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Pod

Arabella Arnott

Matt Jamie / Coracle Productions with Rachel Horton / The Culture Vulture in ...

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

18–25 September 2021

WAXA BELTA HELTA SKELTA

Serena Ramsey

Laurels, Whitley Bay

14–24 September 2021

Our Laygate

Ann Ahmed, dramaturgy by Mina Anwar with additional text by Mina Anwar and Na...

The Customs House

The Customs House, South Shields

8–11 September 2021

Shine

Kema Sikazwe

Live Theatre

Live Theatre, Newcastle

2–18 September 2021

Free School Meals

Scripted by Luca Rutherford and devised with the company

Unfolding Theatre co-production with Northern Stage

Stage 2, Northern Stage, Newcastle

25 August 2021–28 August 2022

Coast

Tom Kelly, Ellen McNally, Sarah Tarbitt, Alex Oates, Eleanor Faye

Laurels Theatre

Laurels Theatre, Whitley Bay

12–14 August 2021

Good Grief

Ugly Bucket Theatre

Newcastle Fringe Festival

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

7 August 2021

Retrained

In Bed With My Brother

Newcastle Fringe Festival and Alphabetti

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

5 August 2021

Muslim First Dates

A N Fair

Other Stories and Newcastle Fringe Festival (An Invigorate Seed Pot Bursary H...

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

30 July 2021

rose carved in rain

gobscure

Newcastle Fringe Festival (An Invigorate Seed Pot Bursary Holder) & Curious Arts

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle

27 July 2021

News

What's on in the North East

26 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 27 September 2021.

Highlights Rural Touring Scheme returns

25 September 2021

The Highlights Rural Touring Scheme returns to the North East this autumn

Fire Station opening announced

24 September 2021

The opening of Sunderland’s new auditorium, The Fire Station, is announced as tickets go on sale for its first season.

What's on in the North East

19 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 20 September 2021.

Theatre and dance at the Gala

17 September 2021

Durham’s Gala Theatre has revealed its new autumn 2021 to June 2022 season in drama and dance.

hang to get NE première

14 September 2021

debbie tucker green’s play hang is to have its NE première at Alphabetti.

NE Road casting announced

13 September 2021

The casting for Road, Natalie Ibu’s first production as Artistic Director at Northern Stage, has been announced.

How long is a piece of string?

13 September 2021

A new interactive show for children is coming to the North East, developed with the support of Dance City.

What's on in the North East

12 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 13 September 2021.

Panto is coming to Barnard Castle

9 September 2021

This December, The Witham in Barnard Castle will present its first ever professional pantomime.

Tales & Scales

9 September 2021

Stories and songs celebrating North Shields from three NE theatre companies.

A musical celebration of historic high streets

9 September 2021

Historic England has twinned North Shields and Lancaster for a musical celebration.

What’s in the offing for Newcastle and Scarborough?

7 September 2021

Coming soon: co-production between the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and Live Theatre in Newcastle.

What's on in the North East

5 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 6 September, 2021

Johnny Longstaff returns to Northern Stage

4 September 2021

The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff, a musical celebration of northern working class activism, created and performed by The Young’uns, returns to Northern Stage before touring.

Heading for a big time in London

3 September 2021

The Big Time, a comedy by a North East playwright/director/actor is heading for London

provoked 2 madness by the brutality of wealth

gobscure on tour

3 September 2021

North East company gobscure takes its latest production on a national tour

Haddock and Chips on tour

3 September 2021

Janet Plater’s new play, Haddock and Chips, is to tour in October and November.

Journal Culture Awards 2021: The Winners

2 September 2021

The winners of the Journal Culture Awards 2021 have been announced.

The first season at Laurels

2 September 2021

Laurels, the new theatre in Whitley Bay, announces its first season.

More shows announced for Washington

2 September 2021

Arts Centre Washington has announced more shows in its autumn 2021 programme.

What's on in the North East

29 August 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 30 August 2021.

A new play by a new writer at The Customs House

28 August 2021

The Customs House is to produce Our Laygate, the first play by Ann Ahmed, a local writer, in September.

Myths and Dreams from Fertile Ground

28 August 2021

Dance company Fertile Ground presents three new works from four choreographers.

Theatre is returning to Consett

28 August 2021

Consett Empire reopens in September with a wide-ranging programme.

A hen night on BBC iPlayer

27 August 2021

A NE short film, one of the first pieces of disabled-women-led British broadcasting, will soon be available on BBC iPlayer

Features

Back in a theatre—at last!

12 September 2021

Peter Lathan talks about his return to theatre after so many months.

How safe are North East theatres after “Freedom Day”?

28 July 2021

Peter Lathan looks at what precautions NE theatres are taking after the removal of COVID restrictions. (Updated on 29/7. Further update on 30/7)