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What’s on this weekend: December 30 - January 2

This week’s top pick:

New Years Eve Winter Carnival. Saturday December 31st, 3pm-6.30pm. Free

Experience a magical, wintry twist to the traditional carnival theme with Norse mythologies, Viking folklore and local traditions flowing through the procession. See Thor and the Black Elves, Odin’s wolves prowling the streets and Heimdall on his white stallion. Commissioned by NewcastleGateshead Initiative in partnership with Newcastle City Council Arts Team, and produced by the internationally acclaimed outdoor arts company Walk the Plank, Winter Carnival returns as the build up to the popular firework finale at Newcastle Civic Centre. This year, the Ice Queen will blow snowy blasts across the city from the Monument, and the Kingsmen’s fire dance will lead a flaming Viking longship precession. Hundreds of local residents will join with artists to create intricate costumes and choreographed routines to add to the excitement.

Timings: 3pm - music and carnival performance in the streets around Monument.
5.15pm - parade leaves for Newcastle Civic Centre via Northumberland Street.
6pm - Fireworks finales at Newcaslte Civic Centre

Cinema

Sherlock Homes - A Game of Shadows, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle. Monday January 2, 8.40pm. Tickets: £8; £6.50

Holmes and Watson return in this follow up to Sherlock Holmes. Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) is the arch nemesis of Holmes. A suicide soon turns to be a murder that is only one piece of a much larger puzzle, designed by the cunning Moriarty, who manages to stay one step ahead of Holmes as his deadly plan unfolds.

Family

Christmas Star - The Centre for Life, Newcastle. Sunday January 1 and Monday January 2, 10am-6pm.

Step into Life for a look at the myth and scientific mystery behind the enduring symbol of Christmas. Appropriate for children aged 7 and up.

Museums and Exhibitions

Hole Editions: Ink on Paper - DLI Museum & Art Gallery, Aykley Heads. Ongoing - January 8. Tickets: £3.50 adult; £1.50 child; £2.50 concessions; £9 family.

Hole Editions is a collaborative lithography workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne, established by Lee Turner in 2005 following his Master Printer training at Tamarind Institute. The exhibition draws on a recent selection of regional, national and international artists who have printed and published lithographs at the workshop, including 2011 Turner Prize nominee George Shaw.

Comedy

Seymour Mace, Susan Murray and John Scott - The Stand Comedy Club, Newcastle. Friday December 30, 7.30pm. Tickets: £12; £10 concessions.

End of the year at Newcastle’s new comedy club. Seymour Mace is originally from Newcastle but has since made Manchester his home. The former clown takes audiences on a manic performance of surrealist observation and natural humour. He has featured in BBC Three series ‘Ideal’. A seasoned stand-up on the regular circuit, Arthur Smith said of her “she has the mentality of a spiteful 14-year-old boy! Very admirable in a young lady!”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .