David Suchet stars as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal from Monday to Saturday.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels comes to Sunderland Empire from Tuesday to Saturday.
Ion Productions presents Waiting for Gateaux at the Customs House in South Shields from Wednesday to Saturday.
Reform Theatre Company brings Godber’s April in Paris to the Queen’s Hall in Hexham on Wednesday.
The Simon and Garfunkel Story is at Durham’s Gala Theatre on Thursday. On Saturday, Paul Merton’s Impro Chums is sold out.
The Great Charter, a community opera about Magna Carta, performed by a mixture of professional musicians and singers and local adult and children’s choirs, comes to Durham Cathedral at 7PM on Saturday.
April in Paris is at Middlesbrough Theatre from Thursday to Saturday.
Mhairi Legerwood’s White Noise will be the play to receive a rehearsed reading at ARC Stockton’s Writers Arcade on Wednesday.
The touring production of Avenue Q comes to Darlington Civic from Tuesday to Saturday.