South Korean satire Parasite posted the most successful opening weekend for a foreign film at Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema, selling over 20,000 tickets. Director Bong Joon-Ho’s tale of class warfare also became one of the cinema’s top five openers ever, selling more than 2,000 tickets and selling out almost every screening. […]
A new exhibition featuring a giant capitalist robot and an enormous snake is opening at at the Northern Gallery in the National Glass Centre. Contemporary artist Chad McCail spent three years creating the exhibition titled Toy. It represents McCail’s ideas surrounding the capitalist ideology and disconnect between the many and […]
Boris Johnson has given the green light to a £5bn “transport revolution” and HS2. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons in a statement at lunchtime that the government would spend £5bn on local bus and cycle networks. He also announced a commitment to building the HS2 rail link […]
Washington Wetland Centre will once again host an annual puddle jumping competition during the February half-term. The family-friendly attraction has been running since 2016 and will be hoping to entice even more people to visit than the 7,500 who attended last year. The North East Puddle Jumping Championships are part […]
Last week, Northumbria Police and Nexus launched Operation Hades – involving plain-clothed police and Nexus staff aiming to crackdown on disorder within the Metro network. This follows a rise in incidents reported since the new year including, 10 windows being kicked out in a Metro carriage on Friday January 31. There […]
Sam Fender has rescheduled his upcoming shows at the O2 Academy Newcastle due to illness. The sold-out shows for the 4th and 6th of February have now been rescheduled for the 17th and 19th of February respectively. This follows a previous cancellation and subsequent rescheduling of his gigs in December. […]
Newcastle based This Is Tomorrow festival has just two female headline acts this year. The festival, which takes place on the Newcastle Town Moor will be on the weekend of May 22-24. Of the 16 headliners due to perform, just two are female or have female members. This comes as […]
The “Received Wisdom” exhibition at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens started on February 1st 2020, and is looking to challenge the myth that creativity and the desire to make art is something that only comes at a young age. Jonathan Weston, Exhibition Officer at Sunderland Museum and Winter gardens, said it […]
Sunderland nightclub Independent is set to get a new sound system thanks to a National Lottery Arts Council England grant. The £17,000 sound system is to be installed in the club’s upstairs room, in which local bands play most weeks . There is no definite date for installation, however the […]
Newcastle University is reassuring its students that equality is a priority by decorating its Armstrong building with a rainbow flag. This commemoration comes in response to international LGBTQ+ History Month, an annual celebration occurring every February which raises awareness of prejudice and promotes tolerance towards the LGBTQ+ community. The […]