The Sage Gateshead has announced its programme until June 2017. Items of theatre interest include:
- 5 July 2016 at 7:30PM: Opera North’s concert version of Das Rheingold
- 6 July 2016 at 4:30PM: Opera North’s concert version of Die Walküre
- 8 July 2016 at 4:30PM: Opera North’s concert version of Siegfried
- 10 July 2016 at 3:30PM: Opera North’s concert version of Götterdämmerung
- 14 December 2016 at 7:30PM: The Best of the West End at Christmas – The Royal Northern Sinfonia and stars of the West End present an evening of musicals.
- 22 December 2016 at 5PM, 23 December at 11AM, 2PM and 5PM, 24 December at 11AM and 2PM: The Snowman, Royal Northern Sinfonia
- 5 February 2017 at 3PM: The Cole Porter Songbook, The Royal Northern Sinfonia
- 20 May 2017 at 7:30PM: Turandot – Concert performance of Puccini's opera by Opera North