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Coming to Northern Stage in June is the Mega Blok Paintings exhibition from James Johnson-Perkins, as part of the Waygood Art Boutique @ Northern Stage. Mega bloks are large building blocks which come in a range of beautiful primary plastic colours. These Mega Blok paintings draw heavily on the modernist precedents and principles of Structuralism and Minimalism, sharing links in style to the

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Tamasha's exciting and exotic retelling of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights comes to Northern Stage this week.Given a vibrant new life in this production from the creators of the groundbreaking East is East, the scorched desert of Rajasthan becomes the setting for this musical adaptation of the classic novel. Inspired by Indian cinema, experience a sandstorm of romance, melodrama and playback

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Launched at Northern Stage in May with an after-hours showing as part of The Late Shows, The Half, the exhibition of over 100 black and white photos by Simon Annand, gives an usually unseen view of many of the most celebrated actors in theatre, including Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Martin Sheen, Jim Broadbent and many more.On loan from London's Victoria and Albert museum until June 30, Annand's

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Northern Stage is redeveloping its website. We are looking for submissions of interest from web developers and e-commerce experts who want to help us reach many of our ambitious goals online.If you are interested in seeing the tender document and tendering for the redevelopment, please email Casey Spence on cspence@northernstage.co.uk. Submission details for the tender are included in the

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To celebrate Tamasha's dazzling production of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights coming to Northern Stage, we have joined forces with McKenna’s restaurant to create an exotic Bollywood inspired menu.When you buy your ticket for the show, why not book and enjoy a taste of India with a pre-show meal of two courses for just £10 per person? Choose from either a starter and main or main and dessert.

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Dance alongside some of the best street and hip-hop dancers in the world in Boy Blue's professional production at Northern Stage starring Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy.Pied Piper, dubbed a hip-hop dance revolution fuses hip-hop and break dance to tell the famous story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Now, there is an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for successful auditionees to play the children of

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A Pre-show discussionThu 2 April 6pmProfessor Jan Clarke, Head of French at Durham University, in conversation with Erica WhymanDid you know Racine wrote Andromaque for his lover, acress Mlle Du Parc, and was later suspected to have poisoned her?Why did Racine abandon the stage at the height of his fame?These are just some of the questions that will be posed in this fascinating pre-show

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Our wonderful participation team are proud to announce the line-up for April's First in Three, featuring contributions from Louise Dearden, Twisted Folks, Awkward City, Rob Walton, Zoe Lambert and The Ramshackle Ensemble.If you've not made it to one of these nights before, they're a great chance to see snatches of new work by up-and-coming local theatre makers - anyone can put forward an idea

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Dance alongside some of the best street and hip-hop dancers in the world in Boy Blue's professional production at Northern Stage starring Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy. Pied Piper, dubbed a hip-hop dance revolution fuses hip-hop and break dance to tell the famous story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Now, there is an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for successful auditionees to play the children of

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A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITYWILDWORKS 'THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY' NORTH EAST WORKSHOP April 5th – 10th 2009Something extraordinary has happened…WILDWORKS is an acclaimed international company of artists, musicians and theatre makers who create large-scale theatre events in unusual sites working with the communities who live there.‘THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY' a promenade performance sited in a working dockyards,

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"Whyman's production is distinguished by the all-round excellence of the performances." The Guardian"Despite this play being about an angry young man, it really does show a wonderfully complex female friendship between Alison and Helena. It’s a great story of struggle and redemption." Evening ChronicleLook Back in Anger is on at Northern Stage until Sat 20 March, before heading out on a national

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Oliver Baird, the assistant director on Look Back in Anger has been keeping a diary during rehearsals for the show. This is the final part of three. Look Back in Anger opens on Fri 6 March.From LBIA RehearsalsIn the second week, the fight director Paul Benzing comes in to plan the various pushes, slaps, and wrestlings that punctuate the play, so the actors can safely build them into the ongoing

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Do you love theatre?Do you find it frustrating?Do you wish it were different?Do you feel like an outsider in your own profession?Have you just started out and need support?Are you looking for a theatrical community outside London?Is your sector always left out of the discussions?Have you been in the profession for years and feel jaded?Are you looking to change things?DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED NORTH

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Oliver Baird, the assistant director on Look Back in Anger has been keeping a diary during rehearsals for the show. This is the second part of three. Look Back in Anger opens on Fri 6 March.From LBIA RehearsalsThe rest of the first week consists of reading a section of the play and pulling it apart, piece by piece. As assistant director I have to look up references and quotations in the text that

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Half Moon Young People's Theatre have sent us a few photos of their under-sixes show, Baa Moo Yellow Dog, which is in Stage 2 next week (3-5 March). Tuesday and Thursday are sold out, but there's still a few tickets left for both Wednesday performances.

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Oliver Baird, the assistant director on Look Back in Anger has been keeping a diary during rehearsals for the show. Here he shares the first part of his thoughts on the process - parts two & three will follow over the next week. Look Back in Anger opens on Fri 6 March.From LBIA RehearsalsLook Back in Anger is a play of contradictions. It is the play that turned British theatre on its head, yet

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At the moment we're writing up the first part of the rehearsal diary for Look Back in Anger, but to keep you occupied in the meantime here's a slideshow taken straight from the rehearsal rooms in Byker. You can go to the main gallery to see them all at a higher resolution.

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To celebrate our production of John Osborne’s 1956 play Look Back in Anger, Northern Stage and McKenna’s restaurant have joined forces to create a menu true to the period.When you buy your ticket for the show, why not book and enjoy a 1950s inspired pre-show meal of two courses for just £10 per person? Choose from either a starter and main or main and desert. Your table will be reserved and

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Speak Of Me As I AmPre-show talkStage 3, 5.30-6.30pm (Othello begins at 7.30pm)FREEPaul Robeson was the first black actor of the 20th Century to play Shakespeare's Othello. He used the show to combat racism but when on tour he was under constant surveillance as authorities tried relentlessly to silence him.On Friday 20th February Tony Howard, specialist lecturer in Shakespeare and Performance,

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As a student ambassador for Northern Stage I am working closely with the marketing team for the up and coming production for Look back in Anger and I sat in on the marketing meeting on the 28th January. I went into the meeting not knowing much about the play or how meetings like this work.In the meeting we were asked: How do we market this play to people know it and also to people like me that

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The RSC's Autumn Season goes on sale at midnight tonight:Days of Significance21 - 24 OctoberA Tender Thing29 October - 7 November

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Dance Touring Partnership have sent us a couple of videos promoting Tanja Liedtke's Twelfth Floor, which is in Stage 1 tomorrow evening.Twelfth FloorSat 14 February, 7.30pmfind out more / book now

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New Writing North has got together with Northern Stage to invite people to submit stories inspired by plays in Northern Stage’s new season for a programme of lunchtime readings. The first of these will be Northern Stage’s production of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger. Look Back in Anger was a sensation when it originally appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. Jimmy Porter is the

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20th to 25th July 2009 £12011 – 20 year oldsFor this one week only, the entire theatre is opened up to young people, giving them the chance to make their own show and perform it on our main stage. Alongside sessions on acting and devising theatre, there are lots of opportunities to get involved with the technical, costume, and marketing sides of making theatre. For any young people who want to

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