First Time at Northern Stage
Can you remember your first time? Nathaniel can’t seem to forget his.
To be fair, he has had it playing on repeat for the last 15 years.
Now the party is over, the balloons have all burst and he’s left living his best queer life: brunching on pills and Googling kangaroo vaginas, ancient condoms and human cesspits on a weekday morning... or is he?
Fresh from his critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe debut, award-winning HIV+ theatre-maker Nathaniel Hall, Dibby Theatre and Waterside Arts present this ‘hilarious’ and ‘heart breaking’ autobiographical solo show about growing up positive in a negative world.
Join him as he blows the lid on the secret he’s been keeping all these years.
In 2020, First Time writer and star Nathaniel Hall will also appear in Russell T Davies’ brand new Channel 4 drama Boys about AIDS in 1980s Britain. Look out for Donald Bassett in episode three!
Northern Stage: UK Theatre Awards Acceptance Speech
We had a brilliant day at the UK Theatre Awards on Sunday 9 October. We are now the very happy owners of the Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre, and the recipients of £150k of funding from the Clothworkers Foundation for our work with disadvantaged young people.
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The Last Temptation Of Boris Johnson - Northern Stage Season Launch
Boris sent us a recorded message to help us launch our Spring 2020 season.
*All opinions are his own.
RSC Dream 16 Intro at Northern Stage
Meet the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' as they rehearse at Northern Stage, Newcastle. Performs at Northern Stage Wed 16 - Sat 26 March 2016.
Jessica Johnson - Council Estate Slag @ North East Rising, Northern Stage 21.10.14
Jessica Johnson performing as part of North East Rising, a show produced by Rowan McCabe and Arts Centre Washington. Filmed by Opie Productions and Spurious Nonsense Art Photography.
Northern Stage at St Stephens PART 2
In 2012 Northern Stage went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In a converted beautiful old church, St Stephen's, in the north of the city we curated a programme of work that is 'Made in the North of England'. Here's the first part of that adventure as the Northern Stage team transform the church into a theatre.
Jessica Johnson - Cougar @ North East Rising, Northern Stage 21.10.14
Jessica Johnson performing as part of North East Rising, a show produced by Rowan McCabe and Arts Centre Washington. Filmed by Opie Productions and Spurious Nonsense Art Photography.
Northern Stage at St Stephen's - an Introduction
Northern Stage's Chief Executive Erica Whyman welcomes you to Northern Stage at St Stephen's - our festival of work made in the North of England at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012.
Northern Stage at St Stephen's PART1.mp4
In 2012 Northern Stage went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In a converted beautiful old church, St Stephen's, in the north of the city we curated a programme of work that is 'Made in the North of England'. Here's the first part of that adventure as the Northern Stage team transform the church into a theatre.
Our Food - Live Theatre, Newcastle on Tyne, 2013
Further details at ourfood.org.uk
I Have Met the Enemy Short Trailer
For long trailer, see here:
I Have Met the Enemy (and the enemy is us) is a political techno theatre show that asks us to take a close look at the UK arms trade and its consequences around the world.
Coming to TFD Sports Centre in Holmewood from 27th Sept - 5th Oct and to Byker Community Centre from 16th-26th October
Acclaimed site-specific theatre company Common Wealth will transform spaces at the heart of communities into worlds for the audience to explore, charged with lasers, techno and robotic sculpture.
Palestinian actor Mo’min Swaitat who grew up under military occupation and former soldier Alex Eley who served two tours in Afghanistan, both techno dj’s, will take us on a searching & at times absurd journey into one of the darkest parts of what makes Britain tick.
I Have Met the Enemy is part techno party, part investigation and above all else a call to action.
A co-production with Northern Stage, in association with Chapter Arts and Southbank Centre. Funded by Arts Council England, Bradford Council and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Northern Stage: H.G. Wells' The War of The Worlds (Trailer)
Northern Stage's vivid and dynamic production relocates H.G. Wells' iconic novel to the North East of England, in an inventive re-telling of a sci-fi classic.
UNFOLDING THEATRE
Unfolding Theatre's 'Best in the World' played at Northern Stage at St Stephen's in 2012.
Northern Stage's New Home Animated Tour
A narrated, animated tour of Northern Stage's new home in White River Junction, VT, USA.
Curtains - Tyne Theatre Documentary 1987 - TyneTees - Part 3
Another documentary about this remarkable building.
This one was produced by the good folk of City Road in 1987 and documents the painstaking rebuild and restoration of the theatre following its destruction by fire on Christmas Day 1985.
Excellent footage of Westgate Road/Thornton/Waterloo Street from the time presented by Roy Hudd.
Good Tyne Tees endcap too...
Alix Alixandra - Modern Man @ North East Rising, Northern Stage 21.10.14
Alix Alixandra performing as part of North East Rising, a show by Rowan McCabe. Filmed and produced by Opie Productions and Spurious Nonsense Art Photography.
Alix Alixandra - Sing @ North East Rising, Northern Stage 21.10.14
Alix Alixandra performing as part of North East Rising, a show by Rowan McCabe. Filmed and produced by Opie Productions and Spurious Nonsense Art Photography.
Steptoe & Son Audience Responses
Audience responses from the opening night of Kneehigh's Steptoe & Son at Northern Stage, Newcastle
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The Wedding | Northern Stage | Gecko
THE WEDDING
Teaser trailer for the world premiere of The Wedding at Northern Stage in March 2017
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We are all married, bound by a contract.
But what are the terms of this relationship? And can we consider a divorce?
Led by Amit Lahav, Gecko’s latest creation is inspired by the complexities of human nature: the struggle between love and anger, creation and destruction, community and isolation. In a blur of wedding dresses and contractual obligations, our extraordinary ensemble of international performers guide audiences through a dystopian world in which we are all brides, wedded to society.
Combining movement, imagery and provocative narratives into Gecko’s trademark style, our seventh touring production brings these contracts into question with an emotionally charged and spectacular performance.
We all want to believe in our journey, but where are we heading? Is it too late to stop, to go back, to fall in love, to start again?
We performed our first work in progress sharing of The Wedding in June 2016 at Pulse Festival in Ipswich. Further development has then continued throughout Autumn 2016. Join us on the next stage of the show’s journey as we embark upon its Creation Tour in Spring 2017.
Supported by Arts Council England and Ipswich Borough Council. The Wedding is a Gecko production. Co-commissioned by DanceEast and New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, Northern Stage, HOME Manchester and Beijing 707 N-Theatre Co. Ltd (Edinburgh Fringe Showcase in China), in association with Lighthouse, Poole and Warwick Arts Centre, supported by The Point, Eastleigh. With thanks to Lattice Lodge Accommodation in Ipswich.
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THE VICTORIAN IN THE WALL: A work-shy writer discovers a Victorian man living in the wall of his flat. Everyone's pretty surprised. Adjustments need to be made. A new play from Perrier Award winner Will Adamsdale, producers Fuel and the Royal Court in London.
9 - 10 April 2013
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