Theatre in Newcastle & theatres in the North East

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Song made me paws for thought May 25 2013

One of the most popular and enduring musicals will be twitching its whiskers on Wearside this week. SAM WONFOR talks to actress Joanna Ampil who is fulfilling her feline ambitionRead

REVIEW: Spot’s Birthday Party, Newcastle Theatre Royal May 25 2013

Spot’s Birthday Party, Newcastle Theatre Royal, until todayRead

Review: Cirque du Hilarious, Newcastle Theatre Royal May 21 2013

DANNY Adams only has to set foot on stage, sporting any one of his fun-filled faces, and an audience spanning the generations are soon falling about laughing.Read

Danny and Clive are clowning around May 18 2013

IT has been eight years since father-and-son entertainers Clive Adams and Danny Webb made an on-stage home for themselves at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle.Read

Preview: The Seagull, at Northern Stage, Newcastle May 14 2013

BLANCHE McIntyre has been hailed as one of the most exciting young directors around.Read

Three into one is such a challenge May 11 2013

Three women, one actress - that’s the challenge facing birthday girl Janet Prince on Tyneside next week, as DAVID WHETSTONE found outRead

Live Theatre team spurred on by tour of the Swing Bridge May 07 2013

A TOUR of the Swing Bridge proved educational and inspiration for the creative team at Live Theatre.Read

Interview: Richard Ede starring in The 39 Steps, Theatre Royal, Newcastle May 07 2013

IT'S The 39 Steps but not as the author intended. David Whetstone talks to Richard Ede, star of an admired spoof.Read

Review: Mess at Live Theatre, Newcastle May 06 2013

CAROLINE Horton’s play takes on perhaps one of the most uncomfortable issues of our generation – anorexia.Read

A great night of comedy and tension as Twelfth Night comes to Newcastle May 04 2013

Twelfth Night, Newcastle Theatre RoyalRead

Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Newcastle Theatre Royal May 02 2013

The Taming of the Shrew, Newcastle Theatre RoyalRead

Review: CRUSH, Appetite Dance, Customs House, South Shields May 01 2013

PEDALING wistfully in mid-air, a solitary limb’s circular movement radiates a moment of rare serenity in choreographer Apple Yang’s latest work.Read

Preview: Mess at Live Theatre, Newcastle Apr 29 2013

ANOREXIA is clearly no laughing matter, and Caroline Horton would be the first to agree.Read

Youngsters wanted for classic musical Grease at Customs House Apr 29 2013

T-BIRD chicks and little Pink Ladies are being recruited for the Customs House’s Summer School.Read

Review: Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular Apr 27 2013

Are you ever too old to be excited by dinosaurs? James Cain, who went to see Walking with Dinosaurs - the Arena Spectacular, decides not.Read

Review: Tosca and Carmen, Opera and Ballet International, Sunderland Empire Apr 27 2013

HER voice is heard before Maria Tonina opens the church doors to announce her presence as Tosca.Read

Review: Blue Remembered Hills, Northern Stage, Newcastle Apr 25 2013

NORTHERN Stage's new production of Dennis Potter classic Blue Remembered Hills takes willing audiences back to an golden time of childhood innocence. Or is it.Read

Review: Noises Off at Newcastle Theatre Royal until Saturday Apr 24 2013

MICHAEL Frayn’s famous play is a celebration of chaos, a farce within a farce that delights in showing what happens when all that can go wrong does.Read

Preview: The Pitmen Painters at Darlington Civic Theatre Apr 23 2013

LEE Hall’s award-winning drama The Pitmen Painters, back on national tour, which includes a July 1-6 run at Newcastle Theatre Royal, is also making a return to Darlington Civic Theatre where its summer stint will start the following week on July 8.Read