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GET YOUR FASHIONISTA WITH NE1’S MARKETING AND GROUND CONTROL SKATES ON EVENTS MANAGER Christmas is coming, and Skating@Life is SANDRA TANG TO MAJOR JOHN back for its 14th festive year. Scouse stand-up John Bishop is back on tour The outdoor rink at Centre for Life opens on and about to land at Metro Radio Arena with his new November 8 and is in place until February 22. On After working on NE1’s Newcastle show Supersonic. the evidence of the 80,000 skaters who enjoyed Fashion Week and recently winning Having taken 18 months out to write his autobiography - it last year, we’re expecting it to be popular. Plus Best Style Blog at the North East How did all this Happen? - Bishop claims he’s out-stayed his there’s a new 4D motion ride at Life entitled Blogger Awards, I’m lucky to be welcome at home. “My family are happy I’m back on the road; Night at the Toy Store, and the Body Worlds Vital one of the first to know about new I’m driving them all mad,” he says. Their loss is our gain. exhibition has been extended into January. businesses opening in the city. Metro Radio Arena, November 19 and 23, £30 Life Science Centre, Nov 8-Feb 22 2015 There are new offerings popping up www.metroradioarena.co.uk www.life.org.uk all the time, from independent boutique Endless Dream to a new Neals Yard. Lush in intu Eldon Square has just had a fab makeover too! Michael Kors will be arriving in Toon any minute now and Monument Mall has become a shopaholic’s dream thanks to Hugo Boss and Rox. For the beauty-obsessed, the award- winning hair salon Junkyard has opened on Dean Street; the new Thorns salon, by the City Library is ideal for some pampering; and House of Savannah has KEEP THE FAITH GET A MOVIE ON HAPPY BIRTHDAY relocated to Old Eldon Square. Paloma Faith brings her unique blend of retro-soul and New films made by talented teens from a Eldon Garden Shopping Centre is celebrating The city is a shopping paradise, with pop to the City Hall this month when she stops off during Newcastle film school have been released its 25th birthday with a big weekend of events. everything from independent shops in her national tour. online. The four films by 15 to 19-year-olds include High-end names including Richard Sinton High Bridge Quarter and the Grainger The epitome of kooky glamour and queen of soulful the story of a transgender teenager and a quirky Jewellers, Y Salon, Rohan, boutique retailers and Market, to top designer fashion in Cruise vocals, Faith is blessed with attitude and a talent for mimicry, look at the independent Settle Down Café. They café bars will be joining in the party, and there will and Fenwick. Plus there’s permanent and is an accomplished raconteur, which makes her one of were made at the Northern Stars Documentary be prizes up for grabs throughout the weekend, late night shopping thanks to Alive the most interesting live performers around. Just go!. Film Academy, a partnership between Tyneside including the chance to win 25 days of free parking After Five. It’s all very damaging to my City Hall, November 18, from £29.50 Cinema and intu, which owns Eldon Square. in the Eldon Garden Multi-Storey car park. Eldon bank account! www.newcastlecityhall.org www.northernstarsdocacademy.co.uk Garden, Nov 15-16, www.eldongarden.co.uk

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SPACE RACE Jamal Edwards, face of NE1’s Newcastle Music Week and founder of leading online youth broadcaster SB.TV popped into Space2 young people’s centre to share the story of his rapid ascent from council estate rap fan to international media mogul last month. An internationally renowned entrepreneur, Edwards, 23, is an ambassador for Puma, I’VE BEEN TO… counts Richard Branson among his admirers, and is responsible for launching the careers of artists including Ed Sheeran. Inspiring stuff! SHARON AND ADRIAN GIBBON, Space2, www.space2.org BOTH 56, ADMIN ASSISTANT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE We’ve been to the NAÏVE NO MORE PRESS RECORD Hancock Museum The Kooks are back on the road following Tom Wrigglesworth brings his unique mix of the and seen the summer festival successes at Glastonbury, poignant and hilarious to The Hyena stage this month exhibition about Reading and Leeds, and Ibiza/Mallorca Rocks. following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. World War I which was Their new album Listen represents a drift away Wrigglesworth’s new show, Utterly At Odds With The really interesting, and from the band’s indie rock/pop roots (see 2006 Universe, explores his profound childhood relationship with we’ve also enjoyed a trip to Baltic. single Naïve), and features elements of jazz, RnB his granddad, reflecting on taped conversations between and gospel thanks in part to hip-hop producer Inflo his young self and his grandfather and exploring the fantasy ANDREW HOLMES, 19, STUDENT - a move that’s got the critics raving. of making one final recording. Expect whimsical storytelling, NEWCASTLE O2 Academy, November 10, £19.50 laughter, and a few tears. I’ve only just got here www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk The Hyena, November 13, from £10, www.thehyena.com from Berkshire and I’ve just been making my way around the Quayside. It’s really TOON TWEETS beautiful here along …A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GOT PEOPLE TWEETING… TWEET US @NEWCASTLENE1 the Tyne; the Quayside is really amazing, I love it up here! SEE NEWCASTLE KAY,SWAV-ENT IL DIVO (@ILDIVOOFFICIAL): (@SEENEWCASTLEUK): Cutlery (@KAY_SWAVENT): Getting on a plane from our promo in # to JONNY WEST, 24, ARTIST, REDCAR and Clocks, beautiful glass windows @jamaledwards live in Newcastle #newcastle for the show tonight!! David I’ve just been to Baltic, on Northumberland Street, admire last night. #sbtv #toontoon which was fantastic, them every day #nefollowers #ne1 #toonarmy and I’m looking forward to going to RACHEL KERSHAW EXAMPLE (@EXAMPLE): LAUREN ARCHER (@MISS_ARCHER): Hoochie Coochie for (@RACHMOTORMOUTH): A huge Some lovely pics from last night in Loving life at the @NEbloggerawards last the swing dancing 40% of the buildings in Newcastle’s Newcastle by @lukedyson night after @NE_Scran won “Best Food Blog”. and lindyhop night later. It should beautiful Grainger town are listed Thanks again! #nebloggerawards be really good; something central arcade is one of my faves #ttot completely different!

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STRAIGHT TO THE ??? POWERPOINT I’M READING Hard to believe we know, but it’s three years ???? since Dave Gorman’s last tour - the hugely successful Powerpoint Presentation - so he’s REBECCA BROWN, 18, STUDENT well overdue this month’s visit to Newcastle. NEWCASTLE Gorman’s new show - Gets Straight To The I’ve just finished Point* (*The PowerPoint) - promises stand-up reading The Fault in YO-YEO storytelling, again told via PowerPoint, but don’t Our Stars by John A major retrospective of the fascinating work of worry, you won’t need to take notes and you almost Green. The film came Jonathan Yeo, one of the world’s leading and most certainly won’t be tested afterwards. out recently, but that’s innovative portrait artists, is about to go on show at Theatre Royal, November 9, from £21.75 not why I read it; I’ve the Laing Art Gallery. www.theatreroyal.co.uk just fancied reading it for a while and I Subjects represented in Yeo’s paradoxically abstract/ enjoyed it. realist style include actors Kevin Spacey and Helena Bonham Carter (pictured), artist Damien Hirst, and actor NICK MALYAN, 29, PROJECT and national treasure Stephen Fry. If you can, treat yourself OFFICER, NEWCASTLE to the guided tour of the exhibition at 2.30pm on Thursday At the minute I’m November 20. Laing Art Gallery, November 20-January reading a lot by the 29 2015, www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing-art-gallery North East writer Benjamin Myers. He’s been on recently at the Durham Book Festival and his poetry is really evocative. His books include Pig Iron and the new one, Beastings, which won the Northern Writers’ Award. I strongly recommend JUST FOR LAUGHS A CERT people check out his work. Kids looking for somewhere to take their Scottish alt. rockers The Xcerts have gained adults for the day will enjoy Newcastle Kids critical acclaim for their infectious and NORMA RAMSAY, 59, NURSE Comedy Club at The Stand, which offers anthemic style and they’re bringing it to NEWCASTLE SPECIAL! a riotous combination of comedy, circus, Digital this month. I’ve just finished a If you’ve neglected your pork pie hat, mohair suit and stories and stupid science. Having toured with the likes of Biffy Clyro book called Coming loafers for too long, fear not; The Specials are on their We are reliably informed there will be lots of and The Get Up Kids, their latest album, There Home by Rosamunde way to Toon. Although members have come and gone in shouting, cheering, laughing, fart jokes and the Is Only You, is an intensely life-affirming record Pilcher. I read it about the last 30-plus years, Terry Hall’s stand-out vocals remain, as chance to win prizes. The show, on the afternoon showcasing a band ready to emerge from the 15 years ago and just does the two-tone vibe and the rude boy style which made of the second Sunday in November, is suitable shadows cast by their touring buddies into a decided to read it us all love them back in the old days. Nostalgia at its best! for children and adults of all ages. limelight all of their own. Definitely worth a look. again. I go to charity shops quite often to O2 Academy, November 9, from £40 The Stand, November 9, £4 Think Tank? @ Digital, November 10 buy books. www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk www.thestand.co.uk www.thexcertsband.com

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GREAT TASTE Dabbawal Newcastle’s food scene has grown with the extra 7.9m hungry visitors to Toon after 5pm since 2010. From pizzerias, fast food joints and the odd curry house, 7.9m the food offering has grown in number and diversity to include VISITORS Indian street food kitchen Dabbawal, pizza heaven Herb Garden, Asian-inspired Electric East, Carluccio’s, Browns, and Jamie’s. A revamp of the food offering at intu Eldon Square is on its way, and Prezzo and Lola Jeans are among the new names about to open in the With free parking and more city, drawn by the huge success to do than just go for a drink of Alive After Five and NE1’s after 5pm, Alive After Five has Newcastle Restaurant Week. brought an extra 7.9m visitors to the city after 5pm since its STAYING ALIVE… launch in 2010 INTERNATIONAL FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY AFTER FIVE! APPEAL DIFFERENT… It’s been four years since NE1 Ltd - the company The change in the city’s comedy club The Stand. We which champions all that is great about retailers and restaurants has couldn’t believe it only opened Newcastle city centre - brought us Alive After been huge, but what if you’re in October 2011 having Five, and what a difference it’s made! looking for something a bit welcomed some of the best Until then, the Toon’s party city reputation was quirkier to fill your evening?. comics in the country and seen in evidence, but there was a ‘dead zone’ between Way back in 2010 there some of the region’s best take 5pm and 8pm; the lull between city workers and were a few places, but now their first steps. £ shoppers going home and the nightlife beginning. the opportunities are endless. NE1 campaigned for retailers to remain open We recommend checking out until 8pm on weekdays and 7pm on Saturdays and Lane7 for a night of bowling (the worked with the city council to ensure thousands Alive After Five makes visitors food ain’t bad either), or head of car park spaces were free after 5pm, and Alive and incomers from around down to City Library, which is £350m After Five was born. An instant success, the strategy the world feel right at home. open until 8pm, or the Lit & brings thousands of people into the city during With more shops open late, Phil, to enjoy one of the regular ESTIMATED VALUE OF that one-time dead zone and has attracted a host the streets are buzzing, just evening events. Or, if you’re ALIVE AFTER FIVE HOURS of attractions including new retailers, restaurants, like they are in New York, Paris, in need of a laugh, check out When the scheme was coffee shops and a huge variety of things to do. Bangkok, and Milan, and that’s launched in 2010 it was hoped The strategy, which is held up as an example great for first-time visitors. it would provide a multi-million around the world and which guarantees free parking Newcastle’s universities and pound boost to city centre after 5pm in seven multi-storey car parks until at city centre-based businesses business. Four years on, the least March 30, 2019, has revolutionised Newcastle. also like the more cosmopolitan estimated value of Alive After Here’s more… and attractive city centre, as do Five is estimated to be £350m www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/alive-after-five their employees and students.

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GONE SHOPPING The rise in the number of Alive people visiting the city after and the boost to trade has ushered in a host of new five retailers, from designer labels like Hugo Boss to luxury jeweller Rox - both of which have taken up THE BEST THING IN MY VIEW residence in Monument Mall. ABOUT ALIVE SEAN BULLICK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE While 2012 saw a 2.9% NE1 LTD decline in footfall in towns AFTER FIVE and cities across the UK, it is It is 5.10pm on Wednesday 19 estimated that Northumberland NICK MCLELLAN, 24, TOWN October 2010. Street saw a 7% rise. The PLANNER, GOSFORTH The place; a cold, wet, dark, deserted city’s retailers now report Alive After Five is Newcastle city centre. Too barren even that between 15-20% of their really convenient for for tumbleweed, the only movement on income is made between me because I don’t the street is the lone council cleansing 5pm and 8pm. normally shop on the buggy gently flicking waste paper into weekends; with a the air while leaving behind its customary full-time job it can trail of dribble. On Grey Street a single sometimes be difficult to do it after work. car is parked outside the empty Bank of TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Having the shops open later means I Scotland building, its driver fumbling for The massive boost in trade and visitors don’t have to rush around so much. change for the meter under the one dim, has had a big impact on the Quayside. flickering streetlamp. Everyone else has Sandhill is now buzzing thanks to the RAYMOND FINN, 64, RETIRED, gone home. arrival of Popolo, Hop and Cleaver, The NEWCASTLE Jump to 7.15pm on Tuesday 14 Redhouse, and Tiger Hornsby. Having free car October 2014. Local boy Kenny Atkinson parking is really We’re in town. Faces, accents and (pictured) has also set up shop convenient, especially languages from seven continents drift with House of Tides, and since some of the car between cocktail lounge and comedy judging by the scaffolding and parks are quite club, steak house and theatre. My wife, the number of people in hard expensive. It and the rest of the world, is spending hats walking around, there’s a encourages more people to come down a fortune being pampered in Fenwick lot more to come on the newly and spend more time in the city. again. The kids take forever to decide regenerated Quayside. whether it’s to be Italian, Latin, Thai or BRING THE CAR ELAINE RUTTER, 68, RETIRED, Modern British with bowling, and I’m Free car parking after 5pm at: NEWCASTLE starving. We park for free in the multi- PIONEERING • Grainger Town Multi-Storey, Waterloo Square For me it’s about the storey, which is just as well as there’s NEWCASTLE • Eldon Garden Multi-Storey, Percy Street car parking; normally I no chance of a space on Grey Street In October 2010, Newcastle was • Eldon Square Multi-Storey, Percy Street would just take the between that VW Beetle the first city to roll out the Alive After • Quayside Multi-Storey, City Road Metro or come down and that orange McLaren. Five scheme. Since then it has won • Manors Multi-Storey, City Road on the bus but having And even that dreadful busker with high praise from fellow business • Oxford Street Multi-Storey the free car parking the bagpipes has gone! improvement districts and been • Dean Street Multi-Storey encourages me to bring the car and Where else would you want to be? held up as an example of a great www.getintonewcastle. spend some time down here in

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12 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 13 STAGE IN FINE VOICE Opera North brings a programme of revivals and new productions to the Theatre Royal this month, beginning with Daniel Slater’s 1998 production of Smetana’s colourful, feel-good opera, The Bartered Bride (Nov 11 and 13). Next up is Verdi’s emotionally charged masterpiece La Traviata (Nov 12 and 14), and a new production of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea will be performed on one night only on Nov 15. Unmissable. Theatre Royal, November 11-15 from £16.50, www.theatreroyal.co.uk

SPRAY TANS AT THE READY… Her name was Lola, she was a …or so the story goes, and she’s heading this way. Based on the Grammy Award-winning Barry Manilow song of the same name, Copacabana tells the story of wannabe singer Lola, her songwriting partner Tony, and their journey from Manhattan’s Copacabana lounge to Havana. WORD UP Written by Manilow Performance poetry company Radikal Words and featuring hits returns to Northern Stage this month with including Lola, Who Needs headliner Joelle Taylor, who, for those not to Dream and (surprise…) in the know, is a former UK slam champion, Copacabana, the musical is playwright, novelist and poet in residence on a UK tour and stars Jon Lee at last year’s Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at (formerly of the mightly S Club Buckingham Palace (who knew?). 7) as Tony and Jennifer James McKay, Jo Colley, and Vinny Boy will Harding as Lola. join Taylor for what promises to be a fascinating Mill Volvo Tyne journey into poetry, prose, and wordplay. Theatre, Nov 3-7 Northern Stage, November 12, £8.50 www.millvolvo www.northernstage.co.uk tynetheatre.co.uk IMAGE CREDITS / Shutterstock.com : © s_bukley IMAGE 15 RUBYKYLIE WAX RUBYKYLIE WAX KISS ME, KYLIE KYLIE IS BACK IN TOON WITH HER TOUR AND WE CAN’T GET HER OUT OF OUR HEAD

The word phenomenon is used far Her middle name is Ann, her dad Ron too often these days, yet in the case is an accountant, her mum Carol is a of Kylie Minogue - pint-sized popster, former dancer from Wales, and there is a adopted national treasure, and the life-size bronze statue of her in her home most popular waxwork at Madame city, , obviously. Tussaud’s - it is absolutely deserved. Her current world tour - which In the 90s sitcom Men Behaving Badly, comes a staggering 26 years after her the lead characters Gary and Tony were first single - is evidence of her amazing madly in love with Kylie. longevity, enthusiastic stage presence and fabulous costume changes which Kylie opened her Fever Tour in 2002 with on this tour see her progress through the Sound of Music line ‘the hills are alive 80s disco queen, 50s housewife, with the sound of music’ before rising and PVC policewoman (yup), to up through the stage floor dressed as a Disney princess. cyborg. We kid you not. All the hits are here, and the staging is magnificently big, brash and beautiful. She was appointed an OBE in 2008 for Here’s more… services to music.

When she came to the UK for her first She lives in and plays Scrabble meeting with the 80s mass-produced regularly with her friend, the über music machine that was Stock, Aitken intellectual author Salman Rushdie. and Waterman they forgot she was coming so they left her waiting for 40 Kylie has duetted with a variety of minutes while they wrote I Should be singing partners, including Jason so Lucky for her. The rest is history. Donovan (clean-cut Kylie phase), Nick Cave (indie Kylie phase), Coldplay Kylie’s 1990 hit Better the Devil you (rock Kylie phase), and Kermit (slightly Know is played at 12.30am every disturbing phase). Sunday at the G-A-Y club in London, where she has the status of a goddess. Kylie’s records used to epitomise naff pop, yet these days she is managed INXS frontman Michael Hutchence said by Jay-Z’s outfit , which that his hobby was ‘corrupting Kylie’ also manages such luminaries of when they were going out together. He cool as Pharrell Williams, Will.i.am, and wrote Suicide Blonde about her. Calvin Harris. Well done, that girl!

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MEET US ON THE CORNER EMMA SAMPSON, 22, CLINICAL The story of Lindisfarne is re-played at Sage CODER, NEWCASTLE Gateshead this month. The Lindisfarne Story, with Ray I’m not very hip and Laidlaw and latter-day front man Billy Mitchell, features happening in my acoustic versions of classic hits and memories of the musical tastes. I went early days. Sage Gateshead, November 7-8 to see The Lion King from £15.50, www.sagegateshead.com recently so I downloaded the SPICE UP YOUR soundtrack and that’s mostly what I’ve been listening to.

FESTIVE SEASON MAUREEN MCDOUGAL, 52, CIVIL Indian Lounge serves authentic Indian food located on SERVANT, NEWCASTLE Sandhill, The Quayside Newcastle Upon Tyne I’ve been listening to a lot of Michael Bublé in the last few days. JUMPIN… I’ve also been listening If you see any hard-hitting screamo band this to quite a lot of fortnight (and you should see at least one, obviously) Genesis because I Malory Knox should be high on your list. Their intense saw a documentary about them on TV Indian Lounge, 27 Sandhill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 3JF and energetic performance style and fast-paced hard and I was inspired to listen to them a Visit us online at www.indianloungequayside.co.uk rock will get hearts pumpin’ and the Academy jumpin’! bit more. O2 Academy, November 11, www.malloryknox.com 18 WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK WWW.GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK 19 COMICCHRIS RUBYR AMSAYCUTS WAX dine later. DANGER MAN IS CHRIS RAMSEY THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ON SATURDAY shop longer. MORNING TELEVISION? DEAN BAILEY FINDS OUT Chris Ramsey, stand-up comic make Newcastle the last date of the tour and one of the stars of the BBC2 so we can have a piss-up afterwards. It’s smile wider. sitcom Hebburn, is heading home to always the best night of any run.” Newcastle to finish his UK tour, The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday What’s next? “I’ve got a TV project after Morning Television. the tour. It’s not another sitcom, but I’m The tour title is a reference open to doing another one. Hebburn got to the red card he got from two seasons and a Christmas special, Sky Sports’ Soccer AM which is amazing programme for a sitcom. in 2012 As always, what when a comes after a tour colourful is…another tour.” on-camera comment got What’s it like touring him blacklisted with fellow Geordie from the show. Was Carl Hutchinson? “Like the ban, which still being on a lad’s holiday, but stands, justified? Make you’re not allowed to drink all day.” up your own mind… What do you take on tour with So what happened on you (apart from Carl)? “First, I Soccer AM? “It was daft, but vacuum seal Carl and put him in I’ve got three tours out of it. the boot. I take a camera to film I’m not edgy, even though I’m the tour diary, and I couldn’t live the only person to be banned without the portable PlayStation 4 from Soccer AM. I just got and telly combo.” carried away.” Shop late this Christmas ’til 9pm Mon–Fri and 7pm Sat* Were you always destined to Would you go back on be a stand-up comedian? “If Park free from 5pm Mon–Sat in Council multi-storey car parks. Soccer Am then? “If they someone told me when I was asked I would, but friends young that being a stand-up Newcastle. Get more from your day. who’ve been on it have been comedian was a real job, I would told not to mention me.” have said yes. Until a few years ago I still didn’t realise it was a Delivered by How much are you looking real job. Then I got into a few of forward to coming home? the clubs in Newcastle and “I can’t wait. We always everything went from there.”

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Music Slash Art, Grey’s Monument, Grey Street and Grainger Street MATTHEW SMITH: International Group House of Smith musicslashart.com EVERY SATURDAY newcastle.gov.uk ERRATIC LANDSCAPES exhibition interrogating the and Floritas, A multi-layered landscape act of listening. house-of-smith.com DROP FREE CLUB NIGHT COMEDY of works scattered Baltic, balticmill.com House, dubstep and grime. The Tyneside’s newest throughout the gallery. EVERY TUESDAY The CUT, thecut. club space. Free, 9pm. Vane Gallery, Pilgrim UNTIL JANUARY 12 squarespace.com Tyneside Cinema NOVEMBER 6 Street, vane.org.uk WAIKIKI Bar Cafe, RAT RACE IMPROV JONATHAN YEO WW1 COMMERCIAL Inspired by the world’s BEAU MONDE tynesidecinema.co.uk COMEDY CHALLENGE PORTRAITS ALISON UNSWORTH: BATTALION EXHIBITION greatest parties. RnB, house, hip hop. 8pm. Two teams of improvisers One of the UK’s most THINGS TO THINK WITH Following the origins, House of Smith Bonbar, bonbar.co.uk FUTURE BOOGIE face a series of hilarious in-demand portrait artists, Developed through found training and deployment of and Floritas, Smoove & Tim Shaw. 11pm. improv games, scenes and with works of Jude Law, objects and displaying the Newcastle’s battalion. house-of-smith.com JUNGLE Head of Steam, skits, in a battle of quick Malala Yousafzai and many artist’s fascination with City Library Get jungle fever! 11pm. theheadofsteam.co.uk wit, courage and downright new paintings. wildlife and birdlife. newcastle.gov.uk RUB A DUB DUB House of Smith, foolishness. Laing Gallery, Vane Gallery, Pilgrim Electro and house. house-of-smith.com KINKY DISKO Jazz Café, jazzcafe-newcastle.co.uk twmuseums.org.uk/laing Street, vane.org.uk UNTIL JANUARY 23 The CUT, thecut. Up-tempo RnB and house. squarespace.com EVERY FRIDAY Tup Tup Palace, SPORT NOVEMBER 15-22 UNTIL DECEMBER 20 TOM MCGUINNESS tuptuppalace.com Exhibition of the talented EVERY WEDNESDAY CLUB NOIR MOOMENTS IN TIME CONFRONTIER BY KAI artist’s paintings and prints. Party tunes. BE SOMEBODY NOVEMBER 14 Caroline Shotton exhibits WIEDENHOFER University Gallery, DIRTIZ Metropolis, facebook. Hip hop, RnB, commercial. NEWCASTLE EAGLES V her wonderful collection of Comprehensive project Northumbria University, Perdu’s biggest club night. com/metropolisncl Bonbar, bonbar.co.uk ROCKS bovine art. about worldwide borders northumbria.ac.uk/ Perdu, perdubar.com Fab Flournoy’s side look to Castle Gallery, containing images of universitygallery HANG THE DJ ALPHA continue their fast start to this castlegalleries.com , Baghdad, SHAKE Weekly club night. 9pm. Alternative music. 10.30pm. year’s BBL against Glasgow and more. NORMAN CORNISH Hip hop and pop. Tyneside Cinema O2 Academy, o2academy Rocks at Sport Central. UNTIL NOVEMBER 16 Side Gallery, The many faces of his £5, 11pm. Bar Cafe, newcastle.co.uk Sport Central, amber-online.com work, including sketches, The CUT, thecut. tynesidecinema.co.uk Northumbria University, MARINE HUGONNIER paintings and drawings. squarespace.com VOODOO Northumberland Road, Film installation Apicula UNTIL JANUARY 11 University Gallery, DIRTY LITTLE SECRET House, RnB, hip hop. 10pm. newcastle-eagles.com Enigma follows the life of a Northumbria University, PINUP Electro house. 10.30pm. Riverside Nightclub, bee colony. GAIL PICKERING northumbria.ac.uk/ Sweets, treats and cheeky Tup Tup Palace, riversidenewcastle.co.uk ONE-OFF EVENTS Baltic, balticmill.com Focusing on a pioneering universitygallery beats! 10pm. tuptuppalace.com social experiment in House of Smith, LOVE SATURDAYS NOVEMBER 15-23 UNTIL NOVEMBER 22 community television. UNTIL JUNE 28 house-of-smith.com DIRTY POP Dance classics. REMEMBER WHEN Baltic, balticmill.com Student party. £5, 11pm. Digital, Northumbria University hosts BENSHAM CATS & SWAN WHEN THE LAMPS EVERY THURSDAY O2 Academy, o2academy yourfutureisdigital.com its first Being Human event, BOATS THEY USED TO CALL IT WENT OUT newcastle.co.uk inviting you to step back in Ceramic objects and THE MOON Looking at life on Tyneside LOVEDOUGH JAY ROCKWELL AND time to 18th Century Britain. drawings by Alex Sickling. Group exhibition exploring in the First World War. Best of hip hop and RnB. FULL MOON JASON HOPPER Events include lectures, film NewBridge Project, the enduring iconography Discovery Museum, 11pm. Electro and hip hop. 11pm. Party bangers! 7pm. screenings and an 18th Century coffee house re-creation Newbridge Street West, of the moon. twmuseums.org.uk/ Tup Tup Palace, Riverside Nightclub, Music Slash Art, at Blakes cafe. For a full list of events go to the website. thenewbridgeproject.com Baltic, balticmill.com discovery tuptuppalace.com riversidenewcastle.co.uk musicslashart.com Various venues, northumbria.ac.uk

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BOOKWORM BABIES Scotswood Road eazy-street.co.uk graingermarket.co.uk Sage Gateshead, uk/greatnorthmuseum Seven Stories, Imaginative and CREATING CORALINE sagegateshead.com sevenstories.org.uk exploratory play for babies. WITH MARK SHAPIRO EVERY TUESDAY EVERY FRIDAY AND EVERY SUNDAY 10.30am-11.30am. Find out how Coraline was SATURDAY MUSIC FOR VIOLIN, MINI ILLUSTRATORS Seven Stories, adapted for the big screen. FREE POOL CELLO AND PIANO See how real illustrators sevenstories.org.uk Seven Stories, All day. BETTY LEGS DIAMOND In aid of the SY Killingley make their work. Free but sevenstories.org.uk Secrets, Scotswood Road Superb cabaret featuring Memorial Trust. 7.30pm. admission applies, 3pm. NOVEMBER 8 Betty Legs Diamond. The Lit & Phil, Seven Stories, From £5. litandphil.org.uk sevenstories.org.uk THE FAIRTALE Boulevard, HAIRDRESSER AND boulevardnewcastle.co.uk THE SHOESHOP EXHIBITIONS AT LIFE EVERY MONDAY AND FATHER CHRISTMAS QUARTET Young Explorers Zone for THURSDAY WITH ABIE LONGSTAFF EVERY SATURDAY QUAYSIDE MARKET Barbershop and close- under 7s; indulge your A festive event for fans of From 9.30am. harmony a capella. 1.10pm. curiosity in the Curiosity BABIES BABBLE, PLAY Frozen. 11am-12pm. #JNR Quayside Road King’s Hall, ncl.ac.uk/ Zone; the 4D Motion Ride AND MORE Seven Stories, Electro pop with Ian Mcleod. events/kings-hall has thrills and spills galore; For babies 0-12 months. sevenstories.org.uk PRE-SCHOOL DAY JELLY BELLY TUESDAY SR44, Scotswood Road FIRST FRIDAY OF THE the Planetarium has regular £3, 1.30pm. For under 4s to explore the Camp music. MONTH STUDENT shows and there’s always Sage Gateshead, NOV 8-JAN 4 Centre. 9.30am-3.30pm. 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MARKET music. £12, 7.45pm. Story telling sessions. Free NOVEMBER 8-9, 15-16 Seven Stories, EVERY THURSDAY PH:UK Grainger Market, Sage Gateshead, but admission applies, CITY HOMEWORK CLUB sevenstories.org.uk Chart, pop, RnB, hip hop graingermarket.co.uk sagegateshead.com 11.30am and 2pm. Fun learning activities for MIXED UP FAIRY TALE THE WHEEL and commercial dance. Seven Stories, children aged 5-12. PERFORMANCE MOVING STORIES Chart and party tunes. Powerhouse, MUSIC A CERTAIN RATIO sevenstories.org.uk Free, 4pm-5pm. Meet traditional characters. Playful and interactive Powerhouse, Westmoreland Road Funk, Latin, jazz and post City Library, From £6, 11.30am-12pm. exhibition. 10am-5pm. Westmoreland Road NOVEMBER 5 punk. £10, 7pm. UNDER 5’S MUSIC newcastle.gov.uk Seven Stories, Seven Stories, SATURDAY NIGHT Hoochie Coochie, MAKING sevenstories.org.uk sevenstories.org.uk LIVE CABARET TAKEAWAY KATHRYN TICKELL & hoochiecoochie.co.uk Concerts and classes UNTIL NOVEMBER 5 Top international cabaret. Nikki Teene and Vicky Paris. THE SIDE for bumps, babies and NOVEMBER LGBT Eazy Street, Eazy Street, Northumbrian pipes player Y&T beyond. £3. CONFISCATION 8-FEBRUARY 22 eazy-street.co.uk eazy-street.co.uk and her new band. 8pm. Hard rockers, £18, 6.30pm. Sage Gateshead, CABINETS EVERY MONDAY Sage Gateshead, O2 Academy, o2academy sagegateshead.com A collection of items SKATING AT LIFE EVERY FRIDAY EVERY SUNDAY sagegateshead.com newcastle.co.uk confiscated by teachers Newcastle’s only outdoor REWIND EVERY SATURDAY over the course of 30 ice skating rink returns! Student night. 11pm-4am. CARWASH SHADE DEATHSTARS DEXTERS years. £12/£7.50. From £5.50. Powerhouse, Camp pop. Music and cabaret. Swedish gothic metal. 7pm. 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NOVEMBER 7 TEA DANCE PARTY Celebrating the release of MR JAMES’ GHOST THE POPPY IN ART NEWCASTLE GOES POP! Andre Rieu’s new album STORIES: CASTING Examining the visual and A lecture on Pop Art with and DVD Love in Venice. THE RUNES cultural history of the an emphasis on Newcastle. 2pm-4pm. Performed by Robert Lloyd poppy. £4, £2 conc, 6pm. Hatton Gallery, Newcastle JG Windows Lts, Parry. £10, £8 conc, 7pm. The Lit & Phil, University, twmuseums. 1-7 Central Arcade, The Lit & Phil, litandphil.org.uk org.uk/hatton-gallery jgwindows.com litandphil.org.uk NOVEMBER 12 NOVEMBER 8 GEORGE ORWELL, CUCKOO YOUNG ENGLISH REBEL NEXT ISSUE WRITERS With Rob Colls. Free, 6pm. For ages 12-19, share The Lit & Phil, work and get feedback litandphil.org.uk IF IT’S HAPPENING IN NEWCASTLE NE1, from a professional writer. IT’S IN NE1 MAGAZINE. Free, 11am-1pm. WRITING IN THE FIRST IN THE NEXT EDITION, City Library, WORLD WAR newcastle.gov.uk Explore and reflect on WWI OUT NOVEMBER 19: through creative writing. NOVEMBER 8, 15 £9.50, 10.30am-12.30pm. Jools Holland Discovery Museum, ART CLASSES – twmuseums.org.uk/ Lady Gaga INTRODUCTORY SKILLS discovery Led by artist Simon Terry. Ross Noble £25 each class or £65 for NOVEMBER 13 all three, 1pm-3pm. Laing Gallery, POETRY READING twmuseums.org.uk/laing With Ellen Phethean, Leni Dipple, Tony Williams. 7pm. NOVEMBER 9 The Lit & Phil, litandphil.org.uk FAMILY HANG Try out the trapeze and NOVEMBER 16 silks. £20 (1 adult, 1 child), 10.30am-12.30pm. SWING – THE LINDY HOP SEND US NEWS OF YOUR EVENTS: Dance City, Build up essential skills in dancecity.co.uk the beginners workshop [email protected]

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