Arts & theatre in Newcastle & North East, shows, plays

Two pieces in perfect harmony

Les Noces/Dido & Aeneas, Newcastle Theatre Royal - Opera North bowed out on Saturday with a rare treat: a double bill of exquisite beauty combining music and dance. Read

Newcastle Bach Choir at the King's Hall, Newcastle - It's something of a rarity to have two composers sat side by side at the same concert. But there they were, the one just turned 80, the other less than half that age, both listening intently to the Newcastle Bach Choir performing their music. Read

Art and a world of work

There are chickens in Winston Barnett's barn - but there is something else. The artist talks to David Whetstone about his eye-catching work. Read

Musicals a difficult challenge

Dido and Aeneas/Les Noces, Opera North, Newcastle Theatre Royal Read

Mickey Rooney to star in North panto

Veteran Hollywood star Mickey Rooney is to appear in panto. Read

Musical magician sets sights on Vegas

Some law graduates are called to the bar. Matthew Dowden found a very different calling, as Alastair Gilmour explains. Read

Images outside comfort

Work by some of the region's up-and-coming photographers is on show at the Art Works Galleries on Stepney Bank, Newcastle, this month. Read

We're back on tour with the artists

The 12th annual Art Tour starts its second weekend. Read

Slipping the Net slips along

This third and final play in The Customs House New Writing Festival, billed as an hilarious comedy that would appeal to fans of The Office, fails to match its promise. Read

Katya is sliding away

It's been a couple of years since Opera North brought director Tim Albery's work to Newcastle. Last time it was his stylish and racy production of One Touch of Venus, Kurt Weill's tale of fast-talking New Yorkers - a real laugh-a-minute. Read

Why artist needed vicars' verdict

A group of Gateshead vicars is starring in a film at Baltic. David Whetstone asked them for their thoughts about the unusual project. Read

A tragedy of both power and realism

There sometimes comes a point in an opera when you say to yourself; "Yes, I could gratefully rewind back to the beginning to feel the build-up to this scene again." Read

Opera debut for company

The new Newcastle Area Chamber Opera makes its debut this evening with a concert performance, in costume, of Handel's Rinaldo in the King's Hall, Newcastle University. Read

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The People's Theatre

Young Reviewer Melissa Jordan catches Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is at the People's Theatre in Newcastle until Saturday. Read

Nancy reveals wedding hopes

Flamboyant Nancy Dell'Olio has spilled the beans on life with Sven. She talks to Emma Pomfret about her new autobiography. Read

Bracing fodder for the brain

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? People's Theatre, Newcastle, until Saturday Read

Dream with an arid pay-off

The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Northern Stage until Saturday Read

High School Musical, Metro Arena

It's been a smash hit movie, and now Disney's High School Musical is taking to the ice and coming to Newcastle. Read

A musical plea for marine life

State of Undress, a rocky rootsy six-piece from Dorset, are due in Newcastle on Thursday, June 21 to give a free outdoor performance at Grey's Monument at 1pm. Read

The Magic Flute, Theatre Royal

Young reviewer Victoria Allan reviews Opera North's The Magic Flute at the Theatre Royal Read

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