The Late Shows 2016
13 - 14 May

1. 36 Lime Street

Fri & Sat

Explore a selection of artists’ and makers’ studios across five floors of 36 Lime Street and enj...

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2. Pop Up Culture Market

The Biscuit Factory

Fri & Sat

Join our Pop Up Culture Market as we bring together a curated selection of producers and purveyors o...

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3. Christ Church

Fri Only

You’ve seen Circus Central performing everything from aerial silks to acrobatics in The Mining Ins...

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4. Reflect

Cobalt Studios

Fri & Sat

Reflect @ Cobalt Studios pop is a playscape for grown ups and kids alike. You'll find an interactive...

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5. en_counter

Shieldfield Art Works

Fri & Sat

Maps are all about power and control. In a world saturated by satnavs and GPS the Holy Biscuit will ...

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6. Hoults Yard

Fri & Sat

The folks at Hoults Yard are all fired up and ready to take you on a journey. Join them for a ‘thr...

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7. City Lights, Dark Skies

Jim Edwards Studio

Fri & Sat

Rarely in a city are we able to enjoy a star filled sky, often obscured by the city lights. During t...

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8. Labyrinth

Fri Only

Join the Labyrinth crew for their fourth Late Shows outing as they showcase their freshest new acts ...

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9. A Splash of Colour

Mushroom Works

Fri & Sat

Do you have a favourite colour? Whatever it may be, colour surrounds us and we use it to express our...

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10. 21st Birthday Party

Northern Print

Fri & Sat

As darkness falls across the North East, come and explore the land of the rising sun at Northern Pri...

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11. Ouseburn Farm

Fri & Sat

The cafe will be open for hot and cold meals. The cafe area will also house some exhibitions from lo...

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12. PROTOHOME

Fri & Sat

PROTOHOME is a self-build housing project created by members of the homeless charity Crisis. It open...

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13. The Letterbox Cinema

Roots and Wings

Fri Only

Roll up, roll up! Come one, come all! Peer into our social enterprise’s inner workings with the re...

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14. Seven Stories

Fri & Sat

Don’t miss a chance to visit out-of-hours as Seven Stories celebrates its hugely popular exhibitio...

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15. Weaving Community

St Dominic's Priory

Fri Only

World song, poetry, dance, food and fabric from the diverse communities making up St Dominic’s: An...

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16. The Time Bandits @ Seven Stories

Fri Only

Jack's back! Once again Time Bandits transform Ouseburn into Victorian Whitechapel where the first a...

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17. Toffee Factory

Fri & Sat

Celebrating five years of The Late Shows at Toffee Factory, Mariam Rezaei and The Old Police House w...

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18. Victoria Tunnel

Fri Only

Book your space on one of the ever-popular Victoria Tunnel taster tours, designed to whet your appet...

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19. Academy of Music & Sound

Sat Only

Our Degree Students will offer individual taster sessions of beginner lessons on Drums, Bass, Guitar...

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20. Put the Needle on the Record

Arch 16 Cafe

Sat Only

An Introduction to Vinyl DJing. Soulidarity DJs, Jay Toner and Eddie Turner will introduce you to ha...

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21. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Sat Only

BALTIC opens its doors for a late night sampling of exhibitions from international artists Omer Fast...

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22. Bensham Grove Community Centre

Sat Only

Bensham Grove is a beautiful Grade II listed building that is rather magical in the evening. The cen...

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23. Never Too Late to Love

Streetwise Opera - Bensham Grove

Sat Only

Streetwise Opera presents a special brew for all discerning lovers. “Never too late to love” is ...

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24. Dunston Staiths

Sat Only

Dunston Staiths will open in the evening especially for The Late Shows. Views of the River Tyne from...

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25. Somethin's Brewin

Open Mic - Gateshead Old Town Hall

Sat Only

Head to our café ‘Somethin’s Brewin’ for open mic fun, tasty treats and delicious drinks. Wit...

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26. WILD WOOL

GemArts - Gateshead Old Town Hall

Sat Only

WILD WOOL is a performance art piece that merges Chinese dance, martial arts and gesture to articula...

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27. East Street Arts - Gateshead Old Town Hall

Sat Only

Based in the historical Gateshead Old Town Hall, artists from East Street Arts will be opening up th...

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28. ​Lawnmowers Big Party #Festival30

Lawnmowers Theatre Company

Sat Only

Enter Swinburne House, where the celebration begins with the uplifting voices of Lawnmowers Find You...

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29. FERTILE GROUND - Dancing the Road

Sanctuary Artspace

Sat Only

FERTILE GROUND performs extracts from the triple bill ‘Dancing the Road’. The works are:EIGHT ST...

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30. Shipley Art Gallery

Sat Only

Inspired by our forthcoming exhibition – a showcase of Saltwell Park Museum, which closed in 1969 ...

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31. The St Mary's Pageant

St Mary's Heritage Centre

Sat Only

As part of the Late Shows weekend, drop in to St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead for the St Ma...

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80. Sage Speakeasy – Piano Karaoke Bar

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Sat Only

Join us for a swingin’ evening of singing in our piano bar, complete with cocktails for the full c...

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32. Picturing England

Bessie Surtees House

Sat Only

Come and explore Bessie Surtees House, a unique group of buildings from Tudor Newcastle, located at ...

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33. THE SAINT

The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas

Sat Only

UNIT44 will be hosting a collection of artists and works at the iconic Newcastle landmark that is St...

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35. David Fry Pottery Studio

Sat Only

The Pottery Studio will be in full swing again with the public invited to have a go at making a pot ...

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37. The Common Room - don't use

Sat Only

Everything you wouldn’t expect in a Library. Fire eaters, music, comedy, laughter and flying acrob...

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39. Newcastle Castle

Sat Only

Find out about the fortress that gave Newcastle its name. Two areas of the Castle Keep will be open ...

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40. Fathoms

St John the Baptist Church

Sat Only

“Fathoms” is an emotionally immersive multi-channel sound and video work based on explorations o...

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41. Swing Bridge

Sat Only

Take a tour of one of the iconic bridges over the River Tyne. Discover the inner workings of its imp...

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42. Tyne Theatre & Opera House

Sat Only

A visit to Tyne Theatre & Opera House will take you back nearly 150 years. Join one of our mini ...

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43. Whosit & Whatsit

Sat Only

Whosit & Whatsit is an independent retailer located on Newcastle’s Quayside, selling products ...

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34. ​Tango Milonga

Dance City

Sat Only

For the first time Dance City joins The Late Shows with a free tango milonga! Join Dance City tango ...

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36. Välkommen – Eurovision 2016

Discovery Museum

Sat Only

All Eurovision Fans and fanatics, this one’s for you – this year there’s no need to stay at ho...

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38. Newcastle Arts Centre

Sat Only

‘The Good Hurt’, by Clarita Lulic; an exhibition exploring power dynamics between husband and wi...

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75. JaZZ RiOT

Alphabetti Theatre

Sat Only

Alphabetti Theatre is the best kept secret in Newcastle. The 70 capacity venue, located in a basemen...

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44. Alt:Mix

High Bridge Works

Sat Only

BALTIC’s project space hosts Alt:Mix, a multimedia exhibition which focuses of the ethics relating...

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45. Left Leg Gallery - Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

Left Leg Gallery are taking over the main entrance of Bamburgh House for one evening. “In the non ...

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46. Abject2 Gallery - Breeze Creatives (2nd floor)

Sat Only

The Ashington District Star is a newspaper / photographic journal and exhibition produced and edited...

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47. Studio 313 - Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

Studio 313 will be opening the doors of their new recording studio with some reggae sounds.

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48. FAD - Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

Foundation Art and Design students will be presenting an interim show, highlighting the innovative a...

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49. Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

Chris Lindon, with the support of the Prince's Trust, will be opening the doors to his new recording...

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50. Nosebleed Interactive - Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

The award winning game development studio, Nosebleed Interactive, will be opening it’s doors to th...

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51. Inspiring Events CIC - Breeze Creatives

Sat Only

Inspired Support will be asking audiences to come and join them in their new performance area, with ...

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52. Abject Gallery - Breeze Creatives (8th floor)

Sat Only

Abject Gallery will be launching it 3rd show this year with Elizabeth Eamer a London based artist wh...

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53. ​ARTisan!

Bunker Coffee and Kitchen

Sat Only

ARTisan! is an evening of art and coffee tasting from around the world. We’re also turning our spa...

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54. Globe Gallery

Sat Only

Globe’s interactive installation The Blossom Tree is back this year, inviting visitors to fashion ...

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55. Vane - Commercial Union House (1st floor)

Sat Only

To accompany our current exhibition, ‘Vinyl Icons: Persian Pop and Turkish Psychedelia’, visitor...

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56. ​The Midnight Garden of Beasts

The HUB @ Arcadea - Commercial Union House (2nd floor)

Sat Only

Join us at the HUB / ICEBOX and catch a glimpse (if you're lucky) of our extremely rare collection o...

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57. B&D Studios - Commercial Union House (3rd floor)

Sat Only

In our main area, 586 Records are hosting the "Silent Disco". Supplying your Earphones with the Vibe...

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58. ​Ground Control to Major Tim

Ampersand Inventions - Commercial Union House (4th floor)

Sat Only

Ampersand Inventions invites you to Mission Control for a stellar evening of dazzling creativity and...

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59. Space Six - Commercial Union House (6th floor)

Sat Only

Based on the 6th floor of Commercial Union House, Space Six is an artist led work and rehearsal spac...

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60. Re-Launch Party

Gallagher & Turner

Sat Only

After 26 years framing the finest art in the North East and exhibiting work by major national artist...

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61. Night School

Gallery North

Sat Only

For the Late Shows 2016 Gallery North opens its doors to allow a closer look at ways ideas are share...

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62. The Glamorous Owl

Sat Only

Silver ring making workshops for small groups on the first floor. Die cut crafting on first floor sm...

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63. Great North Museum: Hancock

Sat Only

**Adults only**Why Netflix and chill when you could Hancock and party? Bring your friends and join u...

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64. Grey's Monument - Fully Booked

Sat Only

Climb 164 steps of the iconic Grey’s Monument for spectacular evening views of Newcastle’s Grain...

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65. The Journey

Sat Only

It’s not about the destination…it’s all about the Journey. Come on in and discover the Art of ...

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66. Laing Art Gallery

Sat Only

It would be so nice if something made sense for a change… Would you like some wine? Join us on the...

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67. MakerSpace

Sat Only

Meet some real-life mad inventors to find out about their latest electrical, mechanical and craft pr...

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68. BAZ – Play your Northern Powerhouse Cards Right

Goldtapped: The NewBridge Project

Sat Only

BAZ (Chris Poolman and Matt Westbrook) present a night of light ‘artertainment’ and the chance t...

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69. Plants in Print

NewBridge Books

Sat Only

NewBridge Bookshop is delighted to announce a new exhibition celebrating 5 years of The Plant Magazi...

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70. NARRATIVE

NewBridge Studios

Sat Only

Newcastle University 1st year Fine Art students take over 2 floors of NewBridge Studios to present N...

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71. Celebrating Shakespeare

Newcastle City Library

Sat Only

An evening of performance, fashion, music, film and more every hour. Help us commemorate the 400th a...

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72. Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: Work I

St Thomas the Martyr Church

Sat Only

A collaboration between Video Artist Gareth Hudson and Sound artist Toby Thirling, takes four possib...

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73. Urban Junk

System Gallery

Sat Only

Smoothies? Art & music? Cocktails? Then visit our urban junk project space! System is joining fo...

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74. Twisting Ducks Theatre Company

Sat Only

7:00 – 7:20: Forefront Film Screening. A showcase of short films produced by filmmakers with learn...

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76. Murmurate

The Cumberland Arms

Sat Only

This late night event will host a collection of adventurous sound performances both in and outside t...

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77. Dis-Glow

Ernest

Fri & Sat

Ernest presents ‘Dis-Glow-2’ (Friday) & ‘DisGlowing’ (Saturday & The Late Late Shows...

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78. Jazz Café

Sat Only

£6 or £4 with a Late Shows glowstick. Advance booking required (0191 222 9882). Upstairs at the Ja...

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79. Music Slash Art

Sat Only

Music Slash Art outlines a bespoke underground space, a blank canvas for some of the most celebrated...

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81. Vicolo / Tyneside Bar Café

Sat Only

Checking out all the Late Show events in town? The Tyneside Bar Café is the perfect place to stop f...

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82. Mi Casa Su Casa

¡VAMOS! Social

Sat Only

It's fiesta time at ¡VAMOS! Social - come along to our Late Shows after party, Mi Casa Su Casa. Exp...

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83. WHQ Uplifting Groove

World Headquarters

Sat Only

£8 guests / £7 members / £4 with a Late Shows glow stick. Wave your glow stick at the door for re...

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