The wickedly acidic ‘Heathers The Musical’ is coming to Darlington this September. At Westerberg High, the only currency that matters is popularity. And nobody trades in it more ruthlessly than the Heathers: a fearsome, scrunchie-wearing triad who rule…

The extravagantly gifted producer and DJ, 1-800 GIRLS (his mam calls him Jake Stewart) is playing Think Tank? in Newcastle this September. Oh, my! I’m about as on-board with this gig as it’s possible to be, as 1-800 GIRLS’ ‘LOVE’ album—which was releas…

Although slavery officially became illegal in the United States in 1865, prejudice didn’t end. The world for people of colour changed, but it wasn’t a “new world”—a fact acknowledged in the title of Sebastian Barry’s masterful new novel. It’s a tale narra…