If you’re looking for something to do, we’ve rounded up some of the best things to do in the North East this weekend and beyond.
9. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties, Sage Gateshead, January 17
Welcome to the Roaring Twenties is at Sage Gateshead on January 17. Like a siren, like a skyscraper, the soaring clarinet that opens Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was the sound that defined a new era in western music. A new world found its musical voice, and from Paris to Prague, European classical music started to dance to the sound of jazz. Duncan Ward takes a journey through the Roaring Twenties, from the Americana of Barber and Copland to the swinging rhythms and vibrant new colours of Milhaud and Martinů. Photo: Promo shot
10. Miss Crispy, Durham Gala Theatre, January 17
Shoulder pads, tiaras and cheese and onion crisps – beauty pageants and North East factory lines collide in a must-see play set in the 1980s. Miss Crispy 1988 tells the story of a group of female friends whose working life at a North East crisp factory is turned upside down when they are invited to enter a beauty contest. The production is set to entertain audiences at Durham’s Gala Theatre at 7.30pm on Friday, January 17 and is inspired by the stories of workers at The Crispy – the nickname given to the KP crisps factory in Billingham. Photo: submitted