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Tyne
When researching our new play Tyne, about the river, we came across lots of great images of our river. Tyne by Michael Chaplin is on at Live Theatre, Newcastle…
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We have confirmed two new cast members for Tyne, Nicholas Lumley, who starred in the recent national tour of The Pitmen Painters, and in Close the Coalhouse Door, will take the role of Ralph. Zita Frith who appeared in A Northern Odyssey at Live Theatre will take over the role of Kate. They will join other members of the original cast Phil Corbitt, Paul Dodds, Jane Holman, Zoe Lambert and Assad Zaman who all reprise their roles.
Old Pictures
Old Photos
Blaydon Races
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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Bridge Construction
Somewhere In Time
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Industrial Photography
After is sell out run at Live Theatre Tyne returns in 2014 and run at The Customs House South Shields from Wednesday 26 February to Saturday 1 March
8th Of March
Newcastle
Tuesday
Theatres
Rivers
Theater
We are delighted that after its sell out run in 2014 Tyne returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 March.
Sailors
1980s
Street View
England
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Notes
Bar
Here's a picture of the BALTIC Tavern on Broad Chare from the 1980s. Someone notes 'The wall behind the bar had lots of different foreign currency pinned to it, donated by sailors from all the ships that used to come in to the Tyne.'
Royals Today
Catherine Cookson
North Shields
Coronation Street
Cinder
Doctors
Dramas
Two By Two
Drama
As a Native North East actor Phil’s has appeared in numerous television dramas based in the region including most recently the second series of Vera for ITV 1, Harry and Catherine Cookson’s Cinder Path. Phil other television work includes playing Rick The Builder in several episodes of Coronation Street for ITV, The Royal Today, Doctors, Shameless, Dalziel & Pascoe and Emmerdale to name but a few.
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Manchester
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Live
School
Originally from Elswick in the West End of Newcastle and recently graduated from Manchester School of Theatre, Live Theatre is pleased to welcome Assad back to Newcastle for his first professional stage appearance in Tyne.
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Birthday Celebrations
Cabaret
November
Backyard
Club
Zoe is delighted to be a part of Live Theatre’s birthday celebrations and shocked to find that she’s older than the company. She has been living in the North East for 18 years and has worked with many companies in the region, Live Theatre itself, Northern Stage, Open Clasp, November Club to name some. For Live Theatre she has done Tales From The Backyard, Cabaret, First Draft and Personal Belongings.
Walpurgis Night
Twelfth Night
Having A Crush
Classic Movies
White Women
40 Years
Originally from South Shields, it is almost 40 years since George Irving last appeared on stage in his native North East.
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Jane has been in productions at Live in each of the last four decades – from touring panto in 1981 to last year’s revival of Close the Coalhouse Door, a co-production with Northern Stag
Eldon Square
Nightingale
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Singing
Truck
Victoria
Victoria is delighted to be returning to Live Theatre to celebrate their big 4-0! Her theatre credits include: 13.1, Jump, Me and Cilla, A Nightingale Sang in Eldon Square, Lush Life and First Draft at Live Theatre, Two, As You Like It at Royal Exchange, Oh What a Lovely War!, Wind in the Willows, Hansel and Gretel, Pub Quiz at Northern Stage and Cooking with Elvis at Hull Truck.
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Of Mice And Men
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Thank God
Chester
Lancaster
Tyne is Paul’s first appearance at Live Theatre. Trained at The Oxford School of Drama, Paul's theatre credits include: Timon of Athens, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, The White Guard (National Theatre); Of Mice And Men, The Bomb (Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster); The Monster Under The Bed (Polka); The Croak, Birdboy, The Bomb, Scorcher, Warrior Square (Action Transport); The Leather Boy (Chester Gateway); The Stones (Travelling Light); Thank God For Cod and This Other Me.
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History
This is the cover of Michael Chaplin's book, based on the stories of the people he met walking the tidal length of the Tyne and written as Port of Tyne's writer-in-residence.
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The inner workings of some of the Swing Bridge.
Live Theatre
Tyne
But the Swing Bridge needs constant maintainance to ensure it continues to run smoothly.
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Beautiful
The machinery and workings were very solidly built and beautiful.
Live Theatre
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Bring It On
Play
Inspiration
Design
Biblical Inspiration
Max Roberts, the artistic director of Live Theatre and the direcor of the play, brought two of the creatives, Phil Shotton, moving images and Gary McCann, designer for inspiration for their research for the play.
Live Theatre
Tyne
George took us into the workings of the bridge and demonstrated the hydraulics that make it swing.
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Tours
Running
Historia
Carole, who runs the heritage tours at Live Theatre was especially interested in George's history and tales about the bridge and the river.
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George explained how the shaft had been sunk to make the bridge.
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View across the Swing Bridge Jetty.
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Warning Signs
There was a warning sign and George gave us cautionary tales to avoid accidents.
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Tyne
40th Birthday
Mansions
House Styles
Manor Houses
To research the play, Port of Tyne, who are supporting Live Theatre's 40th birthday year arranged for us to go on on of their fascinating Swing Bridge Tours.
Live Theatre
Tyne
Literacy
Connect
June
Product Launch
Language
Culture
Seasons
Writer Michael Chaplin and Director Max Roberts, at Live Theatre's season launch on 23 May, talking about the forthcoming play Tyne, which opens on 27 June, and draws many of its stories from Michael's book Tyne View which was written as Port of Tyne's writer-in-residence.
Live Theatre
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Local Studies
Tall Ships
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Great Pictures
Old Houses
The colour makes this image look very 1980s of a sailing ship docked in front of the Tyne Bridge.
Northumberland Coast
Northern England
This is another from the collection of the building of the Tyne Bridge, that we selected the image for the play.. The images were commissioned by the contractor Dorman Long to record the construction of the bridge. The bridge was designed by Mott Hay and Anderson with R. Burns Dick as the architect and was built between 1925 and 1928.