Are you ready to have your tonsils tickled? Because the now annual Newcastle Alternative Comedy Festival returns this month – and the line-up looks absolutely phenomenal. The jam-packed schedule…
Comedy: Zoe Lyons at ARC, Stockton and The Stand, Newcastle
Mock the Week star Zoe Lyons, who’s also a much-loved figure on ‘Live At The Apollo’, as well as a regular on Radio 4 – for whom she’s making her very own series this year – wi…
Comedy: Fran Garrity at The Georgian Theatre, Stockton
Undeniably one of the North East’s finest comedic exports of recent years, Teesside-based comic Fran Garrity is set to bring his suburb one-man show back home as he headlines The Georgian Theatre in t…
Art: A Proposal to Ask Where Does a Threshold Begin & End at MIMA, Middlesbrough
Celebrated Newcastle and London-based artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan are perhaps best known for their cartoon-faced, large ‘beast-like’ sculptures and they have most recently been commiss…
Theatre: Jabberwocky Market Pop-Up Theatre Events in Darlington and Shildon
Local promoters, Luxi, who run Jabberwocky Markets will be bringing a number of exciting pop-up theatre events to the region next month, including shows that represent diverse communities that are cer…
Culture Spotlight: Middlesbrough Art Weekender
Middlesbrough Art Weekender (MAW) is returning – and we couldn’t be more excited. What started as an under-the-radar Arts Festival is beginning to cement itself into the diaries of culture-vultu…
Event: Spirit Of Teesside at ARC, Stockton
A critically acclaimed disabled writer and theatre director loves Teesside so much that she’s encouraging people to join together and celebrate the fantastic community spirit of the area too. Saltburn…
Comedy: Simon Evans at The Witham, Barnard Castle
Simon Evans consistently delivers stand-up routines that leave his audience collapsing with laughter – whilst simultaneously keeping a straight face. As a concrete and well-respected circuit com…
Comedy: Ray Bradshaw at The Old English Gentleman, Darlington
Critically-acclaimed comedian Ray Bradshaw is currently performing his new show in both spoken English and British Sign Language (BSL) and is the first comic to do so simultaneously. Having just won a…
Comedy: Dave Gorman at Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Dave Gorman, the legendary comedian and the man behind Dave TV’s hit show ‘Modern Life Is Goodish’ as well as ‘Are You Dave Gorman?’, is back on the road with a brand-new live show entitled ‘With Grea…