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What’s on this weekend: April 20-22

This week’s top pick

Marley - Tyneside Cinema. All weekend, various times.

A soulful documentary from Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald (Touching The Void, One Day in September, The Last King Of Scotland) on the life, music and legacy of iconic reggae star, Bob Marley. A detailed views of Marley’s life is told through talking head interviews, archival footage, news reports and performances. Exploring not only the music, but also the philosophical and religious convictions of Marley, as well as his political struggles. Interviews reveal Marley as the neglected mixed-race son of an elderly white English plantation foreman, and manages to succeed in what the Scotsman called “good, comprehensive storytelling.”

Days Out

High Bridge Quarter Carnival - High Bridge Street, Newcastle. Saturday April 21, all day. Free admission.

High Bridge is undergoing a renaissance led by some of the area’s independent boutiques and retailers that have served the city well for over a decade. This weekend, a street carnival will celebrate the independent strengths of High Bridge, from vintage fashion finds through to rare records. Live bands, global street food, market stalls and stand-up comedy from the Stand Comedy Store will all take place between 9am-5pm.

Music

Ryan Adams - The Sage Gateshead. Sunday April 22, from 7pm. Tickets: £40.

Former guitarist and singer for alt-country pioneers Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams has grown into a household name in his own right. He writes heart-on-the-sleeve songs with a punk spirit that have earned him numerous Grammy nominations and secured his position as one of the few alt-country artists to achieve mainstream commercial success. For fans of rugged americana and angsty rock.

Theatre

The Pirate Project - Northern Stage, Barras Bridge. Friday April 20. Tickets: £12.50, conc £14.

Staging the escapades of famous female pirates of the past alongside intimate stories of personal bravery and derring-do from the performers’ own lives. The performance looks at female identity, and poses the question “do we just need to be more like pirates to succeed?” Directed by Lucy Foster with assistance from French writer, performer and theatre maker Chloe Dechery, it sets out on a quest to see if they can still out-think, out-sail and out-fight every man on the high seas.

Food and Drink

Darlington Farmers’ Market - Prospect Place, Darlington . Saturday, April 20, 10am-3pm. Free admission.

A range of local produce in the lively surroundings of the town centre. Worth a visit for great value food and first class service.

Art

Elizabeth Price: Here - BALTIC, Gateshead. All weekend. Free admission.

Elizabeth Price creates immersive video installations incorporating digital moving image, text and music. Drawing upon existing archives of film, photography and physical collections of art to invent new, apocalyptic narratives. Reoccuring themes of human action, commodity culture and consumerism are explored through the singling out of specific objects that become expressions of human existence, relationships and social ideas. The exhibit includes a video of a wrecked container ship of new, luxury cars, corroding at the depths of the North Sea.

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