AT HOME: The Sorcerer's Apprentice at Northern Stage

Full Cast and Team Set for MACBETH, Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma

October 31, 2023

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the location, cast, and creative team for the highly-anticipated spring production of Macbeth. Directed by STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin, Macbeth stars Tony and BAFTA Award-winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma as the leading lord and lady. Learn more about the location, cast, and creative team here!

Open Clasp Theatre Company to Present MYCELIAL Co-Created With Sex Worker Activists

September 05, 2023

Open Clasp Theatre Company is set to premiere 'Mycelial,' their most ambitious international production to date. Co-created with sex worker activists from around the world over four years, the play offers a reality check on assumptions made about people involved in sex work.

Pentabus Reveals New Season Of Work For Summer and Autumn

June 08, 2023

Pentabus has announced their 2023 Summer/Autumn Season which features one new commission, one new digital theatre online release, four new Associate Artists and the return of Pentabus Young Writers live production with seven new brilliant plays.

Autumn 2022 Lineup Announced at Northern Stage

May 19, 2022

Powerful new dramas explore race, the climate crisis, disability, queer politics and the experience of refugees, alongside family shows and great nights out for fans of dance, comedy and cabaret.

Paines Plough Announces Roundabout 2022 Programme and Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run

May 05, 2022

Artistic Directors Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner have today announced Paines Plough's Roundabout programme for 2022. The award-winning pop-up venue will be premiering three new plays in rep at Summerhall as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time since 2019. As well as work from three trailblazing playwrights Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Sami Ibrahim and Laura Lindow, Summerhall will also see the return of Chris Bush's critically acclaimed play HUNGRY which premiered at Roundabout last year.

Casting Announced For KERBS at Belgrade Theatre

January 20, 2022

The Belgrade Theatre has announced the cast for its world premiere run of Kerbs, co-produced with the UK’s leading disabled led theatre company, Graeae. Kerbs is the debut play from Wolverhampton-based disabled playwright Michael Southan, running in the B2 auditorium from Sat 26 Feb – Sat 5 March.

Cast and Creative Team Announced For THE SORCERER'S APPRECENTICE At Northern Stage

October 28, 2021

Northern Stage will produce a magical new adaptation of family favourite The Sorcerer's Apprentice this Christmas (27 November - 31 December). Set in the streets of Newcastle but not quite as we know it, audiences will be treated to live music, puppetry, magic and illusion as they follow the adventures of Hatty Rabbit and her friends after a mysterious letter arrives inviting Hatty to an interview for a sorcerer's apprentice...

Northern Stage Announced New Outdoor Venues and Reopening Plans

June 15, 2021

Free events in local neighbourhoods across the North East throughout June will be followed by two new pop-up venues in July and August, before reopening the theatre from 25 August with a Housewarming programme that opens with a new Unfolding Theatre show co-created with children, and includes the first production Artistic Director Natalie Ibu will direct for Northern Stage.

JMK Trust Announces New Opportunities For Directors Supported By The Victoria Wood Foundation

June 14, 2021

Hosted at northern venues Manchester Royal Exchange and Northern Stage, Newcastle, and part of its National Programme, two new bursaries will see the recipients work alongside, and receive mentorship from Roy Alexander Weise MBE and Maria Crocker, both previous beneficiaries of the JMK Trust.