Art Club
Sun 25 January // 12:00
Sun 1 February // 12:00
Sun 8 February // 12:00
Sun 15 February // 12:00
Sun 22 February // 12:00
Sun 1 March // 12:00
Sun 8 March // 12:00
Sun 15 March // 12:00
Sun 22 March // 12:00
Sun 29 March // 12:00
Sun 5 April // 12:00
Sun 12 April // 12:00
Sun 19 April // 12:00
Sun 26 April // 12:00
SUNDAYS 12pm-4pm A friendly welcoming environment where you can come chat, hang out and get creative … [more]
CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
Sun 25 January // 12:00
Sun 1 February // 12:00
Sun 8 February // 12:00
Sun 15 February // 12:00
Sun 22 February // 12:00
Sun 1 March // 12:00
Sun 8 March // 12:00
Sun 15 March // 12:00
Sun 22 March // 12:00
Sun 29 March // 12:00
Our Volunteer Run, Vegan Cafe is open every Sunday afternoon. Serving Organic, Fairtrade Coffee and Teas, … [more]
RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
Sun 25 January // 12:00
Hand & electric sewing machines, lots of support, ideas, recycled fabrics and a big sewing box … [more]
Creative Writing
Sun 25 January // 14:00
Sun 1 February // 14:00
Sun 8 February // 14:00
Sun 22 February // 14:00
Sun 1 March // 14:00
Sun 8 March // 14:00
Sun 15 March // 14:00
Sun 22 March // 14:00
Sun 29 March // 14:00
Sun 5 April // 14:00
Sun 26 April // 14:00
Sun 3 May // 14:00
Sun 10 May // 14:00
Sun 17 May // 14:00
Sun 24 May // 14:00
Sun 31 May // 14:00
Sun 7 June // 14:00
Sun 21 June // 14:00
Sun 28 June // 14:00
Free and sociable writing group, composed of beginners and pros alike! [more]
Back by popular Demand
Burns Supper and Ceilidh
Fill up on a vegan haggis supper and dance the potatoes away!
Sun 25 January // 18:30
[more]
Star and Shadow
Programme Development Meeting
online and in the building
Mon 26 January // 18:00
Mon 23 February // 18:00
Mon 23 March // 18:00
[more]
The Duke of Burgundy
Thu 29 January // 19:30
The Duke of Burgundy follows two lovers who delight in a highly stylised world of moths, … [more]
Volunteer get together
FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL
With food
Fri 30 January // 09:30
Fri 6 February // 09:30
Fri 13 February // 09:30
Fri 20 February // 09:30
Fri 27 February // 09:30
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Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month
Sat 31 January // 10:30
Sat 28 February // 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 January // 11:00
Sat 28 February // 11:00
A family/kids film every last Saturday of the month! Come be surprised by what we chose … [more]
TV on the Big Screen Returns!
TV on the Big Screen presents Nuts in May
The classic Play for Today
Sat 31 January // 18:00
[more]
Wesley Gonzalez with Nev Clay, Kate Agerskow, James Leonard Hewitson
Sat 31 January // 19:00
Wesley Gonzalez is a critically acclaimed songwriter from London. Having made three albums with perennially underrated … [more]
12noon- 2pm. First Sunday of every month.
EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm
Sun 1 February // 12:00
Sun 1 March // 12:00
Sun 5 April // 12:00
The meeting runs from 12noon to 2pm on the first Sunday of every month [more]
KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
Sun 1 February // 12:00
Sun 15 February // 12:00
Sun 1 March // 12:00
Sat 14 March // 12:00
Sun 15 March // 12:00
Sun 29 March // 12:00
Sun 12 April // 12:00
Sun 26 April // 12:00
Sun 10 May // 12:00
Sun 31 May // 12:00
Sun 14 June // 12:00
A free, drop-in, knitting and crochet club for any age, ability or gender. Children under 16 … [more]
Another icon of the silver screen comes to the Star & Shadow!
HOLLYWOOD ICON DOUBLE-BILL - GENE TIERNEY: LAURA & LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
Gene Tierney at her most luminous - and most lethal
Sun 1 February // 17:30
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Twilight Cafe
Wed 4 February // 19:00
Wed 4 March // 19:00
Wed 1 April // 19:00
Wed 6 May // 19:00
Wed 3 June // 19:00
Sick of spending evenings in loud pubs/bars/clubs? Why not come down to our twilight cafe... [more]
1st Wednesday of every month, 7-8.30pm
PsySocNE Monthly Psychedelic Integration Circle
A volunteer run peer support, wellbeing and harm reduction group for people who have had experiences with non-ordinary states of consciousness. Held in the meeting room.
Wed 4 February // 19:00
Wed 4 March // 19:00
Wed 1 April // 19:00
Wed 6 May // 19:00
Wed 3 June // 19:00
Wed 1 July // 19:00
Wed 5 August // 19:00
Had a psychedelic (or similar non-ordinary state of consciousness) experience you’re still trying to process? An … [more]
From the DH Lawrence novel
Women in Love
Passion, desire, sisterhood, conflict
Thu 5 February // 19:30
[more]
Star and Shadow presents
Ornette: Made in America
Shirley Clarke's portrait of the free jazz pioneer
Fri 6 February // 19:30
[more]
RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
Sun 8 February // 12:00
Hand & electric sewing machines, lots of support, ideas, recycled fabrics and a big sewing box … [more]
Newcastle Film Club Pitch Day Launch Event
Sun 8 February // 13:00
Learn how you can pitch a short film idea that could be made by Newcastle Film … [more]
Star and Shadow
Open Programming meeting
online and in the building
Mon 9 February // 18:00
Mon 9 March // 18:00
[more]
Projectionist Training
Tue 10 February // 18:30
Sat 28 March // 13:30
Sat 25 April // 14:00
Sat 23 May // 14:00
[more]
Fixit cafe
Wed 11 February // 18:00
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Wed 11 March // 18:00
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Fixit Cafe alongside the Community Kitchen will help you fix your broken stuff in a free, … [more]
From The Director of "Barbarian", "Weapons" and the Upcoming "Resident Evil"
The Civil War On Drugs
Thu 12 February // 19:30
Two Friends (Sam Brown and Trevor Moore) assume the American civil war is about the right … [more]
Disco-mbobu-lated
Hen Ogledd Album Launch
A very special album launch party love in
Sat 14 February // 19:00
Sat 14 February // 20:00
JOIN HEN OGLEDD TO DENOUNCE HATRED IN FAVOUR OF RADICAL INTIMACY. CHOOSE FRUITY FEAST OVER SALTY … [more]
THE FIRST STAR AND SHADOW MARKET
Sun 15 February // 11:00
IT’S THE THE FIRST MARKET OF THE YEAR..... [more]
Bound
Sun 15 February // 19:30
This very special screening of Bound in magnificent 35mm will celebrate the films' 30 year anniversary … [more]
Star and Shadow
Caretaking meeting
online and in the building
Mon 16 February // 18:00
Mon 16 March // 18:00
[more]
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Thu 19 February // 19:30
A pair of newly-found friends searche for a meaningful connection as humanity's last days are at … [more]
RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
Sun 22 February // 12:00
Hand & electric sewing machines, lots of support, ideas, recycled fabrics and a big sewing box … [more]
Star and Shadow Presents
Quilici Tessa (Live Tango Music Night)
Carlos Quilici and Martín Tessa for Live Tango Music
Wed 25 February // 18:00
Live music with Carlos Quilici and Martín Tessa, experts in the tango genre. There will be … [more]
GREEN ROOM
Thu 26 February // 19:30
You and the other members of the band have been booked to play. Make sure you … [more]
TOPS and T Girls On Film
Fri 27 February // 19:30
TOPS Fun, satirical and a pastiche of the chaotic, brash, self-deprecating and clueless 1990s/2000s British reality … [more]
The Doctor is in!
TV on the Big Screen: Doctor Who - Earthshock
TV on the Big Screen is back
Sat 28 February // 18:00
[more]
The Political Angle
Fires and Fascism
fascist and right wing complicity in Europe's Fires
Mon 2 March // 19:30
[more]
Sergei Eisenstein's
Battleship Potemkin
tracked with the extraordinary music of Sink: inspiration sensation suffusion
Sat 7 March // 19:30
[more]
Rare screening of Maktoto Shinkai’s
5 Centimetres per Second
Presented by Patra Szemån as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival
Sat 14 March // 19:00
[more]
Board Game Club
Sat 21 March // 13:00
Board game club - come try board games, bring a friend, bring a game you want … [more]
Newcastle Film Club Film Challenge Launch
Sun 22 March // 13:00
Come learn about the new film challenge and how you can get invovled! [more]
Silent Films
My Wife’s Relations (1922) followed by The Cameraman (1928)
"It is a lucid, beautifully formed dramatic comedy."
Tue 31 March // 19:30
short film My Wife’s Relations (1922) followed by The Cameraman (1928). Hopelessly in love with a … [more]
Open Meeting
Tue 7 April // 18:00
Tue 5 May // 18:00
Mon 6 July // 18:00
Mon 7 September // 18:00
Mon 2 November // 18:00
Mon 4 January // 18:00
Open meeting. This meeting is for people who want to bring up items for discussion or … [more]
Star and Shadow
Open Programming meeting
online and in the building
Mon 13 April // 18:00
Mon 11 May // 18:00
Mon 8 June // 18:00
Mon 13 July // 18:00
Mon 14 September // 18:00
Mon 12 October // 18:00
Mon 9 November // 18:00
Mon 14 December // 18:00
Mon 11 January // 18:00
Open Programming Meeting. Second Monday of the month. Open call to all prospective programmers who would … [more]
Star and Shadow
Annual Caretaking Review meeting
in the building
Mon 20 April // 18:00
Please join us for this special convened meeting around confirming the annual maintenance agenda is up … [more]
Star and Shadow
Programme Development Meeting
online and in the building
Mon 27 April // 18:00
Tue 26 May // 18:00
Mon 22 June // 18:00
Mon 27 July // 18:00
Mon 28 September // 18:00
Mon 26 October // 18:00
Mon 23 November // 18:00
The fourth Monday of the month Programming Development Meeting provides the opportunity for volunteers to discuss … [more]
silent era action comedy films
The Electric House (1922) and The General (1926) by Buster Keaton
No silent moviemaker ever engaged with the machinery of modern life as resourcefully as Buster Keaton did.
Fri 8 May // 19:30
The Electric House (1922), short comedy. A botanist, is mistaken for an electrical engineer and ends … [more]
Star and Shadow
Caretaking meeting
online and in the building
Mon 18 May // 18:00
Mon 15 June // 18:00
Mon 20 July // 18:00
Mon 19 October // 18:00
Mon 16 November // 18:00
Mon 21 December // 18:00
Mon 18 January // 18:00
This is a really important meeting as we discuss and decide on what we actions we … [more]
In the building
General Meeting (Sovereign Body)
and online
Mon 1 June // 18:00
Mon 5 October // 18:00
Mon 7 December // 18:00
General Meetings are legally defined as the Sovereign Body or the Boss of the organisation where … [more]
In the building
AGM. Annual General Meeting & Caretaking
and online
Mon 21 September // 18:00
[more]
Festive Community Kitchen Special
Wed 13 January // 18:00
solidarity not charity - vegan meal - events - pay as you can [more]
JANUARY 2026
Sun 25 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
14:00 .... Creative Writing
19:30 .... A Musical Extravaganza DuBarry Was A Lady In Glorious Technicolour
Mon 26 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Thu 29 19:30 .... The Duke of Burgundy
Fri 30 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Together FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food
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
18:00 .... Tv On The Big Screen Returns! TV on the Big Screen presents Nuts in May The Classic Play For Today
19:00 .... Wesley Gonzalez with Nev Clay, Kate Agerskow, James Leonard Hewitson
FEBRUARY
Sun 01 12:00 .... 12noon- 2pm. First Sunday Of Every Month. EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 02 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Wed 04 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 05 19:30 .... From The Dh Lawrence Novel Women in Love Passion, Desire, Sisterhood, Conflict
19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Fri 06 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Together FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food
19:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents Ornette: Made in America Shirley Clarke's Portrait Of The Free Jazz Pioneer
Sun 08 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
13:00 .... Newcastle Film Club Pitch Day Launch Event
14:00 .... Creative Writing
19:30 .... Once Upon A Time... Blancanieves Eerie And Erotic Silent Film Treat
Mon 09 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Tue 10 18:30 .... Projectionist Training
Wed 11 18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
18:00 .... Community Kitchen
Thu 12 19:30 .... From The Director Of "Barbarian", "Weapons" And The Upcoming "Resident Evil" The Civil War On Drugs
Fri 13 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Together FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food
Sat 14 19:00 .... Disco-Mbobu-Lated Hen Ogledd Album Launch A Very Special Album Launch Party Love In
20:00 .... Disco-Mbobu-Lated Hen Ogledd Album Launch A Very Special Album Launch Party Love In
Sun 15 11:00 .... THE FIRST STAR AND SHADOW MARKET
12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
19:30 .... Bound
Mon 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Thu 19 19:30 .... Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Fri 20 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Together FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food
Sat 21 16:00 .... Starcade
Sun 22 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 23 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 25 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Presents Quilici Tessa (Live Tango Music Night) Carlos Quilici And Martín Tessa For Live Tango Music
Thu 26 19:30 .... GREEN ROOM
Fri 27 09:30 .... Volunteer Get Together FRIDAY CLEANING CLUB AND BRUNCH SOCIAL With Food
19:30 .... TOPS and T Girls On Film
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
18:00 .... The Doctor Is In! TV on the Big Screen: Doctor Who - Earthshock Tv On The Big Screen Is Back
MARCH
Sun 01 12:00 .... 12noon- 2pm. First Sunday Of Every Month. EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm
12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 02 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
19:30 .... The Political Angle Fires and Fascism Fascist And Right Wing Complicity In Europe's Fires
Wed 04 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 05 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sat 07 19:00 .... Star and Shadow Presents TAUPE + THE MARIGOLDS/MOTHERMAN
Sun 08 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
14:00 .... Creative Writing
18:00 .... Show for Rosa: Fundraiser in support of Rosa Thomas of the Samphires
Mon 09 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 11 18:00 .... Fixit cafe *
Fri 13 23:00 .... HEART///BPM
Sat 14 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
Sun 15 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 16 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Sat 21 13:00 .... Board Game Club
Sun 22 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
13:00 .... Newcastle Film Club Film Challenge Launch
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 23 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Sat 28 13:30 .... Projectionist Training
Sun 29 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Tue 31 19:30 .... Silent Films My Wife’s Relations (1922) followed by The Cameraman (1928) "It Is A Lucid, Beautifully Formed Dramatic Comedy."
APRIL
Wed 01 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 02 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sun 05 12:00 .... 12noon- 2pm. First Sunday Of Every Month. EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm
12:00 .... Art Club
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Tue 07 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Sun 12 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
Mon 13 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 19 12:00 .... Art Club
Mon 20 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Annual Caretaking Review meeting In The Building
Sat 25 14:00 .... Projectionist Training
Sun 26 12:00 .... Art Club
12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 27 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
MAY
Sun 03 14:00 .... Creative Writing
Tue 05 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Wed 06 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 07 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sun 10 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 11 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 17 14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 18 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Sat 23 14:00 .... Projectionist Training
Sun 24 14:00 .... Creative Writing
Tue 26 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 31 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
14:00 .... Creative Writing
JUNE
Mon 01 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Wed 03 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe
Thu 04 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Sun 07 14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 08 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 14 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth
Mon 15 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 21 14:00 .... Creative Writing
Mon 22 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
Sun 28 14:00 .... Creative Writing
JULY
Thu 02 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Mon 06 18:00 .... Open Meeting
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
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Mon 07 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 14 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 21 18:00 .... In The Building AGM. Annual General Meeting & Caretaking And Online
Mon 28 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building
OCTOBER
Thu 01 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
Mon 05 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
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
NOVEMBER
Mon 02 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Thu 05 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz
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
DECEMBER
Thu 03 19:30 .... BIG FILM & TV QUIZ OF 2026!
Mon 07 18:00 .... In The Building General Meeting (Sovereign Body) And Online
Mon 14 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Mon 21 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
JANUARY 2027
Mon 04 18:00 .... Open Meeting
Mon 11 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building
Wed 13 18:00 .... Festive Community Kitchen Special
Mon 18 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Caretaking meeting Online And In The Building
* cheap night