Cinderella continues at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle until 15 January.
James and the Giant Peach continues at Northern Stage until 31 December. This week shows are 10AM and 1:30PM except Monday (10:30AM only), Friday (10AM and 6PM) and Saturday (10:30AM and 2PM).
At Live Theatre Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing ends its run on Saturday.
Newcastle Panto’s Beauty and the Beast at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House opens on Friday and runs until 30 December.
Jon Coleman presents How To Be A Man, an exploration into the world of masculinity, at Alphabetti from Thursday to Saturday.
At Dance City on Thursday Moving Art Management presents FRESH North East, a scratch platform for dance artists to share work in progress and receive feedback. Taking part are Kelly Abbott Dance Theatre, Lizzie J Klotz, Grand Gestures Dance Company and MicroMacro / Clémentine Telesfort.
Chicago the Musical runs from Monday to Saturday at Sunderland Empire.
Improv group The Suggestibles bring their Impro Pantso to Arts Centre Washington on Friday.
Jack and the Beanstalk opens on Tuesday at the Customs House, South Shields, and runs until 7 January. From Saturday until 24 December, at various times, young children’s show Santa’s Naughty Elf and the Frozen Christmas plays in the Studio.
Dick Whittington is at the Phoenix Theatre, Blyth from Saturday until 11 December.
Jack and the Beanstalk continues at Durham’s Gala Theatre until 7 January.
Billingham Forum’s panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, opens on Saturday and runs until 8 January.
On Tuesday, the Vienna Festival Ballet brings Show White to Middlesbrough Theatre, followed on Thursday by Chapterhouse Theatre Company’s A Christmas Carol.
Wednesday is ARC Stockton’s ARCADE Scratch Night, which features four works-in-progress: The Quinn’s Speech by John Quinn, Stupid by Sian Armstrong, the apples | the pears by Lisa Matthews and Thinner Blood by Dick Bonham.
At 1:30PM on Friday at The Witham in Barnard Castle, Compagnie Animotion presents Silver Moon, for ages 4 to 11, featuring live music, masked play, shadow puppetry and movement.
The panto at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, Snow White, opens on Saturday and runs until 8 January.
Dick Whittington opens at Harrogate Theatre on Wednesday and runs until 15 January.