Monday, March 9, 2020
Following the success of filming their plays Rattle Snake and Key Change, Open Clasp Theatre returns to the format with Sugar, the
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Matt Miller is wearing a dress. Now a suit. Sometimes they feel better in one, sometimes the other. Sometimes they like to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMWednesday, February 12, 2020
Artistic director Lorne Campbell’s final show at Northern Stage before he joins National Theatre Wales sees him returning to a theme that
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With oceans of information available at your fingertips, is it actually any easier to find a real answer? Inspired by the magazine
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMWednesday, December 18, 2019
While most Christmas shows are a glut of glitzy excess, Alphabetti Theatre’s Present (written and directed by artistic director Ali Pritchard) looks
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Northern Stage’s new adaptation of the classic tale The Snow Queen is performed with charm, wittily scripted and beautifully designed – but
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Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Customs House returns to the story of its first panto, Snow White, with this crowd-pleasing production. An
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A co-production with Northern Stage, Common Wealth’s I Have Met the Enemy (and the Enemy Is Us) is a bold and passionate
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Northern Stage and Common Wealth have created a new production with residents of Byker in Newcastle. The creators tell Tracey Sinclair how
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMMonday, September 23, 2019
Moveable Feast’s new touring production, Terror From The Skies, is a skilfully executed solo show by artistic director Matthew Bellwood that uses
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Rosa Postlethwaite’s one-woman show Composed is a spiky, fractured, insinuating thing. An examination of both what it is to work in theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMFriday, September 13, 2019
Following a successful run for its locally relocated The War of the Worlds, the latest offering from Northern Stage’s NORTH programme is
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Big-hearted musical The Dolly Mixtures returns to The Customs House three years after its well-received premiere, staged as part of the theatre’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMFriday, August 2, 2019
Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre founder and artistic director Ali Pritchard tells Tracey Sinclair about his search for a venue, moving towards longer runs
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From the start, Open Clasp has sought to engage disenfranchised women. Co-founder and artistic director Catrina McHugh tells Tracey Sinclair how the
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A childhood love of theatre has led Chris Durant to one of the most high-profile jobs in technical theatre at leading North
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Lizi Patch’s new play Down to Zero is a smartly written relationship drama, unusual in that it centres the experience of a
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Following a successful run for Bacon Knees and Sausage Fingers (which he co-wrote and co-starred in), Steve Byron returns to Alphabetti Theatre
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Live Theatre associate artist Kema Sikazwe’s autobiographical solo piece mixes gig theatre with memoir. Utilising his talents as a rapper and singer,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMSaturday, March 23, 2019
'Freed from traditional confines': Tracey Sinclair, self-proclaimed 'dance ignoramus', reviews a double bill from BalletBoyz.
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'Alan Bennett with funkier hair': Tracey Sinclair reviews a one-man show about political factionalism and punk music at Live Theatre's Elevator Festival.
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Taking it seriously: Tracey Sinclair reviews David Edwards' demystifying verbatim show about the realities of living with OCD.
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Mining the past: Tracey Sinclair writes on the nuanced portrayal of a 'fragile ecosystem' of men in Beth Steel's mining drama.
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Keep the faith: Tracey Sinclair reviews the The Letter Room's uplifting, music-filled performance about overcoming depression.
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Strange meeting: Tracey Sinclair reviews Gary Kitching and Steve Byron's two-hander about men left behind by social systems.
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Is shyness an affliction? Or, in a world where we compulsively expose our inner selves to strangers on a daily basis, can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Season's greetings: Tracey Sinclair reviews a warm-hearted quartet of short plays from emerging writers.
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While it may not have the slick glossiness of Northern Stage’s festive centrepiece, Newcastle’s other production of A Christmas Carol certainly wins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMFriday, December 7, 2018
Northern Stage’s A Christmas Carol is an energetic, slick take on a classic, enlivened by a toe-tapping jazz-inspired soundtrack and bold design.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMThursday, November 22, 2018
Real stories: Tracey Sinclair on Open Clasp's nuanced, heartfelt play looking at life after prison, based on the story of its real-life mother and daughter cast.
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'I hope for better stories than these': Tracey Sinclair writes on the prevalence of violence against women as plot device in her review of She Production's devised play.
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