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NE1’S NEWCASTLE MUSIC WEEK Jamal Edwards: Innovator, entrepreneur, global media mogul ...and the Face of NE1’s Newcastle Music Week

PLUS: RUBY WAX + HIDDEN NEWCASTLE APP LAUNCH THE EAT ON THE STREET + LEE EVANS + THE FULL MONTY CONTENTS

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04 UPFRONT The Moon, the Eat on the Street and the Bard of Salford 08 TRY THIS Beatboxing meets The Full Monty

11 HALF TERM 16 Keeping the whole family entertained 15 STAGE Lord of the Flies and The Gamblers

16 MUSIC MAN Getting to know Jamal Edwards 20 COMEDY Jon Richardson, Sara Pascoe, 12 18 Lee Mack and Lee Evans SANE NEW WORLD MUSIC WEEK 22 LISTINGS Ruby Wax on sanity, philosophy, The guide to the first Your go-to guide for

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EAT ON THE EAT ON THE STREET STREET

CRAFTY! MUCH AT STEAK Fancy a pint? Miller & Carter Newcastle hosts the Steakhouse is now Craft Beer Calling open for 30-day aged festival soon, with more steak in nine cuts than 50 breweries and FULL MOON including rump, sirloin, more than 200 cask All change at Baltic, where They Used to Call it and Chateaubriand. If and keg beers from around the world. the Moon has landed, showcasing work from 19 you’re hungry, there’s the 18oz ribeye on The three-day festival at The Boiler Shop international artists who explore the iconography of the bone, in addition to the marginally will also feature meet the brewer Earth’s natural satellite. more modest 12oz ribeye plus extras sessions, an artisan cider cellar, a gin bar, On show among the works are some original lunar including lobster mac and cheese and and street food market. Hic! maps and photographs from the iconic 1969-72 NASA creamed spinach and fried egg. The Boiler Shop, October 24-26 Apollo missions. Miller & Carter, Mosley Street www.ticketweb.co.uk/craftbeercalling Meanwhile, Gail Pickering’s new exhibition Mirror www.millerandcarter.co.uk Speech explores ideas of mimicry, multiplicity and CHEERS! temporality through sound and images from a PIZZA PIZZA! Less than a year after a pioneering social experiment in community television Scream for Pizza, big refurb and relaunch which ended in controversy. home of premium as a food and craft ale Baltic, October 31-January 11, www.balticmill.com Neopoloitan pizzas pub, City Tavern has made with North East been shortlisted in produce, is popping up Heineken’s annual around the city in its Star Pubs and Bars awards in the 1978 former French army ambulance. Team Training, Best Newcomer, and FIGHT NIGHT Owners Victoria Featherby and Alex Retailer of the Year categories. Cage Warriors return to Metro Radio Arena soon with Walker trained as pizza chefs at La Good luck, folks! an action-packed night Notizia in Naples, one of just three City Tavern, www.citytavern.co.uk of full-contact combat pizzerias in the world to have a Michelin including Newcastle’s Curt fork. Meet them at the Quayside market. OOH LA LA! Warburton fighting for Quayside Market every Sunday La Petite Crêperie, a the CWFC lightweight www.facebook.com/Scream4Pizza haven of wonderful world title against French crêpes sweet defending champion TRES BON and savoury has Stevie Ray. Bonbar is serving up a popped up in the TIME WARP There’ll be a welterweight new menu and a trio of Grainger Market. Its It’ s astounding...time is fleeting and madness is highly clash between Lew Long and midweek offers, owners, Frederic Tagne and Julien likely to take its toll when Lane7 goes all Frank-N-Furter Matt Inman, athletes from eight including a tasty Poulalion, tell us they decided to set up with its big Rocky Horror Picture Show Hallowe’en party countries, and mixed martial arts two-for-one on skewer shop in the Grainger Market because it on October 31. talent from the North East, including mains on Tuesdays, reminds them of traditional French Part of NE1’s Newcastle Music Week, there’s a screening world title contenders Alex Enlund sharing boards for a tenner on markets back home, which is high of the classic film followed by DJ sets from Lauren Archer and Shaj Haque. Wednesdays, and two-for-one on burgers praise indeed. Sweet! and The Curator plus ‘boo-ze’, scary scran and best costume Metro Radio Arena on Thursdays, all from 5pm. There’s also a La Petite Creperie, Unit 166, Alley 4 prizes. Booking is essential - see website, dammit! November 1, from £35 lunch menu and roasts on Sundays.

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TUNING IN International hotel chain Tune has opened its newest accomodation down on the Quayside - I’VE SEEN… offering rooms from as little as £15 a night. Tune has invested more than £8m in renovating Proctor House into a 104-bed hotel; the Edwardian MARIE RIDDELL, 49 building used to house the Kublai Khan restaurant. HOME MAKER, JESMOND The cheapest rooms have TV, Wi-fi access and The best thing I’ve en-suite bathrooms. Luxury without the pricetag! seen in a long time Proctor House, 23-29 Side, www.tunehotels.com was the Great North Run One Million Opening Ceremony. I SAGE ON STAGE also saw The Hundred LIVING IT UP Ageing punks rejoice...the Bard of Salford, John Cooper Foot Journey at Tyneside Cinema and ¡VAMOS! Festival is set to pop up at The Boiler Shop Clarke, graces the stage at Sage Gateshead soon with I’m looking forward to going again soon. with a fancy dress Day of the Dead extravaganza. his unique brand of lyrical magic. During the day (2pm-6pm) there’s a family-friendly If you’ve not seen him live in the 40-plus years he’s been MADDY EMERY, 18 programme with Mexican wrestling, games, films, Piñata, performing (where have you been, people?), JCC is one of STUDENT, WHITELY BAY and food. In the evening (7pm-12am) there’s more Mexican the greatest performers in the world today; his mesmerising I usually come to wrestling, live music, DJs, films, food, and the Day of the renditions of his brilliant observational poetry a must-have Newcastle to see live Dead Barber (the mind boggles!). on any right-thinking person’s bucket list. Part of NE1’s music. Over the past The Boiler Shop, November 1 Newcastle Music Week. Just go, man. Sage Gateshead few weeks I’ve seen a www.facebook.com/VAMOSFestival October 25, from £25, www.sagegateshead.co.uk few small rock bands at the 02 Academy, including Painting Pending. It’s a great venue with a lot of top bands. I’m seeing TOON TWEETS Me vs Hero and Twister there soon. …A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GOT PEOPLE TWEETING… TWEET US @NEWCASTLENE1 JONATHAN SHERRIFF, 28 RACHEL BAMBROUGH EMILY SEAMAN OURALI (@OURALI): CINEMA STAFF, SUNDERLAND (@RACHELBMATE): Just a standard (@EMSEAMAN_DESIGN): Well, my life is now complete after seeing John I’ve just been to day at work @Gr8_coffee with the Awesome lunch @CoopChickHouse Legend in Newcastle tonight -AMAZING! Hoochie Coochie to channel Dave film crew #Newcastle today! #DamnFineChicken see local band, #ne1 #Newcastle #ne1 Solutions. It’s got a great atmosphere and LA PETITE CRÊPERIE (@ PLEASED TO MEET YOU MARIA (@MARIA_SLARMADA): a fantastic selection LPCREPERIE): Just had a visit of @ (@PTMYNEWCASTLE): What an absolutely sensational show @ of local DJs who play underground soul. StudentsNCL in #Graingermarket to Fish lovers, hook up a date with this EllaEyre the vocals are always on point + the I’ve also been to the O2 Academy to see sample our crêpes! @LPCreperie wish tonight! Pan fried Mahi Mahi with energy just electric!! #newcastle a few bigger acts including Basement you la bienvenue! #NE1 roasted vegetables and chilli glaze. Jaxx and Less Than Jake.

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LADIES..! An all-star cast led by the lovely Gary Lucy is about to hit the Theatre Royal with the stage version of The Full Monty. ??? Dancing on Ice winner and former I’VE BEEN TO… EastEnder Lucy plays Gaz in the ???? production by the Oscar-winning writer of the original film script, Simon ALF AND EILEEN GRUMMETT Beaufoy. The iconic film about six RETIRED, SUNDERLAND out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers We’ve been to the is one of the most successful British CHALK AND CHEESE? Theatre Royal films of all time and the stage show Chalk About, the new show at Dance City, explores recently to see Top features songs from the film by what makes us all different. Hat. The wit, the Donna Summer, Hot Chocolate and Through its protagonists Christine and Hendrik, the singing, all the songs Tom Jones, plus those unforgettable piece looks at some big questions about identity and the and the movement dance routines. Hot stuff! meaning of life. A playful and sometimes moving look at were tremendous. It’s not normally Alf’s Theatre Royal, October how we see ourselves and others, Chalk About features sort of thing, but he loved it! 27-November 1, from £12 dance, chat and, we are reliably informed, “a perfect scene www.theatreroyal.co.uk containing everything you could wish for”. Who knew? JILL WESOLOWSKI, 32 Part of Juice Festival, there’s also family activities RECEPTIONIST, NEWCASTLE available before and after the show. I’ve been to a comedy Dance City, October 30, £6, www.dancecity.co.uk improv night at The Stand. There were a few local comics on and the headliner was really great - in fact all of the acts were pretty good. I’ve been a few times before and it’s always worth popping along to!

SARAH LEECH, 50 GIVE ME A BEAT WEIRD SCIENCE STAFF NURSE, NEWCASTLE Fascinated by the performers who create Get closer to the Body Worlds Vital exhibition I recently went to see drum, rhythm and beats using their mouths at Life on October 25 and November 1, when HAPPY APPING the Pet Shop Boys at only? Well now’s your chance to give it a go. Stephen Boddy, an anatomy demonstrator Heard the one about the three brown bears which the Sage Gateshead. With champion UK Beatboxer Grace Savage, (yes really) at Northumbria University takes us escaped and caused havoc in Newcastle? Us neither, It was a really amazing Live Theatre’s Beatboxing Workshop will get through the anatomy of the exhibits. but it’s in the newly expanded Hidden Newcastle app. show, they were great. you creating drum beats and musical sounds Then, on November 28-30, The Pathology of Commissioned by NE1 and featuring content from Tyne Seeing them in a using your mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. No Body Worlds Vital event explores what the bodies and Wear Archives and Museums, the free app is released smaller and more intimate experience necessary! can teach us about disease. Nice. on November 5 and features stories from history including environment was a great experience. It Live Theatre, October 27, free Life Science Centre, included in admission Miss D Jeck The Siamese Elephant. Intriguing! was just incredible, the atmosphere booking essential, www.live.org.uk price, www.life.org.uk www.hiddennewcastle.org was amazing.

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SKOOL’S OUT Half term is already upon us (haven’t they just gone back?) so here are a few ideas to keep the whole family entertained…

MONSTER FUN Laing Art Gallery presents a Zombie Takeover for 12-16 year-olds who get to work with an SFX artist to become a zombie for the day on October 31. Meanwhile, down the road at Discovery, there’s a Monsters Ball on October 28. Meanwhile, Ice Age characters Sid and Scrat pop up at Pre-History Day at Great North Museum: Hancock on October 28. Check out the website for more details. www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery

ZOMBIES VS GHOSTS 25-31 OCTOBER Jeff Norton, author of the hilarious Memoirs of a Neurotic Zombie, and Dave Shelton, author of the chilling 13 Chairs, are at Seven Stories on October 23 for after-hours reading by Join us for seven days of music events, torchlight. There’ll also be a chance to share your spooky encounters and special guests, talks, workshops, and more help to create the scariest, funniest and most bizarre story ever written in Newcastle City Centre. Don’t miss out: with the help of Jeff and Dave. Seven Stories, October 23 GETINTONEWCASTLE.CO.UK £5 (booking essential) www.sevenstories.org.uk

DINOSAUR ZOO Direct from the West End, Dinosaur Zoo brings prehistoric creatures from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants to the stage for you to observe and interact with. Watch out – not all of these reptiles are as tame as they look! Theatre Royal, October #NE1NMW 30-November 1, from £13.50 www.theatreroyal.co.uk

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22973 SF NE1 Music Week - NE1 Mag 210x148.indd 1 22/09/2014 09:24 RUBY WAX RUBY WAX BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN AS RUBY WAX HEADS TO THE TOON, WE DISCOVER SOMETHING OF THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MOUTH

First shock delivered by Google re Her long-standing writing and directing Ruby Wax: She is 61! When did that partner is the great classical actor (and happen? Mind, when you consider Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films) that she has been a national (if Alan Rickman. American-born) institution for more than 30 years, the sums add up, Her 1990s BBC series Ruby Wax Meets, and her voice - brash, penetrating, in which she managed to persuade American - is as familiar on our telly celebrities to open their homes and and radio as any homegrown talent. their hearts to her, was telly gold. The Never afraid to let her editions featuring Pamela Anderson, motormouth go, she plays up to the Imelda Marcos and Sarah, Duchess of British stereotype of the outspoken York remain classics. American, yet her searing wit is so unlike that of her home country, She has branded her 1994 interview she’s a naturalised Brit. with Madonna as her “most miserable Here’s more about the actor, showbiz experience”, explaining that the writer, director, comedian, and now singer did not appreciate Wax putting mental health campaigner... her (Madonna’s) knickers on her head for comic effect. “She hasn’t called me since,” She was born Ruby Wachs to Polish Wax has said. Jewish parents who had fled Austria in 1939 for America. Her father was a A respected campaigner on mental wealthy sausage manufacturer. health issues, Wax’s new one-woman show, Sane New World, explores the She is classically trained and ways in which human beings sabotage internationally renowned as an their sanity and offers tips to survive actor, director and writer. Having the 21st Century. said that, after starting out in the late 70s with the RSC, she went on to She’s got 92,400 followers on Twitter and appear briefly as a secretary in that follows just 424 twitterers, including NASA, cinematic classic Omen III: The Final Dame Edna Everidge, and the Mill Volvo Conflict, but we all make mistakes. Tyne Theatre.

Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre, October 26, £17.50, www.millvolvotynetheatre.co.uk

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CASTAWAYS The world’s greatest innovator in dance, Matthew Bourne, is bringing his company back to Newcastle with a unique interpretation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. It’s a thrilling large-scale spectacular adapted and directed by Bourne and Scott Ambler and featuring professional dancers and young novices from the city. Theatre Royal, November 5-8, from £11.50 www.theatreroyal.co.uk

WheN the LaMps WeNt Out: Life on Tyneside in the First World War BIRD IS THE WORD FEELING LUCKY? It’s 4am and Leah Bird is alone in her flat waiting In the harsh, all-female world of The Gamblers 25 October 2014 - 28 June 2015 for her boyfriend to call. there’s no mercy; play well and you win big, Part of the Wor Life 1914 - 18, Tyne & Wear in the First World War programme. Bird, which is played out over a single night, end up on the wrong side of the dice and you Discovery Museum follows Leah as she tells us what it’s like to be 14, lose everything. Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA Free entry fearless and full of love. This new adaptation of Gogol’s fast-paced Tel: (0191) 232 6789 Textphone: 18001 0191 232 6789 Written by Laura Lomas and directed by comedy by Greyscale and Dundee Rep Ensemble www.discoverymuseum.org.uk Jane Fallowfield, this cutting-edge piece throws in association with Stellar Quines and Northern [email protected] Nearest Metro: Central Station www.worlife.org.uk light on the experiences of teenagers in modern Stage features an all-female cast and tells the Britain. Fallowfield will also lead a free writing story of women who gamble, drink, hustle, dance, workshop for young people on November 1. See swear, fart, cheat, shout, and compete, and never website for details. apologise for any of it. Live Theatre, October 31-November 1, from £5 Northern Stage, October 30-November 1

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From a council estate teenager with who can follow in the footsteps of Sting, a video camera and big dreams The Lighthouse family and even Jimi to millionaire media mogul, Jamal Hendrix, who in his early days performed Edwards, 23, has revolutionised the on the streets of Newcastle. way young people access music via his online channel SBTV. How do you spend your spare time? The face of NE1’s Newcastle Music Music is my life. Even when I’m away from Week from October 25-31, he is an work I’m listening to music. internationally renowned innovator and youth spokesman, who was once dubbed What was the first record you bought? the ‘Urban Richard Branson’. Edwards has Sex Packets by Digital Underground. I listen been the face of Puma, appeared in an ad to all genres of music; it just depends on for Google Chrome, launched the career of my mood. Ed Sheeran and featured on the cover of The Economist. Here’s more.. Has your taste in music changed over the years? I used to listen to a lot of grime What are you most looking forward to and rap. As I’ve grown up, I’ve learned to during NE1’s Newcastle Music Week? appreciate talent across genres. Getting an insight into the talent in Newcastle through the UGOT On the Right How might your friends describe you? Tracks talent search, and bringing SBTV to Hard working, dedicated - and crazy! the city. I’ll also be at Space2; telling young people how to follow their dreams. I’m meeting you for the first time, how do I recognise you? I have an addiction to Why is Music Week important? Music hats and trainers. I think I have more than is a huge part of culture and should be 400 hats. You’ll spot the hat and the fresh celebrated. This is a great opportunity to pair of kicks and know it’s me. celebrate our musicians. What would your superpower be? How’s Newcastle’s music scene doing To go back in time and see Amy these days? The city is alive with music. Winehouse and Michael Jackson a few There are a lot of talented artists out there more times. That would be amazing.

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NE1’S NEWCASTLE NE1 RECOMMENDS SATURDAY OCTOBER 25 MUSIC WEEK • NE1’s NMW Official Launch with With massive names like Brian Johnson, Bryan UGOT’s On The Right Tracks, UGOT Ferry and Sting to name a few, the North East’s • The Art of Music, Castle Fine Art musical pedigree needs no introduction. Showcasing all that’s great about music in the SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 North East, the first NE1’s Newcastle Music Week • Soul on a Sunday Afternoon takes place at venues across the city. The latest Hoochie Coochie addition to the popular NE1 Event Week stable, Music • Live Music, Nancy’s Bordello Week will celebrate live music in all its guises. NE1’s Newcastle Music Week wristbands will be MONDAY OCTOBER 27 distributed free at venues across the city, giving you • Paul Potts, Sage Gateshead access to a range of offers and discounts. NE1’S NEWCASTLE MUSIC WEEK WRISTBANDS • Paragon, Jazz Café Various venues, October 25-31 There are a range of offers, promotions and discounts http://www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/nmw available during NE1’s Newcastle Music Week, all of which can TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 be accessed on presentation of the NE1’s Newcastle Music • Johnny Marr, O2 Academy Week wristband. Pick up your free NE1 Newcastle Music Week • Live Acoustics, Mr Lynch wristband at O2 Academy, intu Eldon Square, the NE1 Info Bike, Sage Gateshead, RPM Records, Sounds Live, Beatdown Records, Reflex, WEDNESDAY OCT 29 TWEET US USING #NE1NMW Guitar Guitar and JG Windows. • M.A.D DVD Release and Instore www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/nmw Signing, Reflex • Digital Development Day Generator • DJ Hype & Mc iC3 plus Ill Phil and guests, World HQ

THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 • Open Mic Night, Space2 • The Big Reunion Boy Band Tour Metro Radio Arena ED SHEERAN SAM SMITH KATY B IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE GIGS CALLING ALL BUSKERS • The Datsuns, The Cluny Multi-Platinum-selling artist Having risen to fame in 2012 Having topped the charts and As well as a great selection of NE1’s Newcastle Music Week Ed Sheeran arrives in when he was featured on gained critical acclaim with her live music across the city, is hosting live performance FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 Newcastle on October 25 with Disclosure’s breakthrough sophomore album Little Red, there are free music sessions spaces for musicians • Halloween Spookathon and a major show to kick off NE1’s single Latch, Sam Smith has Katy B has at last set off on a and offers too. There are free of all types, genres and Costume Competition Newcastle Music Week. enjoyed massive solo success full UK tour which includes the taster sessions at JG Windows levels of experience from World HQ He’s enjoyed a meteoric with debut album In The Toon during NE1’s Newastle (with a range of instruments, see October 25-31. • Hallowiener, Sausage Emporium rise since his debut album Lonely Hour. Music Week. website for dates and times), a There are six performance • Club Nocturne, Bonbar ‘+’ entered the UK chart at This year’s BRIT Critics’ The singer-songwriter from Little Bears Sing-A-Long at City spaces across the city, and number one and his blend Choice Award winner, Smith’s Peckham has raised her game Library, and advice sessions at each is free, as is the music. Just ALL WEEK of soulful vocals, organic folk blend of soulful ballads and up- since her 2011 debut, finding Generator. There are also offers pitch up! • Afternoon Acoustic Sessions introspection and irresistible tempo party starters such as the her voice through club-friendly across the city - from discount Find the busking spots at Great Coffee hip hop hooks combine falsetto fun of Money singles that offer a healthy dose on a one hour Pop Music O2 Academy, The Gate, • Under 5s Music Making to make Sheeran a global On My Mind are guaranteed of heart and emotion. Experience Party at Loft Music to City Hall, intu Eldon Square, Sage Gateshead phenomenon. Unmissable. crowd pleasers. A must-see. 20% off at UGOT. UGOT and Sage Gateshead. Metro Radio Arena, October 25 O2 Academy, October 25, www. O2 Academy, October 29, www. October 25-31, www.getinto October 25-31, www.getinto For full listings go to

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HOME TRUTHS GOOD EVANS Mark Watson’s new show If you like your comedy fast-paced Flaws, which gained rave and delivered through punchy reviews at this year’s one liners and hilarious facial Edinburgh Festival, expressions, Lee Evans is bringing promises life lessons with Monsters, his most ambitious more than their fair share arena tour to date, to Metro Radio of deflating home truths. Arena for three nights. The truth is, life isn’t easy Evans’ energy is the stuff of - and neither is stand-up. legend and has been witnessed in Expect experiences including HIT THE ROAD MACK arenas across the UK, from Wired the times Watson found Beware comedy fans, Lee Mack is back on tour And Wonderful in 2002 through to himself unable to step onto after four years and he’s built up a barrage of his last tour, the record-breaking a stage without drinking a insults and abuse just for you, his audience. Roadrunner in 2011. For those who bottle of wine, losing his cool The star of Not Going Out and Would I Lie haven’t seen Evans before, a word at a film premiere, threatening To You returns with his trademark high-energy of warning: If you’re in the front row a call centre worker, and banter and sharp one liners. An expert in audience you might want to wear something calling his toaster a ‘bell-end’. manipulation, he has a put-down for every waterproof…he sweats. A lot! Northern Stage, occasion, Keep your mouth shut, and you’ll be fine. Metro Radio Arena October 24, £16, www. City Hall, November 5-8, £27.50 November 6-8, from £30 northernstage.co.uk www.newcastlecityhall.org www.metroradioarena.co.uk

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WHAT A NIDIOT TOTAL RECALL The ever-cheery Jon Richardson is back on the If you’re a fan of TV comedy it may come as a road with his new show Nidiot, which follows surprise that Sara Pascoe (Stand Up For the a string of TV appearances including as team Week, Live at the Apollo, QI) has just embarked captain on Channel 4’s 8 out of 10 Cats. on her first UK tour. The Express Menu is available Tuesday - Saturday from 12pm - 5pm (Saturday 4pm), and the Main Menu is available from A misanthropic soul, we’re told Richardson is The tour, entitled Sara Pascoe Vs History, 5pm - 9pm (Saturday 8.30pm). We also offer a traditional Sunday lunch menu which is available from 12pm - 6pm, with still single but determined to change his ways and showcases her ability to leap from stimulating sharing boards and bits and bites available until 9pm. become more easy going person for the sake of his arguments to abstract confabulation, from Bonbar also offers Cocktail classes and Afternoon Tea. friends and his future health. His new show explores existential theory and cultural insights on wars, With ten elegant booths surrounding a majestic island bar, Bonbar offers a spacious yet welcoming environment to enjoy whether a leopard can change its spots, or if it is witches and Kim Yong-Il to recalling her romantic simple food cooked well and a selection of cocktails, wines and world beers. doomed to be angry forever having not been given history. All of which, Pascoe says, shapes who we Call 0191 232 8695 or email [email protected] a more uniform and symmetrical pattern to wear. are today. Restaurant - Bar - Late Lounge | Open Tuesday to Sundays 12 till late City Hall, November 1, £19.50 The Stand, November 4, £12

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Newcastle City Library, Live literature returns to Baltic, balticmill.com newcastle.gov.uk Live Theatre with a double THE DROP + TOO SPICY GREGORY PORTER bill of spoken word, music The Cluny, thecluny.com Sage Gateshead, UNTIL DECEMBER 13 and performance from sagegateshead.com CLUB Anglo-Breton poet Claire SAM SMITH BASIC DESIGN: A Trévien and local musician O2 Academy, o2academy CARRIE RODRIGUEZ REVOLUTION IN ART EVERY MONDAY LOVEDOUGH Matt Stalker. newcastle.co.uk WITH LUKE JACOBS EDUCATION Best of hip-hop and RnB. Live Theatre, www.live.org.uk The Cluny, thecluny.com Exploring the radical FADED 11pm. OCTOBER 26 approach to training in House, RnB and mashups. Tup Tup Palace, FULL MOON OCTOBER 31 arts schools. OhSo, fadednewcastle.com tuptuppalace.com Electro and hip-hop. 11pm. FILM BRITISH SEA POWER Hatton Gallery, Riverside Nightclub, Performing Sea of Brass. PHILIP CLOUTS twmuseums.org.uk/ DIGITAL MONDAYS DANCE riversidenewcastle.co.uk OCTOBER 31 Sage Gateshead, QUARTET hatton-gallery Born to dance! A little bit of everything. SCREENAGE KICKS sagegateshead.com Jazz Café, jazzcafe- Digital, Times Square, Floritas, floritasbar.com SMOOVE AND FRIENDS The immersive pop-up newcastle.co.uk SCREAMING STEEL: ART, yourfutureisdigital.com Get your funk on! 10pm. cinema experience, OCTOBER 27 WAR AND TRAUMA REBEL THURSDAYS Music Slash Art, Screenage Kicks is back for Exploring creative SOCIAL BUTTERFLY Rock and roll. musicslashart.com a Hallowe’en spectacular, BLACK LIPS ART responses to the Devon and David Barratt. Digital, Times Square, featuring two comedy horror The Cluny, thecluny.com industrialised killing £5, 8pm. yourfutureisdigital.com PL AY classics, Beetlejuice and The OCTOBER 25-JUNE 28 fields of Europe during the Perdu, perdubar.com RnB and house. Lost Boys - with live actors, TWIN ATLANTIC First World War OFF THE RECORD 10pm. music, and themed food.Mill O2 Academy, o2academy WHEN THE LAMPS 1914-1918. CLUB TROPICANA Music for the soul. House of Smith, Volvo Tyne Theatre, www.millvolvotynetheatre.co.uk newcastle.co.uk WENT OUT Hatton Gallery, Fun and sunshine! Music Slash Art, house-of-smith.com Looking at life on Tyneside twmuseums.org.uk/ House of Smith musicslashart.com KIDS PAUL POTTS in the First World War. hatton-gallery and Floritas, MAKE WAY Sage Gateshead, Discovery Museum, house-of-smith.com DROP Deep, tech, house. 11pm. OCTOBER 27-30 sagegateshead.com twmuseums.org.uk/ UNTIL DECEMBER 20 House, dubstep and grime. Bonbar, bonbar.co.uk NE1’S NEWCASTLE MUSIC discovery EVERY TUESDAY £6, 11pm. 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SARA PASCOE VS locally sourced foods musicslashart.com The Stand, thestand.co.uk HISTORY CONGO NATTY MARK WATSON See page 20. clothing, hardware and haberdashery DRAGNET Featuring Congo Dubz. £16, 8pm. OCTOBER 30 £12, 7pm. and much more Electro, hip-hop and disco. World Headquarters, Northern Stage, The Stand, thestand.co.uk £6, 11pm. welovewhq.com northernstage.co.uk THE THURSDAY SHOW Sciscreen: Rocky For more information please The CUT, Craig Hill, Foil, Arms And NOVEMBER 5 Guardian Live: In call 0191 211 5542 thecut.squarespace.com OCTOBER 25 JOHN SCOTT, Hog, Ian Smith, Matt Reed. Conversation With MARLON DAVIES, The Stand, thestand.co.uk RED RAW Russell Brand S@S AUDIO ASYLUM PAUL TONKINSON New comedy. £2, 7pm. The epicenter of class! PRESENT £11, 6.30pm. OCTOBER 31 The Stand, thestand.co.uk OCTOBER 25 House of Smith, Pinch, Deadboy, Mumdance The Hyena, thehyena.com house-of-smith.com & Novelist. Downstairs. 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OCTOBER 28 aimed at 10-15 year olds. NOVEMBER 5 OCTOBER 28 £4, 10.15am-11.45am HALLOWE’EN HALF Laing Gallery, BOOK LAUNCH: SPOOKY SPECTACULAR TERM DAY twmuseums.org.uk/laing ANN CLEEVES MONSTER BALL Spooky street dance and Ann Cleeves reads from For young people aged musical theatre, for 6-16 NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15 Thin Air. Free. 14-17. 6:30pm-10pm. year olds. £20, 9am-5pm. The Lit & Phil, The Assembly Rooms, Dance City, ART CLASSES – litandphil.org.uk www.facebook.com/ dancecity.co.uk INTRODUCTORY SKILLS ncyp1935 Led by artist Simon Terry. MEET JACK! See website for full details ONE-OFF OCTOBER 31 SECRET SÉANCE and pricing. EVENTS Meet the famous Ripper, Laing Gallery, HALLOWE’EN AT LANE 7 and some of his victims. twmuseums.org.uk/laing Rocky Horror Picture Show £13, 7.30pm. OCTOBER 24-26 themed night! Newcastle Castle, NOVEMBER 2 Lane 7, St James’ newcastlecastle.co.uk Boulevard, lane7.co.uk TALES OF MYSTERY & OCTOBER 29 IMAGINATION LATE AT LIFE – Gothic storytelling in the HALLOWE’EN PSYCHIC WOO WITH Great Hall. Spooky! Enjoy the Life Science VOODOO MICK From £4, 7.30pm. Centre with no kids around. Demonstrations, Newcastle Castle, Life Science Centre, discussions and discovery. newcastlecastle.co.uk life.org.uk £13, 7.30pm. CRAFT BEER CALLING Newcastle Castle, NOVEMBER 3 50 leading craft breweries NOVEMBER 1 newcastlecastle.co.uk assemble under one roof, with meet the brewer PANIC ROOM – OCTOBER 30 sessions, DJs and TWISTED CIRCUS street food. Annual Hallowe’en party. MONSTER MATINEE The Boiler Shop, £5, 8pm-3am. Film historian Chris Phipps craftbeercalling.com Baltic, balticmill.com celebrates classic horror films. Free, 6.30pm Newcastle City Library, newcastle.gov.uk LORD ARMSTRONG: NORTH EAST INVENTOR NEXT ISSUE OCTOBER 30, 31 AND PHILANTHROPIST With Ken Smith. THE SECRET CHAMBERS Free, 6pm. IF IT’S HAPPENING IN NEWCASTLE NE1, Explore secret The Lit & Phil, IT’S IN NE1 MAGAZINE. passageways. From £4. litandphil.org.uk IN THE NEXT EDITION, OUT NOV 5: Newcastle Castle, newcastlecastle.co.uk TRACING YOUR Kylie Minogue FIRST WORLD WAR NOVEMBER 1 ANCESTORS Chris Ramsey With family history expert JUST JAM Keith Gregson. £4, Paloma Faith INTERNATIONAL: HIP HOP 11.30am-12.30pm. Staying Alive After Five Learn a range of hip-hop Discovery Museum, styles. 16+. £10. twmuseums.org.uk/ Dance City, discovery dancecity.co.uk NOVEMBER 4 JUST JAM INTERNATIONAL LADIES FIRST LUNCH WORKSHOPS CLUB Breakin’, Poppin’ & lockin’. Christmas wreath making. Dance City, Fizz, demo, 3 course dancecity.co.uk lunch, wine, coffee for £25, 11am. SEND US NEWS OF YOUR EVENTS: SATURDAY ART CLASSES Blackfriars, blackfriars [email protected] © JStone / Shutterstock.com CREDITS : © JStone IMAGE An inclusive art class newcastle.co.uk

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