Newcastle Culture
Newcastle is also known for its cultural heritage and has many
theatres to suit all tastes. After a days strolling through
the city or partaking in the many activities that the city and
surrounding areas have to offer, an evening at the Theatre may
be a desired option for some.
When you stay at any our Hotels in Newcastle the hotel staff
will only be too pleased to inform
and advise you of the best theatre and shows which will cater
for your taste in evening entertainment. Whether it is a classical
or comedy play or a rock concert, Newcastle has it all.
Some venues recommended by Newcastle Hotels are:
Little Theatre
Saltwell View, Gateshead
www.littletheatregateshead.com
Tel: 0191 4781499
Live Theatre
27 Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DQ
www.live.org.uk
Tel: 0191 2321232
Gala Theatre
Millennium Place, Market Place, Durham, DH1 1WA
www.galadurham.co.uk
Tel: Box office 0191 332 4041
Royalty Theatre
25 The Royalty, Off Chester Road, Sunderland, SR2 7PP
www.royaltytheatre.co.uk
Tel: 0191 567 2669
Box Office Opening Times: Mon - Sat 9 am -
5pm
Northern Stage
Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH
www.northernstage.co.uk
Tel: Box Office 0191 230 5151 and Admin 0191
232 3366
Peoples Theatre
Stephenson Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5QF
www.ptag.org.uk
Tel: 0191 265 5191enquiries and to book 0191
265 5020
Theatre Royal
Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BR
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
Tel: Booking Office 08448 11 21 21, Group Bookings
08448 11 21 22
MUSEUMS
36
Lime Street
36 Lime Street, Under Byker Bridge, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
www.36limestreet.co.uk
Tel : 0191 261 5666
Opening Times: Limited opening times.
Art
Works Galleries
Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1NP
www.theartworksgalleries.com
Tel : 0191 261 9922
Opening Times: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am
- 4pm
Admission Price: Free
BALTIC
Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA
www.balticmill.com
Tel : 0191 478 1810
Opening Times: Monday to Sunday 10am-6pm, last entry
15 minutes before closing.
Admission Price: Free Admission
BISCUIT
FACTORY ART GALLERY
If art is "your thing"
then this is a nice location to spend some time
browsing through the very realistically priced items on offer.
You can also relax in the Cafe Byker Vista and enjoy the scenic
views from the terrace.
Stoddart Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1AN
THE OUSEBURN
The Ouseburn Valley is always well worth visiting.
It is located very
close to the city centre and provides a fun filled day for all
the family.
It has many attractions including musical venues, art galleries,
quaint pubs, and
a Centre for children's books. Take a wander along the river
on the walkpath and you are able to view most of the attractions
this area has to offer.
Brown's Art Gallery
15 Acorn Road, Jesmond,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2DJ
Tel : 0191 281 1315
Opening Times: Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm
Buddle Arts Centre
258B Station Road, Wallsend,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE28 8RH
Tel : 0191 200 7132
Opening Times: Opening times vary depending on performances.
Admission Price: Depending on performance.
Customs House Gallery
Mill Dam, South Shields,
NE33 1ES
Tel : 0191 454 1234
Opening Times: Mon - Sat 10am - 8pm and Sun 12noon -
8pm
Admission Price: Free
David Welsh Gallery and Studio
The Courtyard, 14 Blandford
Square, St James Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4HZ
Tel : 0191 232 7744
Opening Times: Monday to Saturday 10am-5.30pm
Eyestorm
Unit G + H, Berkley Way, Hebburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE31
1SF
www.eyestorm.com
Tel : 0191 424 2242
Globe City
4th Floor, Curtis Mayfield
House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UF
Tel : 0191 222 1666
Opening Times: Wednesday - Saturday 11.30am - 5.00pm
and evening as advertised on a show to show basis.
Admission Price: Free
Globe
Hub Gallery
97 Howard Street, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE30 1NA
www.globegallery.org
Tel : 0191 222 1666
Opening Times: Show dependant please call for details.
Gulbenkian
Gallery
Kings Walk, Haymarket,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH
Tel : 0191 2305151/ 2655020
Hatton
Gallery
University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 7RU
www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton
Tel : 0191 222 6059
Opening Times: For 2007 Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm
Laing
Art Gallery
Higham Place, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE1 8AG
www.twmuseums.org.uk
Tel : 0191 232 7734
Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 2pm
- 5pm, closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Admission Price: Free admission
Lime
Street Artist Studio And Workshops
36 Lime Street, Ouseburn
Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne
Opening Times: Open by appointment only.
Mushroom
Works
St. Lawreence Road, Ouseburn , Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6
1AR
www.mushroomworks.com
Tel : 0191 224 4011
Newcastle
Arts Centre
67-75 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SG
www.newcastle-arts-centre/co.uk
Tel : 0191 261 5618
Opening Times: For 2006 the Gallery is only open during
exhibitions, the craft shop and gift shop is open Monday to
Saturday 9am-5.30pm.
Admission Price: Free
Northern
Gallery for Contemporary Art
City Library and Arts Centre, 28 - 30 Fawcett Street, Sunderland,
SR1 1RE
www.ngca.co.uk
Tel : 0191 514 1235
Opening Times: Monday & Wednesday 9.30am - 7.30pm,
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 9.30am
- 4pm
Opus
16 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6AQ
www.opus-art.com
Tel : 0191 242 8060
Opening Times: Tuesday to Friday 10-6pm, Saturday 10-5.30pm
and Sunday 11-4pm
Shipley
Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JB
www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley
Tel : 0191 477 1495
Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm.
closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Side
Gallery
The Side, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3JE
www.amber-online.com
Tel : 0191 232 2208
Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday
11am-3pm
Admission Price: Free
South
Shields Museum and Art Gallery
Ocean Road, South Shields, South Tyneside, NE33 2JA
www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields
Tel : 0191 456 8740
Opening Times: Monday to Saturday 10-5pm and open Bank
Holiday Monday. Closed Sunday and Good Friday.
Admission Price: Free admission
Sunderland
Museum and Winter Garden
Mowbray Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland, SR1 1PP
www.twmuseums.org.uk
Tel : 0191 553 2323
Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm
Admission Price: Free admission
The
Arts Centre Washington
Biddick Lane, Fatfield
, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 8AB
Tel : 0191 219 3455
Box Office Opening Times: Mon 9am - 5pm, Tues - Sat 9am
- 7.30pm
The
Cluny
36 Lime Street, Byker,
Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
Tel : 0191 230 4474
The
Gallery
Gateshead Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead,
NE8 4LN
www.gateshead.gov.uk/gallery
Tel : 0191 433 8400
Opening Times: Monday,Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am-7pm,
Wednesday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, Closed Sunday and Bank
Holiday weekends
The
Little Jewell Cinema
High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
www.waygood.org
The
Long Gallery
Fine Art Department,
The Quadrangle, University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
Tel : 0191 222 6047
Opening Times: Open Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm,
Saturday 9am 4pm (during term-time only)
The
Opus Gallery
Shakespeare Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne
University
Gallery
University Of Northumbria, Library Building , Sandyford
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
http://northumbria.ac.uk/universitygallery
Tel : 0191 227 4424
Opening Times: Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday &
Saturday 10am-4pm. Closed on Sunday and Bank Holidays,Christmas
Eve and New Year.
Admission Price: Free
Vane
Contemporary Art
Kings House, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3AP
www.vane.org.uk
Tel : 0191 261 8281
Opening Times: Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm
Admission Price: Free
Waygood
Gallery and Studio
29 - 37 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW
www.waygood.org
Tel : 0191 221 1712
Opening Times: All year Tuesday -Friday 12am-6pm and
Saturday 10am-6pm only when showing exhibitions.
CINEMAS
Customs
House
Mill Dam, South Shields, South Tyneside, NE33 1ES
www.customshouse.co.uk
Tel : 0191 454 1234
Box Office Opening Times: Mon - Sat 10am - 8pm, Sun 11.30am
- 8pm
Empire
Cinema
The Gate Complex, Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1
6QE
www.empirecinemas.co.uk
Odeon
Gateshead Metrocentre
Russell Way, Metrocentre, Gateshead, NE11 9YZ
www.odeon.co.uk
Tel : 0871 2244007
Odeon
Silverlink
Osprey Drive, Silverlink Retail Park, Wallsend, North Tyneside,
NE28 9NG
www.odeon.co.uk
Tel : 0871 2244 007
Star
And Shadow Cinema
TTTV Workshops, Stepney
Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NP
www.starandshadow.org.uk
Tel : 0191 261 0066
Admission Price: Compulsory membership £1 per year, see
individual films for prices. We welcome UK asylum seekers and
offer them free entry. No pre-booking.
Tyneside
Cinema
Old Town Hall, Gateshead, NE8 1AX
www.tynecine.org
Tel : Box Office 0191 2328289 and Information Line 0191
232 1507
Opening Times: Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing
Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day.
Whitley
Bay Playhouse
Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 1LZ
www.whitleybayplayhouse.co.uk
Tel : 0191 252 3505
Box Office Opening Times: Mon - Sat 10am - 8pm
MAJOR
EVENTS
NewcastleGateshead
www.newcastlegateshead.com
Gatesheads stunning Saltwell Park will host the Saltwell Park
show with crafts, music and storytelling. On the Sunday the
park will come alive with the sound of La Banda Europa, a unique
orchestra that comprises the talents of leading global musicians
who will perform a new composition from Scotland Creative. Award
winner Jim Sutherland, accompanied by a large scale choir from
North East England.
The
performance is entitled Before the Wolf, a project with a definite
sense of theatricality, provided here by Hilary Westlake, artistic
director of much of the Queens Jubilee celebrations. The main
event is preceded on Saturday by several smaller shows in Newcastle
city centre. Two hundred singers and drummers from around NewcastleGateshead
will also form part of the show which begins with a procession
by the performers around Newcastle on the Saturday and culminates
in a performance by the whole orchestra in Gatesheads Saltwell
Park on the Sunday, as part of the Saltwell Park show.
Newcastle
Community Green Festival
Leazes Park
Full details to follow soon.
Time:
Saturday 12noon -6
pm, Sunday 12noon - 11pm
Admission: Free
Telephone: 0191 232 1750
E-mail: newcastle-greenfest@hotmail.com
Disabled facilities: Please check with the venue.
Contact: 0191 232 1750
Newcastle
Town Moor
Annual
travelling fair
Disabled
facilities: Please check
with the venue
Newcastle
Mela
Exhibition Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne
www.newcastlemela.co.uk
Newcastle Asian Arts and Music in association with Unison present
the 2006 Mela.Featuring top International Artists Malkit Singh,Jazzy
B, Baby Naznin, Arif Lohar and Raja Kashif.Also performing Ground
Breakers, Honey and Diva Dancers, BJS, Soaful, Shaz Khan, Tartin
Dhollies, Jawad Kahlown, Newcastle Bangla Gushti, Habib Sabri,
Mohammed Raza and Real Deal Crew. Plus Fashion Shows by Diva
and 5 Rivers. Community stage, activities for childen and sporting
events.
Heritage
Open Days
www.twhods.org.uk
As part of the annual national event a series of historical
buildings will be opened to the public for free. Full details
to follow soon.
Great North Run
half marathon
Disabled facilities:
Please check with the venue.
Contact: Nova International, 0191 272 4717
Libraries
Benwell
Library
Atkinson Road
Benwell
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 8XS
Tel: 0191 277 4266
Fax: 0191 277 4268
Blakelaw
Library
Binswood Avenue
Blakelaw
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 3PN
Phone 0191 277 4185
Cruddas
Park Library
Park Road
Cruddas Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
Denton Burn Library
Denton Burn Library
West Road
Denton Burn
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7QQ
Phone: 0191 277 4277
Fenham Library
Fenham Hall Drive
Fenham
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 9XD
Tel: 0191 277 4270
Fax: 0191 277 4273
email: fenham.library@newcastle.gov.uk
Jesmond
Library
St George's Terrace
Jesmond
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 2DL
Tel: 0191 278 4215
Fax: 0191 278 4217
email: jesmond.library@newcastle.gov.uk
Moorside
Library
Beaconsfield Street
Arthur's Hill
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 5AW
Tel: 0191 277 4288
email: moorside.library@newcastle.gov.uk
Outer West Library
Outer West Library
Denton Way
Denton Park
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 2QZ
Phone 0191 277 7970
Fax 0191 277 7975
Email outerwest.library@newcastle.gov.uk
Walker Library
Welbeck Road
Walker
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 2PA
Tel: 0191 278 4225
Fax: 0191 278 4229
email: walker.library@newcastle.gov.uk
THEATRES
City Hall
Northumberland Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 8SF
Telephone
No. 0191 261 2606
Gulbenkian
Theatre at Newcastle University
University of Newcastle
Kings Walk
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 8QB
Telephone No. 0191 230 5151
Hyena
Comedy Cafe, The
Leazes Arcade
Haymarket
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 4QT
Telephone
No. 0191 232 6030
Journal
Tyne Theatre. (Formerly Tyne Theatre and Opera House)
105-119 Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 4AG
Telephone
No. 0870 145 1200
Live Theatre
27 Broadchare
Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 3DQ
Telephone
No. 0191 232 1232
Metro
Radio Arena
Arena Way
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE4 7NA
Telephone
No. 0870 707 8000
Opera
House
55-57 Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 1SG
Telephone No. 0191 232 0899
People's
Theatre Arts Centre
Stephenson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE6 5QF
Telephone
No. 0191 265 5020
Playhouse
Theatre
Barras Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7RH
Telephone
No. 0191 230 5151
Theatre
Royal
100 Grey Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 6BR
Telephone No. 0191 232 2061