An evening of light music and verse presented by the Take4 Clarinet Quartet and Helen Winthorpe Kendrick. “Through verse and music, we explore what it means to go on holiday; to visit foreign places to have new experiences and even fall in love.” Price: £7 (under 18s, free) Place: St Andrew’s Church, Haughton-Le-Skerne, Darlington DL1 more »
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Six-In-A-Bar star at Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club on 2nd June. The band was formed 12 years ago and plays music from the 1920s/1930s jazz age, and is considered one of the most innovative and professional bands in the UK. The line-up is Willy Entwistle of the Temperance Severn on reeds, violin, flageolet and arrangements, more »
Featuring the songs of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, and direct from London’s West End, Thriller Live is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer. Seen by over 4 million people in over 30 countries, Thriller Live continues to moonwalk around the world, taking you on a visual, more »
Presented by M6 Theatre Company in association with Polka Theatre, Whatever the Weather (main picture, by Lewis Wileman) is the imaginary world of an Alpine weather house. The house is brought to life in this inventive, comical and highly visual show for the very young. A weather house sitting on a quiet wall. The little more »
Darlington Arts Festival has a host of theatre and film events for you this year including west-end hits, touring productions, Shakespeare shows and a special screening of Suffragette as part of the National Council of Women’s Centenary Celebration. Phil Daniels stars in the Touring Consortium Theatre Company’s production of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde at more »
Contrary to a report in The Northern Echo on 13th April, DfC is in the process of re-registering Crown Street Library as an asset of community value. According to the Community Rights Act all assets of community value must be de-listed after 5 years. We have been attempting to re-register the Crown Street Library (and more »
This year’s music line-up stretches from the first day of the event, with John Hackett Band at The Forum on 19th May, to the final day which will see 30-plus fabulous bands at six town-centre stages on 3rd June as Music Box Fest celebrates its third year. A spokesperson for the John Hackett Band said: more »
This workshop and ‘open mic’ event are suitable for children aged 7 years and over. Come along and join a friendly comedy workshop specially for kids where you can have a laugh and a giggle, write some jokes, try out some stand-up comedy or make up a sketch. Then, if you fancy having a go, more »
Darlington author, Michael Jarvie, will walk you through the various stages of how he prepared for sale in the Amazon marketplace the paperback and ebook versions of his thriller Black Art. He will show you how to: Set up an account on Createspace for the paperback version Choose the appropriate dimensions, paper type and finish more »
Do you want to tell the stories of your life? How can you create a lasting record that others will want to read? Helen Victoria Anderson will talk about her decision to publish her moving book ‘Piece by Piece: Remembering Georgina: A Mother’s Memoir’. Workshop participants will then be encouraged to start scribbling, exploring ways more »