North East

Review: UK Comics Boxing, Fight for Kian, Blyth Sports Centre

Review: UK Comics Boxing, Fight for Kian, Blyth Sports Centre

The event attracted headline names and touring acts, completely selling out the 800-seater arena at Blyth Sports Centre - surely making it one of the biggest ever independent comedy events in the North East.…

Review: The Order Of The Silly Billies, Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

Review: The Order Of The Silly Billies, Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

"Endearingly shambolic, it's as much League of Gentleman as it is Monty Python, with its peculiar marriage of the puerile and the grotesque, the asinine and the tragic."…

Review: Harry and Paul – Legends! Newcastle City Hall

Review: Harry and Paul – Legends! Newcastle City Hall

"No one wants to see their dead dog doing tricks."…

Review: Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Just for Graphs, Northern Stage

Review: Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Just for Graphs, Northern Stage

If science had been this much fun at school, most of us may have actually learnt something.…

Review: Alan Carr, Yap, Yap, Yap, Newcastle City Hall

Review: Alan Carr, Yap, Yap, Yap, Newcastle City Hall

Extreme. It's the new TV buzzword and Alan Carr is sick of it.…

Review: Doug Stanhope, Newcastle Tyne Theatre and Opera House

Review: Doug Stanhope, Newcastle Tyne Theatre and Opera House

Ever the abrasive, feather-ruffling type, Stanhope shambles into caustic, devil's advocate style assaults on the mistruths of ISIS, the capricious nature of political correctness, and selfish cancer sufferers.…

Review:  Another Fucking Variety Show, Jesterval

Review: Another Fucking Variety Show, Jesterval

Closing the final Friday night of Jesterval 2015 in style, Another Fucking Variety Show promises a "glittering cavalcade of world-class guests".…

Review: Spamalot, Sunderland Empire

Review: Spamalot, Sunderland Empire

Just as an air of lassitude and obligation hung about the Python live shows, there's a similar feeling to tonight's revival production of Spamalot that perhaps they just shouldn't have bothered.…

Review: The Producers, Sunderland Empire

Review: The Producers, Sunderland Empire

"A wonderful, uplifting, outrageous bit of theatre, if you can sit through The Producers without a grin on your face, you're probably a war criminal."…

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