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September 27, 2006
Christmas Shows at Northern Stage in Newcastle
The theatre has reopened and would welcome you, your children and family at their two Christmas shows...
The Little Prince
For children and young people years 4-10 (Over 7 years old)
http://www.northernstage.co.uk/thelittleprince
30 November 2006 to 13 January 2007 – 10am/2pm/7pm (see website for details)
School tickets: £8 each, one free for every 10 paying. Call 0191 230 5151
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.�
The Little Prince marks the return of Northern Stage’s amazing Christmas productions, which have delighted school audiences throughout the North East for many years. Neil Murray, who directed and designed the splendid Grimm Tales, The Snow Queen, Beauty and the Beast and many other Northern Stage Christmas shows, has created a magical production ideal for children in years 4 to 10. The show will also appeal to older students of French, who have the unique opportunity to see this famous text by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry brought to life on stage.
Thumbelina
Ideal for children aged 6 and under.
http://www.northernstage.co.uk/thumbelina
24 November 2006 – 6 January 2007 - 10.30am/1.30pm
School tickets: £5 each, one free for every 10 paying. Call 0191 230 5151
“There once was a girl no bigger than a thumb. This tiny girl was born inside a beautiful flower and they called her Thumbelina…�
This is a brand-new adaptation by Susan Mulholland of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. Directed by Annie Rigby (The Golden Bird, How the Sea Came to Be), and designed by Andrew Stephenson, this team have developed outstanding expertise in producing work for young children, though their work in schools and nurseries throughout the region. Thumbelina is a beautiful story full of music and fun, which reminds us that we shouldn’t want to grow up too quickly.
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September 26, 2006
World Teachers Day 2006
World Teachers Day this year is Thursday October 5th.
http://www.ei-ie.org/worldteachersday/en/index.php
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September 20, 2006
Visual Arts training for Gateshead Teachers at BALTIC
Thursday 5th of October 2006
4.30pm - 6.30pm
BALTIC
FREE
As part of a collaborative day with Scottish Arts Council, Gateshead Cultural Ambassadors and their colleagues are invited to take part in a practical workshop at BALTIC. Meeting visiting delegates you will represent the region and have the chance to get involved in both a workshop and informal discussion. The practical session will be led by BALTIC freelance artists Sally Madge and Cath Campbell and will be based on the Spank the Monkey exhibition. Refreshments will be provided too.
Cath Campbell is particularly interested in 3D work. Her practice includes sculpture, drawing and installation. Workshops allow participants to solve problems and make decisions. Cath has recently completed a residency at Cragside House, Northumberland.
Sally Madge’s art practice includes sculpture, installation and performance. She uses a variety of venues and a range of materials. Participants often find themselves becoming part of their own art!
Booking essential.
To reserve a place please call Baltic on 0191 4781810 or email events@balticmill.com
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September 19, 2006
Early Years seminar with Piccolomusic
A Fun Evening with Anna and Abi of Piccolomusic:
Evening seminar for those working with Babies and Young Children
Develop your skills, boost your confidence, and meet others who are working in this area. Sing along, learning new songs, tips and ideas for bringing songs to life for children.
This seminar is ideal for people working in nurseries, crèches, libraries, playgroups, nursery and reception class, parent and toddler groups, parent craft and post natal groups and out of school clubs, and who are starting or have recently started singing with children. Parents are also very welcome.
Thursday 16th November 2006
7 - 8.30pm, with time to meet and chat/network/look at resources afterwards in the bar/cafe.
Content:
· Learn the main different song types and their uses
· Learn an action song, actions to start you off, then how to adapt it
· Learn what works best with different ages and adult/child ratios
· Learn methods for singing to encourage co-ordination and speech development and techniques for encouraging adult participation
Venue: Caedmon Hall, Gateshead central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LN
Free parking outside; Disabled access
Bar/cafe open afterwards together with an opportunity to buy Piccolo CDs and resources
Booking by Post , telephone, or on-line:
· Cost of workshop per person : £15 (includes hand out & training CD)
· Bookings of 5 or more people at once : £12 each.
· Sorry, no refunds once payment has been made.
· E mail names, addresses, phone numbers and number of places required to anna@piccolomusic.co.uk. An invoice will be sent out. OR
· Telephone Anna or Abi on 0191 2528765 with your details. OR
· Post booking details to Piccolo,17 St Oswins Ave, Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear NE30 4PH with cheque payable to A Scantlebury. OR
· Credit/debit card payments-email us to pay online via PayPal
Thank you for your time, and please forward this e mail to anyone you know who may be interested in this event.
Best Wishes
Anna Scantlebury and Abi Cottom
www.piccolomusic.co.uk
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International Education Week 2006, 13-17 November
Help us celebrate the benefits of embedding an international dimension in education!
International Education Week (IEW), now in its 4th year, is an excellent opportunity for you to show the world how being internationally minded has benefited your school, college or organisation. You don't even have to do anything extra (unless of course you want to!), all that we ask is that, if you are planning anything related to your international activities for the Autumn, you consider holding it between 13 - 17 November so the entire country can celebrate together.
We are hoping to generate local press coverage for many of your events so please let us know of your plans for IEW 2006 by emailing us at iew.england@dfes.gsi.gov.uk or visit the IEW 2006 website for more information at www.teachernet.gov.uk/iew where details of all the events taking place during the week can be found.
Need inspiration? Some of the fantastic IEW events held in previous years include: a visit by a Russian Space Expert and a Russian Cosmonaut to schools across Bedfordshire giving talks about their experiences; international video-conferences; a series of workshops with a Jamaican musician and storyteller; language speaking competitions; international days including students wearing their traditional national costume, playing international music, dancing, cooking traditional food, folk art and crafts, language events, and drama skits; A group of school footballers from Le Havre visiting a school in England to participate in a range of international sports based activities.
Just two of the major events already planned for this year are the British Council Education and Training Group National Conference (www.britishcouncil.org/learning-above-and-beyond) and the Development Education Association Global Learning Award (www.dea.org.uk/adult/projects_gla.html)
Everyone, at all levels of education across England, is invited to join in so come on - get involved and pass the word!
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Darlington Fiction Week
18th-23rd September.
In addition to writing workshops with John Murray, Marion Husband and Charles Fernyhough on Friday 22 we have programmed a FREE Career Development Workshop for Writers with consultant Jane Dancer.
On Tuesday 19 join join novelists Kitty Fitzgerald and John Murray as they read from their recent novels and talk about their experiences on the path to publication.
Described by Jonathan Coe as “one of the best comic writers we’ve got�, Cumbria-based John Murray is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels including John Dory, Jazz Etc. and most recently A Gentleman¹s Relish (Flambard) which was published in June 2006.
Kitty Fitzgerald was born in Ireland and raised in Yorkshire. She has written drama for the BBC, for the theatre and for film, as well as fiction and poetry. Her most recent and breakthrough novel Pigtopia (Faber & Faber) won second place in the US Barnes & Noble's 2005 Discover Awards for new fiction.
On Saturday 23 don¹t miss your opportunity to win a ‘free read’ worth £250 from The Literary Consultancy when the London-based critique service presents a day-long event for new writers that will explore the publishing process. If you want to know more about how to get published, this day is for you.
With agent Broo Doherty, publishers Maria Rejt (Macmillan) and Emma Hargrave (Tindal St Press) along with The Literary Consultancy team, who will debate what is going on in the literary marketplace today. Is the publishing industry as London-centric as many claim? Is the kind of work getting published increasingly predictable? Are small presses making a comeback? How difficult is it for first-time writers to get their work noticed?
With opportunities to question the panel and learn useful tips for pitching your novel.
Literaturetraining will be on hand during the day, manning an information point for professional development with reference publications, writers' magazines, training information etc and offering half hour one-to-one information and advice sessions, bookable on the day.
Saturday 23 September 10-4pm
Tickets: £10/9
Booking: 01325 486 555
For any further information contact sandra@newwritingnorth.com
Tel: 0191 488 8580 or Mob: 07866 738 01
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Arts Council Annual Review 2006
Arts Council England Annual Review
Arts Council England has released its Annual Review for 2006 which looks back and reports on activities and achievements from Spring 2005 to 2006.
To download a copy of the Annual Review visit www.artscouncil.org.uk
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September 14, 2006
London Shadows - an exhibiton of photographs by Montague Wickham
Saturday 30th September - Saturday 4th November 2006
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Admission free
Newcastle Arts Centre
67 Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1SG
0191 261 5618
website: www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
email: gallery@newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
This exhibition is the result of a purchase of a box of lantern slides bought in a local auction room. Catalogued as 'views of London theatres etc.' it did not attract much interest but we were soon to discover
that this decayed and dusty box is very unusual. To anyone interested in the history of photography a common frustration is that most photographs are anonymous and undated and this small collection is rare because most
of the slides are named and dated. Montague Wickham had set himself the task of being expert at night photography and producing a lecture set of London scenes which was presented with notes about night photography. The
pictures, taken 1912/13 just before the First World War, are images full of atmosphere with a wealth of historic detail. They show a City experimenting with the new electric light and a night life of window shopping and crowds
promenading through the extraordinary pleasure domes of the White City. The 'Criterion' flanked by early cars and Victorian hansom cabs proclaims 'Our Sovereign, the Glory of our Empire' and features an sign illustrating a
'Dreadnought' Battleship above the Restaurant entrance, while in the Theatre, George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man ' is playing! Another picture, taken on the corner of Tottenham Court Road, shows the entrance to the Central Line Tube Station. Clearly visible on an office window is a sign for Ernst Leitz the German company of microscope makers who would a few years later create the world's most famous 35mm camera the Leica. Wickham was a very able photographer both as a technician and a picture-maker. He must also have been fairly wealthy as he specifies the use of rare and expensive wide aperture lenses to be used fully open to capture people. It's certain that he would have used a small quarter plate camera on a tripod and that exposures ranged between a few seconds and twelve minutes.
Much mystery remains about Montague Wickham and his passion for photography, we guess that his home was in the North East and we know that he was a member of the Edinburgh 'CPS' from 1911. In addition we have a few pictures taken by him in Birmingham in 1912. If anyone has more information on MW or a history of the White City, please contact Mike Tilley at Newcastle Arts Centre. 0191 2615618 or e-mail, mike@newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
The slides have been digitally copied and restored using 'Photoshop' and printed at Newcastle Arts Centre with pigmented inks. The images are now archived on CD and the exhibition prints are expected to last in
excess of 75 years if kept in normal museum conditions. The restored images are copyright Newcastle Arts Centre 2002 and prints are for sale at sizes up to 600 x 500cm.
Exhibition first shown November 2002 and revised October 2006
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War Memorials meeting at the Shipley Art Gallery
Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road
Gateshead
Tuesday 3rd October 2006
7pm
Free - just turn up.
Janet Brown of the War Memorials Trust will give a talk about how we can care for our memorials and what they mean to us.
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September 12, 2006
Durham Literature Festival 2006
Here is the website for this year's Durham Literature Festival:
http://www.literaturefestival.co.uk/index.html
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Enrol on an adult learning course
Computers, arts, crafts, dance, languages and more...
Find out all our courses at www.gateshead.gov.uk/adultlearning
and go to Education & Learning.
Or call us on 0191 433 8653
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September 9, 2006
HMS Mauretania - outreach and trips - book now
Mauretania Magic- visits to schools
Travel back to the glories of the Edwardian era with the help of Tyne & Wear Archive Services. Using a recently discovered set of magic lantern slides the ghostly figure of Mr. Harry Bocler will be happy to bring his presentation about RMS Mauretania to your school.
Harry was Technical Manager at Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson and managed the design of the most famous ship built on the River Tyne. Through a series of fabulous images your children will explore:
· Great feats of engineering
· Huge technological advances
· Edwardian social history
Harry will leave behind a resource pack covering aspects of arts, literacy, maths and science.
To book a visit by Harry Bocler contact:
Colin Boyd
Tyne & Wear Archive Services
Blandford House,
Blandford Square
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 4JA.
Tel: 0191 2326789
e-mail: colinboyd@gateshead.gov.uk
Dazzling Mauretania - visit Discovery Museum
Mauretania, like many ships, had a facelift during World War I with dazzle paint. Ships were painted with striped primary colour designs influenced by cubism to camouflage them from enemy ships. Free dazzle paint art sessions will be run at Discovery Museum from 25 September - 10 November. Pupils will find out how this amazing optical illusion worked, learn about cubism and have a go at dazzle painting. Sessions last one hour so can be combined with a visit to the Mauretania exhibition.
To book a session contact:
Learning Team
Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4JA.
Tel: 0191 2772174 or 0191 2772181
The Mauretania Exhibition
These two offers accompany the joint TWM/TWAS exhbition: Mauretania, which runs from the 20th of September to the 19th of November.
The exhibition at the museum celebrates the 100th birthday of the great Tyneside ship and the people who made it happen. Many original items will be on display including rare documents, photographs and objects.
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Tudor Lives at the Shipley Art Gallery for Primary Schools
Tyne & Wear Museums is delighted to announce the opening of
Tudor Lives at Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead.
From 16 September, your pupils will be able to meet Henrietta Maddison, the wife of a Newcastle merchant in Tudor times. They will visit him in the Parlour and explore some of the wonderful Tudor objects from the museums’ collections. The pupils will find out more about the work of the poor people by visiting her kitchen and trying out different household tasks. They will also discover whether they could survive Tudor disease and medicine. All this is offered entirely free of charge.
Tudor Lives at Segedunum and Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens booked up in a matter of days, so we would urge you to book straightaway to avoid disappointment.
The exhibtion runs from the 16th September to the 29th of October.
To find out more or to book your pupils’ Tudor experience please call the Learning Team on (0191) 477 1495.
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September 8, 2006
September events in Gateshead
GATESHEAD CHRYSANTHEMUM & DAHLIA SOCIETY SHOW
Saturday 9 September 1pm - 4pm & Sunday 10 September 9am - 4pm
The Grove, Saltwell Park
Flower show with amateur exhibits in flower, vegetable, bakery and handicraft item classes. Suitable for all the family. Free
SHIBDON POND HIDE EVENT
Sunday 10 September, drop in between 10am and 3pm
Shibdon Pond Local Nature Reserve Hide
A chance to look at the birds, especially waders, with experts on hand to answer your questions and point out the birds. Please bring binoculars. Suitable for all the family. Free. For information tel: 01207 545212
COUNTRY CRAFTS & GREEN WOODWORKING GROUP
Mondays - 11 September 10am - 3pm, Bill Quay Community Farm
Come along and learn traditional country skills and wood turning. Suitable for adults
Free. For information tel: Jayne Calvert 0191 433 3524
COUNTRYSIDE SCAVENGER HUNT
Sunday 17 September, start any time between 1pm and 2.30pm
Start at Derwenthaugh Park car park, Winlaton Mill
Look closer at the countryside and try and win a book token! Take part in this
scavenger hunt and look for clues and information along a three mile trail around Derwent Walk Country Park and Derwenthaugh Park.
Some steps and steep gradients. Suitable for all the family.
Cost £1. For information tel. 0191 414 2106
THE NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Saturday 9 September, 10am - 4.30pm, Gateshead International Stadium
Cost: £3 accompanied children under 15 free.
http://www.nationalfamilyhistoryfair.com/
THE ALLOTMENT - New Perspectives Theatre Company
Thursday 14 September, 6pm, Brandling Community Centre, Church Place, Felling
A comedy about war, displacement, asylum and compost heaps a play to make audiences laugh out loud one minute and wipe away tears the next - tough, unsentimental, full of heart. Four strangers drawn from four war-torn corners of the world into the plans of a middle-aged sociology student convinced that gardening holds the key to healing shattered lives.
Family show particularly suitable for 15 years +
PAPA PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME - Travelling Light Theatre Company
Saturday 14 October, 10.30am, Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library
Monica longs to play with the moon, so her ather sets out on a remarkable journey to make her wish come true. Papa Please Get The Moon For Me will delight the youngest audiences as it explores the fascination we all have with the beautiful waxing and waning moon; through physical storytelling, live music and dance.
Family show particularly suitable for 3 - 6 year olds. Box Office 0191 433 8420
GRANNY VAMPIRE - Moby Duck Theatre Company
Saturday 14 October, 10.30am , Tyne View Primary School, Rose Street
My Nan's a vampire! How cool is that? Sunita is dead excited about going to visit her family village in India but when she gets there, Grandma's a big disappointment. She's vegetarian, faints at the sight of blood and doesn't even wear her feet backwards - the way all self-respecting Indian vampires should. A blend of storytelling with South Asian dance, live music, digitally generated projections and haunting, evocative masks. Start your Hallowe'en celebrations with Moby Duck's unmissable performance! Family show particularly suitable for 8 - 11 year olds.
Box Office 0191 433 8420
ROBINSON CRUSOE - Intext Performance
Saturday 14 October, 10.30am, Carr Hill Primary School, Carr Hill Road, Deckham
An actor has been touring in a play about Robinson Crusoe. Now he is on his way home, but after a storm he is stranded in an airport on the far side of the world. He begins to tell the classic story and talks to the audience about himself and his family at home. Episodes from Daniel Defoe's classic are re-told alongside a more personal, modern tale of loneliness, isolation, friendship and families. Family show suitable for 9 - 11 year olds. Box Office 0191 433 8420
NATIONAL MOTHWATCH NIGHT
Saturday 23 September, 7.30pm to late! Shibdon Pond Local Nature Reserve
A rare opportunity to explore the mysterious and fascinating world of moths. Suitable for all the family. Cost £1 Numbers are limited, please book in advance, tel. 01207 545212
GATESHEAD AND DISTRICT ALLOTMENTS OPEN SHOW
Saturday 23 September 1pm - 4pm
Sunday 24 September 9am - 4pm
The Grove, Saltwell Park
Flower show with range of amateur exhibits
Suitable for all the family. Free.
Contact Gateshead Council Events Team 0191 433 6900
TESCO MINI & JUNIOR GREAT NORTH RUN
Saturday 30 September from 11.30am
Newcastle and Gateshead Quaysides
Free to spectators
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Theatre in the Park
REVOLUTION
by Artizani Street Theatre
Saltwell Park, North Fields, Gateshead
FREE
Sunday 10th September
Shows at 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Revolution is a comic and touching epic of passionate doomed love set on an ever-changing carousel, performed by Artizani, a company specialising in outdoor entertainment and circus.The show is performed on an incredible revolving stage which rattles around changing pace and direction, apparently powered by bicycle. The audience is treated to poignant performances, lightning-fast scene changes and surreal visual images. The witty original script shows that love is as foolish as you always thought! From honeymoon to ironing room the story ends in an unexpected redemption, and a spectacular finale every bit as extravagant as a Busby Berkeley classic.
Part of 'Prepare for TakeOff'.TakeOff is part of NewcasleGateshead’s world-class festivals and events programme.
Suitable for families
For further information please call Sue Hurrell on 0191 433 6918
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Early Years Conference
The National Day Nursery Association is one of our Ambassadors Cultural Partners.
Their latest conference is:
The Childcare Act and Market Facilitation: private, public and voluntary working together
5th Dec 2006
London.
The event will address the important issue of how local authorities work with private and voluntary nurseries when commissioning childcare services to achieve their targets.
Key speakers include : Beverly Hughes MP, Minister for Children; Dame Pat Collarbone, Executive Director, Training and Development Agency for Schools; Andrew Wells, Audit Commission Lead of Children's Trust Arrangements and Purnima Tanuku, Chief Executive of NDNA.
Book early to benefit from the early bird booking rate. More details and a booking form can be found at www.ndna.org.uk - events and campaigns.
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September 5, 2006
Funding for young people to improve their community
The Camelot Foundation invites young people aged between 11 and 25 to apply for the Foundations 4Front Awards. Nine grants of £3,000 are available to young people or groups who have an idea to improve things for themselves and others. Applications must be submitted in the form of a five minute film outlining the idea and how it will benefit the community. Previous winners include a school radio station; and to provide IT and internet connections as part of the regeneration of a derelict building into a resource centre. Closing date for applications is the 18th September 2006. for more information visit: http://www.4frontawards.org/public/index.html
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Mapping the Streets - street arts conference in Newcastle and Stockton
Mapping the Streets
21 - 24 September 2006
Mapping The Streets is the first International Conference of world streets arts, drawing delegates, participants and performers from Europe, Australasia and the Americas, North and South.
The Conference aims to celebrate international street arts and also to discover something about its origins and the way it has developed into a global expression of culture, which is popular and accessible.
Taking place at The Sage Gateshead and Stockton on Tees’ Wynyard Hall, Mapping the Streets will also feature a series of public performances at various locations.
Delegate places for Mapping the Streets are strictly limited to 240. www.mappingthestreets.org
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