A blog on Newcastle Arts and Culture, Cinema and Life.
From the moment you settle into your posh velvet seat, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from the lively new production of The Ladykillers, currently showing at the Theatre Royal. The dignified warbling of wartime radio stars fills the auditorium and on stage a gloriously twee English suburban house sits expectantly, [...]
Watching theatre at the cinema is a new experience for me. Seeing any ‘live event’ on the TV or in the cinema has always left a bad taste in my mouth. I still avoid watching music festival coverage on the TV as sense that I’m getting a second-hand, lesser version of the events and the [...]
I love spending a civilised evening taking in a play, but I’m no theatre dahling, oh no, my heart always has and always will belong to the cinema. My passion for the moving image is shared by the characters of Travelling Light, an unusual and utterly beguiling play set during the early years of the [...]
I'm interested in what you think. No, really, I am. Leave a comment below, talk to me on Twitter and Facebook or send me an email.
