Dusty the Musical comes to the Theatre Royal Newcastle from Tuesday until Saturday. In the Studio this week, Project A, which provides professional drama training, will be presenting its end of course showcase: Herons at 7:00 on Wednesday and Friday and Bluebird on Thursday and Saturday. Both plays are by Simon Stephens.
From Monday to Saturday at Live Theatre, the Jestival Comedy Festival presents 15 different stand-up comedians.
At Alphabetti on Tuesday is the July Write Faster in which three writers create a play “before your very eyes” and pass what they write to actors who immediately perform what has been written. Then on Wednesday and Thursday, Edward Day presents Super Hamlet 64—Hamlet reimagined as a video game. Then on Saturday at 4:30, Alphabetti Theatre and The Worriers present Rocket Man by Steve Byron: young Geordie Stephenson's nan tells him the moon is made from cinder toffee. But how can he get there? He tries every way possible, finally inventing and building a steam powered machine to take him into the sky. For age 6+.
Trolley Boy comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday and Friday.
From Tuesday to Saturday, Customs House in South Shields presents My Uncle Freddie, a stage version of the popular Radio 4 series by the original author, Alex Ferguson.
Sam and Isla Forever! returns to The Maltings in Berwick where it premièred in 2014 from Thursday to Saturday.
Samling Academy Opera comes to The Witham in Barnard Castle on Friday with John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Henry Purcell’s Come, Ye Sons of Art.
Cirque Berserk comes to Darlington Hippodrome from Tuesday to Saturday.
On Tuesday, OperaUpClose returns to Harrogate Theatre with its new English version of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.