I have delivered post in some wonderfully named places in my time. But Stifle? That sounds less...
Newcastle
I was fortunate enough to visit the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to watch Supernova, the new...
Newcastle Theatre Royal 2027 Season Announced And All That Jazz!
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Newcastle Theatre Royal has announced a spectacular new 2027 season featuring Twelve Angry Men, São Paulo Dance...
What Makes a Mother? Rachel Stockdale’s New Play Mother? Heads to the North East This June
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By Grace Hatchell, writing from a bench outside Live Theatre where I’ve just witnessed three exhausted parents...
Brian Clark’s powerful drama Whose Life Is It Anyway? comes to the People’s Theatre in Newcastle this...
By Grace Hatchell Is it worth pedalling from Sunderland to Newcastle to see Legally Blonde at Theatre...
By Grace Hatchell Newcastle Theatre Royal has teamed up with Stagecoach North East to help more schoolchildren...
What Is Split Ends About? Claudia Shnier’s Acclaimed Show Comes To Alphabetti
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By Grace Hachell Is Split Ends the most inventive (and unsettling) love story on tour right now?...
By Grace Hatchell, in Newcastle The Thrill of Love is coming to the People’s Theatre in Heaton...
I found myself at Alphabetti Theatre, drawn in by the promise of an improvisation night featuring acting,...
By Grace Hatchell, Postie With The Mostie Right then, gather round because there’s a rather exciting envelope...
Is Mamma Mia! really not a jukebox musical?
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Judy Craymer Credit: Mary McCartney
“I don’t consider Mamma Mia! a jukebox musical,” says producer Judy Craymer — a statement that feels...