England Guide
The Northeast
Theatre and concerts
1 Carling Academy Westgate Rd 
0191/260 2020 
www.newcastle-academy.co.uk A purpose-built music venue for big-name bands.
2 Journal Tyne Theatre 111 Westgate Rd 0870/145 1200, www.tynetheatre.co.uk Beautifully restored Victorian theatre with a wide range of shows, comedy and gigs.
3 Live Theatre 27 Broad Chare 0191/232 1232 www.live.org.uk Enterprising theatre company – the attached Caffe Vivo is good for coffee by day and pre-theatre meal deals by night.
4 Tyneside Cinema 10 Pilgrim St 0191/232 8289 www.tynecine.org The city's premier art-house cinema. There's coffee, light meals and movie talk in the Art Deco cinema café (closes 9pm).
5 The Sage Gateshead South Shore Rd, Gateshead Quays 0191/443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org Norman Foster's extraordinary billowing steel, aluminium and glass concert hall complex is best seen at night when it glows with many colours, but its chief role is as home to the Northern Sinfonia orchestra and Folkworks, an organization promoting British and international traditional music. The Sage hosts a full programme of classical, folk, world and jazz music and the public concourse provides marvellous river and city views, with the obligatory café-bar and bistro. Price: Tickets from £6
6 Theatre Royal 100 Grey St 0870/905 5060 www.theatreroyal.co.uk Drama, opera, dance, musicals and comedy; also hosts the annual RSC season in Nov.