Doxology

Tue 16 September // 20:00

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He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Thu 18 September // 19:30

The first Superhuman-Hero...from New Jersey! [more]

Volunteer get toghether

FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB & BRUNCH SOCIAL

with food

Fri 19 September // 09:30
Fri 26 September // 09:30
Fri 3 October // 09:30
Fri 10 October // 09:30

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Boardgame Club

Sat 20 September // 12:00
Sat 18 October // 12:00
Sat 15 November // 12:00

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Projectionist Training

Sat 20 September // 14:00
Tue 7 October // 18:30
Tue 4 November // 18:30

Projectionist training for inducted volunteers. [more]

Art club meeting

Sun 21 September // 11:30

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Art Club

Sun 21 September // 12:00
Sun 28 September // 12:00
Sun 5 October // 12:00
Sun 12 October // 12:00
Sun 26 October // 12:00
Sun 2 November // 12:00

*NEWS* Art Club on Sunday 7th June will begin with a drawing workshop from 12:00, perfect … [more]

KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

Sun 21 September // 12:00
Sun 5 October // 12:00
Sun 19 October // 12:00
Sun 2 November // 12:00
Sun 16 November // 12:00
Sun 30 November // 12:00
Sun 7 December // 12:00
Sun 21 December // 12:00
Sun 4 January // 12:00

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CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

Sun 21 September // 12:00
Sun 28 September // 12:00
Sun 5 October // 12:00
Sun 12 October // 12:00
Sun 19 October // 12:00
Sun 26 October // 12:00
Sun 2 November // 12:00
Sun 9 November // 12:00
Sun 16 November // 12:00
Sun 23 November // 12:00
Sun 30 November // 12:00

Our Volunteer Run, Vegan Cafe is open every Sunday afternoon. Serving Organic, Fairtrade Coffee and Teas, … [more]

Creative Writing

Sun 21 September // 14:00
Sun 28 September // 14:00
Sun 5 October // 14:00
Sun 19 October // 14:00
Sun 26 October // 14:00
Sun 2 November // 14:00
Sun 9 November // 14:00
Sun 16 November // 14:00
Sun 23 November // 14:00
Sun 30 November // 14:00

Free and sociable writing group, composed of beginners and pros alike! [more]

Wayfaring Cinema Collective present

Wafaring Stranger

A night of outdoor cinema-making in the car park

Sun 21 September // 18:00

Wayfaring Cinema Collective (WCC) welcomes you to a unique experience of nomadic distribution and cinema-making: film, … [more]

Star and Shadow

Programme Development Meeting

online and in the building

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

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A toxic world needs a toxic hero!

The Toxic Avenger (2023)

Fri 26 September // 19:30

The hero we need now! [more]

Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month

Sat 27 September // 10:30
Sat 25 October // 10:30
Sat 29 November // 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 27 September // 11:00
Sat 25 October // 11:00
Sat 29 November // 11:00

A family/kids film every last Saturday of the month! Come be surprised by what we chose … [more]

Memorial fundraiser

Celebrating the life of Pete Burn

Sat 27 September // 19:00

Join us as we celebrate the life of Pete Burn with this memorial fundraiser gig with … [more]

Canny Little Library Meet Up

Sun 28 September // 12:30

Spend your afternoon with a bunch of radical book lovers! We'll be having a Canny Little … [more]

Twilight Cafe

Wed 1 October // 19:00
Wed 5 November // 19:00
Wed 3 December // 19:00

Sick of spending evenings in loud pubs/bars/clubs? Why not come down to our twilight cafe... [more]

Napoleon Dynamite

Thu 2 October // 19:30

Some films are strange. Some are sweet. Napoleon Dynamite is both — a quietly hilarious celebration … [more]

PART OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY

Grow Food in Your Back Yard (Talk)

Three talks by Mark Ridsdill Smith repeated through out the day

Sat 4 October // 11:00

How to grow food in a backyard or on a balcony to reduce reliance on the … [more]

PART OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY

FOOD INC 2 (2023).. Back for seconds

Sat 4 October // 11:00

Multinational corporations that control our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health. [more]

BOOK EACH EVENT SEPARATELY

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY - 11am to 4pm

Sat 4 October // 11:00

Our food systems should provide healthy food for people and planet, not large profits for corporations. [more]

PART OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY

FARMING THE REVOLUTION (INDIA 2024) with English Subtitles

Documentary Film

Sat 4 October // 14:00

Indian farmers raise an epic protest against newly enacted farm laws, reaping a rare victory over … [more]

Star and Shadow presents

Brokeback Mountain (20th Anniversary)

with a special introduction by Dr. Anamarija Horvat

Sat 4 October // 18:30

Celebrate Brokeback Mountain’s enduring legacy with a special screening, introduced by Dr. Anamarija Horvat (Northumbria University) … [more]

Bareback Mountain - A Queer Country Disco

Sat 4 October // 21:00

Devastated after watching Brokeback Mountain? No problem! Pick yourself up to the rhythm of Dolly, Shania, … [more]

EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - CANCELLED FOR SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025

Sun 5 October // 12:00
Sun 2 November // 12:00
Sun 7 December // 12:00

XR Tyneside are the local branch of Extinction Rebellion UK. [more]

In the building

General Meeting (Sovereign Body)

and online

Mon 6 October // 18:00
Mon 1 December // 18:00
Mon 2 March // 18:00

[more]

Community Kitchen

Wed 8 October // 18:00
Wed 12 November // 18:00
Wed 10 December // 18:00

solidarity not charity - vegan meal - events - pay as you can [more]

Perfect Days

Thu 9 October // 19:30

This reflective, beautiful film from Wim Wenders follows Tokyo Toilet cleaner Hirayama as he goes about … [more]

Parastatic presents:

Liminal Sound Weekend

Fri 10 October // 18:30
Sat 11 October // 16:00
Sat 11 October // 16:00

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Sunday, 12th October 2025

THE STAR AND SHADOW AUTUMN MARKET

Sun 12 October // 10:00

Bric-a-brac, arts, crafts, second hand clothes, books, collectibles, household items, a treasure trove of bounty to … [more]

COHEN AND TATE

Sun 12 October // 20:00

COHEN HE'S OLD. TATE HE'S ONE OF THE BALDWINS. TRAVIS KNIGHT, HE'S 9 YEARS OLD. [more]

Star and Shadow

Open Programming meeting

online and in the building

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

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A documentary project commissioned by Tipping Point UK, Defra's Farming in Protected Landscape Programme, and supported by the North Pennines National Landscape team.

Leaving it Better

Wed 15 October // 19:00

The Leaving It Better project brought together environmental campaigners from across North East England with a … [more]

Star and shadow presents

Carnival of souls (1962)

Sun 19 October // 19:00

A cult classic from the sixties made for only $33,000, featuring a masterful performance by Candace … [more]

Star and Shadow

Caretaking meeting

online and in the building

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

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The Girl with the Needle

Thu 23 October // 19:30

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Star and Shadow presents

The Blair Witch Project

Wed 29 October // 19:30

Celebrate spooky season with the film that defined the found footage genre! [more]

What's your favourite scary movie?

Scream / Scream 2 double bill

Thu 30 October // 18:30

The Star & Shadow Have Taken Their Love Of Scary Movies One Step Too Far! [more]

Open Meeting

Mon 3 November // 18:00
Mon 5 January // 18:00
Mon 2 February // 18:00

[more]

Kurosawa's last, mesmerising epic

RAN

Celebrating its 40th anniversary

Thu 13 November // 19:30

Ran spectacularly reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear in 16th-century feudal Japan. Ageing Lord Hidetora decides to abdicate, … [more]

Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel

ORLANDO

Thu 20 November // 19:30

Orlando begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as … [more]

"Some things belong on paper, others in life. It's a blessed fool who can't tell the difference"

QUILLS

Thu 27 November // 19:30

Geoffrey Rush stars as the infamous Marquis de Sade, who spends his final days writing outrageous … [more]

SEPTEMBER 2025

Tue 16 20:00 .... Doxology

Thu 18 19:30 .... He Was 98 Lbs. Of Solid Nerd Until He Became... The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Fri 19 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Toghether FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB & BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food

19:00 .... Fortitude Valley With Marketplace And Yeavering Bells

Sat 20 12:00 .... Boardgame Club

14:00 .... Projectionist Training

18:30 .... Another Classic Tv Presentation! Thunderbirds - a TV on the Big Screen presentation Thunderbirds Are Go!

19:00 .... Doxology presents: Tom's House + support

Sun 21 11:30 .... Art club meeting

12:00 .... Art Club

12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

17:30 .... Another Hollywood Icon Double-Bill Hollywood Double: Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter/Cape Fear

18:00 .... Wayfaring Cinema Collective Present Wafaring Stranger A Night Of Outdoor Cinema-Making In The Car Park

Mon 22 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building

Thu 25 18:00 .... Star and Shadow presents: Star Busk Open Mic Night

19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Cinema Presents… Waking Life Are You A Dreamer?

Fri 26 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Toghether FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB & BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food

19:00 .... Newcastle Project vs Flower Shop

19:30 .... A Toxic World Needs A Toxic Hero! The Toxic Avenger (2023)

Sat 27 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

19:00 .... Memorial Fundraiser Celebrating the life of Pete Burn

Sun 28 12:00 .... Art Club

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:30 .... Canny Little Library Meet Up

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Three Colours: White The Second Part Of Kieślowski's Acclaimed Trilogy

OCTOBER

Wed 01 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe

Thu 02 19:30 .... Napoleon Dynamite

Fri 03 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Toghether FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB & BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food

22:30 .... Municipal Presents Terrence Dixon (Live) And R.S. Tangent Municipal

Sat 04 11:00 .... Part Of Food Sovereignty Day Grow Food in Your Back Yard (Talk) Three Talks By Mark Ridsdill Smith Repeated Through Out The Day

11:00 .... Part Of Food Sovereignty Day FOOD INC 2 (2023).. Back for seconds

11:00 .... Book Each Event Separately FOOD SOVEREIGNTY DAY - 11am to 4pm

14:00 .... Part Of Food Sovereignty Day FARMING THE REVOLUTION (INDIA 2024) with English Subtitles Documentary Film

18:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents Brokeback Mountain (20th Anniversary) With A Special Introduction By Dr. Anamarija Horvat

21:00 .... Bareback Mountain - A Queer Country Disco

Sun 05 12:00 .... EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - CANCELLED FOR SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025

12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... It Only Lasted 6 Years Breakaway Femmes But Was A Hell Of A Ride

Mon 06 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online

19:00 .... Jazz Police Presents Tashi Dorji With Support From Mariam Rezaei & Posset (Tape Dj)

Tue 07 18:00 .... Cafe induction

18:30 .... Projectionist Training

18:30 .... Sha Qhadir 's WHEEL TO GAZA. *

Wed 08 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

Thu 09 19:30 .... Perfect Days

Fri 10 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Toghether FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB & BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food

18:30 .... Parastatic Presents: Liminal Sound Weekend

Sat 11 16:00 .... Parastatic Presents: Liminal Sound Weekend

16:00 .... Parastatic Presents: Liminal Sound Weekend

Sun 12 10:00 .... Sunday, 12th October 2025 THE STAR AND SHADOW AUTUMN MARKET

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club

20:00 .... COHEN AND TATE

Mon 13 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building

Wed 15 19:00 .... A Documentary Project Commissioned By Tipping Point Uk, Defra's Farming In Protected Landscape Programme, And Supported By The North Pennines National Landscape Team. Leaving it Better

Thu 16 19:00 .... Wandering Oak Presents: MaidaVale (SE) and KARKARA (FR)

19:30 .... Here Comes Elvira... There Goes The Neighbourhood! Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Unpleasant Dreams...

Sat 18 12:00 .... Boardgame Club

19:00 .... Live! Loud! Lurid! THE STAR & SHADOW SPOOK SHOW! The Most Cursed Night Of Film In Town!

Sun 19 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:00 .... Star And Shadow Presents Carnival of souls (1962)

Mon 20 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building

Thu 23 19:30 .... The Girl with the Needle

Sat 25 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 26 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions? THE INNOCENTS

Mon 27 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building

Wed 29 19:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents The Blair Witch Project

Thu 30 18:30 .... What's Your Favourite Scary Movie? Scream / Scream 2 double bill

NOVEMBER

Sun 02 12:00 .... EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - CANCELLED FOR SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025

12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Three Colours: Red The Final Part Of Kieślowski's Acclaimed Trilogy

Mon 03 18:00 .... Open Meeting

Tue 04 18:30 .... Projectionist Training

Wed 05 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe

Sat 08 14:00 .... "We were Human before we were Migrants" Photography Exhibition by Heji

Sun 09 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Claire Denis' First Feature Chocolat

Mon 10 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building

Wed 12 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

Thu 13 19:30 .... Kurosawa's Last, Mesmerising Epic RAN Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary

Fri 14 14:00 .... Skimstone Arts Celebration Party!

Sat 15 12:00 .... Boardgame Club

Sun 16 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

Mon 17 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building

Thu 20 19:30 .... Sally Potter's Dazzling Adaptation Of Virginia Woolf's Classic Novel ORLANDO

Sun 23 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Cinema Presents… Return to Oz Return To The Land Where The Adventure Began.

Mon 24 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building

Thu 27 19:30 .... "Some Things Belong On Paper, Others In Life. It's A Blessed Fool Who Can't Tell The Difference" QUILLS

Fri 28 22:30 .... Municipal Presents: Terence Fixmer + An-I (Live) Municipal

Sat 29 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 30 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

14:00 .... Creative Writing

DECEMBER

Mon 01 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online

Wed 03 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe

Sun 07 12:00 .... EXTINCTION REBELLION TYNESIDE - CANCELLED FOR SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025

12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

Mon 08 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building

Wed 10 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

Mon 15 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building

Sun 21 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

14:00 .... Storytelling/Performance With Live Music For Children Between 2 And 6 And Their Families Starlight performed by Storyteller Chris Bostock and Musician Ken Patterson

JANUARY 2026

Sun 04 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

Mon 05 18:00 .... Open Meeting

Mon 12 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building

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