Come follow the band

10:03am Thursday 17th April 2008

Darlington Operatic Society has put in 12 hard months of circus training to bring the musical, Barnum, to the stage TWELVE months of learning circus tricks is about to pay off for Darlington Operatic Society when it puts on a colourful version of the musical, Barnum, at the town's Civic Theatre next week.

Jenny and Jane

9:58am Thursday 17th April 2008

Popular actress Jenny Agutter brings the era of Jane Austen to life at Richmond’s Theatre Royal tonight, writes Keith Proud

Jungle joy

11:01am Thursday 10th April 2008

Gateshead-born actress Kim Tserkezie talks to Viv Hardwick about moving on from TV's Balamory to a colourful new version of The Jungle Book THEATRE work for wheelchair users can present a few problems, admits Newcastle's Kim Tserkezie, best known as Penny Pocket from ITV's Balamory, who once ended up with a dressing room dangerously close to the audience.

Out of the Blue

11:06am Thursday 10th April 2008

Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker appears as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Sunderland this month.

	Hostess with mostest
	6:04pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	If you thought Terminal Five at Heathrow was laughable, then you havenft met Pam Ann, the rudest trolley dolly on duty. Viv Hardwick talks to her Australian creator Caroline Reid to discover how she managed the transformation to stand-up comedy CAROLINE Reid has found the skyfs the limit as a result of inventing the over-the-top airline trolley dolly Pam Ann, to the point where both British Airways and the British Airports Authority (BAA) have recruited her services.

Moooving moments

11:07am Monday 31st March 2008

Phoenix is rising again with a piece of work which almost featured live cows and which converted a music and lyrics writer to the language of ballet. Steve Pratt reports

A sister’s word

10:58am Thursday 27th March 2008

Busy Bernie Nolan arrives in Durham next week with sister, Maureen, and comedy Mum's The Word but tells Viv Hardwick that the book is closed on her famous family life MUM'S definitely the word if you dare to ask Bernie Nolan about her oldest sister Anne's autobiography , Anne's Song, which lifts the lid on the famous singing Nolans' career and makes serious allegations concerning their dead father.

To Infinity...

10:59am Thursday 27th March 2008

Mark Baldwin talks to Viv Hardwick about bringing Rambert Dance Company to Newcastle and working with TV's Vicar of Dibley composer Howard Goodall HAVING opted out of choreography for two years, isn't there some small part of Rambert Dance Company artistic director Mark Baldwin that feels he could always improve on work that he's commissioned for the current tour to Newcastle?

'I'm just thrilled'

12:46pm Thursday 20th March 2008

Award-winning playwright Patrick Barlow talks to Steve Pratt about the story behind the success of The 39 Steps which has led to him virtually giving up acting

Extra Steps

12:45pm Thursday 20th March 2008

Actor David Michaels talks to Viv Hardwick about returning to the region after TV's Heartbeat with a spoof of the classic thriller, The 39 Steps

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