North East

Most Free dance documentary

24 February 2021

Most Free is Ellen Hathaway Dance Company's first feature-length dance documentary that investigates "how a community can integrate and connect with the foundations of understanding and compassion even through a pandemic".

Seed funding available for Northern theatremakers for new work in 2021

9 February 2021

Newcastle Fringe Festival is seeking expressions of interest from Northern theatre-makers who are looking to create new work for the stage in 2021.

Two in one success for Ashington playwright

5 February 2021

An Ashington based playwright has won the inaugural Box of Tricks and Sky Studios Screen/Play Award.

Four NE theatres share in more than £30m in grants

2 February 2021

Four NE theatres are among 100 cultural organisations receiving a share of The Garfield Weston Foundation's Weston Culture Fund grants of £30m, announced on 1 February.

NE theatre in 2020, as seen from our house (mainly)

31 December 2020

Peter Lathan tries to cheer himself up by taking a light-hearted look at the theatre year in the North East but finds it’s not that easy.

Remembrance of Theatre Past 55–56: The End (Possibly)

28 August 2020

Peter Lathan looks back at a career in theatre which stretches back to the 1960s. Here he describes how his career as an actor and director came to an end and thinks about what lies ahead.