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North East Theatre Guide
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Theatre in North East England from the Tees to the Tyne. Also love comedy and music Used to podcast too
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 1d
🚽 “Urinetown” at Newcastle’s Jubilee Theatre is a sharp, funny & energetic take on the cult musical — with standout vocals, bold direction & a live band that brings it to life!

🎭 On until Sat 11 Oct – full review 👇
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#MusicalTheatre #TheatreReview
REVIEW: Urinetown at Newcastle Jubilee Theatre
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 2d
🎭 Bad Lads at @livetheatre.bsky.social is “a passionate play… a fine example of advocacy storytelling.”
A gripping, harrowing look at youth detention in 1980s Britain.
On until Sat Oct 11
Review 👇http://www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/review-bad-lads-at-newcastle-live.html
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 3d
🌹✨ Northern Stage has revealed its North East-led cast for this year’s magical Beauty and the Beast! 🎭
Running 4 Dec – 3 Jan in Newcastle — a fresh, funny & heartwarming take on a classic.

Read more 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/cast...
Casting: Beauty and the Beast at Newcastle Northern Stage
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 6d
✨ Ash land at Newcastle’s Boiler Shop @boilershop.bsky.social on 18 Nov with new album Ad Astra + classics from across their 30-year career.

Full preview 👉 jowheretogo.co.uk/f/ash-bring-...

#Ash #AdAstra #NewcastleGigs
Ash Bring Ad Astra to Newcastle’s Boiler Shop
Ash don’t really do nostalgia. Thirty years in, they’ve got the back catalogue to lean on – the punky charge of 1977, the widescreen anthems of Free All Angels – but what keeps them moving forward is ...
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 6d
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🌂✨ “Practically perfect in every way!” Jonathan Cash reviews Mary Poppins at Sunderland Empire — a dazzling, heartwarming triumph full of magic, music & chimney sweeps! 🎶

Read more 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi...

#MaryPoppins #TheatreReview #SunderlandEmpire
REVIEW: Mary Poppins at Sunderland Empire
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 6d
Come From Away is coming to Darlington Hippodrome thanks to Darlington OS.
Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...
Preview: Come From Away at Darlington Hippodrome
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 9d
Local actor Ben Fenwick joins the cast of MISS SAIGON at Newcastle Theatre Royal 🎭 We spoke to him ahead of the show’s UK tour launch.

Full interview 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/inte...

#MissSaigon #NewcastleTheatreRoyal #NorthEastTheatre
Interview: Miss Saigon at Newcastle Theatre Royal
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 10d
This October, Newcastle Boiler Shop @boilershop.bsky.social will welcome one of the UK’s most electrifying rising stars, Lola Young @lolayoung.music-social.com , for a special one-off show in support of her highly anticipated new album
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Lola Young at Newcastle Boiler Shop – Monday 13 October 2025
This October, Newcastle Boiler Shop will welcome one of the UK’s most electrifying rising stars, Lola Young, for a special one-off show in support of her highly anticipated new album I’m Only Fucking ...
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 14d
💃 Who’s ready to dance, jive & have the time of their life? 🕺
MAMMA MIA! returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal Feb 2026 🎭
Full preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...
Preview: Mamma Mia at Newcastle Theatre Royal
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 14d
🎶 Here we go again! MAMMA MIA! heads to Newcastle Theatre Royal Feb 2026 with a brand-new cast ⭐ Don’t miss this feel-good musical phenomenon 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...
Preview: Mamma Mia at Newcastle Theatre Royal
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 14d
Next week: Step back into the 1950s as the People's Theatre @peoplestheatre.bsky.social in Heaton presents Home, I’m Darling, Laura Wade’s Olivier Award-winning comedy about marriage, nostalgia, and the pursuit of the “perfect” home life.
Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...
Preview: Home, I’m Darling at Newcastle People's Theatre
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 14d
Noël Coward’s Private Lives comes to @NorthernStage 4–8 Nov 2025 🎭
Love, wit & 1930s glamour collide in a new co-production directed by RTST Award-winner Tanuja Amarasuriya. Preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...
Preview: Private Lives at Newcastle Northern Stage
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 15d
#ad This week
Random Hand
The Grove, Newcastle.
Friday 26 September 2025
Tickets: tidd.ly/3KExiog
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 15d
Blonde Ambition Comes to the North East: Legally Blonde Heads to Newcastle Theatre Royal and Sunderland Empire in 2026, with Amber Davies starring in the iconic role of Elle Woods.
News: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/news...
News: Blonde Ambition Comes to the North East: Legally Blonde Heads to Newcastle and Sunderland in 2026
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 16d
#ad The one in which they started to sing...
Our review of Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire
until Saturday 27 September 2025
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Review: Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 16d
#ad The one in which they started to sing...
Our review of Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire
until Saturday 27 September 2025
www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/revi...
Review: Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 17d
🚂 History comes alive in Shildon!
On 27 Sept, Hackworth Park hosts the Anniversary Picnic with Southpaw’s STEAM, live music, vintage funfair, & free picnics.
Experience theatre + heritage in the world’s first railway town.

Details 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/news...

#Shildon #S&DR200
News: Shildon’s Anniversary Picnic Brings Railway History to the Stage
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 18d
#ad Friends! The Musical Parody Brings the Laughter to Sunderland Empire This Week
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Tickets: prf.hn/l/9O5AL0k/
Preview: Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 18d
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🥧 Broadway favourite Waitress is coming to @SundEmpire!
📅 4–9 May 2026
✨ A heartwarming story, unforgettable songs by Sara Bareilles & plenty of pie.

Preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...
Tickets: prf.hn/l/p3Qvg2e/

#WaitressMusical
Preview: Waitress at Sunderland Empire
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 19d
Miss Saigon - Musical will soon be on the Newcastle Theatre Royal stage from Saturday 4 - Saturday 25 October 2025.
Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/06/cast...
Cast: Miss Saigon at Newcastle Theatre Royal
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 20d
#ad Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Newcastle University Students Union. Tuesday 24 February 2026
Tickets: tidd.ly/4ncoog8
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 20d
#ad Callum Beattie
Newcastle Northumbria University SU. Saturday 21 March 2026
Tickets: tidd.ly/3KcitJx
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 20d
#ad Happy Mondays
O2 City Hall, Newcastle. Friday 13 March 2026
Tickets: ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/19YKLR
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 20d
#ad Echo and The Bunnymen
O2 City Hall, Newcastle. Saturday 4 April 2026
Tickets: ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/RGrDXa
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North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social · 20d
#ad
Robert Plant presents Saving Grace
Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Sun, 21 Dec 2025,
Tickets: ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/mOKkVq
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