Otto Preminger's
Anatomy of a Murder
classic drama that helped break Hollywood Production Code
Thu 1 May // 19:30
[more]
First Sunday of every month
EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - OPEN MEETING
12NOON-2PM
Sun 4 May // 12:00
Sun 8 June // 12:00
Come along to find others wanting to do something about the biggest crisis facing humankind! [more]
CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
Sun 4 May // 12:00
Sun 11 May // 12:00
Sun 18 May // 12:00
Sun 25 May // 12:00
Sun 1 June // 12:00
Sun 8 June // 12:00
Sun 15 June // 12:00
Sun 22 June // 12:00
Sun 29 June // 12:00
Sun 6 July // 12:00
Sun 13 July // 12:00
Sun 20 July // 12:00
Sun 27 July // 12:00
Our Volunteer Run, Vegan Cafe is open every Sunday afternoon. Serving Organic, Fairtrade Coffee and Teas, … [more]
KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
Sun 4 May // 12:00
Sun 11 May // 12:00
Sun 18 May // 12:00
Sun 25 May // 12:00
Sun 1 June // 12:00
Sun 8 June // 12:00
Sun 15 June // 12:00
Sun 22 June // 12:00
Sun 29 June // 12:00
Sun 6 July // 12:00
KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth [more]
Art Club
Sun 4 May // 12:00
Sun 11 May // 12:00
Sun 25 May // 12:00
Sun 8 June // 12:00
Sun 15 June // 12:00
Sun 22 June // 12:00
Sun 29 June // 12:00
Sun 6 July // 12:00
Sun 13 July // 12:00
Sun 20 July // 12:00
Sun 27 July // 12:00
Free art club [more]
VOLUNTEER INDUCTION
Sun 4 May // 13:00
Star and Shadow is 100% run by volunteers. We'd love you to join us. More details … [more]
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Sun 4 May // 14:00
Sun 11 May // 14:00
Sun 18 May // 14:00
Sun 25 May // 14:00
Sun 1 June // 14:00
Free, sociable, writing group. Composed of beginners and pros alike! [more]
Bombay Talkie
Sun 4 May // 19:30
A classic Bollywood love triangle film with a timelessly evocative soundtrack. [more]
Open Meeting
Tue 6 May // 18:00
Mon 7 July // 18:00
Mon 1 September // 18:00
Mon 3 November // 18:00
Mon 5 January // 18:00
Mon 2 February // 18:00
[more]
Community Kitchen: Collective Meeting
Wed 7 May // 18:00
Wed 4 June // 18:00
Wed 2 July // 18:00
[more]
Twilight Cafe
Wed 7 May // 19:00
Wed 4 June // 19:00
Wed 2 July // 19:00
Sick of spending evenings in loud pubs/bars/clubs? Why not come down to our twilight cafe... [more]
Fidget and the Twitchers
Fri 9 May // 19:30
FIDGET AND THE TWITCHERS Bristolian skapunk with brassy hooks, check lyrics and wild ska rhythms. Support … [more]
The Ultimate Battle
Krocodile Krew VS Star and Shadow DJs
A night of genre crashing DJs
Sat 10 May // 07:30
[more]
Get ready for another classic Hollywood icon double!
A RITA HAYWORTH DOUBLE-BILL!
GILDA & THE LADY FROM SHANGHA
Sun 11 May // 17:00
[more]
Star and Shadow
Open Programming meeting
online and in the building
Mon 12 May // 18:00
Mon 9 June // 18:00
Mon 14 July // 18:00
Mon 8 September // 18:00
Mon 13 October // 18:00
Mon 10 November // 18:00
Mon 8 December // 18:00
Mon 12 January // 18:00
Mon 9 February // 18:00
Mon 9 March // 18:00
[more]
Newcastle: Bank Better & Boycott Bloody Insurance Workshop
Mon 12 May // 18:00
It’s time for us to take matters into our own hands and organise campaigns from the … [more]
Star & Shadow Cinema Co-op
Community Kitchen
Solidarity Not Charity!
Wed 14 May // 18:00
Wed 11 June // 18:00
Wed 9 July // 18:00
Wed 14 January // 18:00
[more]
Fixit cafe
Wed 14 May // 18:00
*
Wed 11 June // 18:00
*
Wed 9 July // 18:00
*
Wed 10 September // 18:00
*
Fixit Cafe alongside the Community Kitchen will help you fix your broken stuff in a free, … [more]
Greats of Japanese Cinema Season
GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOUR
Postwar Japan. From zero to minus
Thu 15 May // 19:30
[more]
Star and Shadow hosts
Late Shows Making Do
from 6pm til 10.30pm
Fri 16 May // 18:00
Join the volunteers for sessions on printmaking and collaborate together on making zines. There will be … [more]
Still House Plants w/ Jordan Playfair
Fri 16 May // 19:30
Still House Plants is Jess Hickie-Kallenbach, Finlay Clark and David Kennedy. From a barebones set-up of … [more]
Board Game Club
Sat 17 May // 12:00
Sat 21 June // 12:00
Board Game club - 3rd Saturday of every month till June Bring your own game to … [more]
586 Records present “Two”
586 Records Presents
Bringing together 2 of our favourite DJs and absolute masters of the craft - Domenic Cappello and Justin Mills, who are both highly respected for being able to effortlessly weave their way through the finest Electro, House and Techno
Sat 17 May // 22:00
[more]
STARCADE
...Keeps Going!
Sun 18 May // 16:00
Sun 22 June // 16:00
The world's most sinister text file will be plugged back in - at least 3 more … [more]
Tokyo Story
Sun 18 May // 19:30
A constant fixture in critics’ polls, Tokyo Story is Yasujiro Ozu’s most enduring masterpiece and a … [more]
Star and Shadow
Caretaking meeting
online and in the building
Mon 19 May // 18:00
Mon 16 June // 18:00
Mon 21 July // 18:00
Mon 20 October // 18:00
Mon 17 November // 18:00
Mon 15 December // 18:00
Mon 19 January // 18:00
Mon 16 February // 18:00
Mon 16 March // 18:00
[more]
Doxology presents
aya (performing 'hexed!')
Local support from: Yeah You; Kiik Amor; Aqua Tofana; Kitty (DJ)
Tue 20 May // 19:00
[more]
Greats of Japanese Cinema Season
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
Miyazaki's fantasy classic!
Thu 22 May // 19:30
[more]
We are Fugazi from Washington DC
Fri 23 May // 18:30
Created to commemorate the 20 years that have passed since DC-based post-hardcore band Fugazi’s last live … [more]
Under the Cherry Moon
Sun 25 May // 19:30
Winner of five Razzies - that's not a "wrecka", but it's something! [more]
Star and Shadow
Programme Development Meeting
online and in the building
Tue 27 May // 18:00
Mon 23 June // 18:00
Mon 28 July // 18:00
Mon 22 September // 18:00
Mon 27 October // 18:00
Mon 24 November // 18:00
Mon 26 January // 18:00
Mon 23 February // 18:00
Mon 23 March // 18:00
[more]
The Conversation
Thu 29 May // 19:30
Released at the height of the Watergate Scandal in the US, the film now feels prophetic … [more]
Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month
Sat 31 May // 10:30
Sat 28 June // 10:30
Our Volunteer Run, Vegan Cafe is open every last Saturday of the month 10:30 am to … [more]
Last Saturday of the month at 11am
Family Film Club - Free Kids Film
Sat 31 May // 11:00
Sat 28 June // 11:00
A family/kids film every last Saturday of the month! Come be surprised by what we chose … [more]
From the west end of London
The Regulars
with Director's Q&A
Sat 31 May // 19:30
Set in London's iconic Prince Charles Cinema, this comedy drama follows a day in the life … [more]
HEART///BPM X Newcastle Ballroom community
A ballroom vogue party with DJ sets, blending multigenre DJ sets with vogue performances by the Newcastle Ballroom Community. Centred on QTBIPOC+ and allies.
Sat 31 May // 20:00
[more]
In the building
General Meeting (Sovereign Body)
and online
Mon 2 June // 18:00
Mon 6 October // 18:00
Mon 1 December // 18:00
Mon 2 March // 18:00
[more]
Palestinian Solidarity Campaign
First Picture
Palestinian children in Israeli prisons
Tue 3 June // 19:30
[more]
Enemy of the State
Thu 5 June // 19:30
The late Tony Scott was an expert at taking rote thriller premises and pushing them to … [more]
Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair
Sat 7 June // 07:00
2025 will mark the 4th annual Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair, an event celebrating the life … [more]
Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair Presents:
After Gig with Driven Serious, Gaydar, Ketwig Salon & 21 Melville St
5 Band Anarcho After Party
Sat 7 June // 19:00
Post-bookfair gig with Driven Serious, Gaydar and 21 Melville Street Evening kicks off with Glen & … [more]
in the car park
PLANT SALE 11AM-3PM
Sun 15 June // 11:00
DONATIONS OF PLANTS NEEDED IN JUNE 2025. [more]
looking into the sky
Nostalgia for the Light
A reckoning with Pinochet's Chile
Sun 15 June // 19:30
[more]
The Love Witch
Thu 19 June // 19:30
Meet Elaine, a witch who loves men to death... literally! [more]
A film for Pride
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
As gorgeous and outrageous as ever in a brand new frock
Sun 22 June // 19:30
[more]
The Line We Crossed
Film Lenght: 110 minutes - followed by Q&A
Mon 23 June // 19:00
A British story of dissent told from the frontlines from the perspective of the climate activists. [more]
A Film for Pride 2025
Psycho Beach Party
The most fun you’ll ever have… going insane!
Thu 26 June // 19:30
[more]
A Film for Pride
And Then We Danced
Sun 29 June // 19:30
Merab falls for a fellow dancer in a tender love story set in conservative Tbilisi. [more]
Star and Shadow Cinema presents…
The Swimmer
When you talk about "The Swimmer" will you talk about yourself?
Thu 3 July // 19:30
[more]
AN AGATHA CHRISTIE DOUBLE-BILL
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS & DEATH ON THE NILE
Enjoy two star studded mysteries for the price of one!
Sun 27 July // 19:30
[more]
Star and Shadow
AGM. Annual General Meeting & Caretaking
online and in the building
Mon 15 September // 18:00
[more]
MAY 2025
Thu 01 19:30 .... Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder Classic Drama That Helped Break Hollywood Production Code
19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sat 03 19:30 .... Early Night Clubbing Last Bus Home (Come On, Dance With Me)
Sun 04 12:00 .... First Sunday Of Every Month EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - OPEN MEETING 12noon-2pm
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
13:00 .... VOLUNTEER INDUCTION
14:00 .... Creative Writing Creative Writing
19:30 .... Wandering Oak Presents: Gnod And White Hills GNOD and White Hills
19:30 .... Bombay Talkie
Tue 06 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Wed 07 18:00 .... Community Kitchen: Collective Meeting
19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 08 19:30 .... Eisenstein's Masterpiece Battleship Potemkin 100th Anniversary Screening
Fri 09 19:30 .... Fidget and the Twitchers
Sat 10 07:30 .... The Ultimate Battle Krocodile Krew VS Star and Shadow DJs A Night Of Genre Crashing Djs
Sun 11 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
14:00 .... Creative Writing Creative Writing
Mon 12 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
18:00 .... Newcastle: Bank Better & Boycott Bloody Insurance Workshop
Tue 13 18:00 .... Film programming meet
Wed 14 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op Community Kitchen Solidarity Not Charity!
18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
Thu 15 19:30 .... Greats Of Japanese Cinema Season GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOUR Postwar Japan. From Zero To Minus
Fri 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Hosts Late Shows Making Do From 6pm Til 10.30pm
19:30 .... Still House Plants w/ Jordan Playfair
Sat 17 11:00 .... NFC event - Q&A with Greg Sestero of The Room
12:00 .... Board Game Club
Sun 18 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing Creative Writing
16:00 .... STARCADE ...Keeps Going!
19:30 .... Tokyo Story
Mon 19 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Tue 20 19:00 .... Doxology Presents Aya (performing 'hexed!') Local Support From: Yeah You; Kiik Amor; Aqua Tofana; Kitty (Dj)
Thu 22 19:30 .... Greats Of Japanese Cinema Season MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Miyazaki's Fantasy Classic!
Fri 23 18:30 .... We are Fugazi from Washington DC
Sun 25 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
14:00 .... Creative Writing Creative Writing
19:30 .... Under the Cherry Moon
Tue 27 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Thu 29 19:30 .... The Conversation
Fri 30 19:00 .... Test Gig
Sat 31 10:30 .... Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month
11:00 .... Last Saturday Of The Month At 11am Family Film Club - Free Kids Film
19:30 .... From The West End Of London The Regulars With Director's Q&A
JUNE
Sun 01 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing Creative Writing
Mon 02 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Tue 03 19:30 .... Palestinian Solidarity Campaign First Picture Palestinian Children In Israeli Prisons
Wed 04 18:00 .... Community Kitchen: Collective Meeting
19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 05 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
19:30 .... Enemy of the State
Sat 07 07:00 .... Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair
10:00 .... CAFE OPEN FOR ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR
Sun 08 12:00 .... First Sunday Of Every Month EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - OPEN MEETING 12noon-2pm
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 09 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 11 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op Community Kitchen Solidarity Not Charity!
18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
Sun 15 11:00 .... In The Car Park PLANT SALE 11AM-3PM
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
19:30 .... Looking Into The Sky Nostalgia for the Light A Reckoning With Pinochet's Chile
Mon 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Thu 19 19:30 .... The Love Witch
Sat 21 12:00 .... Board Game Club
19:30 .... Climate Action Week Demain, la Vallée/Tomorrow, the Valley
Sun 22 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
16:00 .... STARCADE ...Keeps Going!
Mon 23 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
19:00 .... The Line We Crossed Film Lenght: 110 Minutes - Followed By Q&A
Thu 26 19:30 .... A Film For Pride 2025 Psycho Beach Party The Most Fun You’Ll Ever Have… Going Insane!
Sat 28 10:30 .... Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month
11:00 .... Last Saturday Of The Month At 11am Family Film Club - Free Kids Film
Sun 29 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
19:30 .... A Film For Pride And Then We Danced
JULY
Wed 02 18:00 .... Community Kitchen: Collective Meeting
19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 03 19:30 .... Star And Shadow Cinema Presents… The Swimmer When You Talk About "The Swimmer" Will You Talk About Yourself?
19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sun 06 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 07 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Wed 09 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op Community Kitchen Solidarity Not Charity!
18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
Thu 10 19:30 .... 'The Lubitsch Touch' Trouble in Paradise Light Sexy Funny
Sat 12 19:00 .... Early Night Clubbing Last Bus Home (Come On Dance With Me)
Sun 13 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 14 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 20 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 21 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 27 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 28 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
SEPTEMBER
Mon 01 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 08 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 10 18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
Mon 15 18:00 .... Star And Shadow AGM. Annual General Meeting & Caretaking Online And In The Building
Mon 22 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
OCTOBER
Mon 06 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Mon 13 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 20 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 27 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
NOVEMBER
Mon 03 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 10 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 17 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 24 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
DECEMBER
Mon 01 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Mon 08 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 15 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
JANUARY 2026
Mon 05 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 12 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 14 18:00 .... Star & Shadow Cinema Co-Op Community Kitchen Solidarity Not Charity!
Mon 19 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 26 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
FEBRUARY
Mon 02 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 09 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 23 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
MARCH
Mon 02 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Mon 09 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 23 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
* cheap night