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Newcastle Theatre Royal is a must see after restoration Aug 18 2011

ANYONE planning a trip to Newcastle’s Theatre Royal after it reopens next month is in for a treat – regardless of what’s showing on stage.Read

Live Theatre annual youth festival returns Aug 11 2011

A PICK and mix bag of goodies is on offer at Live Theatre in Newcastle from tomorrow with the return of its annual youth festival.Read

Blitz Sisters help Heaton Arts Festival make debut Aug 11 2011

BLAST back to the 1940s this weekend in the company of The Blitz Sisters, who’ll be helping a new festival make its debut this weekend.Read

Pirates of Penzance come to Wallington Aug 11 2011

NOT ones to be deterred by recent dodgy weather, the swashbuckling Pirates of Penzance are coming ashore at Wallington in Northumberland for some outdoor fun and frolics.Read

Review: Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Aug 10 2011

IN A narrow cell in Beirut, two chained hostages, soon joined by another, attempt to kill time.Read

Review: The Pitmen Painters at The Journal Tyne Theatre Aug 10 2011

THE return to the region of Lee Hall’s hugely successful play is like welcoming back an old friend who’s travelled some distance and made lots of new pals along the way.Read

Interview: West End star Tracie Bennett Aug 09 2011

IT’S amazing what a difference a wig can make. Watching a TV performance by the actress playing Judy Garland in a West End stage show, plus an extract of the production which is winning rave reviews in London, I’d no idea she’d been in the room with us.Read

Youngsters set to tread the boards for Bugsy Malone Aug 03 2011

YOUNG talents are making you an offer you can’t refuse this week as Bugsy Malone hits the stage of Sunderland Empire.Read

Batman Live opens at Metro Radio Arena Jul 28 2011

This is no time for Shakespeare. The police are on their way and the Bat is on the wing.”Read

Interview: Actor Collin Baxter Jul 27 2011

AS an ex-boy band singer Collin Baxter is used to the limelight – and the screaming girls – but how does co-starring in a little-known play in South Shields compare?Read

Batmobile creator talks about Batman Live show Jul 26 2011

WITH most of our big theatres dark, the time is ripe for a black-clad crusader to zoom into Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena.Read

Matt and Ian give us a glimpse of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Jul 25 2011

NEXT month people from all over the world will flock to Edinburgh to take in the sights and sounds of the Festival Fringe.Read

Humanity to fore as autumn sweeps in Jul 12 2011

AFTER the success of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by veteran playwright Edward Albee, Northern Stage turns to another American to open its autumn season in the big Stage 1 auditorium.Read

Glittering season for restored Theatre Royal Jul 05 2011

TICKETS go on sale at 9am on Thursday for the first season of shows in the Theatre Royal’s newly restored auditorium.Read

Phil Meeks is happy to raise spirits of his audience Jun 22 2011

THERE are all sorts of thrills to be had in a theatre but playwright Philip Meeks knew the kind he wanted to serve up to audiences.Read

Review: Hay Fever at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Jun 21 2011

SET in the front room of the Blisses’ family home by the Thames in the 1920s, Hay Fever is one of Noel Coward’s earliest hits and, according to actor Simon Callow, his first masterpiece.Read

Review: The Pitmen Painters at the People’s Theatre Jun 15 2011

LEE Hall knew what he was doing when he gifted the first amateur performance rights of his hit play to the Newcastle company.Read

Painters' landmark performance Jun 14 2011

LAST night saw yet another landmark in the long and colourful history of the People’s Theatre.Read

Nichola McAuliffe on her The Lady in the Van role Jun 11 2011

No-nonsense actress Nichola McAuliffe tells STEVE BURBRIDGE about her role as The Lady in the VanRead

Review: Midnight Tango at Sunderland Empire Theatre Jun 09 2011

AS a vehicle for displaying the Strictly Coming Dancing-honed skills of Vincent Simone and his partner Flavia Cacace, this is pretty good. As a rewarding evening of theatre, its passage is less assured.Read

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