Jersey Boys comes to Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday until 11 August.
On Saturday at 8:00 at Alphabetti, impro group Open Heart Theatre presents their August Let Us Make It Up To You.
At the Winter Gardens in Sunderland, Hands On NE present The Desert Queen on Monday.
The Desert Queen moves to Fulwell Community Library in Sunderland on Thursday.
The Redundant Blade, a play about family life with both drama and comedy set on The Ridges Estate, now Meadow Well, in the 1980s, is at Arts Centre Washington on Thursday.
The Little Theatre in Cleadon hosts The Desert Queen on Tuesday.
The Comedy Festival continues at the Customs House in South Shields this week and on Saturday, the popular children’s show Arbuthnot's Super Silly Fun Game Show! is on for just one performance at 2:00.
Dani Harmer and Chris Stanton star in the summer panto The Wizard of Oz at The Playhouse Whitley Bay from Wednesday to Saturday at 2:30 and 7:00.
The Desert Queen moves to The Exchange in North Shields on Friday and Saturday.
From Wednesday to Saturday, The Addams Family is at Durham’s Gala Theatre.
Also in Durham The Desert Queen comes to the City Theatre on Sunday.
From Wednesday to Saturday at various—unexpected!—times in Stockton High Street, Luca Silvestrini's Protein presents (In)visible Dancing and on Sunday at 3:00 is the finale, which will include local people.
At Harlow Carr in Harrogate on Thursday at 7:00, Immersion Theatre presents an outdoor performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.