The Northern Echo | Features

From Spongebob to square-jawed

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:34:26 +0000

Forty songs from the Sixties are ensuring that Consett’s Chris Coxon is having a blast from the past. Steve Pratt reports.

Acting peculiar

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:43:33 +0000

Former Coronation Street actor Craig Gazey talks to Steve Pratt about leaving the popular soap and returning to the stage with a tour of Mike Stott’s award-winning comedy, Funny Peculiar.

Jack Dee's special ARC show sells out in one hour

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0000

LEGENDARY stand-up comedian Jack Dee is making a special guest appearance at Stockton's ARC as he road-tests new material ahead of a large scale tour later this year.

Swallows ahoy...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:09:11 +0000

Steve Pratt discovers how the children’s classic book by Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons, is all set to gain a new generation of young fans. Director Tom Morris, adaptor Helen Edmundson and songwriter Neil Hannon, from band The Divine Comedy, explain the appeal of a Twenties book about sailing.

Phill thinks Big!

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:04:01 +0000

Steve Pratt discovers how Phill Jupitus was talked into a role written especially for him, even though there was no script, and why he changed his mind about quitting Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Shall we dance?

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:45:20 +0000

Steve Pratt sets out for the slightly colder climes of Newcastle to discover how actor Ramon Tikaram is coping with the role of the dancing king of Siam.

Dancing Queen

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:21:53 +0000

After 40 years as an actress, Anita Dobson was determined to learn how to hoof for Strictly Come Dancing. The results looked good and Dobson tells Steve Pratt about doing the Strictly tour to Newcastle before treading the boards again.

Christmas Comedy Crackers

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:01:02 +0000

MIDDLESBROUGH’S Big Mouth, Stockton’s Catch 22 and Hartlepool’s Hot Potato Comedy Clubs all have a whole bunch of Christmas Comedy Crackers to look forward to before Santa starts popping down the chimneys – and Big Mouth also sees out the year in glittering style with a New Year’s Eve special.

Chicken feat

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:54:26 +0000

Steve Pratt talks to film and stage designer Barney George about his work and theatrical fowl deeds.

Like father, like son

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:46:17 +0000

Steve Pratt chats to the entertainer who likes to known as Barnaby about his love of pantomime and the success of his son, Barnaby ‘Barney’ Harwood.