Opera North returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal this week with Puccini's La bohème on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30, Handel's Giulio Cesare on Wednesday at 7:00 and Martinu's The Greek Passion on Saturday at 7:30.
Slime, a show for 2- to 5-year-olds, is in Stage 3 at Northern Stage this week on Tuesday and Wednesday at 11:00. Also on Tuesday, at 7:45 in Stage 2, Alex & Eliza is a new production written and directed by Stockton-based theatre-maker Umar Butt and produced by ARC Stockton. Then from Thursday to Saturday in Stage 1, balletLORENT premières a new fairytale by Carol Ann Duffy, The Lost Happy Endings, with music composed by Murray Gold, set design by Neil Murray and narrated by Joanna Lumley. On Thursday and Friday in Stage 2 at 7:45, River Productions presents There's Someone Coming Through, a play about fading psychic medium Neville Vaughan (Northern Stage hire). Finally on Saturday in Stage 2 (7:45), Kill the Beast presents Director's Cut—Noises Off meets The Exorcist, Carrie meets Singin’ In The Rain—and in Stage 3 at 8:00 in Commonism, two theatre-makers from the UK and Norway discuss nationality, internationality, theatre, politics, who they are, who we are and where we are going.
From Tuesday until 9 November, Unfolding Theatre presents Best in the World at Alphabetti. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Wambui Hardcastle, a member of the Northern Stage Young Company and a producer for City of Dreams, presents her response to Best in the World.
Freckle Productions present children's show Tabby McTat, from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House on Tuesday (11:30 and 4:00) and Wednesday (11:00 and 2:00).
At Arts Centre Washington on Thursday at 11:00 and 2:00, Forest Tribe Dance Theatre presents Heart of Light. When Ravana the ten-headed demon draws darkness over the world, can Rama and Sita’s love and courage bring back a glimmer of light? Hanuman’s monkey army tries to restore the true King and Queen to the throne and cast radiance among the darkness. (For ages 5+.)
At the Customs House in South Shields from Tuesday to Friday, the Customs House in association with Northumberland Theatre Company presents Dracula: The Travesty, a comic take on the classic Bram Stoker tale. This is a revival of last year’s show with one cast change: Ray Spencer replacing Alfie Joey.
On Wednesday, the Northern Stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles comes to the Phoenix Theatre, Blyth. Then on Saturday at 1:00, MAD Alice Theatre Company’s play for the over-7s, Rose and Robin, comes to the theatre.
Tom Rolfe Productions brings The Wizard of Oz to The Exchange, North Shields, at 2:30 on Thursday.
Car Park King—"Horrible Histories for grown-ups"—comes to the Gala in Durham on Friday.
At ARC Stockton from Thursday to Saturday at 11:30 and 2:30, Kitchen Zoo present The Three Bears, a version of their 2018 Christmas show at Northern Stage, at ARC Stockton for children of 5 and under.
On Sunday 3 November, Elysium Theatre Company presents Athol Fugard’s Playland at The Hullabaloo in Darlington.
The Body Snatcher comes to the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond on Friday.