A play exploring an unlikely friendship and what it means to be different is being served up in unique fashion at Alphabetti Theatre in February. SAM Read more
Theatre
Black Coffee at the People’s Theatre
Agatha Christie’s crime thrilling theatrical debut offered David Whetstone a welcome distraction as the People’s kicked off its 2019 slate Pictured: Captain Hastings (Steve Parry) and Read more
New Season at The People’s Theatre
A new year and a new season has been mapped out by those top drawer peeps at the People’s Theatre in Newcastle. Bookings are now wide Read more
Review: A Christmas Carol at Northern Stage
David Whetstone reports back from a mesmerising night at the Northern Stage following a retelling of Dickens’ seasonal classic. The sweeping main stage at this Newcastle Read more
Backstage blogging… the Christmas edit
Helen Fussell, aka our woman with the lowdown on Newcastle and Gateshead’s independent stages offers some seasonal theatre highlights. Diaries at the ready, if you please… Read more
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Is this one just right?
Sam Wonfor’s first panto outing of the season was Goldilocks and Three Bears at Newcastle Theatre Royal. Fuelled by interval red wine, she’s reporting back via Read more
Pantomime time at the People’s
If you’re still undecided on which panto to plump for this year, allow Sam Wonfor to present the 2018 offering from the wonderful People’s Theatre in Read more
Backstage blogging: don’t forget the birds
Helen Fussell’s enviable job as a theatre PR has seen her working with an extraordinary group of women as they bring a real life story to Read more
Backstage blogging
In our quest to shout about the best of the independent scene in Newcastle and Gateshead, we’ve asked theatre PR Helen Fussell to give us some Read more
Celebrating 20 years of changing the world, one play at a time
Cheryl and Abigail Byron in Don’t Forget the Birds. Credit: Keith Pattison This week, all-women theatre company, Open Clasp return to Live Theatre in Newcastle with Read more
Othello at Northern Stage
Review by David Whetstone Paul McEwan as Iago and Victor Oshin as Othello. Photo credit: Helen Murray The more senior of us will feel we’ve been Read more
After Dark, balletLORENT, Stage 3, Northern Stage
A new production and a celebration of all that had gone before marked the quarter of a century mark for balletLORENT. Review by David Whetstone Read more