The North East Magazine
Shakespeare’s King Lear plays at the Peoples Theatre from tomorrow evening through until Saturday (16th) with performances starting at 7.30 pm. Considered the apex of Shakespeare’s writing for the theatre King Lear is certainly the finest and most challenging of his “Tragedy’s” in performance and for audiences. In acting terms it is the benchmark by [...]
Written by J.B. Priestley, ‘Time and the Conways’ plays at the People’s Theatre from tomorrow evening (Oct 30th) through until Saturday November 3rd. Priestley was one of England’s finest writers scoring great success in the Forties and Fifties with his novels, travel writing and plays. Somewhat old fashioned in image as a professional man of [...]
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 . [...]