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Over The Rainbow the compelling and award-winning musical which tells the life story of legendary music artist Eva Cassidy comes to the Sunderland Empire for one night only on Sunday, October 12.
Starring Faye Tozer, who rose to fame as one fifth of the multi-platinum selling pop group, Steps and most recently seen in 'Love Shack', 'Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens', 'Me and My Girl', and 'Dial 'M' for Murder', Over The Rainbow follows the story of Eva Cassidy’s tragically short life through dramatic scenes and stunning live renditions of her music including a haunting interpretation of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow.’
From the age of 10 growing up in a musical family, to her first professional gig aged 18 at the Wild West World theme park, Eva first meeting with her boyfriend and mentor Chris Biondo, a rabble-rousing rendition and recording at Blues Alley with Chuck Brown and culminating in her poignant and tragic death, Over The Rainbow pays a genuine and heartfelt tribute to a true artist who was not interested in fame and fortune, but wanted nothing more than to create beautiful music.
From its first performance in 2004, Over The Rainbow has moved people immensely with sell-out performances and standing ovations throughout the UK.
Featuring Eva’s most popular hits including: ‘Time is a Healer’, ‘Songbird’, ‘Fields of Gold’, ‘People get Ready’, ‘I Know you by Heart’, ‘What a Wonderful World’ and the timeless ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’, the legacy of Eva Cassidy lives on.
Over The Rainbow– The Eva Cassidy Story is at the Sunderland Empire on Sunday October 12. Tickets costing £17.00 and £18.50 are available from 0844 847 2499 or SunderlandEmpire.org.uk
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In a career that spans five decades, DJ Johnnie Walker has one of the most recognisable voices in radio. In an evening covering forty years of broadcasting, Johnnie will discuss his career highs and lows on Wednesday, October 15 at 7:30pm.
Johnnie's career began in 1966 on joining Radio England, but quickly made his name on moving to the pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, where his listener figures tipped 20 million in August 1967 as government legislation effectively outlawed the station.
In 1976 he left BBC Radio 1 after a showdown with bosses over his comments that the Bay City Rollers were "musical garbage". Moving to San Francisco, he recorded a show that was broadcast on Radio Luxembourg and returning to the UK in the 1980s.
In 1997 Walker made his Radio 2 debut, and presented the drive time show until he was suspended by bosses when allegations of drug taking were made in a national newspaper. In 2003, having returned to his Radio 2 show, Walker announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer and would be taking time off to recover. He was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting in 2006, and a year later published his autobiography. Tickets to hear the great man give a deeply personal account of what has not always been a charmed life, are priced £15 and can be obtained by contacting Gala Box Office on 0191 332 4041 or visiting the website at www.galadurham.co.uk.
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art presents practical courses in drawing and filming this autumn with classes taking place over three consecutive Saturdays and Culture Club has five places on each course, available for members.
The course is relaxed, informative and fun with none of the pressure of school or college, making them ideal for novices and accomplished alike.
The Step by Step Guide To Making a Short Film is a course that can transform your home movies into art house material. Artist filmmaker Kelly Richardson will help budding film makers to discover their hidden talent and equip them with the skills to create inspired and imaginative movies. The three session course starts on Saturday, November 1. All equipment and materials will be supplied by BALTIC.
The Step by Step Guide to Making a Short Film is held on Saturday 1, 8 & 15 November between 10.30am and 12.30pm. Price £30 for three sessions.
The course is held at BALTIC and booking is essential - contact BALTIC reception on (0191) 478 1810.
House of Fraser, Metrocentre will play host to a very special free concert by Hue and Cry on Tuesday, October 7 from 7pm in the unique setting of the store restaurant, located on the first floor. To celebrate, The Journal Culture Club have teamed up with House of Fraser to give members the chance to win one of fifty copies of the new album Open Soul.
Open Soul marks Hue and Cry’s first pop album in sixteen years and a return to form for brothers Pat and Greg Kane, who found smash hit success in the late 80s with singles like ‘Looking for Linda’. The duo’s return to the mainstream has brought them to a whole new audience and a seven-date tour across House of Fraser stores marks that commitment by bringing their version of Scottish ‘blue eyed’ soul to the intimately unique setting of the UK’s biggest premium department store.
The Metrocentre store show will be an experience like no other for existing fans and music lovers alike, as the brothers play a very special acoustic ‘piano-vocal’ show on a free, first come first served basis. Culture Club members can benefit from fifty priority seats on the evening for them and a guest upon presentation of membership, subject to availability.
One of the most popular and enchantingly romantic stories ever told comes to life in Disney’s multi-award winning musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Sunderland Empire next week and Culture Club members can purchase top priced tickets to the 7.30pm performances on Wednesday and Thursday for just £20.00!*
Seen by over 25 million people and nominated for nine Tony awards, including Best Musical, this eye-popping show has wowed audiences worldwide with record breaking runs in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo and London’s West End and now one of the biggest musicals of all time brings to life the beloved “tale as old as time” with a burst of theatrical magic.
Featuring Mrs Potts and Chip, the hilarious double act Lumiere and Cogsworth, Gaston the town hero and, of course, the beautiful Belle and fearsome yet kind-hearted Beast, this enchanting story takes audiences from a small provincial town in France, through the shadow-filled woods to the Beast’s mysterious castle, all accompanied by the well loved songs from the show including Be Our Guest, Human Again and Beauty and the Beast.
Be our guest and experience an unforgettable performance of Disney’s classic musical!
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is at the Sunderland Empire from Tuesday 7th to Saturday 11th October, with tickets costing £10.00 - £32.50.
The Tallantyre Gallery of Morpeth, Northumberland, is set to show the work of one of its finest and longest standing artists, Spanish painter, Royo when he visits the region for the first time ever to showcase his most recent exhibition ‘Mediterranean Light’.
Culture Club has one pair of VIP tickets to be won, including entry to the exhibition on Saturday, October 11, a complimentary bottle of bubbly and a signed brochure from the artist himself. Accompanied by Spanish delicacies such as tapas and sherry, and with the beautiful exhibits from Royo on show as well as the opportunity to meet the artist himself, there’s no better backdrop than the Tallantyre Gallery within which to get a flavour of Spain’s most current and credible artists.
Valencia-born Royo’s work has become a firm favourite on the walls of the Tallantyre Gallery. Painting since the age of nine, Royo’s recognisable style has matured over the years into work which represents a dramatic use of colour and ‘texturing’ which he uses to capture his subject matter - parallels have been made with Renoir and that of the Spanish master, Joaquin Sorolla with both being described as ‘painters of the light’.
The visit holds special resonance as one of Royo’s paintings ‘Floral Blouse’ was infamously stolen from the gallery this summer. Shrouded in mystery and after a series of investigations the painting is still missing so the gallery will be stepping up security measures for the duration of the exhibition!
Royo will be exhibiting over 20 original paintings at Tallantyre’s, and interest has already been drummed up around the exhibition opening as it will be his first ever visit to the region. A well-known face both internationally and on the London and Birmingham art scenes. Some of Royo’s work hangs alongside that of Matisse and Picasso in a number of the Mayfair Galleries, in London.
Royo’s ‘Mediterranean Light’ exhibition will be running from Saturday, October 11 to Saturday, October 18 and admission is free. Tallantyre Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm. For enquiries please contact art@tallantyre.co.uk or call 01670 517 214.
The Journal Culture Club in conjunction with Advintage are offering members the “What’s my Wine?” game on Sunday, October 19 at 1pm at The Rex Hotel, Whitley Bay Sea Front for just £17.50 per person, including two course Sunday lunch and 6 quality wines.
Wine buff or buffoon will savour a blind tasting of quality whilst enjoying the “What’s My Wine?” game. Where you not only learn about the subject but have fun in the process.
The presentation is by the Advintage team, Suzanne Lock and Bill Oswald who take wine lovers from the North East to holiday wine spots all over Europe and also host vintage wine weekends in the area.
Two course traditional Sunday lunch, served with 6 quality wines during the session, at £17.50 per person, (£20 to non Culture Club members), beginning at 1pm.
The world’s most successful Rock ‘n’ Roll musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story strums its way into the Sunderland Empire from Monday, October 13 to Saturday 18, and for one performance only on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 at 5.30pm, Culture Club members can purchase tickets for just £10.00!*
It’s had audiences on their feet in every corner of the globe and now Buddy is back in a toe tapping, hand clapping extravaganza!
On February 3, 1959 as the world was perched on the most exciting musical decade in history, the young genius who made it all possible was tragically killed aged just 22, leaving behind a legacy of over 30 timeless hits.
With a phenomenally multi-talented cast, Buddy tells his story, presents his music and features two terrific hours of Buddy’s greatest hits including That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, True Love Ways, Oh Boy, Heartbeat and many more.
With the Big Bopper’s Chantilly Lace and Ritchie Valens’ La Bamba taking you towards total music overload, this dazzling new production will have the whole audience rocking and bopping in the aisles.
The Centre for Lifelong Learning is offering Culture Club members the chance to save up to £15* on course fees for the following courses:
• The Science Behind CSI: A Brief Introduction to DNA Forensics
• Do you know your Scientists? A Look Back at Some of the Great Scientific Advancements of the 19th Century
• The Science of Beauty
• Getting Older – Getting Fitter: Fitness and Health for Ageing Populations
More information on the courses can be found in the prospectus. Available online or by contacting the Centre (see below)
The Centre’s short courses are open to everyone and are specially designed for adult students. There is a wide range of subjects to choose from including:
Literature, Classics, Cinema & Language Studies; Modern Languages; Music &Visual Art, Philosophy & Religion; History & Archaeology and Science & Environment.
Courses take place during the day, in the evenings, on weekdays and at weekends, in the centre of Newcastle and at venues across the region.
Courses form part of the Centre's Award in Continuing Education and offer opportunities for progression onto programmes at the University of Sunderland.
For further details of the award, start dates, fees or to enrol on a course contact the Centre at Centre for Lifelong Learning, 2nd Floor, Bedson Building, King’s Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Telephone 0191 515 2800 or email: lifelong.learning@sunderland.ac.uk. For more information log on to cll.sunderland.ac.uk
*save £15 on full fee or £10 on concessionary fees.
 
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