Christmas 2008 audience feedback

Continuing on from our roundup of customer survey feedback from Autumn 2007, Spring 2008 and Autumn 2008 we are happy to present the last of the comments from our email customer surveys. This time it's the turn of our two Christmas shows, The Goblin WHo Saved Christmas and Hansel & Gretel.

Northern Stage: The Goblin Who Saved Christmas
Northern Stage: Hansel & Gretel

With Kneehigh Theatre's Don John opening our Spring programme in Stage 1 this week, we're preparing for another season of shows and another season asking for your feedback. If you do receive one of our surveys, please take the time to complete it - we hope these posts have shown that what you say really matters to us, and that we're not afraid of criticism.

As ever, feel free to leave any additional comments you have by clicking on the link below.

Waygood Art Boutique @ Northern Stage

A series of exhibitions featuring art from Waygood Art Boutique can be seen in the Dickinson Dees Room at Northern Stage from September 2008 to January 2009. Open during Northern Stage opening hours (except during private events).



Paintings by Iain Clark
Friday 28 November – Saturday 10 January 2009

Paintings of magical forests to co-incide with Northern Stage’s Christmas Show, Hansel & Gretel.

“My current practice is an exploration of my desire to create expressive images and an encounter with the white walls of an empty studio. Emptiness is replaced with an imagined nature and an unending path. The wood motif is used to explore the experience of artistic practice and the path is the direction with in it.” – Iain Clark

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Waygood is an artist-led gallery and studios undergoing a major £7.8million redevelopment to create a new cultural venue on High Bridge in the centre of Newcastle. Whilst the redevelopment continues on the warehouses behind, Waygood Art Boutique, a small selling gallery offering contemporary art by artists associated with Waygood, is open at 31 High Bridge, Newcastle between 12noon and 5pm Wednesdays - Saturdays.

Please ring Waygood on 0191 265 6857 or email boutique@waygood.org for more information or to discuss buying any of the art on display.

www.waygood.org

Vote for Northern Stage

The Journal Culture Awards 2008 with Arts Council England, North East have launched.

Any event, exhibition, performance or activity taking place between December 1st 2007 and December 31st 2008 is eligible for nomination in the 2008 Culture Awards.

If you've enjoyed any of the shows we've brought to the stage over the last year, then please take a moment to nominate us. You might suggest one of our shows for Best Performance, or one of the cast for Best Performing Artist. Is Stephen Sharkey (A Christmas Carol and Hansel & Gretel) your Writer of the Year? Do you think Susan Mulholland (Tattercoats and The Goblin Who Saved Christmas) is the Newcomer of the Year? What about the Wang Qingsong residency for Best Event or the Arts Council Award?

You can find out more here

Our eligible shows: (you can click each one to remind yourself all about it, as well as see the production galleries)

A Christmas Carol
Our Friends in the North (at Durham Gala)
A Doll's House
The Bloody Chamber
The Goblin Who Saved Christmas

VAT and Northern Stage

In light of yesterday's reduction in VAT and the current financial climate, rather than take a few pence off each ticket we want to use the opportunity to provide more tickets at our lowest price and make it easier for anyone to see a show.

Therefore, we've added an additional eighteen £5.50 tickets at the front in Stage 1, and all 16 back row tickets in Stage 2 are also now £5.50.

The price of merchandise and ice creams will be reduced in accordance with the VAT reduction.

Christmas show picture galleries

We've got galleries up online for both of this years fabulous family shows. Click through to either show page to take a look.

Hansel & Gretel

The Goblin Who Saved Christmas

Neil Murray wins Evening Standard Best Design award

Northern Stage's Neil Murray, who has just finished designing our Christmas family show Hansel & Gretel, has today been announced as winner of the Best Design award at the Evening Standard's Theatre Awards. This was for his work on Kneehigh's (who are bringing Don John to us in January) Brief Encounter.

Click here for more information

Family Day: Sat 1 November

We're running our successful Family Open Day again this year. There will be something for everyone - activities for under sixes and their families, as well as drama workshops and behind the scenes introductions to the theatre.

Find out more, or just come along on the day.