You know you haven’t celebrated the New Year properly when you miss Jools Holland’s Annual...
Author - GemmHirst
What trend of an X Factor Christmas number 1?
Ah, X Factor, that trashy, sorry.. talent show that fixes, I mean finds, artists who think they can...
Why we need to be supporting youth theatre
As a student who once studied Performance Arts as GCSE and A Levels, I thought my future...
Album Review: Siren by Lili La Scala
The problem with these multitalented cabaret artists is that I can never find any faults in their...
Strictly Come Dancing: The final
Saturday night saw the final of the much loved BBC dance programme, Strictly Come Dancing, and what...
BBC Music Awards 2015
We know the BBC is very passionate about the music industry. With a variety of BBC radio stations...
Strictly Come Dancing update
So far our Saturday night TV entertainment has been filled with dynamics, passion, drama...
Should we putting a number on our bodies?
After hearing that Australian starlet Rebel Wilson is promoting her new plus size clothing...
Exclusive interview with Sam Dickinson
KettleMag interview North East’s answer to soul music, Sam Dickinson. After being away from the...
Gemma: What’s in my makeup bag?
Your makeup bag is your trusty companion. Whether you adapt it for a travel version, it’s all over...
My guilty pleasures in music
Justin Bieber, Little Mix and One Direction are not words that usually appear in my musical...
Dance and performance art as an outlet
As someone who used to eat, sleep and breathe dance 24/7 I find myself missing the art form as it...
Review: BBC Strictly Come Dancing
Glitter, sequins, sparkle and SEVEN! – When you hear these words that can only mean one thing...
Shakespeare at the Movies
To see or not to see, or at least that is the question William Shakespeare would be asking if he...
The Importance Of Regional Theatre
As a theatre reviewer, I am always on the lookout to review the next performance and as I start to...
Inspirational theatre can change the way you think
Nicole Kidman is back on the London stage, to play the British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who...
Kettle Mag interviews Nikki Patel
Kettle Mag’s theatre editor Gemma Hirst got the chance to sit down and talk to...
Reflections on New Adventures’ Jonathan Ollivier
Last week I was talking about Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man and being able to watch these amazing...
How to watch quality theatre from your sofa
Regrettably I have not seen as much theatre this summer as I had hoped. So to make up for this, I...
How to watch quality theatre from your sofa
Regrettably I have not seen as much theatre this summer as I had hoped. So to make up for this, I...