From Tuesday to Saturday Live Theatre's production of Michael Chaplin's Tyne comes to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle.
At Live from Thursday to Saturday Kate Craddock performs The GB Project, the story of maverick British adventurer Gertrude Bell.
From Tuesday to Thursday at Northern Stage Blind Summit presents puppet show The Table, followed on Friday and Saturday by Put Your Sweet Hand in Mine.
The Russian State Ballet and Opera House perform Carmen at the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre on Monday.
At Dance City on Saturday T42 presents Tour D'Horizon.
Birmingham Royal Ballet bring their triple bill of Still Life at the Penguin Cafe / Slaughter on 10th Avenue / Elite Syncopations to Sunderland Empire.
On Thursday at Arts Centre Washington Miscreations Theatre presents a satire, Love and Red Tape, and on Saturday at 11AM and 2PM Half Moon presents Big Red Bath for ages 2-5.
On Friday in the Green Room Studio at the Queen's Hall in Hexham, there's another in the BITESIZE series of plays, Wishbone by Laura Lindow.
Pete Peverly brings his one-man show The Bobby Thompson Story to the Playhouse Whitley Bay on Thursday.
It's the Teesside New Writing Festival at the Middlesbrough Theatre this week, with four new plays, a rehearsed reading, post-show talks and writing workshops. See our news story for details.
Put Your Sweet Hand in Mine comes to ARC Stockton on Tuesday.
Shakespeare's Globe's Eternal Love: The Story of Abelard & Heloise runs at Darlington Civic from Tuesday to Saturday.
Red Ladder Theatre Company presents one-woman show Wrong ‘Un - A Suffragette’s Story at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond on Friday.
Bedroom Farce (main house) and My Romantic History (Studio) continue at Harrogate Theatre until Saturday.