What's on in the North East

Published: 4 June 2017
Reporter: Peter Lathan

Scorched (Arts Centre Washington and Queen's Hall, Hexham)
The Filleting Machine (Wallsend Memorial Hall and The Exchange, North Shields) Credit: Steve Conlan
Romeo and Juliet (Queen's Hall, Hexham)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time continues at Newcastle Theatre Royal until Saturday.

In Stage 3 at Northern Stage on Wednesday in Celebration, Florida, Greg Wohead speaks to the audience through two performers (Matt Howden and Christina Dawson) using pre-recorded audio and headphones. The performers will know almost nothing about the show and they will meet for the first time when they walk on stage.

Surface Area Dance Theatre celebrates in tenth anniversary with a special evening of past work at Dance City on Saturday.

On Thursday at Arts Centre Washington Open Sky presents Scorched, a one man show about the horrors of war and the disorientation of dementia.

Mr Corvan’s Music Hall comes to The Maltings in Berwick on Thursday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday Oddsocks present their musical Mods and Rockers version of Romeo and Juliet at the Queen’s Hall in Hexham. This is followed on Friday by Open Sky’s Scorched.

Blowin' a Hooley Theatre's The Filleting Machine comes to the Memorial Hall in Wallsend on Friday and Saturday.

On Wednesday The Filleting Machine is at The Exchange, North Shields.

On Friday the November Club presents Beyond the End of the Road at Thropton War Memorial Hall, Northumberland.

At Middlesbrough Theatre from Wednesday to Saturday Reform Theatre in association with Middlesbrough Theatre and Harrogate Theatre presents the world premiere of Hopeless Romantics by Nick Lane & Fiona Wass.

On Tuesday Mr Corvan’s Music Hall is at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre.

Kieran Hurley’s 2016 Fringe First winner Heads Up comes to ARC in Stockton on Thursday.

On Thursday the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond celebrates the 300th anniversary of the world's first ballet, The Loves of Mars and Venus, which was performed at Drury Lane Theatre in 1717. It tells the story of John Weaver's struggle to create his dance drama in a theatre world which saw dance as a frivolous side show. The company is made up of an actor, baroque dancers, and an on-stage ensemble performing music by Lully, Purcell, William Croft and Jeremiah Clarke and the production includes original eighteenth century choreographies and baroque costumes.

There are four different productions in the Studio at Harrogate Theatre this week: on Wednesday Tom Adams and Lillian Henley present Elephant and Castle, a new, experimental show that springs
from three years of recorded sleep talk; on Thursday Uncanny Theatre presents Something Terrible Might Happen, a play about our fears; on Friday it’s Eamonn Fleming in association with LittleMighty presenting Confabulation, a show about memory and making stuff up, and finally on Saturday it’s Declaration, a play about Sarah who grew up feeling different. Her childhood Doctor thought it was sugar. Her current Doctor thinks its ADHD. Sarah still feels different, so what will a label do?

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