Britain's Gaza Sky Flights Scandal

Sat 9 May // 14:00

A new documentary by Declassified UK investigates Britain's role in the Gaza genocide, focusing on spy … [more]

KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

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]

CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

Sun 10 May // 12:00
Sun 17 May // 12:00
Sun 24 May // 12:00
Sun 31 May // 12:00
Sun 7 June // 12:00
Sun 14 June // 12:00
Sun 21 June // 12:00
Sun 28 June // 12:00
Sun 5 July // 12:00
Sun 12 July // 12:00
Sun 19 July // 12:00
Sun 26 July // 12:00

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

Art Club 12pm - 4pm

Sun 10 May // 12:00
Sun 17 May // 12:00
Sun 24 May // 12:00
Sun 31 May // 12:00
Sun 7 June // 12:00
Sun 14 June // 12:00
Sun 21 June // 12:00
Sun 28 June // 12:00
Sun 5 July // 12:00
Sun 12 July // 12:00
Sun 19 July // 12:00
Sun 26 July // 12:00

SUNDAYS 12pm-4pm A friendly welcoming environment where you can come chat, hang out and get creative … [more]

RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI

Sun 10 May // 12:00

Hand & electric sewing machines, lots of support, ideas, recycled fabrics and a big sewing box … [more]

Creative Writing

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
Sun 5 July // 14:00
Sun 12 July // 14:00
Sun 19 July // 14:00
Sun 26 July // 14:00

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

Never before screened in the UK (to our knowledge)...

Eating Air

Chinese, English, Malay, with English subtitles

Sun 10 May // 19:30

A motorcycle kungfu love story. Opposites attract during the hottest month in the history of Singapore. [more]

Star and Shadow

Open Programming meeting

online and in the building

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
Mon 8 February // 18:00
Mon 8 March // 18:00

Open Programming Meeting. Second Monday of the month. Open call to all prospective programmers who would … [more]

Volunteer Only - Canny Little Library Inventory and Pizza

Mon 11 May // 18:00

Meeting for Canny Little Library inventory tasks. This meeting is for existing S&S volunteers. New library … [more]

Community Kitchen

Wed 13 May // 18:00
Wed 10 June // 18:00
Wed 8 July // 18:00

Solidarity not charity! - see April's menu in the description [more]

Fixit cafe

Wed 13 May // 18:00 *

Fixit Cafe alongside the Community Kitchen will help you fix your broken stuff in a free, … [more]

Star and Shadow Presents

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Thu 14 May // 19:30

Paul Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by … [more]

Slow

Lithuanian with English subtitles

Fri 15 May // 19:30

Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful new relationship as they … [more]

Board Game Club

Sat 16 May // 13:00

Come along to the next installment of the Star and Shadow's boardgame club. Whether you’re a … [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
Mon 15 February // 18:00
Mon 15 March // 18:00

This is a really important meeting as we discuss and decide on what we actions we … [more]

Polar Film Fest

Tue 19 May // 18:00

A selection of films from the 2026 Polar Film Fest, a showcase of some of the … [more]

I SAW THE DEVIL

Thu 21 May // 19:30

Prey you leave the same as you came... [more]

432 GIG: Jarboe ft. Thor

Fri 22 May // 19:00

Jarboe draws from a variety of sources: childhood in the Mississippi delta and New Orleans, life … [more]

Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema presents

Flowing Stories

plus director's Q&A

Sat 23 May // 14:00

Flowing Stories is a documentary about changes, migration of Hong Kong people and the unknowability of … [more]

RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI

Sun 24 May // 12:00

Hand & electric sewing machines, lots of support, ideas, recycled fabrics and a big sewing box … [more]

Fanfare from the First Night of Love Amsterdam, Storytellers Streetband and 10th Avenue Band from Newcastle

Street Brass Band Bonanza

Band Blast

Sun 24 May // 19:30

Fanfare of the First Night of Love, Amsterdam. Colourful and socially engaged ‘street orchestra’ playing 'world … [more]

Star and Shadow

Programme Development Meeting

online and in the building

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
Mon 25 January // 18:00
Mon 22 February // 18:00
Mon 22 March // 18:00

The fourth Monday of the month Programming Development Meeting provides the opportunity for volunteers to discuss … [more]

Surrealist animated art feature where humans are pets on an alien planet!

Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage)

Thu 28 May // 19:30

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny … [more]

Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair

Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair

Sat 30 May // 10:00

A volunteer‑run celebration of radical culture and community, bringing together stalls, workshops, music, art, and organisers … [more]

Star and Shadow Presents

Pan's Labyrinth

Sun 31 May // 19:30

A tug-of-war between the ordinary and extraordinary [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
Mon 1 March // 18:00

General Meetings are legally defined as the Sovereign Body or the Boss of the organisation where … [more]

Twilight Cafe

Wed 3 June // 19:00

A cozy late evening cafe with soft lighting, blankets, food and drink [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 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]

Permacomputing Club

Wed 3 June // 19:30

When technology is deployed as a means to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of … [more]

To Live and Die in L.A.

Thu 4 June // 19:30

William Friedkin's hot, sweaty counterweight to the chilly vibes of The French Connection, and another all-timer … [more]

Free your mind

The Animatrix

Mindbending sci-fi shorts that expand the Matrix universe

Fri 5 June // 19:30

A collection of animated shorts which explores the existential and estoric sci-fi nooks and crannies in … [more]

LTP #12 Presents

The Magic City: : Birmingham according to Sun ra

Sat 6 June // 21:30

A portrait of the artist as a young man as well as one of a city … [more]

12noon- 2pm. First Sunday of every month.

EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm

Sun 7 June // 12:00
Sun 5 July // 12:00

The meeting runs from 12noon to 2pm on the first Sunday of every month [more]

Star and Shadow presents

A Man Escaped

Robert Bresson's masterpiece

Sun 7 June // 19:30

One of the great works of cinema. Told in a spare style the film follows the … [more]

Topette!!

Anglo - French folksters playing exciting acoustic dance music, perfect for French (balfolk) dancing, but equally good for listeners.

Mon 8 June // 20:00

Anglo - French folksters Topette!! play exciting acoustic dance music, perfect for French (balfolk) dancing, but … [more]

SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SOMETHING DARING. SOMETHING DANGEROUS.

Something Wild (1986)

From the Director of STOP MAKING SENSE (1984)

Thu 11 June // 19:30

A strait-laced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon and … [more]

STAR AND SHADOW MARKET

Sun 14 June // 11:00

THE STAR AND SHADOW'S APRIL MARKET IS HERE... [more]

Donations of plants needed from the public

PLANT SALE 11AM - 3PM

Sun 14 June // 11:00

You can start sowing, planting, dividing and cutting now... [more]

The Beach

Sun 14 June // 19:30

While on holiday, Richard sets out for a rumored island paradise [more]

Refugee Week special screening

Green Border

Sat 20 June // 19:30

A film that dramatises the plight of migrants caught in the Belarus-European Union border crisis. [more]

Chinese Roulette

Sun 21 June // 19:30

[more]

F54:

One Eye One Leg

Thu 25 June // 19:00

Irish drone-doom-folk act One Leg One Eye, the project of founding Lankum member Ian Lynch and … [more]

Cafe Open Every Last Saturday of the Month

Sat 27 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 27 June // 11:00

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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Fri 3 July // 19:30

After Joel and Clementine break up, Clementine undergoes a procedure to have Joel erased from her … [more]

Open Meeting

Mon 6 July // 18:00
Mon 7 September // 18:00
Mon 2 November // 18:00
Mon 4 January // 18:00
Mon 1 February // 18:00

Open meeting. This meeting is for people who want to bring up items for discussion or … [more]

Streets of Fire

Fri 10 July // 19:30

A Rock & Roll Fable from Walter Hill, featuring a young Willem Dafoe, Amy Madigan, and … [more]

The Star and Shadow Cinema presents…

Cecil B. Demented

Death to Mainstream Cinema!

Fri 17 July // 19:30

A famous actress is kidnapped by a group of terrorist filmmakers and is forced to act … [more]

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Fri 24 July // 19:30

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert tells the story of two drag queens and … [more]

Wandering Oak presents

My New Band Believe

Fri 23 October // 19:30

Wandering Oak presents My New Band Believe. The group’s self-titled debut is a massive and hallucinatory … [more]

BIG FILM & TV QUIZ OF 2026!

Thu 3 December // 19:30

[more]

The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

Thu 4 March // 19:30

[more]

The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

Thu 1 April // 19:30

[more]

MAY 2026

Sat 09 14:00 .... Britain's Gaza Sky Flights Scandal

Sun 10 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

12:00 .... Newcastle Film Club Deja View Film Challenge Screening

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

12:00 .... RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Never Before Screened In The Uk (To Our Knowledge)... Eating Air Chinese, English, Malay, With English Subtitles

Mon 11 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Open Programming meeting Online And In The Building

18:00 .... Volunteer Only - Canny Little Library Inventory and Pizza

Wed 13 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

18:00 .... Fixit cafe *

Thu 14 19:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Fri 15 19:30 .... Slow Lithuanian With English Subtitles

Sat 16 13:00 .... Board Game Club

14:00 .... Projectionist Training

Sun 17 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

17:30 .... Get Ready For Another Classic Hollywood Icon Double! A Marilyn Monroe Double-Bill! Gentlemen Prefer Blonds & Niagara

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

Tue 19 18:00 .... Polar Film Fest

Thu 21 19:30 .... I SAW THE DEVIL

Fri 22 19:00 .... 432 GIG: Jarboe ft. Thor

Sat 23 14:00 .... Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema Presents Flowing Stories Plus Director's Q&A

Sun 24 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

12:00 .... RE-JIG SEWING WORKSHOP WITH ROSI

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Fanfare From The First Night Of Love Amsterdam, Storytellers Streetband And 10th Avenue Band From Newcastle Street Brass Band Bonanza Band Blast

19:30 .... A Vital Portrait Of Collective Action Everybody to Kenmure Street

Tue 26 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building

Thu 28 19:30 .... Surrealist Animated Art Feature Where Humans Are Pets On An Alien Planet! Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage)

Sat 30 10:00 .... Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair

Sun 31 12:00 .... KNITTING CLUB - Woolly Mammoth

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

13:00 .... Newcastle Film Club Film Challenge Launch

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents Pan's Labyrinth

JUNE

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

Wed 03 19:00 .... Twilight Cafe

19:00 .... 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.

19:30 .... Permacomputing Club

Thu 04 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

19:30 .... To Live and Die in L.A.

Fri 05 19:30 .... Free Your Mind The Animatrix Mindbending Sci-Fi Shorts That Expand The Matrix Universe

Sat 06 21:30 .... Ltp #12 Presents The Magic City: : Birmingham according to Sun ra

Sun 07 12:00 .... 12noon- 2pm. First Sunday Of Every Month. EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Star And Shadow Presents A Man Escaped Robert Bresson's Masterpiece

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

20:00 .... Topette!! Anglo - French Folksters Playing Exciting Acoustic Dance Music, Perfect For French (Balfolk) Dancing, But Equally Good For Listeners.

Wed 10 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

Thu 11 19:30 .... Something Different. Something Daring. Something Dangerous. Something Wild (1986) From The Director Of Stop Making Sense (1984)

Sun 14 11:00 .... STAR AND SHADOW MARKET

11:00 .... Donations Of Plants Needed From The Public PLANT SALE 11AM - 3PM

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

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

19:30 .... The Beach

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

Fri 19 19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Cinema Presents… A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Pride Month Screening

Sat 20 19:30 .... Refugee Week Special Screening Green Border

Sun 21 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Chinese Roulette

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

Thu 25 19:00 .... F54: One Eye One Leg

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

Sun 28 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

JULY

Wed 01 19:00 .... 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.

Thu 02 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

Fri 03 19:30 .... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Sun 05 12:00 .... 12noon- 2pm. First Sunday Of Every Month. EXTINCTION REBELLION 12noon to 2pm

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

19:30 .... Belated 70th Birthday Celebration Of A Cinematic Provocateur The Boss of It All With English Subtitles

Mon 06 18:00 .... Open Meeting

Wed 08 18:00 .... Community Kitchen

Fri 10 19:30 .... Streets of Fire

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

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

Fri 17 19:30 .... The Star And Shadow Cinema Presents… Cecil B. Demented Death To Mainstream Cinema!

Sun 19 12:00 .... CAFE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY 12 NOON - 4PM

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

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

Fri 24 19:30 .... The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

22:00 .... Norther Pride Starts Here Prance - An Alternative Queer Dance Party for Northern Pride The Gay Agenda: Dance All Night

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

12:00 .... Art Club 12pm - 4pm

14:00 .... Creative Writing

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

AUGUST

Wed 05 19:00 .... 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.

Fri 28 18:00 .... This Bank Holiday Weekend Write an epic sci-fi film! Then Shoot It And Edit It And Screen It!

Sat 29 12:00 .... This Bank Holiday Weekend Shoot an epic sci-fi film! Then Edit It And Screen It!

Sun 30 15:00 .... This Bank Holiday Weekend Edit an epic sci-fi film! Then Screen It!

Mon 31 15:00 .... This Bank Holiday Weekend Screen an epic sci-fi film! And Bring Your Friends And Family To The Exclusive Cinema Premiere!

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

Fri 23 19:30 .... Wandering Oak Presents My New Band Believe

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

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

Mon 25 18:00 .... Star And Shadow Programme Development Meeting Online And In The Building

FEBRUARY

Mon 01 18:00 .... Open Meeting

Thu 04 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

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

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

MARCH

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

Thu 04 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

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

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

APRIL

Thu 01 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

MAY

Thu 06 19:30 .... The Star & Shadow Film Quiz

 

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