Think Benidorm meets Blackpool with a cocktail of camp, colour and character then you’ve got Club Tropicana. If you remember electric 80’s when hair was big, shoulders were padded, girls (and boys) just wanted to have fun and mobile phones were shaped like bricks and weighed a tonne! Then this musical is for you. When… Continue reading Review: Club Tropicana @ Sunderland Empire

Image: Rain Man 2019 tour – Adam Lilley & Chris Fountain I have seen the classic Rain Man film with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman thousands of times so I was unsure what to expect from the stage production. Rain Man follows Charlie (Chris Fountain) who has heard news of his father dying and he… Continue reading Review: Rain Man @ Northern Stage

Image: The Other Richard  Whenever I get a headache or some sort of pain that is in my body that is causing me to winge, I winge on and on till someone does something about it. Usually, it ends up in me going to the doctors to be told I am fine. After watching The… Continue reading Review, The Shape of The Pain @ Northern Stage

The Cat in The Hat is a fantastic children’s story by Dr. Seuss. It tells the story of two siblings who are stuck in the house on a rainy day but all is well when the Cat in The Hat shows them how to play. The house looks like it has been drawn from a… Continue reading Review: The Cat in The Hat @ Northern Stage, Newcastle

Image: Karen Dunbar  If you think that Calendar Girls the musical is all about Chelsea buns and boobs then you are mistaken. Of course, we all know the true story of the real Calendar Girls. Where a  group of ladies from Yorkshire decide to appear nude for a Women’s Institute calendar in order to raise funds… Continue reading Review: Calendar Girls- The Musical @ Sunderland Empire

Image: Pamela Raith Photography I am just going to put my hands up now and say I had never heard nor seen Ghost. Never heard of the 1990 film featuring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg. I know you must be thinking, where have you been? Well wherever I was, I certainly was not… Continue reading Review: Ghost The Musical @ Sunderland Empire

Valentine’s Day-a chance to celebrate with those you love- no matter who they are. It is nice to treat yourselves for a nice meal out somewhere. There are loads of eatery places in the North East so how you do know where is good to go? I have chosen 5 places in the North East… Continue reading Top 5 North East Restaurants for Valentine’s Day