Joe Orton’s uproarious farce ‘Loot’ is coming to City Theatre Durham this June and July. Joe Orton was on a real roll when he premiered ‘Loot’ in 1965. It was his third major production and followed the brilliant ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane’. ‘Loot’ subseq…

The Tynemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Society is bringing us an absolute classic for their next production in the shape of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. I’m not saying that ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ is the greatest of all Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operas, bu…

Cult hit ‘Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote’ is coming to Middlesbrough this May (and Newcastle in June). You don’t watch these Murder She Wrote events, you experience them. I’ll go further: you interact with them. The nights have become huge live favour…

Moira Buffini’s clever and very funny comedy ‘Handbagged’ – detailing relations between The Queen and Margaret Thatcher – is coming to Northern Stage this May. Peter Morgan scored a huge hit with ‘The Audience’, which imagined conversations between The…

There’s some stellar talent behind ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ – the extraordinary theatrical debut piece from Durham’s Ensemble '84 – including award-winning screenwriter Lee Hall and South Africa’s highly acclaimed Isango Ensemble. Theatre comp…

The Bench – a moving and funny play about love, loss and football – was a huge hit at the Customs House last year, and now it’s set to tour the region. Written by playwright and broadcaster Jeff Brown (you’ll know him from ‘Look North’) ‘The Bench’ won…

‘Shit Life Crisis’ is a hilarious new “karaoke play” coming to Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle that tackles life, death and everything in between. That thing we call life. It’s real, it’s raw and it’s often a struggle. But armed with a microphone and a…

World poetry slam champion Harry Baker is heading to Darlington in early June to celebrate friendship, postcodes and wellies. Harry Baker has had something of a meteoric rise, continually going viral for his poetry videos which mix heartfelt emotions a…

Canada has been getting a lot of love of late, and their leading contemporary dance company Ballet BC is sure to go down a storm when they bring their latest extravaganza to the Theatre Royal this May. Donald Trump wants to buy Canada. Good luck with t…