Tourism and travel

The world famous R n B & Hip Hop show, playing host to a collection of the industries leading lights.

“The Model of the Modern Medium” - The Guardian

Star of Living TV’s Most Haunted, Derek Acorah is embarking on his 2011-2012 True Vision Tour, making a pit stop at the PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay in February of next year.

With countless hours of spirit contact, one-to-one readings, numerous TV appearances and twenty years of live stage shows, Derek Acorah is unquestionably the most time-honoured and respected Spirit Medium in the UK today.

His friendly and sincere delivery, down-to-earth charm and obvious dedication to his work has endeared Derek to many tens of thousands of people, including those who regularly join him in the audience at his live stage shows.

Derek’s readings have brought comfort and understanding to many thousands and with Sam, his Spirit Guide, beside him Derek Acorah’s TRUE VISION tour will continue to bring help too many more.

Whether your interested in development,locations,costume,special effects,logistics,filming or marketing there is an opportunity to get hands on experience with Itinerant Motion Picture Company this winter during the shooting of "Noctambule" a dreamlike trip in a surreal labyrinth. This open house session is for all with even a passing interest in how films are made.

Dubstep // Drum n Bass // Electro // Techno.

Until Friday 2nd March. An exhibition of watercolour paintings depicting a natural flow of organic forms, in robust rich washes conveying the artist's love of colour. Her use of wax and gilt bring solidity and texture to the subject.

Scottish Ballet presents

The Sleeping Beauty

Stunning sets and costumes, breathtaking choreography, Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous score and the phenomenally talented, passionate dancers of Scotland’s national dance company come together to create a spellbinding re-telling of treasured fairytale The Sleeping Beauty.

Our story begins once upon a time on a gorgeous summer afternoon in 1830, in a magical kingdom where mortals mix with the fairies of an enchanted forest. Liberally sprinkled with surprising twists and delicious wit, this magnificent version of the much loved story features Artistic Director Ashley Page’s spectacular choreography and international designer Antony McDonald’s lavish sets and costumes.

Complete with Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra, The Sleeping Beauty will be bringing a little magic to the winter months – don’t miss your chance to fall under its spell!

Sympathetic Developments present Simon Callow. Join this British theatre icon and star of Four Weddings and a Funeral for an evening of readings from his new book 'Charles Dickens and the Great Theatres of the World'. This is the opening night of Simon's UK tour so we advise booking early to avoid disappointment.

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Monday & Wednesday Evenings. This is an untutored group where you just turn up and draw the model under your own steam and in your own way.

In its first public airing The Catechism of the Goddamned Saints is a multiple-piece mixed-media installation of lyrical evocations. Photographs, watercolours, drawings and poetic fragments portray the sites of visitation, the apparitions, reflections and responses.