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Dateline: 30th September, 2005
Whilst their home, the Newcastle Playhouse, is being extensively refurbished (indeed, rebuilt), Northern Stage will have two productions and one co-production at venues in the North East and beyond. First up is John Clifford's adaptation of Dickens' Great Expectations which will play at the Journal Tyne Theatre from 10th to 15th October. Directed and designed by Neil Murray, the production uses film, music and the unique Northern Stage style of ensemble storytelling. Tickets (£15/£12 with concessions at half price) ae availble from the Live Theatre box office on 0191 232 1232 . Next comes the company's children's Christmas show, How the Sea Came to Be. There was a time when the sea had no waves, and everything stayed the same. And in this stay-the-same world, everyone knew what their job was; everyone except the Raven. But this clever and naughty bird did know how to ask questions and play tricks. Raven's journey begins once he decides to find a way to move the sea so he can gobble up all the oysters, mussels and clams underneath. Meeting the Fog Woman and the Man who sits on the Tide along the way, Raven discovers the secret of how the sea came to be. This year Northern Stage has joined forces with the Tyne and Wear Museum service to transform the Great Hall of the Discovery Museum into a world of magic, music and colour that will delight children of six and under and their families. The show, at the Discovery Museum, runs from 16th November to 31st December 2005 at 10.30am and 1.30pm. Tickets: (£7.75/£5.75) can be booked by calling 0871 7000 125 or from the company website at www.northernstage.co.uk. Finally comes 1001 Nights Now, a co-production between Northern Stage, Nottingham Playhouse and The Albany, London in association with the Betty Nansen Theatre Copenhagen. Somewhere in contemporary Britain, in a factory making Christmas decorations, a group of migrant workers sustain one another by telling their stories. Some are fables and allegories; others are eyewitness accounts . By turn they are moving, brutal or hilarious. In all of them the flames of hope, passion and identity burn bright. 1001 Nights Now has been written by nine outstanding writers from the Middle East. Abas Amini, Maziar Bahari, Fadia Faqir, Johan Bergman Lindfors, Paul Mattar, Shazia Mirza, Murathan Mungan, Reza Parsa and Atiq Rahimi have created a series of moving and thought-provoking allegorical stories. Working with Director, Alan Lyddiard, Dramaturg Duska Radosavlijevic and Choreographer Joumana Mourad, 1001 Nights Now is a visual feast, performed by some of the UK's leading Middle Eastern and Asian performers. 1001 Nights Now is director Alan Lyddiard's final production for Northern Stage and its autumn tour features the award-winning comedian Shazia Mirza. Shazia's TV credits include 'Have I got news for you' for BBC1 and her theatre work includes The Vagina Monologues. 1001 Nights Now will be performed at the Academy at the Newcastle College Rye Hill Campus from 23rd to 25th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10/£5 and can be booked by phoning 0871 7000 125. Tour Dates1001 Nights Now tours to:
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