Do something different with your Saturday night - Saturday 17 May 2008
What's on
The Late Shows offered visitors a wide range of unique events throughout the evening, from live art and film screenings to music and beer tasting. Select a venue to find out what went on during the evening.
Key
Refreshments
Live Music
Science
Art
Film
Meet the Artists
Enchanted Moment
Get Involved
Guided Tours
British Sign Language
Venues
Select an area
Around Haymarket and Monument
Hatton Gallery
Open 7 - 11pm
Get drawn in at the Hatton with three new exhibitions including The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007.
Special Events
Masterpiece Pictionary, The Etch-a-sketch Lounge and Drink Drawing
Plus the opening of a new commission by artist Ginny Reed.
Newcastle United Football Club
Open 7 - 11pm
Experience a unique guided tour of Newcastle United's changing rooms and then head on to the centre circle of the pitch for photographs.
Special Events
Club Museum
Drinks and canapes surrounded by NUFC memorabilia
Laing Art Gallery
Open 7 - 11pm
Fall into Love at the Laing as this National Gallery touring exhibition sets the theme for a number of interactive installations in and around the building.
Special Events
Installations by contemporary artists
Yoko Ono artwork
Love exhibition
BSL tour of the Love exhibition 9.40 – 11pm
Waygood Art Boutique & off site performances
Open 7 - 9pm
Step into Waygood Wood, an outdoor exhibition of 30 deciduous trees on High Bridge Street.
Special Events
Performances of The Bird in The Bush by Maggie Tran at Monument 7pm & High Bridge 8.30pm
The Enchanted Moment Festival
Globe City Gallery
Open 7 - 11pm
Globe City Gallery is proud to present two new sculpture exhibitions for The Late Shows: Meli Melo by Gabrielle Wambaugh and Overshoot and Collapse by Katie Cuddon.
Special Events
The Late Shows Sculpture Exhibition
Meli Melo by Gabrielle Wambaugh
Overshoot and Collapse by Katie Cuddon
The Secret Room Gallery
Around Central Station
Tyne & Wear Archives Service
Open 7 - 11pm
Take a trip down memory lane as Tyne & Wear Archives showcases Memories on Film: Coal Mining in the North East.
Special Events
Film: Coal Mining in the North East
alt.gallery
Open 7 - 11pm
Drop into alt.gallery for an evening of humorous music presented by artist Vicki Bennett (aka People Like Us) in a special preview of her new CD, Smiling Through My Teeth.
Special Events
People Like Us exhibition
CD Launch: Smiling Through My Teeth
Centre for Life
Open 7 - 11pm
Are all gins the same or do differences in flavour justify the differences in prices? Find out in The Botany of Gin, an intriguing 20 minute workshop exploring the history of the archetypal English tipple.
Special Events
Workshop: The Botany of Gin
Vane
Open 7 - 11pm
Recharge your batteries at Vane with a 'mini banquet' in more than one sense of the word.
Special Events
Paul Becker’s exhibition, Noble Prince of the Royal Mysteries
Castle Keep
Open 7 - 11pm
Don't miss the opportunity to explore this unique historic building after dark. Whether it’s a 45 minute guided tour, a touch screen virtual tour or a Masons’ Mark trail, there is something to discover around every corner in the Castle Keep.
Special Events
Guided tours start at 8pm and 9.30pm, theatre performances commence at 7.30pm, 9pm and 10.30pm
Performance: Stone Cold
Discovery Museum
Open 7 - 11pm
Beer and film are the themes for the evening at Discovery Museum. The Great Hall will be transformed into an atmospheric cinema for the evening showing Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers.
Special Events
Film starts 7.30pm and 9.15pm
Beer tasting sessions start 7.30pm and 9.30pm and last one hour and more...
Gateshead and Quayside
BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art
Open 7 - 11pm
Enter an experience of surreal environments at BALTIC. Setting the scene in the ground floor gallery is international artist Bharti Kher, with her fantastical installation.
Special Events
Three North East Artists: Catherine Bertola, Natalie Frost and Karen Davies
Shipley Art Gallery
Open 7 - 11pm
Discover the Shipley Art Gallery in a new light with a range of one-off guided tours of the building and its history.
Special Events
Join the Out of the Ordinary curator Laurie Britton Newell from the V&A
An Out of the Ordinary conversation at 6pm
Angel of the North
Open 8 - 11pm
Across the world many cultures use lights to illuminate special places or moments in their lives. To help celebrate the 10th Birthday of the Angel of the North, why not experience the after-dark atmosphere at this incredible sculpture?
Special Events
The Angel's 10th birthday
Ouseburn Valley
The Biscuit Factory
Open 7 - 11pm
The Biscuit Factory is hosting a fantastic evening of drop-in events including a Batik Demonstration by Pete Winstanley, live painting by Roy Kirton and music by local ukulele legend George Welch. The Artists based in the Biscuit Factory studios will also be showcasing their work - celebrating a diverse range of talent. Come and join us for a glass of wine, and of course, some biscuits!
Special Events
Well Thread
The Spring Show
The Art Works Galleries
Open 6.30 - 11pm
All tastes are catered for at The Art Works Galleries as they show visitors the diversity in art today, from illustration and stencilling to printing and fine art.
Special Events
Live demonstrations and exclusive activities
Fairtrade Wine tasting session with Malcolm Gluck at 7.30pm and 9.30pm
Northern Print
Open 7 - 11pm
Feeling creative? Then head to Northern Print for printmaking demonstrations and then try your hand at creating a print. You can even turn your artwork into a badge to take away with you.
Special Events
Badge-making sessions and demonstrations finish at 10pm
Seven Stories
Open 7 - 9pm
Delve into the world of naughty characters at Seven Stories, with mischief and mayhem from the Big Fun Club. Bring out the child in you with creative activities and lots of fun for all ages.
Special Events
New exhibition: Up to Mischief with Horrid Henry
36 Lime Street
Open 7 - 11pm
See the new exhibition space at 36 Lime Street Ltd, showcasing new work by the biggest studio group in the North East including artists, jewellers, sculptors, designers, furniture makers and contemporary crafts.
Special Events
Workshops 7.15, 8.15, 9.15 and 10.15pm
The Mushroom Works
Open 7 - 11pm
Enjoy a drink and a chat with some of the region’s leading artists as they welcome you to The Mushroom Works.
Special Events
Artists will project, paint and interact with the walls of a building
Fancy staying up later?
World Headquarters
Open 11pm - 3.30am
Admission: £7 members, £8 guests
£1 off entry fee with a Late Shows glowstick
Not ready to stop at 11pm? Then head on down to World Headquarters with your glowstick in-hand and get £1.00 off the usual entry fee! Look out for the free glowsticks at any of the venues on the night. This is a Late Shows after-party for people who want to keep the evening going well into the early hours. Discounts will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.