What's on in the North East

Published: 1 June 2014
Reporter: Peter Lathan

Thirsty
Get Up and Tie Your Fingers
Secret Theatre

Secret Theatre begins at Northern Stage this week with A Streetcar Named Desire (Wednesday and Saturday), Woyzeck (Thursday), and Glitterland (Friday).

At Live Theatre on Thursday there is a free showing of six short films by Fiona Evans, directed by Max Roberts, The Dementia Monologues, and on Saturday Dilly Arts and Open Clasp Theatre Company present Key Change.

On Saturday at 3PM, Aracaladanza peforms Constellations at Dance City (suitable for ages 4 upwards).

Annie Get Your Gun runs from Tuesday to Saturday at Sunderland Empire.

Thirsty by The Paper Birds comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday.

Fresh, a presentation of dance work in progress from the North East, is at Alnwick Playhouse at 5:30 on Saturday.

Fringe First-winning production Dumbstruck by Fine Chisel comes to The Maltings at Berwick on Saturday.

London Classic Theatre brings Entertaining Mr Sloane to the Queen's Hall in Hexham on Tuesday.

The Return of the Grumpy Old Women: Fifty Shades of Beige comes to Durham's Gala Theatre on Friday.

Children's show What the Ladybird Heard is at Billingham Forum from Thursday to Saturday at various times during the day.

On Thursday (7PM), Friday (1PM) and Saturday (7PM) Get Up and Tie Your Fingers comes to the Town Hall Theatre, Hartlepool.

A double bill—Recalibrate and Margaret's Anatomy—is at ARC Stockton on Saturday.

In association with Reform Theatre Company, Middlesbrough Theatre presents John Godber's Weekend Breaks from Thursday to Saturday.

This week is Harrogate Theatre's 2's Company festival, a "mini-festival of theatre adventures", which includes An Icy Man (Thursday), Le Grand Voyage (Friday and Saturday), I Wish I Was Lonely (Friday and Saturday) and Hurtling (Saturday).

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