Great to see #AbigailsParty at @northernstage in this @ChronicleLive round up of the best things to see & do in #Newcastle this month 🥳 chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on… Thanks @BarbaraHodgson5, hope you've got your waterproofs on today to cover the #GreatNorthRun2024! ☔️

If you missed @davidjalmond's brilliant interview with @Ladyannafoster on @bbcnewcastle earlier you can listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h4cf… (from 02:15:50) A Song for Ella Grey opens at @northernstage tonight until 15 Feb before a national tour 🎟️ northernstage.co.uk/whats-on…

Brilliant to hear about plans for @TheQTonline from @BrianTheQT @samwonfor & co yesterday, and not just because we got to eat cupcakes for breakfast. The first weekly issue lands on 7 Feb, find out more & sign up at theqt.online/ – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Gorgeous new addition to Newcastle's independent scene, 1b Books - congratulations to Mandy & co from @the_Crack 🙌 #ChooseBookshops #Heaton – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Writer of the Year goes to wor Dave, aka @davejohnscomic for @danielblakeplay 🙌 #NECultureAwards – at Sunderland, England

Huge congratulations to Hamzeh Al Hussien for winning Newcomer of the Year at #NECultureAwards - you've come so far and we're all so proud of you 🐧 – at Sunderland, England

Chuffed to bits for @nellidge for winning Performing Artist of the Year at #NECultureAwards & a big shout out to Pat from @NCLFoodbank for accepting the award on his behalf for @danielblakeplay 🙌 – at Sunderland, England

So proud of Hamzeh Al Hussien being shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year 🙌 Hamzeh & the @curiousmonkey_ team were an absolute joy to work with on Penguin, telling the story of Hamzeh's journey from Syria to Tyneside via Za'atari refugee camp 🐧 #NECultureAwards #NECultureAwards – at Sunderland, England

Not a stage invasion at @FireStationSun, but the brilliant @unfoldingtheatr team & community musicians collecting their Performance of the Year Award #NECultureAwards for A Street Like This - congratulations! 🙌 – at Sunderland, England

Big love to team @OpenClasp & director @tantaloupe for Lasagna, shortlisted for Performance of the Year - beautiful, heartfelt performances from two of my absolute faves to work with, @CrameBeth & Zoe Lambert 🧡 #NECultureAwards – at Sunderland, England

Cheering on the incredible I, Daniel Blake team, shortlisted for 4 #NECultureAwards tonight:  *Performance of the Year *Arts Council Award *Performing Artist of the Year: @nellidge *Writer of the Year: @davejohnscomic