The VAULT Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary early next year with a programme of over 600 shows. Featuring a mix of new theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performances and late-night event, the festival will run from 25 January until 20 March 2022. Postponed from 2021 due to the pandemic, the popular live event […]
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Frozen Light to premiere first digital production
Specialist theatre company Frozen Light will premiere its first digital production 2065: The Multi-Sensory Movie later this month. Co-commissioned by Northern Stage and Attenborough Arts Centre with support by Arts Council England, the innovative production has been designed to bring theatre into the homes of those with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). The digital […]
Graeae launches Beyond scheme to give a voice to disabled artists after Covid
Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company, has launched a major new initiative aiming to shape the role that disabled artists will play as UK theatre tries to rebuild following the Covid-crisis. Championed by Graeae patrons Harriet Walter and Mat Fraser, BEYOND aims to integrate disabled artists into the creative structures of theatres and to create […]
Open letter to theatre and performance makers
Just hours before the first meeting of the Government’s new recreation and leisure taskforce, a wide-range of companies and venues signed an open letter to theatre and performance makers urging them to become part of a new industry-led freelancers’ task force. Amid warnings that over 1,000 theatres across the country will be closed permanently by […]
The Last Ship – Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne and Touring
The Last Ship continues at Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne until 7 April 2018, then tours until 7 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Before The Last Ship starts the cast inhabits the stage, greeting the audience as old friends, the band playing and some members of the ensemble add to the party atmosphere […]
UK launch of The Last Ship – full cast and creative line-up revealed
Details have been revealed of the full cast and creative team behind the UK premiere of Sting’s highly personal debut musical The Last Ship when it heads home to Newcastle next month. Rehearsals have begun for the four-week launch season at Northern Stage in Newcastle which begins on 12 March 2018 and will be followed […]
Casting for Sting musical The Last Ship – Joe McGann replaces Jimmy Nail
Principal casting has been announced for the UK premiere of The Last Ship – the acclaimed musical by renowned musician Sting – which is to premiere in the UK when it opens at Northern Stage in Newcastle on 12 March 2018, before embarking on a major UK and Ireland tour. Joe McGann will now take […]
Homecoming for Sting’s The Last Ship musical
Sting’s highly personal debut musical The Last Ship will head home to Newcastle with screen star Jimmy Nail at the helm in 2018. Produced by Northern Stage in association with Karl Sydow and Kathryn Schenker, the production will be directed by Northern Stage’s artistic director Lorne Campbell. Commenting on the production, Campbell said: “It is […]
