Venues

City Hall - Home to the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra & Newcastle Classical Concert Series. Northumberland Road, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2612606.  Customs House - Mill Dam, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4541234.  Jazz Café - 23 Pink Lane, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2326505. Newcastle Arts Centre - Performing arts, art, gallery, and an exhibition centre. Free Admission. Mon.-Sat. Westgate Road, Newcastle. Tel: 2615618  Rex Hotel - Promenade, Whitley Bay. Tel: 0191 2523201  Riverside - Live music and dance venue. Melbourne Street, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2614386. Telewest Arena - 10,000 seat arena, concerts, sports (basketball & ice hockey), events and exhibitions. Arena Way, Newcastle. Tel: 2605000 / 4018000.  Gigs & Tours - find details on any UK concert

Cinema

Odeon Newcastle - Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Four screens. 24 hour information & bookings Tel: 0870 5050007  Tyneside Cinema - Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Two screens. Foreign, Arty & Contemporary features Tel: 0191 2328289 or 2321507  UCI Metrocentre - 11 screens, 24 hour booking Tel: 0990 888990   Virgin Cinema Boldon - Boldon Leisure Park, Boldon Colliery. Information & bookings Tel: 0541 550512 (note 40p booking charge). Warner Village Cinema Manors - Newbridge Street, Newcastle. 9 screen multiplex next to Manor's Metro Station. Bookings Tel: 0191 2210222 Film Finder: Cinema Listing

Theatre

Edwardian Theatre - High Street West, Sunderland. For details Tel: 0191 5142517 Gulbenkian Studio Theatre - Barras Bridge, Kings Walk, Newcastle. Located on the Newcastle University campus just behind the Playhouse Tel: 0191 2305151 Little Theatre - Saltwell View, Gateshead. Tel: 0191 4781499 Live Theatre - A cabaret style theatre, home to the Live Theatre Company. 27 Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2321232 Newcastle Playhouse - Home of the Northern Stage Company. Barras Bridge, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2305151 Peoples Theatre - Stephenson Road (off the Coast Road), Jesmond. Tel: 0191 2655020. Royalty Theatre - Off Chester Road, Sunderland. Tel: 0191 5654221. (box office 0191 5657945) Sunderland Empire - High Street West, Sunderland. Box office Tel: 0191 5142517 Theatre Royal - Victorian theatre, home of the Royal Shakespeare Company (in residence Sept - Oct). Grey Street, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2322061.  Tyne Theatre & Opera House - Victorian theatre, home of the English Shakespeare Company. Westgate Road, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2320899. Whitley Bay Playhouse - Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay. Tel: 0191 2523505 Empire Ballet Co

Mobile Disco's

Prof Karaoke Disco light shows - 1 Claypool Court, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4566023 Contrast Music 7 Grosvenor Gardens, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4565694 Dave Dee 11 Alnwick Road, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4542519 Stews Hot Wax 5 Galsworthy Road, South Shields. Tel: 0191 5371171 Outer Limits 197 Sulgrave Road, Washington. Tel: 0191 4151225 RS Entertainment & Leisure 99 Red House Road, Hebburn. Tel: 0191 4221630

Entertainers

Eileen & Joe Children's Entertainers 47 The Generals Wood, Harraton, Washington. Tel: 0191 4176886 Beverley Entertainment Agency Cabaret acts, children's entertainers, speakers etc - 34 Dean Road, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4562428 Rhythm Angels Table-top, lap-dancers, strippers, strip-o-grams, kiss-o-grams, PR girls - 3 St Bedes, Station Road, East Boldon. Tel: 0191 5190101 Uptown Glamour Comic & drag acts, strip-o-grams, kiss-o-grams, hypnotists etc. - Oddfellows House, Davidson Street, felling. Tel: 0191 4691355 / 4224485 Hot Stuff Kissograms 252 Harton Lane, South Shields. Tel: 0191 4264549

Radio

Radio 1 - 97.6 - 99.8 MHz FM Radio 2 - 88 - 90.2 MHz FM Radio 3 - 90.2 - 92.4 MHz FM Radio 4 - 92.4 - 94.6 MHz FM Radio 5 - 693 - 909 KHz MW Radio Newcastle - 95.4 / 96 / 104.4 MHz FM Metro Radio - 97.1 - 103 MHz FM   TFM - 96.6 MHz FM Sun FM - 103.4 MHz FM Classic FM - 100 - 102 MHz FM Virgin Radio - 1215 KHz MW Talk Radio - 1053 / 1098 KHz MW Century Radio - 100.7 - 101.8 MHz FM Tours on Thursday evenings (book in advance). Century House, Church Street, Gateshead. Tel: 0191 4776666 Tyneside Radio - 1575 KHz MW   Galaxy FM - 105 & 106 MHz FM Radio Directory -  find a radio station anywhere in the world, over 6,000 of them listed in this well organised directory

TV

BBC Broadcasting Centre - TV & Radio station tours (book in advance). Barrack Road, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2324141  ITV  Channel 4   Channel 5   OnDigital   Tyne Tees Television - Join the audience. City Road, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2610181. Sky  ZDNet - learn all about digital technology

Books

Alphabet Street - cut price best sellers - check them out ! Amazon Books UK - the biggest name for online Books Barter Books - For collectors  Blackwells - free postage in th UK Book Close Outs  Internet BookShop - definitely worth a browse ! WaterStones  Magazine Shop  Online Books Page - read over 9000 books online  Online Literature Library - read the works of 30 authors  Saxons - cheap end of line books  The Book People

Music & Video

101-CD - top 40 CDs priced at £9.99, free UK postage on all new release/Top 40 £9.99 CD's. Otherwise, £1 for the first CD and 25 pence for each additional.  Audio Street - CD's cut-price UK sales Free first class UK delivery - some good savings to be made, depends on what you want though.  CD Paradise - worth a look, especially if you spend over £50 as you get a special delivery rate  CD Universe - custom make your own CDs  CD World - with shipping and taxes - there aren't any bargains in here  CDIY - create your own CDs i.e. £5.36 base cost plus 66p per track. Not sure who any of the Artists are though ! CD-Now priced in US $ with various despatch options - definitely worth a look ! CD-Now movie store - big savings, definitely worth a look ! CD-Zone - UK site, awful looking, but lots of CDs DVD Street - DVD's cut-price UK sales  Entertainment Express - shipping charges are built into the CD prices you see   Film Finder: Cinema Listing   Hi-Fi Choice  HMV - best to chose what you want, then pop down to your local HMV shop to avoid those postage charges.  Internet Movie DataBase  LittleStar - specialises in drum, bass and dance, but there aren't many bargains to be found.  IMVS Music & Video  MusicShop - Yalplay - Online Music & Video Store  NME  Popcorn Q Online  Richer Sounds - HIFi Specialist - full range of audio equipment.  Rockmine Archives   SecondSpin - second hand CDs but additional shipping costs  Sonic Net  Video Plus Direct   Virgin Megastore - good site, but once again, watch out for those ridiculous delivery charges  Wall of Sound