Playhouse Whitley Bay

World-Famous tribute band ‘UK Foo Fighters’ take you on a journey ‘spanning 27 years of music from the now legendary band ‘Foo Fighters’ and their charismatic leader, Dave Grohl.

This brand new show for theatre; one half acoustic, one half rock (inspired by the Foo’s fifth and only studio double album to date ‘In Your Honor’), offers a unique opportunity for fans both old and new, exploring both the melodic acoustic recordings from the Foo’s live acoustic album ‘Skin And Bones’ recorded at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, culminating with a powerhouse rock set featuring tracks from all 10 studio albums including greatest hits such as; ‘Everlong’, ‘Best of You’, ‘Times Like These’ and ‘All My Life’.

Featured in Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Kerrang, NME, Q, MOJO and Planet Rock magazines. UK Foo Fighters’ have built an incredible reputation over the last 12 years, heralded by Dave Grohl himself and celebrated as ‘THE’ tribute to the Foo’s in a 2017 BBC documentary called ‘UK Foo Fighters – My Hero’, placing them firmly amongst tribute’s elite. They absolutely nail the true vibe of a Foo’s live experience, all performed down to the closest detail making it a truly unmissable show for any Foo Fighters fan.

“England’s premier Foo Fighters tribute band. Ladies and Gentlemen, would you please welcome…. me!” DAVE GROHL (Lead Singer Foo Fighters)

“That was awesome!” – Dave Grohl (Lead Singer Foo Fighters)

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As featured in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights…it’s Clinton Baptiste - and his arch psychic enemy Ramone from the massively popular Clinton Baptiste’s Paranormal Podcast Communicating with the Afterlife? What could be more mind expanding?!

The public are rightly hypnotised by mere mortals with extra-sensoryability and Britain is honoured to have spawned two of the most gifted mystics in the world, the coiffured titans of the Unknown - Clinton Baptiste and Ramone Tamine.

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Viva Vera! breaks Playhouse record!

Viva Vera! breaks Playhouse record for fastest event to sell out.

Following our show announcement earlier last month, fans have siezed the opportunity to spend an evening with Ann Cleeves, Brenda Blethyn and Kenny Doughty, our ‘Viva Vera1’ event sold out within minutes of going on sale this morning.

‘With the connection author Ann Cleeves and the Vera cast have with the region – especially Whitley Bay, we knew this event would be incredibly popular, but the speed with which fans have snapped up tickets shows just how dearly people love Ann’s books and the TV series, brought so brilliantly to life by Brenda, Ken and the rest of the Vera team.

Like many other venues, the Playhouse doors were closed for almost two years during the pandemic, so to have an event sell out so quickly is just fantastic and something we don’t take for granted. It just goes to show that like us, fans are so happy to have live events back, and to be able to come here and enjoy what we all love – a great night out at the theatre.

Viva Vera! is going to be a very special night. Thank you to everyone who set their alarms early and managed to grab their tickets this morning. We really appreciate it and can’t wait to see you on the 1st September’

Phil Smith, Playhouse Whitley Bay Theatre Director. Sadly if you missed out on tickets then the best advice we can give is to make sure you follow the Playhouse Whitley Bay socials or sign up to the PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay Web Club, where you will be the first to hear what’s going on at the Playhouse in Whitley Bay by signing up to our Web Club. emails. Subscribers will have access to our exclusive deals, discounts and competitions all year round.

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NE and The Maltings Pub in South Shields have teamed up with Victoria, from Bookmarx Bookshop - a treasure trove of Usborne books, in the hope of getting more children away from their tablets and computers and back into books.

After the recent success of World Book Day, it would be wonderful to keep the younger generation interested in reading and also incorporate some exercise along the way and Bookmarx Bookshop has a massive selection of books for children of all ages. From books for the toddlers to enjoy with their family right up to books for young teens, there’s plenty to choose from. Story books, activity books, sticker books, educational books, you name it.

Victoria has set up something called a Community Book Pledge. This is where local businesses can donate books to their local community in several different ways. Every single £1 goes towards the books, so if a business donates £20, then Victoria will pick a selection of books to the value of £20. The business has two options for the books, they can be donated to a local hospital, school, nursery, playgroup or even a charity that would benefit from some new books, or they can donate some books to be hidden around the local area for a child to find and keep - or perhaps re-hide once read and keep the cycle going on and on if they choose. Each book purchased by your business will have your business name attached to the front of the book so that they will know exactly who has kindly donated that book (the books will be wrapped to keep them dry).

Victoria loves reading books with her 1 year old daughter Ava, who is book mad and a big inspiration for her wanting to make this happen. They are from Sunderland so they are aiming to scatter some books all around Fulwell, Roker, Seaburn, Whitburn and parts of Monkwearmouth, saying “if anyone has any good suggestions of places then please let me know”. Maltings in South Shields, where NE’s Wayne runs a Quiz night on a Wednesday and a Sunday night. Now each month the Maltings pick a local charity to support and for April they have decided to take part in the Community Book Pledge with the aim to donate books to South Tyneside Hospital and also a selection to be hidden around South Shields in the hope of spreading some joy to the local children.

So if you would like to make a pledge you can get in touch with Victoria through her facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/groups/630115228081979 or anyone can make a donation on the Go Fund Me page to either add some money to the pot or to donate and choose how you would like your donation to be used. https://gofund.me/8694dc14