The Late Shows 2018
18 - 19 May

1. 36 Lime Street

Fri Only

Artists and makers from 36 Lime Street Studios open their doors to give a glimpse of their working l...

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2. The Biscuit Factory

Fri Only

Providing a platform for emerging artists and budding performers, join The Biscuit Factory in the ga...

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3. Cobalt Studios

Fri Only

Three in one silent disco, three very diverse DJ’s, three parties in one, you choose which one you...

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4. Tea Time Plant Stories

Grow to Glow

Fri Only

'Tea Time Plant Stories’ - On your journey through the Ouseburn, you will be whisked off to meet t...

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5. Shieldfield Art Works

Fri Only

The Holy Biscuit’s ‘Artistory’ project explores art and feasting; seeking to celebrate the sto...

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6. Glow

Jim Edwards Studio

Fri Only

Jim Edwards’ nightscape paintings are alive with a warmth that represents the vital life of a city...

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7. M3MOREX at The Tyne Bar

The Tyne Bar

Fri Only

M3MOREX is a collaborative 90s throwback exhibition featuring work by second year Newcastle Fine Art...

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8. Northern Print

Fri Only

Did you know that traditional British street parties started as ‘peace teas’ as a treat for chil...

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9. Ouseburn Farm

Fri Only

The cafe will be open for hot and cold meals. Featuring Ouseburn Farm’s home grown lamb burgers, b...

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10. Seven Stories

Fri Only

Head to Seven Stories for an evening celebrating comic art set to a soundtrack of comics-inspired tu...

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11. Star and Shadow Cinema

Fri Only

The Star and Shadow is reopening on Warwick Street! Celebrating the completion of their mammoth DIY ...

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12. HEAVEN AND EARTH

St Dominic's Priory

Fri Only

HEAVEN AND EARTH: The culture of St Dominic’s and friends, through art, food and music… and the ...

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13. The Time Bandits @ Seven Stories

Fri Only

Time Bandits will again recreate the Gothic chill of Victorian Whitechapel where the fearsome ripper...

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14. Nowt Special

Tyne Bank Brewery

Fri Only

Nowt Special will be hosting its fifth event at Tyne Bank Brewery, celebrating the work of 25 local ...

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15. 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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63. Nowt Special

Tyne Bank Brewery

Sat Only

Nowt Special will be hosting its fifth event at Tyne Bank Brewery, celebrating the work of 25 local ...

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67. Everything All At Once

The Garage NCL

Fri Only

Everything All At Once is a collaborative exhibition of paintings and performance by two Newcastle U...

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16. Academy of Music & Sound

Sat Only

Degree Students will offer individual taster sessions of beginner lessons on drums, bass, guitar, ke...

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17. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Sat Only

Join the BALTIC for a rare late-night opening view of their spring exhibitions. Visit Idea of North,...

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18. Baltic Square - Curious Arts

Sat Only

Curious Arts has commissioned light artist Stuart Langley to re-imagine the red ribbon symbol creati...

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19. Bensham Grove Community Centre

Sat Only

North East Creative Crafts workshops and demonstrations - There will be ‘make and take’ workshop...

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20. 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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21. Gateshead Central Library

Sat Only

The historic Central Library will open its doors to the Time Bandits, a professional team of histori...

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22. The Kiln Pottery Studio

Sat Only

The Kiln Pottery Studio is a vibrant and interactive paint your own pottery studio and for the first...

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23. LearningSkills Centre

Sat Only

North East Creative Craft - A first for Gateshead LearningSkills at the Interchange Centre. This gre...

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24. The Nest Cafe & Community Rooms CIC

Sat Only

The Nest opens for the first time for The Late Shows in collaboration with Pop-Up Studio – enjoy t...

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25. The NewBridge Project: Gateshead

Sat Only

Explore the current exhibition ‘Deep Adaptation’, an ongoing programme of commissions, talks, sc...

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26. Shipley Art Gallery

Sat Only

Shipley Art Gallery is celebrating the Angel of the North’s 20th birthday and everyone’s invited...

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62. The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Sat Only

Sage Gateshead Music Quiz and House Band: Late Music Live - Love live music? Join Sage Gateshead for...

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27. Alphabetti Theatre

Sat Only

Join this popular fringe theatre for a night of music, mayhem and more! Venture from room to room as...

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29. The Jazz Café Presents at Newcastle Arts Centre: Caravela

The Black Swan

Sat Only

The Jazz Café Presents at Newcastle Arts Centre: Caravela - In the traditions of Afro-Brazilian mus...

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30. ​Mediaeval to modern

Cathedral Church of St Mary

Sat Only

Mediaeval to modern - Visit St Mary's Cathedral, built by AWN Pugin, one of the greatest Victorian a...

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32. ​Dance is the Word! Grease dance-along at Dance City

Dance City

Sat Only

Dance is the Word! Grease dance-along at Dance City - An evening of dance and film – come along an...

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33. Make it go like a Rocket

Discovery Museum

Sat Only

Make it go like a Rocket - Have-a-go at constructing the fastest LEGO® engine; or rocket car that t...

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35. 50 Years of The Iron Man

Newcastle Arts Centre

Sat Only

For the 50th Anniversary of Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man, Newcastle Arts Centre will celebrate it at T...

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28. Bessie Surtees House

Sat Only

The beautiful Jacobean public rooms in Bessie Surtees House will be open with a rare opportunity to ...

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31. The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company: Glass Orchestra

The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas

Sat Only

The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company: Glass Orchestra - Submerge yourself in the ethereal soni...

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34. Maple Terrace Masonic Hall

Sat Only

The oldest purpose built masonic hall in the masonic province of Northumberland (only one year young...

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36. Newcastle Castle

Sat Only

Join members of the Newcastle Array re-enactment group in the Blackbird Tavern beneath the Black Gat...

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37. Swing Bridge

Sat Only

Join the Blue Badge Guides and take a tour of the iconic, Grade II listed Swing Bridge – a schedul...

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38. Side Gallery

Sat Only

DAN'S EYE: Newcastle 1963, T Dan Smith - 55 years on, an exhibition premiere of photographs by the c...

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39. High Bridge Works

Sat Only

Join BALTIC 39 for a special late night opening where you can visit NewBridge Books and explore the ...

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

Sat Only

Abject 2 Gallery is pleased to present Joshua Raz, winner of the prestigious London gallery HIX awar...

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

Sat Only

Abject gallery is pleased to announce, Nathalie Daoust’s latest project, Tokyo Hotel Story, alongs...

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42. Incubate Experimental Printmaking - Commercial Union House (1st floor)

Sat Only

Incubate will be turning on its UltraViolet blacklights for the evening, in order to give you a bett...

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

Sat Only

DRAWING presents two drop-in workshops at Vane. Choose from a selection of existing ‘secret dot to...

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

Sat Only

Feminists Unite! Join the fight for Women’s Suffrage as Arcadea mark 100 years of women winning th...

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45. ​Not The Royal Wedding Tea Party

Good Space - Commercial Union House (2nd floor)

Sat Only

Join the surreal super residents of TURF to kick back with some tea, cake and some mad hatter magic....

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

Sat Only

Come to B&D Studios to see their Fantastic new show - ‘Northern Lines’ by Jack Coates. You c...

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47. Ampersand Inventions - Commercial Union House (4th floor)

Sat Only

Homage to The Handyside Arcade: The New Breed. The Edwardian-built arcade on the city’s Percy Stre...

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

Sat Only

Space Six will provide an eclectic mix of live music, performance and drop in workshops showcasing t...

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49. ​Ex Nihilo

Culture Lab

Sat Only

- A telescope within a planetarium, pointed at the surface of an unknown planet; its viewfinder a v...

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50. Gallagher & Turner

Sat Only

This year Gallagher & Turner have teamed up with the music maestros over at Vinyl Guru to bring ...

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51. Globe Gallery

Sat Only

Globe Gallery will be bringing all the fun of the fair with Leisurelands featuring Robert Soden’s ...

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52. ​A photographic exhibition woven with a poetry narrative: A collaboration of Jessica Andrews and Keano Anton

Goldtapped: The NewBridge Project

Sat Only

Jessica Andrews writes about intimacy and fragility. Interested in the use of experimental writing t...

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53. Hatton Gallery

Sat Only

Visit Hatton Gallery’s Grid Room and create artworks based on Sean Scully’s paintings and Kate L...

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54. Laing Art Gallery

Sat Only

Be moved by music and join in the making of a huge collaborative painting inspired by the work of Se...

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55. Newcastle City Library

Sat Only

Music is the word… Join Newcastle City Library for a night of music classics from across the spect...

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56. System Gallery

Sat Only

Transience is an exhibition showcasing work made by Newcastle Fine Art students alongside establishe...

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57. Newcastle University 'None of the Above’ (First Year Exhibition)

Tyneside Cinema pop up film school

Sat Only

'None of the Above’ is a show revealing the early progress of all first year Fine Art students at ...

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58. The Cumberland Arms

Sat Only

Lip syncing is all the fun you never knew you wanted to have.What a show The Cumberland Arms will br...

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59. Ernest

Fri & Sat

Friday 18 MayHave you ever wanted to take part in a masked ball? Well Ernest will be giving you the ...

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60. The Globe

Sat Only

The Globe is the first music venue in the UK owned by a cooperative, the Jazz Coop.Ital Guidance Sou...

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61. Prohibition Bar Gateshead - CANCELLED

Sat Only

The Culture Vulture & The Candy Vortex bring you a night to excite, fright and get you moving fo...

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64. Vicolo / Tyneside Bar Café

Sat Only

Tyneside Bar Café will be showing a selection of archive film footage of Newcastle all evening in i...

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65. World Headquarters

Sat Only

WHQ Uplifting Groove. Wave your glow stick at the door for reduced price entry to Newcastle’s inde...

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66. STUDIO 54: Last Days of Disco

Kommunity

Sat Only

KOMMUNITY is a bar/participatory social space, based in the heart of Newcastle, that hosts dance, ar...

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