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NE playwrights under 25: an opportunity

The Customs House in South Shields is looking for a NE-based playwright under 25 to become its third Young Writer in Residence.

Saint Petersburg Ballet to Chester

Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet returns to Storyhouse in Chester with Swan Lake.

The Little Prince lands in Manchester

The Little Prince lands in Manchester when Z-arts host this new show from Fuel Theatre.

Theatre in Gosforth in 2020

Gosforth Civic Theatre’s spring and summer theatre programme for 2020 has been announced.

From January to May at The Hullabaloo

Darlington’s Hullabaloo has announced its programme of play installations, workshops and performances for young children during the spring.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 20 January.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday January 19.

What's on in the North East

Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 20 January, 2020

Spring into summer at Dance City

Newcastle’s Dance City has announced its 2020 spring / summer programme.

Alone in Berlin to have Northampton première

Charlotte Emmerson, Denis Conway and Joseph Marcell will lead an ensemble cast in the world première of Alone in Berlin, which will open in Northampton.

Salfordly Comes Dancing!

The Lowry in Salford hosts a plethora of dance, from ballet to hip hop, through to March.

£57,000 charity cash for Lowry

The Lowry in Salford raised £57,000 over Christmas for the arts centre’s projects with vulnerable young people.

Merseyside author's home gets blue plaque

The new stage production of Helen Forrester’s By The Waters Of Liverpool opens at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion in Wirral.

If the slipper fits, you're Cinders!

Will the slipper fit YOU? Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is looking for the star of its 2020 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Oldham's regional première

Oldham Coliseum next month stages a production of James Fritz’s modern thriller Four Minutes Twelve Seconds.

Women's soccer scores in new play

Mikron Theatre will be premièring Amanda Whittington’s new play Atalanta Forever which looks at the story of pioneering women in football.

Ladybones for Lancaster

Ladybones comes to The Dukes in Lancaster on February 12.

Change at the top at NTC

Gillian Hambleton retires from Northumberland Theatre Company and her successor is named.

Louise Jameson to direct Hawdon's Revenge

A new production of Robin Hawdon's psychological thriller Revenge, presented by the Crime and Comedy Theatre Company, will open at Greenwich Theatre before touring nationally.

Lloyd Webber's Cinderella to open in refurbished Gillian Lynne Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical of Cinderella, with a book by Killing Eve series 2 lead writer Emerald Fennell and lyrics by City of Angels lyricist David Zippel, will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London in September 2020.