THOUSANDS of pantomime fans made sure one North East theatre had a record-breaking Christmas. A bleak economy failed to dampen festive cheer among audiences of the Theatre Royal’s Sleeping Beauty as more than 80,000 people flocked through the doors since the show began.Read
THE North East's real-life Billy Elliot has made his dazzling professional debut after being talent-spotted by some of the country's top ballerinas.Read
NORTHERN Ballet is back in Newcastle tonight after a 10-year absence. Liz Lamb had a peek at the costumes and meets a rising North East star of the company's acclaimed dance academy.Read
OPERA North treated us to just one performance of its new production of Tchaikovsky's opera, directed by Neil Bartlett and conducted by Richard Farnes.Read
NOEL Coward’s well-deserved reputation as The Master of Wit takes a bit of a knock with this, his last play, which was originally written as a short story in 1950.
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THEATRE Royal chief executive Philip Bernays launched this year’s panto, Sleeping Beauty, with his customary boast – but tinged with a note of concern.Read
The De Giorgi family is poised to take over the management of the restaurant and bars of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. As Katharine Capocci discovers, the Geordie-Italian restaurateurs are hoping to sprinkle some fairy dust over their latest ventureRead
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
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