Visiting productions from September to March at Live Theatre

Newcastle’s Live Theatre has announced its September 2018 to March 2019 programme of visiting productions

• 30 August – 1 September
  The Six Twenty presents
  Mixtape Timehop

  Part comedy sketch show and part music quiz, Timehop rides through the decades from the '50s onwards.

• 12 – 23 September
  Abbey Theatre, Dublin, presents the UK première
  Two Pints
  By Roddy Doyle

  Two men meet for a pint. They talk about their dads, death, Nigella, North Korea, the afterlife…

  And the bar returns to the actual theatre, just as it was before the refurbishment all those years ago.

• 20 and 21 September
  Stand and Be Counted presents
  Where We Began

  When every citizen is ordered to return to their place of birth, this play examines where we could end up.

  (Studio)

• 28 and 29 September
  Final Showcase

  New work created by Northumbria University MA and Performance students. There will be a different programme each night.

• 29 September (6:00 and 8:00)
  Wound Up Theatre and Sofi Berenger Productions present
  Bismillah! (an ISIS tragicomedy)
  A one-man show

  Dean joined the army, Danny joined Islamic State. A story of disenfranchisement, prejudice, social alienation, radicalisation and the rock band Queen.

  (Studio)

• 13 – 15 November
  She Productions presents
  It’s Different for Girls

  A new musical inspired by Hull’s 1960s girl band Mandy and the Girlfriends when they are booked to play for US troops in Germany.

• 27 November – 1 December
  Silk Road (How to Buy Drugs Online)
  By Alex Oates

  Bruce is nineteen, unemployed and living with his Nan. A struggling young Geordie tech-head, he’s the unlikeliest international criminal mastermind you can imagine, but he is sucked into an underworld dark web of new-age pirates, local gangsters and tea cosies…

• 29 and 30 January 2019
  Joe C Brown Ltd and Anthony Hollis
  The Shy Manifesto
  By Michael Ross

  17-year-old Callum is proud to be shy and is fed up with being told to come out of his shell. The world, he thinks, needs more self-restraint.

• 5 – 7 March 2019
  Lakin McCarthy presents
  Check Up: Our NHS @70
  Written and performed by Mark Thomas

  Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70, the UK national average life expectancy is 84. If Mark makes it to 84, the NHS will be 100; what will they both look like then?

• 14 – 16 March 2019
  Box of Tricks presents
  Sparkplug
  By David Judge

  Manchester 1982. Dave loves Rod Stewart, Julie and his Ford Capri. He’s all set for a new start. Only Julie’s about to have someone else’s baby… An exploration of family, race, identity and love.

In-house and co-productions are listed in a separate article.