One of Shakespeare’s finest ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is coming to the Forum Theatre in Billingham in early February. You may think that the biggest tragedy of late winter is when you get your credit card/heating bill, but those daggers to the heart have noth…

Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical The Rocky Horror Show is back in the north-east once again this January – specifically The Sunderland Empire. Can 35 million theatregoers really be wrong? (Answer: no they can’t.) That’s how many people…

‘Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts’ marks the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective, and you can see it at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle in early February. The code I live by is this: you just can’t have enough Inspector Morse in your lif…

Smoky jazz and sensual secrets permeate the ARC in Stockton this January when The Monocle comes to town to weave a strange kind of magic. Nothing is impossible and everything is unbelievable down at The Monocle, where women are free to laugh loudly and…

Durham University’s biggest musical theatre company DULOG are back for their annual production at Gala Durham this January. It’s Grease! (And it’s still the word.) Fast cars, young love, and some of the best loved songs of the 1970s all go together to …

Lordy! Steve Steinman and his incredible cast of reprobates are bringing their ‘Vampires Rock Eternal Love’ musical to Whitley Bay this January. I’ll say it again: Lordy! Brace yourself for a night of high-octane theatrical rock as Steve Steinman’s ‘Vamp…

That – if I’m not very much mistaken – is The Woman in Black, and she’s coming to scare the bejesus out of Darlington Hippodrome audiences this January. Susan Hill’s gothic horror ‘The Woman in Black’ became one of the most feted novels of its kind dur…

The Playhouse in Whitley Bay are renowned for their side-splitting pantos that are enormous fun for all the family and this year they’re bringing us their wondrous take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The Playhouse broke box-office records last year with t…

Can you guess what the panto at The People’s Theatre in Newcastle is this year…? I never fail to watch the film of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ each Christmas on TV and now I can actually go and see these beloved characters, live in the flesh as it were. The Peo…

Where do all the Kittiwakes go at Christmas? Find out when ‘Where Do All The Kittiwakes Go At Christmas?’ comes to Live Theatre this December. Ever wondered where all those cheeky seaside birds go when Christmas approaches and there isn’t any fish and …

In the run up to Christmas this year Theatre Hullaballo in Darlington are putting on ‘The Paper Dolls’ – based on the original book by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb. When a little girl cuts out a string of paper dolls she takes them by the hand and …

It’s the time of the year when the region’s theatres provide us with crossdressing fun for all the family. Yep, it’s panto time and here are some of our faves. Newcastle’s Theatre Royal are really pushing the panto boat out this year as 2025 marks the …

Sunderland’s Royalty Theatre has just celebrated its 100th birthday, but a quick glance at their forthcoming programme will tell you that they’re beginning their first foray into their next century in fine style. Sunderland’s Royalty Theatre has often …