Agatha Christie’s “Mousetrap” is sixty years old this year and to celebrate her estate has licensed a small number of productions world wide to mark this great theatrical milestone birthday. One of the first and surely the most innovative and pleasing will be Newcastle’s Theatre Royal run starting on the 11th of February until February [...]
Star Quality – Noel Coward
Originally published as a short story and then reworked into a play “Star Quality “was Noel Coward’s last play . Wickedly funny it tells the waspish inside story of the staging of a West End big star production from first shaky rehearsal to First Night. Thoughts and intentions as to how the show should be [...]
End Of The Rainbow – The Judy Garland Story
Pinstripe Productions present this moving production which runs from tonight (10th Oct) until Saturday 15th at Newcastle Theatre Royal.Set in 1968 a failing Judy Garland, strung out on drink and drugs was desperate for a comeback. After years of decline and setbacks she swept into London for a series of shows at the famous “Talk [...]
An Outstanding Checkmate
This musical comes with a brilliant pedigree with music by the ABBA boys and lyrics crafted by Sir Tim Rice. A triumph on Broadway and London’s West End you are guaranteed a great night of musical theatre with this clever take on the game of chess, political rivalry and two men battling for the love [...]
Pitmen Painters at Theatre Royal
North East Entertainment News… Following sell-out seasons at Live Theatre Newcastle and at the National Theatre, Lee Hall’s award-winning play The Pitmen Painters arrives at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle from 29 Sept – 3 Oct. Inspired by a book by William Feaver, the play brings to life the true and yet little-known story of The [...]
Get ready for a rhapsody in rock
The smash Queen and Ben Elton hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ is set to rock the North East with a three week run at the Sunderland Empire from 10 – 27 June 2009. Actor and musician Jonathan Wilkes and former Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy will star in the Queen and Ben Elton collaboration [...]