What's on in the North East

Published: 26 May 2013
Reporter: Peter Lathan

The Firework-Maker's Daughter
Cats
The Importance of Being Earnest

Birds of a Feather comes to Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday to Saturday.

An Opera Group and Opera North co-production, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter comes to Northern Stage on Friday and Saturday.

Bruntwood Prize 2011 winner Brilliant Adventures comes to Live Theatre from Wednesday until 15th June.

Cats returns to Sunderland Empire from Tuesday until 8th June.

On Wednesday and Thursday students from Sunderland University present abridged version of As You Like It and Titus Andronicus at Arts Centre Washington.

Dora Frankel Dance premieres The Unfolding Sky: Turner in the North, an open-air performance, at Bamburgh Castle on Saturday.

At the Customs House in South Shields Sunderland University presents An Evening in Tribute to Bob Fosse on Tuesday and The Reinvented and Motown Review on Friday.

On Friday and Saturday London Classic Theatre brings The Importance of Being Earnest to Alnwick Playhouse.

The Gramophones Theatre Company brings End to End to The Maltings in Berwick on Wednesday.

I Spy Mrs Peery, presented by MsFits Theatre, is at the Queen’s Hall in Hexham on Saturday.

Billingham Forum presents Cirque Du Hilarious on Tuesday.

Aimed at age 5-11, Books of Beasts in the Nightimes comes to ARC Stockton on Friday and Saturday.

Children’s show Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is at Darlington Civic on Wednesday and Thursday.

Scaramouche Jones is at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond on Monday, followed on Friday by Platero, Travels with a Donkey.

In the Harrogate Theatre Studio on Wednesday and Thursday Lunabug Theatre presents The Dreams Of Philomina. Meanwhile Daniel Kitson’s Main House performance on Thursday of After the Beginning - Before The End is sold out. Also in the Main House on Friday is Murder, Marple and Me.

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