line up announced for Newcastle Comedy Gala

More from From Durham OnAir

• "Just For One Day" Live Aid Musical to Visit Sunderland Empire

  Producers Jamie Wilson Productions (The Devil Wears Prada, Mrs Doubtfire) are thrilled to announce that Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical, in association with Curve, will head out on a major UK and Ireland tour, visiting Sunderland Empire from Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 June 2027.

• Traditional Banquet to mark Burns Night at Thorpe Farm

  Preparations are under way for the traditional Burns Night celebrations at Thorpe Farm Centre on Saturday 24th January.  The annual event brings all the Scottish traditions of the night to a candle-lit Courtyard Restaurant.

• John Cleese discusses Fawlty Towers The Play in Sunderland

  John Cleese talks to Richard Barber about the runaway success of Fawlty Towers – The Play, having had two sold out West End seasons and a 10 month UK tour which began in September.

• Banks Group Acquires Naming Rights To Durham Cricket’s Riverside Stadium

  Durham Cricket has signed up County Durham-based property and mining firm the Banks Group as its new principal partner in an agreement which also includes the naming rights to the Riverside ground.

• Britain’s Oldest Working Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive to visit the World’s Oldest Railway!

  Tanfield Railway, the world’s oldest railway, is delighted to welcome Furness 20, Britain’s oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, as part of its Tanfield300 Great North Festival of Railways this May.