Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild comes to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle from Tuesday to Saturday.
East Is East continues at Northern Stage until Saturday.
At Live Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, Soho Theatre presents Jack Rooke: Good Grief which blends comedy, storytelling and film to explore how we treat the bereaved and the state of welfare for grieving families.
At Dance City on Saturday, Arthur Pita, in collaboration with HeadSpaceDance, presents a double bill of dark dance, Stepmother and Stepfather.
David Walliams’s Gangsta Granny comes to Sunderland Empire from Wednesday to Sunday (various times).
Sunfest, the University of Sunderland Faculty of Arts Design and Media annual showcase, continues at Arts Centre Washington until 27 May.
Gods and Mortals, classical Indian dance from the Odissi Ensemble comes to Sunderland Minster on Friday, part of Sunderland Stages.
Ballet Theatre UK brings Alice in Wonderland to the Customs House in South Shields on Saturday afternoon.
Well Road Productions presents Wool to the Mills, the story of the growth and decline of the woollen industry in the Borders, told through the memories and poetry of local people, at The Maltings in Berwick on Wednesday.
A triple bill of one act comedies—A Jolly Sinister Jape, Last Tango in Little Grimley and Last Panto in Little Grimley—by Baroque Theatre Company comes to Seaton Delaval Arts Centre on Saturday.
Birmingham Royal Ballet brings its triple bill of Solitaire, 5 Tangos and Pineapple Poll to Durham’s Gala Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Baroque Theatre Companies triple bill of A Jolly Sinister Jape, Last Tango in Little Grimley and Last Panto in Little Grimley comes to Bishop Auckland Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday.
The story of Frankie Howard, Titter Ye Not, written and performed by Paul Harris, plays at Middlesbrough Theatre on Thursday.
Lost Dog Theatre Company’s Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), a re-telling of the story of the beginning of everything inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost, told through words, music and the “easily misunderstood medium of dance”, comes to The Witham in Barnard Castle on Saturday.
Heritage Opera brings Mozart’s Così fan tutte to the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond on Saturday.
The Best of BE FESTIVAL comes to Harrogate Theatre’s Studio on Monday and in the Main House from Wednesday to Saturday is Marc Camoletti’s farce Don’t Dress for Dinner. The back in the Studio on Friday and Saturday there’s Spring Reign, a story of the Syrian conflict based on real-life accounts collected from Syrian refugees, aid workers, activists, and journalists.