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Pools Paradise: Darlington Civic Theatre

8:56am Friday 3rd July 2009

THE fourth and final play in Ian Dickens’ summer repertory season at the Civic Theatre, in Darlington, is Philip King’s Fifties farce Pools Paradise.

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (U)

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (U)

6:39pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THE third animated Ice Age blockbuster features all the familiar characters and puts them in an unfamiliar setting.

Public Enemies (15)

Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger in Public Enemies

6:42pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A LOT is expected from director Michael Mann after such stylish movies as Heat, The Last Of The Mohicans, Collateral and Miami Vice. And, for me, Public Enemies doesn’t meet those expectations.

Beware of pirates

ADVENTURE AHOY!: LazyTown Live! brings a brand new  pirate adventure to Newcastle Theatre Royal this month

10:16am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Magnus Scheving has turned children’s TV superhero Sportacus into a stage show. He talks to Viv Hardwick about the massive success of LazyTown.

Breaking Bad

READY FOR BATTLE: Newcastle’s Bad Taste Cru

10:12am Thursday 2nd July 2009

International fame beckons for Newcastle’s Bad Taste Cru break dancers. Viv Hardwick talks to original member Robby Graham.

Write Me A Murder, Darlington Civic Theatre

10:44am Friday 26th June 2009

DIAL M for Murder and Wait Until Dark are among the thrillers also written by Frederick Knott and this, Ian Dickens’ penultimate production in the Civic’s summer repertory season, is as intriguing as either, with an amusing twist at the end.

Sunshine Cleaning (15)

Sunshine Cleaning stars Amy Adams and Emily Blunt

6:03pm Thursday 25th June 2009

"FROM the producers of Little Miss Sunshine" is the proud boast on the poster and press material for this quirky US comedy.

Mark Thomas, Arc Stockton

11:06am Thursday 25th June 2009

THE fury unleashed following the MPs’ expenses scandal has given political activist and comedian Mark Thomas some magnificent satirical ammunition.

Evita, Newcastle Theatre Royal

11:05am Thursday 25th June 2009

IN all good political revolutions, if you don’t look at the expenses involved, there’s a period of animated confusion before everyone establishes their roles. So it shouldn’t be surprising to discover that towards the end of the first half here, a musical finally breaks out after nine songs of wildly contrasting fortunes.

Hilarity Bites New Act Competition Seen, Darlington

11:41am Tuesday 23rd June 2009

THE chuckle muscles were given an extended workout when some of the country’s brightest new comedians took to the stage in Darlington.




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