The Weebles, one of Northern Stage’s Neighbourhood Events, is an audio experience which can be listened to on Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, where the group of statues called Conversation Piece but known locally as The Weebles is sited, or at home until 31 August. All details, including the audio download, area available on the Northern Stage web site.
From Tuesday until 17 July (no performances Sunday or Monday) at 7:30PM (plus a 1:00PM relaxed Saturday matinée), Alphabetti, in partnership with Paula Penman (performer), Mark Calvert (director), Laura Lindow (writer) and Jeremy Bradfield (musician), presents Pause, an uplifting love story about film and how we use it to make day-to-day blockbusting escapes. A limited number of socially distanced tickets for the live performances are available and every performance will be live-streamed. All tickets, which must be booked in advance, are Pay What You Feel and are available from the Alphabetti web site.
At the Tyne Theatre and Opera House on Friday (8:00) and Saturday (3:00 and 8:00), Astravaganza Entertainment presents Avenue Q The Musical. Tickets are £35 (£28 restricted view). Socially distanced seating in accordance with government regulations.
On Wednesday (2:30 and 7:30) at The Customs House in South Shields, SA Productions presents Godspell. Because of a Covid outbreak this show has now been rescheduled until 21 and 22 July. Tickets will remain valid.
Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley present their new show These Hills Are Ours, at Alnwick Playhouse on Friday at 7:30. Escaping the city, escaping your past, escaping the restrictions upbringing or class or politics. It’s a celebration of wild places and our freedom to roam them.
On Friday at 7:30, Red Ladder brings its production of The Damned United, the story of Brian Clough and his relationship with Leeds United, to Durham’s Gala Theatre. Socially distanced seating will automatically ensure that audience members are two seats away from the nearest group and that no-one will be in the row in front or behind.
At The Witham in Barnard Castle on Saturday, Peter Macqueen performs Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell, dramatised by Alfred Shaughnessy.
Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley present These Hills Are Ours at ARC Stockton on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00.