Anna Ambelez

North East Reviewer

Reviews

The Little Mermaid

Michael Harrison and Ed Curtis

Crossroads Pantomimes

Theatre Royal Newcastle-Upon -Tyne

26 November 2024–12 January 2025

Mother Goose

Ray Spencer and Graeme Thompson

The Customs House

21 November 2024–5 January 2025

Sam Lupton as Del Boy Tom Major as Rodney

Only Fools and Horses

Adapted from John Sullivan by Jim Sullivan and Paul Whitehouse

Phil Mcintyre Live

Sunderland Empire

25–30 November 2024

War Horse

Based on Michael Morpurgo's book, adapted by Nick Stafford

National Theatre, Michael Harrison, Fiery Angel and Playing Field

Sunderland Empire

5–16 November 2024

Peaky Blinders The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Steven Knight

Rambert Dance

Sunderland Empire

29 October–2 November 2024

Sarah O'Connor as Galinda Laura Pick as Elphaba

Wicked

Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman based on the nov...

Sunderland Empire

24 September–20 October 2024

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Isobel McArthurs

David Pugh Limited

Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

19–28 September 2024

Laura Rogers as Beverly, Leander Deeny as Laurence, Chaya Gupta as Angela, Joe Blakemore as Tony, Amy Rockson as Susan

Abigail's Party

Mike Leigh

Rose Original with Northern Stage, Colchester Mercury Theatre and ETT

Northern Stage Newcastle -Upon-Tyne

13–28 September 2024

& Juliet

Music and lyrics by Max Martin, book by David West Read

Sunderland Empire

10–21 September 2024

Rebekah Lowings as Molly Jenson, Josh St.Clair as Sam Wheat

Ghost the Musical

Bruce Joel Rubin

Bill Kenwright Ltd

Sunderland Empire

27–31 August 2024

Features

Opera North on going green

13 November 2023

Sir Richard Mantle talks to BTG about Opera North's 'Green Season'.

Trevor Fox returns home to the NE

16 July 2023

Anna Ambelez speaks to one of the stars of the National Theatre's Ocean at the End of the Lane as it visits Newcastle.

Dirty Dusting: a double anniversary

30 June 2023

Anna Ambelez looks back on twenty years of a play she was involved in right at the start as it returns to The Customs House.

Obituary: Dale Meeks

27 April 2023

Dale Meeks, true gem of stage and screen, died of heart failure on Sunday 23 April 2023.

Farewell to the Exchange

19 April 2023

Saturday 15 April saw the farewell party at the Exchange Theatre in North Shields; Anna Ambelez was there.

Trevor Wood launches new book

26 March 2023

Anna Ambelez reports from the launch of author and playwright Trevor Wood's latest novel.

Ken Loach

17 March 2023

Ken Loach was in conversation with the North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll, at Newcastle's Live Theatre.

A wintry collaboration with schoolchildren in Newcastle

16 December 2022

Anna Ambelez talks to playwright Rory Mullarkey, whose Wintry Tales is running at Live Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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