An actor who has starred in hit dramas Vera and Line of Duty is leading the cast of a brand new musical premiering in ...

Sunderland City Council has backed plans to revamp two city centre multi-storey car parks. A programme of essential maintenance and improvement works will be completed at the St Mary's and Sunniside ...

Plans to build more than 250 homes on a former BAE Systems site in Gateshead look set to be signed off at a meeting next week. Gleeson Regeneration wants to build 276 properties, which would be a mix ...

Joe McElderry is the sixth X Factor winner. He was born in 1991 in South Shields and studied performing arts at Newcastle College. After being mentored by Cheryl Cole during the X Factor ...

She will be in Flibbertigibbet Theatre’s ‘The Farmer and The Clown’ at The Drum, Theatre Royal Wednesday, May 28–Saturday, May 31. The work was created by Artistic Director, Stevie Thompson, who was ...

Writing books and writing stage plays are two quite different disciplines, of course, quite apart from the fact it would be torture, says Peter, slimming down 120,000 words or so on paper into a ...

A TOP comedian has rescheduled a St Helens gig just weeks before it was due to take place. Jason Manford was due to play the St Helens Theatre Royal on Wednesday, May 21 as part of his A Manford All ...

A VARIETY of artwork can be seen at a Dorset theatre as part of the county's Open for Art events. The exhibition at the Royal Manor Theatre on Portland runs from May 17 to June 1. There will be ...

London Classic Theatre, which celebrated its 32nd birthday in 2025 and 25th as a touring company, has a mission to bring classic and modern texts to life—and to make its productions “accessible to as ...

The show features many classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, and There’s One More Angel in Heaven - and the costumes, set, and that dreamcoat all add up to a great night at the ...

The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse, directed by Tom Morris with revival director Katy Henry, opened in Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall this week, bringing to life the classic ...