What's on in the North East

Published: 22 December 2019
Reporter: Peter Lathan

Wolf (Northern Stage)
Cinderella (Sunderland Empire)
A Viking Christmas (Queen's Hall, Hexham)
The Polar Bears Go Up (Hullabaloo, Darlington)

Beauty and the Beast continues at Newcastle Theatre Royal until 19 January.

Wolf, a new show from Kitchen Zoo for the under-5s, runs in Stage 3 (various times; some shows are sold out) at Northern Stage until 4 January. Laura Lindow’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, a show for the whole family, runs in Stage 1 until 4 January (various times).

At the Tyne Theatre and Opera House, Enchanted Entertainment’s Aladdin runs until 5 January.

The Geordie Panto Company’s Cinderella at Gateshead International Stadium runs until 29 December.

Cinderella continues at Sunderland Empire until 5 January.

Snow White continues at the Customs House in South Shields until 5 January (various times) and, in the Studio, The Elves and the Shoemaker (for under-7s) runs until 24 December.

Cinderella, this year’s panto at The Maltings, Berwick, runs until 30 December.

Until 28 December, the Queens Hall, Hexham, presents A Viking Christmas, written by Gary Kitching.

Until 22 December, Mendes Management presents the panto Cinderella at The Exchange in North Shields.

Jack and the Beanstalk continues at Playhouse Whitley Bay until 4 January.

Aladdin continues at the Gala in Durham until 5 January (various times). In the Studio, One More Sleep, the Christmas show for the under-5s by Susan Mulholland with music by Katy Doherty, continues until 29 December (various times).

Snow White the Pantomime, produced by Leah Bell, continues at Consett Empire until 31 December.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs continues at Billingham Forum until 5 January.

Until 5 January, Middlesbrough Theatre presents Sleeping Beauty.

The Man Who Wanted to Be a Penguin (for age 3+) continues at ARC Stockton until 24 December.

Jack and the Beanstalk at Darlington Hippodrome runs until 5 January.

The Polar Bears Go Up, a Christmas adventure which is non-verbal and deaf-friendly for ages 2–5 from Unicorn Theatre, is at The Hullabaloo in Darlington until 24 December (various times).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs continues at the Majestic Theatre in Darlington until 3 January.

Beauty and the Beast runs at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre until 29 December.

Aladdin at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond runs until 12 January.

Snow White continues at Harrogate Theatre until 19 January.

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