A Beauty Of A Show
November 14, 2007
The Newcastle Pantomime Company return to The Journal Tyne Theatre this Christmas with probably the most popular fairy tale ever written - Sleeping Beauty.
The comical crew are back with a vengeance! Brendan Healy (Jester Mo), Maxie and Mitch (Princesses bodyguards) promise a traditional fun-packed panto suitable for all the family. This top trio have worked their magic at the Tyne Theatre for over 10 years, bringing audiences a fabulous collection of ugly sisters, barmy barons, wacky wizards, stupid sidekicks and, of course, hissable villains and glamorous princesses.
Dickens Of A Time This Christmas
November 14, 2007
This Christmas, Northern Stage brings the most famous ghost story ever told to Stage 1. In a brand new adaptation for children over seven and their families, all the Christmas cheer and spooky goings-on of one of Dickens’ best loved tales gets a colourful lease of life with a classic Northern Stage twist.
A Christmas Carol is the timeless tale of a lesson in the art of charity taught to the original humbug. Ebenezer Scrooge is the meanest man in England. Nothing is closer to his heart than money. On Christmas Eve everyone is full of Christmas cheer – except Scrooge. When he dismisses their festivities and asks his long-suffering clerk, Bob Cratchit, to work on Christmas day, little does he know he is about to learn the true spirit of Christmas from some very unexpected visitors…
The History Boys
November 14, 2007
The History Boys , Theatre Royal Newcastle and tour
The History Boys, has been a sell out success for the National Theatre , toured successfully, appeared in the West End, been made in to a film and is now touring again and judging by last nights audience it is still playing to full houses. Written by Alan Bennet (Talking Heads, Madness of King George III, The Old Country) the play is funny, tragic and thought provoking and must be seen as one of Bennets’ best works. But this is not only due to the superb writing alone. It is because The History Boys appeals to a wide audience from students to teachers and general public alike, as everyone has been touched by the education system, everyone can connect with aspects of this play.
Set in a northern school, the story revolves around an unruly class of sixth form boys, played by excellent young actors each easily fitting into their characters, who are wrestling with some aspect of their life. Desmond Barrit, played the same role in the previous tour and has grown in to the part of English teacher Hector, who has unconventional teaching methods. These include, teaching the boys Gracie Fields and George Formby songs and becoming over familiar with the pupils, which proves to be his downfall.
Horrible Histories (tour)
November 14, 2007
Horrible Histories on tour (reviewed at the Sunderland Empire)
Horrible Histories, presented by Birmingham Stage Company are currently touring two productions, The Awful Egyptians and The Ruthless Romans. These are fun educational shows that teach children about histories without them realising they are being taught. I only wish they had been around when I was at school.
The Awful Egyptians starts at a museum and then goes though a journey of ancient Egyptian history from the pyramids, showing their secrets and spells as well as how and where to build one, to how to make a mummy.
A Cold Coming (tour)
November 9, 2007
A Cold Coming : Customs House South Shields and tour
Following a try out at the Library Theatre in South Shields, A Cold Coming, which is the first play by author Chaz Brenchley (winner of the British Fantasy Award and Northern Writer of the Year 2000) has commenced a much deserved tour.
Telling the story of Quinn (played by Brenchley himself) who lies close to death, the play introduces a network the friends who have produced a rota to stay with him 24 hours a day, thereby allowing him to remain in his own bed and die at home.
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