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Horrible Science hits Darlington

KAREN MCLAUCHLAN has the details of the top shows around Teesside in the coming week

Stavros Flatley date change

TV sensations STAVROS FLATLEY have been snapped up for a once-in-a-lifetime Chinese tour...

Musical treats at Tees Valley theatres

TEES Valley theatres have some great musical treats lined up in the weeks ahead.

Chess to be re-staged at Theatre Royal

GEORDIE theatre producer Michael Harrison is to take on a mammoth task, re-staging the smash hit musical Chess, to premiere in Toon. He tells Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR about it.

Take That musical in swift return to Newcastle

PHILIP Olivier reprises his role in the hit Take That musical Never Forget. GORDON BARR has the details.

Theatre Reviews & Previews

Review: Sunday for Sammy, Newcastle City Hall

A BURST of Local Heroism brought the house down at Newcastle City Hall last night as the Sunday For Sammy concerts thrilled a pair of sell out crowds.

Review: The Machine Gunners, Customs House, South Shields

TYNESIDE-born author Robert Westall wrote The Machine Gunners in the 1970s and it has since become a set book in schools.

Review: The Nutcracker, Newcastle Theatre Royal

WATCHING The Nutcracker is like revisiting an old friend and reliving some memories.

Review: Never Forget, Journal Tyne Theatre

COULD it be magic? Quite possibly.

Review: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Northern Stage

The latest highly engaging piece from balletLORENT expresses the joys and stresses of the first-time parent.

Also in Theatre...

Take That musical in swift return to Newcastle

Take That musical in swift return to Newcastle

PHILIP Olivier reprises his role in the hit Take That musical Never Forget. GORDON BARR has the details.

North East stars turning out for Sammy Johnson

North East stars turning out for Sammy Johnson

SOME of the region’s brightest stars are returning home for this year’s Sunday For Sammy in a sell-out entertainment extravaganza at Newcastle City Hall.

Horrible Science hits Darlington

Horrible Science hits Darlington

KAREN MCLAUCHLAN has the details of the top shows around Teesside in the coming week