There's a vigour about Northern Stage which suggests a theatre company seriously getting into its stride” CULTURE magazine

Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre company in the North East of England, and we are very pleased that we are regarded as one of the top-eleven producing theatres in the UK. As well as our work in Newcastle, you might see us out on tour around the country with some of our biggest work.

We have built a reputation for fresh and relevant productions of modern classics that attract audiences of all ages, including Edward Albee's razor-sharp Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the Geordie epic Our Friends in the North, a 1950s version of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, John Osborne’s seminal Look Back in Anger, Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and the landmark satirical musical Oh What A Lovely War.  We’re also committed to families in the north-east and every year produce two new Christmas shows; past productions include A Christmas Carol, Tattercoats, Thumbelina, Peter Pan and The Prince and the Penguin.

Besides producing our own work, we are dedicated to presenting the best in local, national and international theatre. Since reopening in 2006 we have hosted the likes of Forced Entertainment, Kneehigh Theatre, Hoipolloi, Theatre Sans Frontieres, Headlong Theatre, DV8 Physical Theatre, The Opera Group, the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Our Creative Residencies programme gives resources to local theatre-makers to develop and present their work in our theatre.

We continue to build partnerships internationally.  In 2007 we collaborated with legendary theatre director Robert Lepage on his new play Lipsynch which subsequently toured internationally.  In the same year we hosted renowned South African writer, actor and director John Kani, with his award winning play Nothing But The Truth and we’ve since had visits from many others including internationally-renowned photographer Wang Qingsong’s first commission in the UK.