Dirty Dancing continues at Newcastle's Theatre Royal until 31 May.
At Live Theatre, Captain Amazing continues in the main house until Saturday and The Moon Cannot Be Stolen, written and performed by Kirsten Luckins, is on Thursday in the Studio.
Write on Tap presents These Are the Debts We Owe, six short new plays, on Monday evening at The Dog and Parrot in Clayton Street West, Newcastle.
War Horse continues at Sunderland Empire until Saturday.
At Arts Centre Washington the University of Sunderland Faculty of Arts Design and Media continues its residency with productions of The Chambermaids on Thursday and A Doll's House on Saturday.
On Friday Get Up and Tie Your Fingers comes to The Maltings in Berwick, followed on Saturday by Wilde Without the Boy, an adaptation of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde.
From Friday to Saturday Birmingham Royal Ballet brings a mixed programme consisting of Quatrain, Bitesized Ballet and Façade to Durham's Gala Theatre.
Robert Powell stars as Hercule Poirot in Black Coffee from Monday to Saturday at Billingham Forum.
On Wednesday at 6.30 Half Moon Thetare presents M for Medea, a re-telling of Euripides' play, for age 13+.
Travelling Light presents How Cold My Toes, a "wordless mix of performance, music, and dance" for age 2 to 5 at ARC Stockton on Saturday at 2:30.
Puppet show The Worried Walrus comes to the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond at 2PM on Saturday (age 3+).