What's on in the North East

Published: 28 July 2019
Reporter: Peter Lathan

The Bodyguard (Theatre Royal, Newcastle)
Newcastle Improv Festival (Alphabetti)
Grease (Sunderland Empire) Credit: Manuel Harlan

The Bodyguard continues at Newcastle Theatre Royal until Saturday.

Tom Kelly’s Bobby Robson Saved My Life transfers to the Tyne Theatre and Opera House on Friday and Saturday.

There are sixteen shows and workshops in the Newcastle Improv Festival at Alphabetti between Tuesday and Sunday. Full details on the Alphabetti web site.

The touring production of Grease the Musical comes to Sunderland Empire from Tuesday to Saturday.

The summer pantomime Rapunzel comes to Playhouse Whitley Bay from Wednesday to Sunday (various times).

On Thursday at Middlesbrough Theatre, Kick in the Head Productions presents Three Men in a Boat, a one-man show performed by Giles Shenton.

The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company comes to Darlington Hippodrome on Thursday with The Gondoliers, on Friday with The Pirates of Penzance and on Saturday with The Mikado.

Kick in the Head’s Three Men in a Boat is at RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate at 7:00 on Wednesday.

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