The North East Magazine
‘Bombshells’ written by Joanna Murray-Smith plays The People’s Theatre from tomorrow May 21st through to Saturday 25th May with performances starting at 7.30pm. Bombshells is a series of 5 monologues written by Australian writer Joanna Murray-Smith which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival and won pundits in The West End last year. [...]
‘Creditors’ by August Strindberg (in a new translation by David Grieg) can be seen at the Peoples Theatre from tomorrow Tuesday the 12th of February until Saturday 16th. August Strindberg is considered the father of modern Theatre with his “naturalistic” style of writing and stage production. In an exciting first for the Peoples Theatre we are [...]
Directed by Sarah McLane and written by Jez Butterworth this production is staged at the People’s Theatre until Saturday May 5th. Commissioned by The National Theatre in 2009 this play burst onto the National cultural hinterland overnight and became the toast of London’s West End and Broadway. In an unprecedented and welcome honour to The [...]
Jerusalem by Jezz Butterworth plays The People’s Theatre from tonight (1st May) through to Saturday 5th May This will be the theatrical event to catch this season. In an exclusive for The People’s Theatre this performance has been authorised by the playwright in recognition of the esteem that our theatrical North East jewel is held [...]
Quick Bright Things written by Alison Carr plays the Peoples Theatre until tomorrow evening (21st April) As part of the RSC “Open Stages” initiative local playwright Alison Carr set herself the task of re-imagining a work of Shakespeare and presenting it in a manner that celebrates the mystery and wonder of theatre performance itself . [...]
PAST GLORIES review by Theatre writer Seamus Doran of A Spoonful Of Honey by Tony Gannie /Never Rains But It Pours by Alison Carr An Evening of Contrasts ! A Spoonful of Honey Lillian is in a nursing home.. she has a playwright grandson. He poses a challenge. Give me stories from your life – [...]