Newcastle College wins key apprenticeship contract with Formica Group
Newcastle College has been appointed as the primary apprenticeship delivery partner for international laminate manufacturer Formica Group. The College will deliver apprenticeships and training to new and existing Formica Group staff across a wide range of job disciplines, strengthening the existing relationship that Newcastle College already has with the...
Newcastle mixologist voted best in the UK with cocktail inspired by a charity shop!
A mixologist from Newcastle has been voted the second best mixologist in the world and top in the UK in a world-wide gin-making competition. Joseph Miller, a bartender at Blackfriars Restaurant on Friars Street in Newcastle, beat 272 mixologists from 18 countries in the #Brocktail contest organised by Brockman’s...
Live Theatre’s season until March 2020 announced and on sale
Joe Douglas, Artistic Director, Live Theatre introduces the season by saying: “Our new season is bursting with Live Theatre’s own productions, shows created through our comprehensive Artist Development programme and some of the finest new plays touring the UK. At Live Theatre we aim to entertain and give audiences...
Have an Alternative Christmas Night Out at Live Theatre
Live Theatre has a two alternative Christmas shows this year, both of which will made great Christmas party night out. Book for one of Live Theatre’s alternative Christmas shows, and arrange for a truly unique night out with pre-show drinks and a buffet, and interval refreshments, in one of...
North East gallery gets into the groove with new jewellery collection
A jewellery collection inspired by pattern, repetition and movement takes centre stage at a Newcastle gallery this autumn. The Biscuit Factory – the UK’s largest independent art, craft and design gallery – presents RHYTHM, a new jewellery collection launching on 6 September that spotlights the art of rhythm in...
Due to phenomenal demand, The Book of Mormon extends its season in Sunderland
Due to popular demand, more tickets have been released for The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez. The Tony®, Olivier® and Grammy® award-winning show, which begins performances at the Sunderland Empire on Wednesday 28 August, has extended booking through to...
Are you ready to get on your feet!
The rhythm is gonna get you next month when ON YOUR FEET! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan hits Sunderland Empire, 30 September – 5 October 2019. ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true love story of Emilio and Gloria and charts their journey from its origins in...
Clip n Climb to open at the Metrocentre featuring a 10 metre drop slide
It’s already proved massively popular at Gateshead leisure centre and next week Clip ‘n Climb will open at intu Metrocentre. Clip ‘n Climb offers an all-weather space where adults and kids can enjoy some healthy, action-packed fun, featuring 26 individual climbing wall challenges of varying design and difficulty, testing...
The Refinement of Affordable Glamour
Want to indulge in some ‘affordable glamour’ in surroundings that will inspire with food that has been personally devised by arguably the UK’s greatest ever chef? Reflecting everything that’s wonderful and exciting about Marco Pierre White’s food philosophy, his new steakhouse menu includes dishes to suit every palate and...
Refinement defines Pierre White’s new steakhouse menu
Marco Pierre White has launched a new menu across his flagship steakhouse restaurant concept. Now available in 26 of his UK-based venues, the new menu includes a host of exciting new dishes that pays homage to the culinary giant’s ethos of ‘affordable glamour’. While steak remains at its heart,...