Clancy, Weekend Shows and acoustic pop from Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday Hannah Brown. 27th Dec – 31st Dec Enjoy 5 Acts at Newcastle’s favourite comedy club O2 Academy (Tickets start at £15) Call 0191 300 9700 or visit the website www.thestand.co.uk January 14, £6 Jo Caulfield, Simon Donald, Jonny 31 High Bridge, thestand.co.uk Pelham, David Callaghan, Matt Reed, Newcastle upon Tyne, @StandNewcastle o2academynewcastle. Seymour Mace. NE1 1EW /StandNewcastle co.uk StandNewcastle (Seymour Mace 31st only). Box Office: 0191 300 9700 We are on Tripadvisor Classic Rock Show

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Join the party in and around Stowell Street as Eat at the city’s best restaurants for Chinatown marks Chinese New Year (February just £10 or £15 in August with the 12th 8), before enjoying a little romance in the city on NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week. Valentine’s Day (February 14).

Treat your mum on Mother’s Day (March 6), and enjoy the Welcome thousands of new faces to the city in September Royal Shakespeare Company’s return to Newcastle with with Freshers’ Week at Newcastle and Northumbria A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Northern Stage (March 16-26). universities. Mo Farah hopes to defend his Great North Run Join the St Patrick’s Day party across the city (March 17) before title (September 11), and the city’s historic landmarks open taking a well-earned break over Easter (Good Friday March 25). their doors for Heritage Open Days (September 8-11).

NE1’s Alive After Five scheme, which keeps the city buzzing with late-nigh shopping and free parking from Browse the city’s finest vinyl collections old and new 5pm in seven city centre multi-storey car parks, celebrates on Record Store Day (April 16), when record stores its sixth birthday. Meanwhile, ghosts and ghouls come out citywide will stage special events. for Hallowe’en (October 31).

Start the summer with a trip to the beach with the return of NE1’s Quayside Seaside. Christmas 2016 officially begins with the unveiling of Rugby League’s Magic Weekend returns to the famous Fenwick Christmas window and the city’s St James’ Park with six matches (May 21-22), Christmas lights switch on. while the city’s arty hotspots stay open for the Late Shows (May 13-14).

Celebrate Latin culture with events across the city It’s all about Christmas in NE1 with during Vamos Festival (June 8-12), and enjoy the festive markets, late-night shopping many rides and attractions at The Hoppings and the return of St Nick in locations funfair on the Town Moor. across the city.

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Join us in 2016 for a special ACE OF SPADES programme of events to celebrate Earplugs at the ready, old name Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou 50 years, was sacked about thirty years of Dance City skool rockers - Motörhead are (Swedish/Greek, aged 52, looks 100 years ago from the rock heading to Newcastle. 103), who’s been in the band for band Hawkwind (he wrote Motörhead’s The Loudest Tour 23 hard-living years. Motörhead’s first hit single, in the World hits Europe Jan-Feb Motörhead is widely thought Motörhead, for them originally). 2016, with support in Newcastle to be a reference to the drug He reckons that after they from the legendary Girlschool. amphetamine (speed) after dumped him in 1975, he bedded They’re bringing a 41-year-old Lemmy, who is a fan, said the name all his former band members’ back catalogue too, and if you’re of the band referenced ‘speed wives. Rock ‘n’ roll revenge is old enough to remember them freaks’. He has since said he was sweet, it seems. Dance-along Dirty Dancing DC30 Open Day first time around, it’s to be hoped referring to people who like cars. He also used to be a roadie you don’t find it too loud now. The name Lemmy apparently for Emerson Lake & Palmer Sat 20 Feb | 8pm Sun 21 Feb | 10am-4pm Motörhead comprises the holy stems from his persistent and for Jimi Hendrix, there is a Dress up and dance-along to the classic Explore Dance City and join one of 1000 free dance film taster classes (advance booking recommended) trinity of heavy metal - Mikkey Dee requests for money - “Lemmy a fantastic urban myth that he (percussion), Phil Campbell (guitar), few bucks”. had an orgy with all of the Nolan and the legendary Lemmy (bass Of their performance at Sisters backstage at Top of the and vocals). Here’s more… Glastonbury in 2015, The Pops (if only it were true), and he Dance Yourself Fit in 2016 Founder member and Guardian’s Mark Beaumont famously has a huge collection of songwriter Lemmy (centre), wrote: “At 69, Lemmy is a slurring, Nazi memorabilia, which is nice. 60+ drop-in classes every week real name Ian Fraser Kilmister, gargling rock wreck, a shrunken When Motörhead’s biggest for all ages and abilities is the sole constant member Biker General of the Damned... hit, Ace of Spades, was adapted

Ballet • Ballroom • Belly Dance • Bollywood of Motörhead. Aged 70 (yes, predictable but effective.” for the video game Rock Band Contemporary • Flamenco • Hip Hop • Salsa really), he is joined by Welsh Lemmy, who is rumoured 2, its lyrics were changed to and much more... rock legend Phil Campbell, 54, to have kept bourbon maker reflect Lemmy’s legendary (left) who’s been in the band for Jack Daniels in business immortality. “I don’t want to live 32 years, and Mikkey Dee, real single handedly over the last forever…but apparently I am.” Dance City Theatre City Hall, January 23 2016, £36.50. www.newcastlecityhall.org The UK’s biggest dance performance programme outside London Spring 2016 season includes: Tavaziva, Kelly-Abbott Dance Theatre, Southpaw Dance Company, Tom Dale Company, Karla Shacklock Company, Gary Clarke Company, Ockham’s Razor, Made by Katie Green, FERTILE GROUND, Junk Ensemble and National Youth Dance Company. Tickets from £7.50. Buy 2 shows for £22.

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