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NE1 magazine is brought to you by NE1 Ltd, the company which champions all that’s great about Newcastle city centre WHAT’S ON IN NE1 04 UPFRONT NE1’s Newcastle Restaurant Week, Lee Mack and much more 08 TRY THIS Things to do in NE1 11 FOCUS First look at the new Hidden Newcastle app 16 14 MUSIC Ukuleles, Kasabian, and Status Quo make their way to Toon 16 PANTOS This year’s festive must-sees 18 SANTA Our guide to spotting 12 20 Santa in Newcastle CHRISTMAS FOOD MICHAEL BUBLE Now is the time to indulge The smoothest man in 22 LISTINGS in some festive food pop swings into Toon Your guide to what’s on in NE1

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WORD ON THE STREET

The next time you wander up High Bridge, keep your eyes peeled and you’ll spot a new piece of street art WE’RE THE TOPS on the side of the We knew it already, you knew it already, and now Duke of Wellington, courtesy of the rest of the world appears to have caught on Brazilian artist Manoel Quiterio. The to the fact that Newcastle is one amazing city. work is supported by ¡VAMOS! Festival Readers of The Guardian’s Travel section have and follows other popular pieces around delcared the Toon their top UK city. This is no the city in the last 12 months. surprise to those of us who love our city’s busy vamosfestival.com streets, its Quayside, its famously warm welcome, its vast range of shops, places to eat, things to do and Historic White places to go, and its vibrant atmosphere. How has it Hart Yard is set taken readers of The Guardian so long to catch on? to be turned into a new destination offering bars, MACK HITS THE ROAD food destinations, Continuing the City Hall’s superb run of comedians, and spaces for Lee Mack, star of Not Going Out and Would I Lie To pop-up events by Ladhar Leisure, You, heads to Newcastle on his first tour in four years. owner of city venues including The The Hit The Road Mack tour features the comic’s Redhouse and Hop and Cleaver. The trademark banter familiar to fans of telly shows like Have development is inspired by London’s I Got News For You, QI, and Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. uber-cool Shoreditch and Dalston and He’s been nominated for several awards and won the includes 30,000sqft of Grade I spaces. prestigious British Comedy Award Best Male Television Comic in 2012 and 2013, so he’s worth a look. The show The Grey Street also features support from the fiendishly funny Mike Gunn. Hotel is City Hall, December 18, £27.50 celebrating its www.newcastlecityhall.org 10th birthday by offering 10 people the chance to win an overnight stay for two with a range of VIP perks including a bottle of Prosecco, chocolates, flowers, a fruit platter and robes. To enter, visit the website, log on to facebook.com/Grey-Street-Hotel or head over to @GreyStreetHotel on Twitter. www.greystreethotel.co.uk © Mitch Gunn / Shutterstock.com CREDITS : © Mitch IMAGE 4 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK UPFRONT NE1’S NEWCASTLE RESTAURANT WEEK The next NE1’s Newcastle Restaurant Week runs January 19-25 2015, when you will get to eat from fantastic fixed price menus in some of Newcastle’s best restaurants and bistros for just £10 or £15 per head. INTO THE BIZARRE NE1’s Newcastle Restaurant Week has We imagine an evening with madcap comedian grown in popularity since its launch in 2011 and Noel Fielding to be a surreal affair, possibly participating businesses now experience a 44% entailing talking to animals and flamboyant increase in trade during the week. In January costumes. And that’s pretty much what’s on 2014, 25,000 people took advantage of the offer at the City Hall with Fielding’s first live offers, equating to more than £350,000 worth of tour in five years. business for the restaurants which took part. The Never Mind The Buzzcocks team captain Newcastle’s restaurant scene is one of the is supported by his brother Mike Fielding (who city’s largest growth business sectors with more played shaman Naboo in Mighty Boosh and butler restaurants per square mile than anywhere Smooth in Luxury Comedy) and Tom Meetan, else in the North East. New restaurants have whose physical comedy verges on lunacy. Bizarre! transformed parts of the city including Grey City Hall, December 5, £25 Street and the Quayside over the last couple www.newcastlecityhall.org of years, with home-grown talent and national brands encouraging foodies into the city. For 2015, Newcastle College’s flagship Chefs’ Academy restaurant has been added to the 70-strong list of venues for the first time. For a list of participating restaurants and offers, visit www.getintonewcastle. co.uk/restaurantweek Offers go live from December 22. Tweet us using #NE1RestaurantWeek COULD IT BE MAGIC? Tickets are on sale now for the NE1-sponsored First Utility Super League Magic Weekend which is at St James’ Park on May 30-31 2015 and is set to be the most popular Magic Weekend to date, with more than 10,000 tickets sold within six days - a record for the event. The weekend features a full round of six Super League fixtures played over two days, with games including a Hull derby and a big-name clash between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors on Saturday evening. For a full list of fixtures and to book tickets go to the website. St James’ Park, May 30-31 www.rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 5 UPFRONT

I’M READING

GAIL BRAILSFORD, 58 SALES ASSISTANT, NEWCASTLE I recently read the new book by Jojo Moyes, The One Plus One; a lovely story of a single mum and a man who comes into her family’s life. It was fab.

MARK WILKINSON, 32 ECOLOGIST, NEWCASTLE I’m just finishing A Year in Tibet by Sun Shuyun, which I’ve had lying on my shelf for a while. It’s very interesting - a good representation of Communism and how it wipes out other cultures.

GEOFFREY PARKIN, 63 GET ELFY! RETIRED, NEWCASTLE We all know that Santa’s job is a toughie, so if your little At the minute I’m helpers are getting under your feet, send them to Saint fascinated by reading Nick at this year’s Elf Run. things to do with The whole family is encouraged to join in the unique 1km World War One but indoor fun run around intu Eldon Square to deliver presents recently I also read a and raise money for children’s charities. Don your elf suit and book that was about enjoy a magical experience full of fun and laughter and get soldiers’ experiences in Afghanistan. I ‘elfy’ into the bargain! Money raised will be donated to The find those books are always a Sick Children’s Trust, The Children’s Heart Foundation and fascinating read. Global’s Make Some Noise entertainment charity. intu Eldon Square, December 7, £10, www.elfrun.co.uk 6 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK UPFRONT

PICK OF THE FLICKS, 1914 The cinema experience of 100 years ago offered a sociable, lively and exciting form of entertainment featuring a combination of short items with live musical accompaniment, and a much-needed diversion from daily life. Settle in with some tasty First World War-themed treats and allow Discovery Museum to transport you back to the early days of cinema with a special compilation from the British Film Institute that recreates the mix of screenings audiences would have experienced in 1914. Enjoy a comic short about a face- pulling competition, a sensational episode of The Perils of Pauline, scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front, and an early sighting of one of cinema’s greatest icons. Discovery Museum, December 10, free www.twmuseums.org.uk

TAKE A STAND If the thought of spending several days HAPPY BIRTHDAY in close confines with your family Sage Gateshead celebrates its 10th horrifies you, fear not… Stand birthday this month with a big party. Comedy Club’s Christmas Special Beverley Knight brings her heavenly shows provide all the festive vocals to Hall One (Dec 16); Inspiration merriment you need. Choir and Royal Northern Sinfonia offer The Stand is providing a week of rib- up classics and contemporary favourites tickling fun from four ace comics. Scot Mark (Dec 19, 20); EDM fans will party the night Nelson heads up proceedings, fusing dark away with DJs Above & Beyond (Dec 19); humour, cutting observations and superb Field Music’s Peter Brewis and Maximo one-liners in a beautifully crafted show; Park’s Paul Smith present Frozen By Sight John Scott (right) is a whiz with political (Dec 20); Eliza Carthy joins Folkworks satire; Katie Mulgrew’s self-deprecating Youth Summer School musicians for a humour and sweet nature is sure to unique event (Dec 21); Royal Northern set you giggling; and writer, comic, Sinfonia celebrates Beethoven and impressionist, cartoonist and all-round Tchaikovsky (Dec 21) and it just wouldn’t cheerful chappy Alfie Joey rounds off be Christmas without the Folkworks the mirth. Christmas Ceilidh (Dec 20). The Stand, December 15-20 Sage Gateshead, December 16-21 £12-£15, www.thestand.co.uk www.sagegateshead.com WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 7 TRY THIS

GOOD NEWS TV funnyman Russell Howard heads to Metro Radio Arena this month with his Wonderbox tour. The star of BBC Three’s Russell Howard’s Good News has had a successful run on his current tour, which included four shows at the Royal Albert Hall and international dates. The key to Howard’s intense likeability is his down-to-earth manner, empathetic nature and easy charisma. Delighting in weird and wonderful real-life stories, his ability to find the sublime in the ridiculous ensures there’s always charm behind the belly laughs. Metro Radio Arena, December 16, £27.50 www.metroradioarena.co.uk

IT IS A WONDERFUL LIFE! The Snowman and It’s A Wonderful Life simply make Christmas, and now you can experience both filmic wonders with a unique musical accompaniment. Sage Gateshead brings its screening of The Snowman to life with Royal Northern Sinfonia playing the magical score, while It’s A Wonderful Life at Tyneside Cinema is followed by performances from folk lovelies The Cornshed Sisters (Dec 19) and jazz band The Main Street Trio (Dec 22, 23). Sage Gateshead, Dec 22-24, from £15 Tyneside Cinema, Dec 19, 22, 23, from £15.50

TOON TWEETS …A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GOT PEOPLE TWEETING…

THE BOTANIST NCL HOLLY PEACOCK (@THEBOTANISTNCL) (@HOLLYALEXANDRAP): Not long until we open near this world Oh I do like to be beside the quayside! famous landmark @GreysMonument #Newcastle #quayside #Newcastle #NE1 @NewcastleNE1

HELEN MAN (@HELENMAN9): JDSCOOP82 (@JDSCOOP82): Christmas lights in the Toon are What an amazing day with absolutely stunning this year @WWENeville in his hometown of #Newcastle Newcastle! We even had tea with his mum! @WWEUK #WWENewcastle

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BRRRRR! There’s nothing like a wintry wonderland to get you in the festive mood and chilly wonders at two very TOON ARMY different ends of the spectrum are on offer at Tyne & WITH OUR GIRL AT THE GROUND, Wear Museums’ Discovery and Great North Museum: EMMA HOWE Hancock this month. Discovery Museum’s Ice Mayhem encourages daring youngsters to engage with science experiments, magical special guests, tales from the coldest depths of the world As a lifelong Magpie and season and an opportunity to join in with ice-cold crafts. ticket holder at St James Park, the At Great North Museum: Hancock, Dr Angus Lunn leads turbulent first half of Newcastle a lecture on the Ice Age and its plants and animals, looking United’s 2014/15 campaign is nothing at the causes of ice ages, their effects and the spectacular out of the ordinary for me. mammals which lived on the so-called ‘mammoth steppe’ of From the Sack Pardew campaign northern Eurasia. Brrrr-illiant entertainment for all! and the wobbly giant screen to an awful Discovery Museum, December 13, free run of form which saw us pick up just Great North Museum: Hancock, December 9, £7.95 five wins between January and October www.twmuseums.org.uk 2014 , it was starting to look like an all- too familiar struggle for the Toon. But a 1-0 win at home to QPR - our sixth in a row in all competitions - moved the Magpies up to fifth place in the TWEET US @NEWCASTLENE1 Premier League. We enter a critical part of the season GAVIN MANSFIELD (@MANSY2009): now, with games against three big guns Boy at his fave place in Newcastle!! in Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester @LPCreperie he just demolished a full Nutella United and bitter rivals Sunderland within and banana crepe on his own! a 20-day period. Let’s hope the return of some of our most senior players from injury and DANIELLE ROBERTSON the new-found team spirit is enough (@DANIELOUR88): for a less bumpy ride in 2015 and a Lovely lively street market in @welovencl top 10 finish. today! Where there’s food I’m there #foodie After all, it’s the least the best fans in the world deserve!

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10 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK FOCUS THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT Ever wanted to find the spot where the Suffragettes blew up a post office or where Arnold Schwarzenegger trained ahead of the Mr Universe contest? Of course you do, and NE1 Ltd has teamed up with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums to launch a revamped Hidden Newcastle app which contains more than 75 weird and wonderful stories told in text, image and video from the past 800 years - from the 13th Century to Muhammed Ali and US President Jimmy Carter’s visits in 1977. The free app, available on the App Store and Google Play features a GPS-enabled map function which pings you an alert as you pass the stories’ original locations, so you can stop and take in the atmosphere as you soak up the story. Here are few of the highlights, but you’ll have to get out there and explore to find them all… www.hiddennewcastle.org

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FROZEN EEEEYORE! In 1814 the Tyne froze In 1733 a showman who GRIZZLY... over to such an extent claimed he could fly from In 1954 three brown bears that it became home to an the top of the Castle escaped and caused havoc impromptu funfair, with Keep strapped ‘wings’ in Newcastle City centre, ice-skating, races and to a donkey for a test knocking over a policeman football matches taking flight, with disastrous who tried to placate them place on the ice. consequences. with a sugar lump. NEWCASTLE LIBRARIES, VICTORIAN TRADITIONS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM VICTORIAN LIBRARIES, NEWCASTLE CREDITS : © COVER: IMAGE

WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 11 EAT, DRINK EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY! Christmas is a time for indulgence, and where better to enjoy it than at one of the great restaurants and bistros in Toon - home of more restaurants per square mile than anywhere else in the North East - where you can eat your way around the world. With that in mind, here’s our pick of eateries to visit after a day’s shopping or for a Christmas party, as well as some special foodie events coming up in December. Merry Christmas!

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LOCK & KEY BROWNS DABBAWAL If you’ve got a big Browns Bar & Brasserie has 25m people celebrate Christmas party to plan a new three-course festive Christmas in India, so if with friends or colleagues, menu (£35) featuring you’re looking for a party make sure you check Rannoch smoked breast that doesn’t feature roast out The Lock & Key of duck with fried pickle, turkey and cranberry, pop Restaurant. orange and cranberry. along to Dabbawal street There’s space for up to This is followed by roast food kitchen. The offering 200 guests in the modern turkey with an orange and (lunch £18, dinner £25) brasserie and the new cranberry stuffing, or if you includes Dabbawal lamb three-course Christmas fancy something a little more chops marinated in ginger, menu features classic roasts adventurous, try the mulled black pepper and yoghurt, and homemade Christmas wine pie with beef, apricots and there’s a free bottle of pud for £19.95. and cranberry. The festive fizz for organisers of parties The Lock & Key, Downing menu is £35. Browns, Grey for 10 or more. Dabbawal Plaza, thelockandkey.co.uk St, browns-restaurants.co.uk High Bridge, dabbawal.com

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GUSTO At Gusto you can mix up this year’s Christmas party with a cocktail masterclass. The party package includes a two-course Christmas meal and two cocktails which you can mix yourself with the help of the Gusto bartenders. There are also party nights throughout December, starting with Michael Buble tribute Andy Ellison on December 4. Gusto, The Quayside, £35 gustorestaurants.uk.com HARRY’S BAR

Whether you’re out with friends or grabbing a bite after late-night shopping, the Christmas menu at Harry’s Bar hits the spot. There are hearty soups, warmed goat’s cheese salad, turkey and cranberries, slow-braised beef, veggie ravioli, and pork belly just in case you’re bored of turkey before we’re half way through December. The dessert menu features white, pink and black Sambuca shots. Hic! Harry’s Bar, Grey Street CHRISTMAS MARKET harrysbarnewcastle.com There’s nothing more festive than warming AS YOU LIKE IT your hands around a mug of mulled wine and browsing among the many sights, sounds and As You Like It is the perfect space smells of a European Christmas market. to keep it cosy or inject some glitz Newcastle Christmas Market is on Grainger this Christmas, whether there are Street, Grey Street, and at the foot of Grey’s eight of you or 800. The Christmas Monument Dec 3-7 and includes a Farmers’ menu is decidedly festive and Market on Dec 5. The vast array of stalls includes there’s a Santa’s Grotto for the local cheeses, breads and beers, gorgeous kids all December long. cakes, biscuits, street food and stalls packed The popular Boxing Day Holly Ball with chocolates, sweets and gifts from jewellery is back for its seventh year and is to hand-thrown pottery. always a sell-out, so get your Grey’s Monument, Grey Street and tickets - quick! Grainger Street, December 3-7 As You Like It, Archbold Terrace getintonewcastle.co.uk asyoulikeitjesmond.com

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GO GOGOL BORDELLO When it comes to Manhattan’s finest gypsy punk exponents Gogol Bordello, it’s advised to expect the unexpected. The multi-limbed band fuses exhilarating gypsy melodies with raucous punk and dub rhythms to create an infectious and theatrical sound. Their live shows are frenetic and frenzied, there’s nothing else for it but to get down the front and let yourself go! O2 Academy, December 8, gogolbordello.com

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FINGER-PLUCKING GOOD The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is renowned for hilarious banter, toe-tapping rhythms and superb renditions of famous tracks from Lady Gaga to Ride Of The Valkyries, Miss them at your peril! Sage Gateshead, Dec 4 £22, www.sagegateshead.com

STILL ROCKING... They may no longer have rock ‘n’ roll ponytails and have just released an acoustic album (‘hilariously’ entitled Aquostic, complete with retina-damaging semi-naked cover artwork), but The Quo still know how to blow the roof off a venue, and their forthcoming show at Metro Radio Arena will come packed with hits old and new. Joining them are those masters of the catchy tune and ribald quip Chas & Dave, ready to raise a smile and a sing-along. Metro Radio Arena Dec 8, £39.50, www.metroradioarena.co.uk DID YOU HEAR THE ECHO? Having received worldwide acclaim for their latest album Meteorites, noir rockers Echo & The Bunnymen head to the O2 Academy this month. A seminal act famed for darkly anthemic music, their pivotal 1984 album Ocean Rain featured the classic The Killing Moon, later used on the Donnie Darko film soundtrack. The band’s latest release, their twelfth, is a majestic return to form, and their live show recreates their epic rock with vigour. O2 Academy, December 11, £26.50 www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 15 PANTO!

THE FAIREST PANTO IN THE LAND This year’s Theatre Royal panto is already proving incredibly popular, having broken the record for ticket sales ahead of opening with 85,000 tickets sold before November 25. This year’s show, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, is the longest panto run in the UK and stars father and son comedy duo Clive Webb and Danny Adams in their 10th successive Theatre Royal panto, alongside the dame Chris Hayward. Theatre Royal, until January 18 2015, www.theatreroyal.co.uk

GET SANTA Get Santa at Northern Stage tells the story of Holly, who writes to Santa every year to ask for the one thing she really wants - to meet her dad for the first time. Her wish unanswered, this year she sets out on Christmas Eve to trap Santa. Unfortunately, her plan goes wrong and she ends up kidnapping Santa’s OH YES IT IS… hopeless son and a chain of events is unleashed that leads PANTO SEASON to a very grumpy Santa and It’s that time of year again, people and panto an endless Christmas forced season is back at theatres across the city. From the upon the world. The show incredibly popular Theatre Royal show, which will includes songs, slapstick and be seen by more than 95,000 people, to the one-off puppetry, and the cast includes spectacular that is The Suggestibles improv panto, members of Northern Stage’s here’s our pick of the best shows in Toon. Young Company with BBC and ITV presenters Sharuna Sagar and Rachel Sweeney. TWEET US Northern Stage, December 1-27 @NEWCASTLENE1 www.northernstage.co.uk

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CINDERELLA The Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre panto tells the classic tale of Cinderella. This year’s cast includes comedian and BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Sue Sweeney as the Fairy Godmother, and Glen Joseph and the show’s producer, writer and director Maxie Peters as the ugly sisters. Cinderella is played by show choreographer Emily Swan and with a live band, fabulous sets and wonderful costumes, the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre panto is an enduring favourite for its entertaining mix of slapstick comedy and sing-a- long audience participation. Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre December 5-30 www.millvolvotynetheatre.co.uk

NOW SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT… A Newcastle tradition all of its own, The Suggestibles improvised panto is back for its tenth year at the Cumberland Arms and its eighth year at Northern Stage, promising a unique and brilliantly improvised show. The show is made up entirely upon audience suggestion. Everything from the show’s characters to its plot is open to the audience, which means this is for grown-ups only. Not to be missed - you’ll never get the chance to see the same show again! Northern Stage, Dec 18 Cumberland Arms, Dec 19 www.thesuggestibles.com

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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOON! SANTA’S GROTTO AT FENWICK Santa is in his grotto until December 23 and groups of up to six children and four adults can book to meet him together. On Sundays, you can join Santa for breakfast in the Terrace Restaurant, and you can join Santa for tea on December 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18. For more info and to book your place go to www.fenwicknewcastle.com/santa

GREAT NORTH FESTIVE FAYRE There’s a day of Christmas fun at Great North Museum: Hancock on December 6, with reindeer, visits from Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas and The Snowman, Christmas carolling, gingerbread decorating, ornament making, and seasonal storytimes. Great North Museum: Hancock, Dec 6 free, www.greatnorthmuseum.org.uk

SANTA AT AS YOU LIKE IT Pop to As You like It every Saturday and Sunday in December noon-4pm and December 23 and 24 noon-5pm to meet Santa and collect a special present. As You Like It, throughout December, £12 per child, www.asyoulikeitjesmond.com

SANTA CLAUS AT LIFE Santa is at the Young Explorers’ Zone on Saturday December 6, 13 and 20. Science Centre admission prices apply and there is a small charge for a gift from Santa (£2.50). Life Science Centre, December 6, 13, 20 www.life.org.uk

FATHER CHRISTMAS AT SEVEN STORIES Santa is in his grotto at Seven Stories until December 23 and you can enjoy seasonal stories, meet a Christmas elf and receive a special gift from Santa himself. Seven Stories, until December 23, £6 www.sevenstories.org.uk

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Officially the nicest man in music and It wasn’t until Bublé turned 13 and he probably one of the most pleasant performed ‘White Christmas’ for his family people in the world, Michael Bublé is that they realised he had a talent as a also one of planet Earth’s biggest stars, performer. Afterwards, his Italian granddad as evidenced by his recent nine-month started getting him free gigs in exchange mega-tour which ended in May and for plumbing services and his granddad included 10 dates for 150,000 fans remains his best friend. at London’s 02 Arena and took in the UK, the US, Europe, Australia and New Bublé worked for years in the showbiz Zealand, Asia, and South Africa. wildernesss, even grafting as a singing Loved by young and old, male and telegram and a singing female, Bublé is the king of swing, Santa. Yup. schmooze and schmaltz. Cheesy? It has been known. So uncool he’s His music may have made him the actually become cool? Weirdly, yes. most money, but Bublé has also made numerous cameo roles as an actor. He Bublé ’s first showbiz experience was famously appeared on the big screen as a children’s entertainer called Mickey in Totally Blonde and Duets, and he also Bubbles. We kid you not. turned up in TV shows Death Game and cult classic The X-Files in 1996. Most stars’ dressing room demands include lightly oiled models, gallons of Bublé isn’t afraid of a bit of cheesy Crystal Champagne and, in the case of schmaltz, as evidenced by the fact Mariah Carey, fluffy white kittens. But that he has duetted twice with the down-to-earth Bublé, who once dreamt mighty kings of mush Boyz II Men, he of a career in ice hockey, requires only has arguably replaced Bing Crosby as a local ice hockey team puck in the the voice of Christmas, and his videos dressing room of every venue he plays. make housewives and gay men the world over go gooey-eyed. Bublé is big on Instagram, and clearly doesn’t mind how gawky he looks on The son of a salmon fisherman, he spent his selfies. He posted one of himself school holidays during his teenage years in surgical scrubs, including ugly blue working with his dad, sometimes away at shower-type cap, following the birth of sea for up to three months at time. It was, his baby son last year. No Beyonce-style he said, “the most deadly physical work I’ll Photoshopping required here. ever know in my lifetime.”

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UNTIL JANUARY 6 UNTIL JANUARY 12 CLUB ART DEC 5-JAN 15 JARMAN AWARD 2014: WW1 COMMERCIAL EVERY MONDAY JOHN SMITH BATTALION EXHIBITION MIKE CLAY White Hole, recounting Following the origins, FADED Humorous and empathetic experiences in Eastern training and deployment House, RnB and mashups. show of the painter’s work. Europe in the 80s and 90s. of Newcastle’s battalion OhSo, fadednewcastle.com Newcastle Arts Centre, Tyneside Cinema, involved in WWI. newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk tynesidecinema.co.uk Newcastle City Library, DIGITAL MONDAYS newcastle.gov.uk Born to dance! DEC 5-FEB 22 UNTIL JANUARY 10 Digital, UNTIL JANUARY 23 yourfutureisdigital.com GRAEME DURANT 37 PIECES OF FLAIR Sculptures, collages, Exploring our concepts of TOM MCGUINNESS SOCIAL BUTTERFLY drawings and installations. mental health. Exhibition of the artist’s Devon and David Barratt. Baltic, balticmill.com NewBridge Project, paintings and prints. Perdu, perdubar.com thenewbridgeproject.com University Gallery, UNTIL DECEMBER 13 northumbria.ac.uk/ CLUB TROPICANA UNTIL FEBRUARY 22 universitygallery Fun and sunshine! BASIC DESIGN: A House of Smith & Floritas, REVOLUTION IN ART NORMAN CORNISH house-of-smith.com EDUCATION The many faces of this Exploring the approach to wonderful artist’s work. EVERY TUESDAY training in arts schools. University Gallery, Hatton Gallery, twmuseums northumbria.ac.uk/ WAIKIKI .org.uk/hatton-gallery universitygallery House of Smith & Floritas, house-of-smith.com SCREAMING STEEL: ART, UNTIL FEBRUARY 1 WAR AND TRAUMA JESSE WINE RUB A DUB DUB Exploring creative Exploring process and STARRING VIVIEN LEIGH Electro and house. responses to the killing chance through ceramics. Rarely seen photographs The CUT, fields of Europe. Baltic, balticmill.com of the actress. thecut.squarespace.com Hatton Gallery, twmuseums Laing Gallery, .org.uk/hatton-gallery UNTIL JANUARY 11 twmuseums.org.uk/laing EVERY WEDNESDAY

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CARL HUTCHINSON, MIKE MILLIGAN, DECEMBER 16 DECEMBER 10 GAVIN WEBSTER, ROB COLLINS STEVE GRIBBIN £11, 6.30pm ROH: Alice’s Adventures In BFI sci-fi days of fear and £11, 6.30pm The Hyena, thehyena.com Wonderland (Live) wonder – Ben Rivers sci-fi The Hyena, thehyena.com season: Sexmission DECEMBER 14 Tyneside Cinema, DECEMBER 7 tynesidecinema.co.uk FROM DECEMBER 11 KIDS COMEDY CLUB M.U.F.F. COMEDY NIGHT With Lee Kyle. £4, 12pm. DECEMBER 4 Algorithms Tom Stade, Daniel Sloss, The Stand, thestand.co.uk Wayne Mazadza, Jojo DECEMBER 11 Sutherland. £10, 8pm. DECEMBER 15 The Stand, thestand.co.uk Bringing in Baby: St Vincent CHRISTMAS SPECIAL National Theatre Live: John DECEMBER 8 Mark Nelson, John Scott, Adventure Filmmaking: Katie Mulgrew, Alfie Joey. No Turning Back THE SUGGEGSTIBLES £12, 7pm. Improvised comedy. 7pm. The Stand, thestand.co.uk FROM DECEMBER 12 The Stand, thestand.co.uk Bringing in Baby: The DECEMBER 16 Hunger Games Mockingjay DECEMBER 9 – Part 1 RUSSELL HOWARD The Old Vic: The Crucible CARL HUTCHINSON TV funny man’s new show Here’s Me Show. £8, 7pm. Wonderbox. £27.50, 8pm. FROM DECEMBER 5 The Stand, thestand.co.uk Metro Radio Arena, metroradioarena.co.uk St. Vincent DECEMBER 10 Stations Of The Cross CHRISTMAS SPECIAL We Are The Giant The Hobbit: The Battle of RED RAW Mark Nelson, John Scott, The Five Armies New comedy. £2, 7pm. Katie Mulgrew, Alfie Joey. DECEMBER 5 Manakamana The Stand, thestand.co.uk £12, 7pm. The Stand, thestand.co.uk BFI sci-fi days of fear and DECEMBER 13 DECEMBER 11 wonder: 2001 A Space DECEMBER 17 Odyssey plus Q&A Children’s Film Club: THE THURSDAY SHOW Disney’s A Christmas Carol Pete Johansson, Carl CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DECEMBER 6 Metropolitan Opera: Hutchinson, Jessica Mark Nelson, John Scott, Die Meistersinger Fostekew, Nick Banks, Katie Mulgrew, Alfie Joey. Children’s Film Club: Von Numberg Martin Mor. From £7, 7pm. £12, 7pm. The House of Magic The Stand, thestand.co.uk The Stand, thestand.co.uk DECEMBER 14 DECEMBER 7 DECEMBER 12 FILM BFI sci-fi days of fear and BFI sci-fi days of fear and wonder: Blade Runner THE FRIDAY SHOW PLEASE SEE CINEMA’S wonder – Ben Rivers sci-fi Nordic Film Festival: Pete Johansson, Carl WEBSITE FOR season: The Falls I Am Yours Hutchinson, Jessica FULL DETAILS French Film Festival: Fostekew, Nick Banks, Get Well Soon DECEMBER 15 Martin Mor. From £10, 7pm. Empire Cinemas, Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadere The Stand, thestand.co.uk Newgate Street, The Gate, The Old Vic: The Crucible Nordic Film Festival: Ai empirecinemas.co.uk Weiwei: The Fake Case MIKE MILLIGAN, DECEMBER 8 National Theatre Live: John ROB COLLINS DECEMBER 4 £11, 6.30pm. Silver Screen: My Old Lady DECEMBER 16 The Hyena, thehyena.com The Old Vic: The Crucible BFI sci-fi days of fear and wonder – Ben Rivers sci-fi Nordic Film Festival: DECEMBER 13 DECEMBER 9 season: The Quiet Earth Paris Of The North

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KIDS artists inspired by Baltic DECEMBER 6, 13, 20 DECEMBER 16 exhibitions. Free, 2-4pm. PERMANENT Baltic, balticmill.com SANTA VISITS LIFE ANGELINA’S CHRISTMAS EXHIBITIONS Included in the admission Listen to a magical story MIXED UP FAIRY TALE price to Life. £2.50 charge and play Christmas PLANETARIUM PERFORMANCE for a gift. games. £3 plus admission. An interactive performance Life Science Centre, Seven Stories, Sea monsters! Space! inspired by Moving Stories. life.org.uk sevenstories.org.uk Stargazing! Free but admission fee Great North Museum: applies, 11.30am. DECEMBER 6 UNTIL DECEMBER 27 Hancock, twmuseums.org. Seven Stories, uk/greatnorthmuseum sevenstories.org.uk GET SANTA! A jolly Christmas play full EXHIBITIONS AT LIFE MINI ILLUSTRATORS of songs, puppetry and fun Young Explorers Zone for See how real illustrators for children under 7. under 7s; Curiosity Zone; make their work. Free but Northern Stage, the 4D Motion Ride has admission fee applies, 3pm. northernstage.co.uk thrills and spills galore; the Seven Stories, Planetarium has regular sevenstories.org.uk UNTIL JANUARY 3 shows and there’s always FESTIVE FAYRE something new to learn in EVERY MON AND THURS Reindeer on the lawn, THE CHRISTMAS GRUMP the Science Theatre. Christmas carols, Inspired by Dickens’ classic Life Science Centre, BABIES BABBLE, PLAY gingerbread decorating A Christmas Carol. A show life.org.uk AND MORE and more! Free. for under 6s and their For babies 0-12 months. Great North Museum: families, various times. EVERY DAY £3, 1.30pm. Hancock, twmuseums.org. Northern Stage, Sage Gateshead, uk/greatnorthmuseum northernstage.co.uk STORY TIMES sagegateshead.com Story telling sessions. Free CHRISTMAS DINKY UNTIL JANUARY 4 but admission fee applies. EVERY TUESDAY DISCO Seven Stories, A special event for under SEVEN STORIES WINTER sevenstories.org.uk GRAPHIC NOVELS 4s. £1 ticket admits 1 adult WONDERLAND READING GROUP and 1 child, additional Step into the pages of Free, 6pm-7.30pm. child/adult £3, 11am- Ellen Giggenbach’s new Newcastle City Library, 12.30pm. paper craft book. £7, £6 newcastle.gov.uk Dance City, conc, 10am-4pm. dancecity.co.uk Seven Stories, CITY HOMEWORK CLUB sevenstories.org.uk Fun learning activities SATURDAY ART CLASSES for children aged 5 to 12. An art class aimed at 10- BODY WORLDS VITAL Free, 4pm-5pm. 15 year olds. £4, Awe-inspiring journey UNDER 5S MUSIC MAKING Newcastle City Library, 10.15-11.45am. through the human body. Concerts and classes newcastle.gov.uk Laing Gallery, £12/£7.50. 10am-6pm, til for bumps, babies twmuseums.org.uk/laing 8pm on Thurs. and beyond. No class DECEMBER 5 AND 12 Life Science Centre, Sundays. £3, 9.45am, DECEMBER 13 life.org.uk 11am, 1.30pm, Fri/Sat STORY STARS 9.45am, 11am. A fun-filled hour of play, ICE MAYHEM UNTIL JANUARY 6 Sage Gateshead, stories and songs. £3, Family fun with wintry sagegateshead.com 10-11am. science experiments. NIGHT AT THE Discovery Museum, Free, 11am-3pm. TOY STORE EVERY SATURDAY twmuseums.org.uk/ Discovery Museum, A brand new 4D motion discovery twmuseums.org.uk/ ride for Christmas. PLANET MUSIC discovery Life Science Centre, Musical discovery for DECEMBER 6, 7, 13, 14 life.org.uk children aged 5-7. £3, 1pm. DECEMBER 14 Sage Gateshead, FATHER CHRISTMAS UNTIL FEBRUARY 22 sagegateshead.com Visit Father Christmas RELAXED SANTA SESSION in Santa’s Grotto! £6 per Perfect for families with SKATING AT LIFE EVERY SAT AND SUN child, 10.30am, 11.30am, children who have learning Newcastle’s only outdoor 12.30pm, 2pm. disabilities. £6 per child, 2pm ice skating rink returns! BUSY B’S Seven Stories, Seven Stories, Life Science Centre, Activities for young sevenstories.org.uk sevenstories.org.uk life.org.uk

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THE WHEEL #JNR FARMERS MARKET Chart and party tunes. Electro pop. 9.30am-2.30pm. Powerhouse, SR44, Scotswood Road Grainger Street Westmoreland Road THE PINK ROOM SECOND SATURDAY OF LIVE CABARET Camp party music, drag THE MONTH Top international cabaret. DJs Penny Arcade and Eazy Street, Gloria Hole. 10pm. ARTS AND CRAFTS THE GRUFFALO eazy-street.co.uk The Pink Room, MARKET Dress up as Fox, Mouse Westmoreland Road Grainger Market, or Owl, have your photo EVERY FRIDAY graingermarket.co.uk taken with The Gruffalo. DJ STEVE GRANT £7, £6 conc, 10am-5pm. CARWASH Disco, funk and soul. MUSIC Seven Stories, Camp pop. Sunset Blvd, sevenstories.org.uk SR44, Scotswood Road Marlborough Crescent DECEMBER 3

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DAVID FORD ORCHESTRA from the rocking stalwarts. KASABIAN, MACCABEES DECEMBER 13 The exquisite cult £39.50, 7.30pm. Swaggery lad rock. songwriter. 8pm. Metro Radio Arena, £39.50-£29.50, 7.30pm. GRIMETHORPE Sage Gateshead, metroradioarena.co.uk Metro Radio Arena, COLLIERY BAND sagegateshead.com metroradioarena.co.uk Stars of Brassed Off! GOGOL BORDELLO Sage Gateshead, BRIT FLOYD Gypsy punk at its best. THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN sagegateshead.com A three-hour musical O2 Academy, o2academy 50 years of number 1 hits. journey of the recording newcastle.co.uk £26.50, 7.30pm. PARKWAY DRIVE career of Pink Floyd. Sage Gateshead, O2 Academy, o2academy £39.50, 7.30pm. DECEMBER 9-11 sagegateshead.com newcastle.co.uk Sage Gateshead, sagegateshead.com INTERIM RECITALS BY ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN NORTHERN FINAL YEAR STUDENTS The iconic band tour their PRAECLASSICA: WE For full timetable see website. 12th album Meteorites. £29. WILL REMEMBER King’s Hall, ncl.ac.uk/ O2 Academy, o2academy Works by Bach, Tavener events/kings-hall newcastle.co.uk and more. £10, 7.30pm. St Thomas The Martyr, DECEMBER 9 THE STRAVINSKY northernpraeclassica.org.uk ENSEMBLE THE WHO, MAXIMO PARK Free, 1.10pm. THE BOOTLET BEATLES The legendary act perform King’s Hall, ncl.ac.uk/ Relive the 60s. 7.30pm. BASEMENT JAXX their greatest hits, with events/kings-hall Newcastle City Hall, The masters of dance support from local rockers. newcastlecityhall.org return. £28, 6.30pm. Metro Radio Arena, O2 Academy, o2academy metroradioarena.co.uk DECEMBER 14 newcastle.co.uk ONLY MEN ALOUD NEON WALTZ DECEMBER 6 Welsh choir. £27.50. Powerful psychedelic sextet. Sage Gateshead, Think Tank? @ Digital BEN OTTEWELL sagegateshead.com ssdconcerts.co.uk Ex-Gomez main man. Mining Institute, SAXON STUDENT ANDRE RIEU ssdconcerts.co.uk Warriors of the Road 35th PERFORMANCES Violin master and classic Anniversary Tour. £29. Free, 4pm. singer. £90-£40, 7.30pm. THE CLONE ROSES O2 Academy, o2academy King’s Hall, ncl.ac.uk/ Metro Radio Arena, Stone Roses tribute band. newcastle.co.uk events/kings-hall metroradioarena.co.uk O2 Academy, o2academy newcastle.co.uk CHRIS REA DECEMBER 12 THE RAVENSWOOD Top singer songwriter. £35. SINGERS & OPERA LIVE DECEMBER 7 Newcastle City Hall, PRESTON-GLASGOW- The sounds of Christmas. newcastlecityhall.org LOWE Sage Gateshead, JO HAMILTON, AJIMAL Virtuoso jazz musicians, £5. sagegateshead.com Ethereal songstress with DECEMBER 10 Jazz Café, superb local support. £25. jazzcafe-newcastle.co.uk THE LAST CARNIVAL Sage Gateshead, ’68 Classic rock ‘n’ roll. £9. sagegateshead.com Dynamic duo return with MADNESS, SCOUTING O2 Academy, o2academy their frenetic tunes. £10. FOR GIRLS newcastle.co.uk DEACON BLUE O2 Academy, o2academy Legendary ska rockers. Popular 80s pop band. newcastle.co.uk Metro Radio Arena, DECEMBER 15 Newcastle City Hall, metroradioarena.co.uk newcastlecityhall.org MICHAEL SCHENKER’S RIVAL SONS TEMPLE OF ROCK THE BLOCKHEADS American rockers. £16. DECEMBER 8 Hard rock guitarist. Ian Dury’s Iconic outfit, O2 Academy, o2academy O2 Academy, o2academy fronted by Derek Hussey. newcastle.co.uk THE PORTER QUARTET newcastle.co.uk £22.50, 8pm. Jazz. £8, 8pm. Sage Gateshead, DECEMBER 16 The Lit & Phil, DECEMBER 11 sagegateshead.com litandphil.org.uk BEVERLEY KNIGHT TEMPLES BROTHER STRUT Part of the Sage’s 10th STATUS QUO, CHAS Psych rockers. 7.30pm. New soul collective. £7. Anniversary celebrations. & DAVE Riverside Nightclub, Hoochie Coochie, Sage Gateshead, Thunderous live show riversidenewcastle.co.uk hoochiecoochie.co.uk sagegateshead.com

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