On Saturday, Springboard, which gives actors in training an insight into staging a play in a professional theatre, presents Women, Power and Politics at Northern Stage.
Tyne continues at Live Theatre until 20 July. On Thursday and Friday in the Studio, playwright Alison Carr presents a script-in-hand performance of her work-in-progress The Soaking of Vera Shrimp.
Spoken word and music show RiverRuns comes to Arts Centre Washington on Friday.
The Night Ball, a new work by balletLORENT, premières at the MEM in Wallsend on Thursday and Friday before setting off on a national tour. Tickets available from Northern Stage.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Durham is at The Maltings in Berwick on Thurssday and Alnwick Playhouse on Friday.
On Wednesday the Billingham International Folklore Festival Presents Non-stop Dance and Music featuring six International Dance Companies at Billingham Forum at Billingham Forum, followed on Saturday by the folk and hip-hop dance extravaganza The Lock In.
The Pitmen Painters returns to Darlington Civic from Monday to Saturday.
Nunkie Theatre brings H G Wells’s The Time Machine to Harrogate Theatre on Friday and Saturday.