Second open dance audition

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 Hamelin alongside professional dancers on stage in front of a paying audience.

If you can tell your bugaloo from your krumping and are aged between 10-16 (but could get away with looking 8-12) why not try out? You don’t need to be an expert – Boy Blue can teach you everything you need to know. And there’s no need to prepare anything, just turn up!

To take part you will need to be available for rehearsal on the following dates this April:
Sat 4
Sun 5
Tue 14 (Easter Holidays)
Wed 15 (Easter Holidays)
Thur 16 (Easter Holidays)
Sat 25
Sun 26
Mon 27 (After school)

You will also need to be available for performances from Tuesday 28 April to and including Saturday 2nd May, including a dress rehearsal and a Saturday matinee. It is important that you are 100% committed to the rehearsal and performance schedule.

The Audition will take place at Northern Stage on Saturday 4 April from 9-11am. For more information, contact Jo Cundall by email; jcundall@northernstage.co.uk or by phone on 0191 242 7217.

Getting to northern stage has changed – remember to leave plenty of time to find a parking space!

First in 3 line-up: April 9th

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 they'd like to try out. Tickets are only £3.50 and you'll usually find most of the Northern Stage team there on the night, so it's an opportunity to chat to us as well.

There's more details on the First in Three page.

Dance audition for Pied Piper

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 Hamelin alongside professional dancers on stage in front of a paying audience.

If you can tell your bugaloo from your krumping and are aged between 10-16 (but could get away with looking 8-12) why not try out?

To take part you will need to be available for rehearsal on the following dates this April:
Sat 4
Sun 5
Tue 14 (Easter Holidays)
Wed 15 (Easter Holidays)
Thur 16 (Easter Holidays)
Sat 25
Sun 26
Mon 27 (After school)

You will also need to be available for performances from Tuesday 28 April to and including Saturday 2nd May, including a dress rehearsal and a Saturday matinee. It is important that you are 100% committed to the rehearsal and performance schedule.

The Audition will take place at Northern Stage on Saturday 28 March at 2 - 6pm. To attend you must register by contacting Jo Cundall by email; jcundall@northernstage.co.uk or by phone on 0191 242 7217.

Good Luck!

The Beautiful Journey

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
WILDWORKS 'THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY' NORTH EAST WORKSHOP
April 5th – 10th 2009

Something 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, featuring stunning visual imagery, water, film, food, fire, ice and music – where audiences will become part of a mass exodus and find themselves transported to a world of futures… the edge of tomorrow.

WILDWORKS believe that by working with local makers, performers and musicians is a vital part of the process of making their stunning landscape theatre.

Bill Mitchell, ex artistic director of Kneehigh Theatre, and his team of visionary theatre makers, invite you to join them.

During the workshop WILDWORKS will pass on our collective experience of making our particular style of outdoor work. This is a unique chance to get to know, each other and find out what's at the heart of our work.

The workshop will give time and space for individuals to explore their own creativity outside the usual boxes of performer, maker, musician etc. You will make installations, play with character, create sculpture, and invent sounds music and narrative in the landscape.

The workshop will take place from April 5th - 10th 2009 in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear.

This amazing opportunity is open to anyone over 18 years who would like to have a creative experience.

To be accepted for the workshop we also need to know about your availability during the preparation and performance of THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY North East (July 2009) - in case you are selected to join the team. Please note that you don't have to be available 24 hours a day during that period! - we can work with a certain amount of flexibility during rehearsals although places are more likely to go to those who can commit for the whole of rehearsal and performance.

If you are over 18 years are a performer or a maker, musician or none of those but would like to have an amazing creative experience then please apply by sending a application letter telling us about your skills, any previous experience and the reasons why you would like to take part, along with your age and contact details.

Email: info@wildworks.biz

Post:
WILDWORKS

reference N.E WORKSHOP

c/o The Works,
Crusader House, 

Newham Quay,

Truro, Cornwall

TR1 2DP

Application deadline Friday 20th March

The Beautiful Journey forms part of North East England’s world-class programme of festivals and events developed by culture10 and is funded by One North East, Northern Rock Foundation, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Arts Council England.

First in Three line-up announced for Fri 5 December

We're pleased to announce the following acts will be appearing at this year's final First in Three on Friday 5 December:

Steve Drayton
The Dorothy Key - Conformity
Jayne Ward Oliver - Stand

find out more

If you’d like to submit a proposal for the next First in Three on Thursday 12 February, please contact Kylie Lloyd at klloyd@northernstage.co.uk or on 0191 242 7213 before Monday 12 January.

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.

Take Part at Northern Stage

The participation team is proud to announce a wealth of activities taking place this Autumn.

There’s loads going on for young people this season, not least the launch of Northern Stage’s first ever Young Performance Group in September. If you’re aged between 13 – 16 and full of ideas and enthusiasm you should sign up now for the chance to take part in this 10 week project which will culminate in a performance on the magical set of our under sixes Christmas show, The Goblin Who Saved Christmas. We’ll be hosting a variety of performances and events throughout ‘Juice’, a celebration of work by young people for young people throughout October and November, and on the 1 November we welcome the return of our popular Family Day. Why not come along and make your very own gingerbread house that will be displayed in the theatre for all to see over the festive season?

For more chances to get involved with our two fabulous Christmas shows, Hansel & Gretel and The Goblin Who Saved Christmas head along to Seven Stories to meet the cast in an extra special story telling session and make Goblin decorations to adorn the Northern Stage Christmas tree (more info coming soon). Don’t forget you can purchase a limited edition A4 picturebook of The Goblin Who Saved Christmas when you book your tickets for the show online or at Box Office.

This autumn we have decided that it shouldn’t just be the performance group who get the chance to get involved with Northern Stage skills workshops so we are delighted to announce a new season of workshops open to everybody. They take place on a one off basis so you can just pick and choose which sessions you think you would enjoy. You don’t need any special knowledge or skills, just come along and have some fun and learn something new. The first session is with Monkfish productions on Wednesday 8 October and even better, it’s FREE with a ticket to the show!

Next month the participation team will be starting some behind the scenes work on the Looking For Bill project which will take place in and around Newcastle in October. Forming part of Northern Stage’s ongoing exploration of theatre taking place in unusual spaces and theatre spaces being used in unusual ways, Looking For Bill will culminate with some of Shakespeare’s most remarkable monologues being performed in places you would least expect them...keep your eyes peeled on the Metro!

For more information on any of these projects see the participation section of the website.

Hopefully see you soon! Sophie.