Midnight Movie

Eve Leigh

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens, adapted by Tom Morris

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens, adapted by Neil Duffield

Modanse: Come un Respiro / Gabrielle Chanel

Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti, Yuri Possokhov

Snow White

Original Brothers Grimm fairy tale developed by Mike Tweddle and Rina Vergano

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

Guardians

Peter Morris

The Snow Queen

Conor Mitchell after Hans Christian Andersen

The Boy Friend

Book, music and lyrics by Sandy Wilson

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier, adapted by Joseph O'Connor

We Will Rock You, The Musical

Music: Queen; Book: Ben Elton

The National Theatre Guide

Sarah Hemming

The Nativity Panto

Script by John Savournin, original music and lyrics by David Eaton

Sinders—The adult panto

James Chalmers

Sleeping Beauty

Andrew Pollard

Dick Whittington

Book and lyrics by David Watson, music and lyrics by Robert Hyman

Snow White

Ray Spencer and Graeme Thompson

Northern Stage vaults into London

Newcastle’s Northern Stage will take part in the 2020 VAULT Festival Takeover.

Spring in Darlington

Darlington Hippodrome has announced its spring 2020 season.

A very different Christmas in Hexham

There’s a very different kind of Christmas show at Hexham’s Queen’s Hall this year.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday December 1.

Oldham Theatre Workshop has a Secret

Oldham Theatre Workshop is back with another family Christmas musical: The Secret of Christmas Eve.

Dreamgirls have a Blackpool Illuminations date

Dreamgirls embarks on its first-ever UK tour next year, coming to Blackpool Opera House.

Hurry, if you've an itch to Scratch in Keswick

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick is launching its first-ever scratch night.

Red carpet Knights around the region

Pilot Theatre will next year stage the world première of an adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s award-winning novel Crongton Knights.

The Living Dead to rise again

Imitating the dog stages a shot-for-shot stage recreation of George A Romero’s classic 1968 zombie movie Night of The Living Dead.

Award-winning re-staging at Royal Exchange

Cuttin’ It receives a new production at the Royal Exchange next month.

Family holiday time at Z-arts

The holiday season at Z-arts in Manchester is aimed at the whole family.

Everybody's Talking About cast additions

Shobna Gulati and George Sampson join the cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie when it plays The Lowry in Salford.

North East pantos & Christmas shows 2019–2020

A listing of all the 2019–2020 professional pantos and Christmas shows in the North East, with dates, times, prices and where to buy tickets.

Touring News – November 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the tours that take to the road next month including the seasonal classic A Christmas Carol using Dickens's original script and Shook, the winning work of the Papatango New Writing Prize, which gets its début production.

Touring News: October 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the tours that take to the road in October including Acephalous Monster from American performance artist Ron Athey, Fibres which tours Scotland and Lovecraft (Not The Sex Shop In Cardiff)/Cer I Grafu… Sori… Garu! which tours Wales.

There's No Place Like Home—with added urine

Reporter Sandra Giorgetti stayed at Christopher Green's The Home for 48 hours to experience life in a care home. Her stream-of-consciousness-journal is a personal insight into life in a place we call home, but which couldn't be further from our understanding of the word.

Shooting Fish: shooting a bullseye for young people's creative needs

A visit to see Shooting Fish's latest production of The Murdereress prompted an inquiry into their creative process. The result is the revelation of an inspiring method of engaging with and drawing out the best in young people.

Touring News – September 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the bumper crop of tours that take to the road in September including classics from all periods, musicals and plays on current hot topics male mental health and Brexit.