‘A Queermas Carol’ is coming to Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle, which is promising less humbugs and rather more joy and gay tidings. Mack and Mama Rhi are back again with their usual hijinks, this time in a big Christmas way! Throw out what you know abo…

French Moroccan writer-director Sofia Alaoui’s singular and bewitching first feature clocks in at a mere 90 mins but it contains multitudes. Itto (Barid) is a beautiful young woman from a humble background who has married into an elite family and lives in…

Can you guess what the panto at The People’s Theatre in Newcastle is this year…? I never fail to watch the film of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ each Christmas on TV and now I can actually go and see these beloved characters, live in the flesh as it were. The Peo…