Jeeves & Wooster comes to Newcastle's Theatre Royal from Tuesday to Saturday.
Regular scratch night First in Three, featuring five plays in the process of development, is at Northern Stage on Thursday.
At Live Theatre this week The Soaking of Vera Shrimp runs from Wednesday to Saturday in the Studio and Good Timin' is in the Main House from Wednesday until 25 October.
R.I.O.T. by Joseph Mercier and PanicLab premieres at Dance City on Saturday.
The Lion King continues at Sunderland Empire until 1 November.
As part of Sunderland Stages balletLORENT presents The Night Ball at North Shore, the University of Sunderland Students Union on Friday.
Also part of Sunderland Stages Horse + Bamboo presents Hansel + Gretel at the Royalty Theatre on Saturday at 11:30AM and 2PM.
At the Customs House in South Shields a new in-house production of Lucky Numbers by NE writer Mike Yeaman runs in the Main House from Wednesday until 25 October while on Wednesday and Thursday in the Studio, Gobscure presents Collector of Tears by Newcastle-based Sean Burn.
On Thursday and Friday (various times) Théâtre Sans Frontières presents David Almond's Heaven Eyes.
One Man Star Wars Trilogy comes to the Playhouse Whitley Bay on Monday.
The Woman in Black is at Billingham Forum from Wednesday to Saturday.
Displace Yourself Theatre presents Eden at ARC Stockton on Wednesday.
John Godber's April in Paris visits Darlington Civic from Tuesday to Saturday.
Harrogate's Comedy Festival continues in various venues throught the town throughout the week.