We appear on @affinityradione.bsky.social on Sunday from 1pm as the @jowheretogo.bsky.social Radio Show Follow the link to see what we plan to play and talk about: jowheretogo.co.uk/f/jowheretog...

🏆 BIG NEWS for the North East! Affinity Radio has been named Radio Station of the Year 2025/26 A huge win for local broadcasting, community storytelling, and the volunteers powering the station 🙌 Full story 👇 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/news... #NorthEast #DAB #CommunityBroadcasting

🚨 Big news from the North East! The Geordie-powered play “Gerry & Sewell” — from a tiny Whitley Bay attic to the West End’s Aldwych Theatre — hits London 13-24 Jan 2026. A tale of dreaming, football and loyalty. Get your tickets today! 🎭⚽️ www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/news...

🍫✨ New review! “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre is a delightful, family-friendly treat filled with imagination, strong performances & plenty of charm. Read Stephen Oliver’s full review 👇 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/revi... #Newcastle #Theatre #Musicals

Our review of Big Ange at Newcastle Live Theatre until Saturday 22 November 2025 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/revi...

All Day and All of the Night… and all the hits 🎶 Sunny Afternoon brings The Kinks’ story roaring to life at @SunderlandEmpire — and it rocks. Full review 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/revi... #SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks #Sunderland #TheatreReview

🎸 Sunny Afternoon at Sunderland Empire hits all the right notes! A thrilling, heartfelt tribute to The Kinks with iconic songs, standout performances & an authentic story of fame, music & brotherhood. Full review 👇 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/revi...

✨ New Theatre Preview! ✨ Get ready for Mr Blackpool coming to Newcastle Northern Stage in 2025! 🎭🌟 Dive into the show, cast, and what makes this production unmissable 👇 🔗 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/08/prev... #Theatre #Newcastle #MrBlackpool #NorthEastArts #UKTheatre

Here are the details of the shows that we will be covering during the @jowheretogo.bsky.social Radio Show on @affinityradione.bsky.social on Sunday 2 November 1-3pm. jowheretogo.co.uk/f/jowheretog...

Last time to catch Grimm at Alphabetti is tonight... Don't forget the show starts at 7pm tonight, meet you at the bar?

GRIMM at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social — a heartfelt dive into Grimsby’s fishing days during the Cod Wars. Real lives, real losses, and unforgettable performances. Limited run ends on Thursday. ⚓️ Read our review: 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #Newcastle #Theatre

🎄🐦 Ever wondered where all the kittiwakes go at Christmas? Find out in @livetheatre.bsky.social’s imaginative new festive show — a funny, heartfelt adventure from Newcastle to the world 🌍 📅 9–21 Dec 2025 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #NewcastleTheatre #FamilyTheatre

✨ Vintage glamour is heading to Sunderland! ✨ Irving Berlin’s Top Hat tap dances into @SundEmpire 18–22 Nov 2025 💃🕺 Broadway’s Phillip Attmore & Amara Okereke lead this dazzling Chichester Festival Theatre production 🎭 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #IrvingBerlin #MusicalTheatre

🩷🎭 “A vibrant celebration of Steps… pure heartbeat-racing entertainment!” Read our review of Here & Now – The Steps Musical at Newcastle Theatre Royal 🎶✨ On until 2 Nov 2025! 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #stepsmusical #TheatreReview @officialsteps.bsky.social

The @jowheretogo.bsky.social Jowheretogo Radio Show will be on @affinityradione.bsky.social this Sunday from 1-3 pm - on DAB+ & the internet. Details: www.affinityradio.uk/show/jowhere...

👻 What haunts the house after dark? Award-winning company @thickskintheatre.bsky.social brings Tim Foley’s chilling ghost story It Walks Around the House at Night to @arcstockton.bsky.social in Stockton (18–19 Feb 2026 🔗 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...

🚢 Step aboard the Ship Disco! The acclaimed gig-theatre show GRIMM docks at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social, Newcastle on Oct 29–30 🎭 Raw, raucous & rooted in Grimsby’s fishing past — don’t miss it! 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #GRIMM #NewcastleTheatre #GigTheatre

Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children at @livetheatre.bsky.social is “entertaining and inspiringly provocative.” Stephen Oliver’s review praises Paulina Malefane’s standout performance & the show’s powerful energy. 🎟 Read more: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #Theatre #Newcastle

👑 A Glass Slipper Fit for Royalty! #Cinderella comes to Seaton Delaval Arts Centre this Nov & Dec 🎭 Discover the sparkle behind the 53rd annual panto from Seaton Delaval Pantomime Society ✨ 🎟️ Read the full preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...

🎭 Miss Saigon lands in Newcastle — and it’s spectacular. Powerful performances, breathtaking design, and raw emotion. Read Stephen Oliver’s review ➡️ 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #MissSaigon #NewcastleTheatreRoyal #TheatreReview

🎸 “We all need it in our lives.” Writer Joe Penhall talks Sunny Afternoon, The Kinks & bringing their timeless sound back to the stage. Catch it at Sunderland Empire, 4–8 Nov 2025. Read more 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks #SunderlandEmpire #UKTheatre

Glorious! brings the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins to Darlington Hippodrome Known as 'the worst singer in the world,' the American socialite's flamboyant performances and off-key voice made her a celebrated figure. 12-16 May 2026 Our preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...

'The worst singer in the world' takes the stage at Darlington Hippodrome this May Glorious! tells the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the American socialite whose off-key performances became the stuff of legend 12-16 May 2026 Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #NETheatre

Don't mention the war! John Cleese's Fawlty Towers – The Play is heading to the North East as the beloved sitcom turns 50. Sunderland Empire: 3-7 Feb 2026 Newcastle Theatre Royal: 30 Jun-4 Jul 2026 Our full preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/news... #FawltyTowers #Theatre #NorthEast

John Cleese's Fawlty Towers – The Play heads to the North East next year as the iconic sitcom celebrates 50 years since its first broadcast. Coming to Sunderland Empire (3-7 Feb) & Newcastle Theatre Royal (30 Jun-4 Jul 2026) Read our preview 👇 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/news...

🩰@operanorth.co.uk & @phoenixleeds.bsky.social bring Handel's Susanna to Newcastle Theatre Royal on 7 Nov–a timely exploration of power, truth & testimony through opera & dance Director Olivia Fuchs & choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis tell us more🎭 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...

🎭 Big Ange brings Geordie glamour, grit & laughs to Live Theatre this autumn! Read our preview of the bold new comedy-drama hitting Newcastle’s stage 👇 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #BigAnge #Newcastle @livetheatre.bsky.social #NorthEastTheatreGuide #Theatre

Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird heads to Newcastle Theatre Royal in April 2026 🎭 Read our preview of the acclaimed stage adaptation here ⬇️ 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev... #Theatre #Newcastle #ToKillAMockingbird #AaronSorkin #StageTour

Right - I'd better start writing a new radio show. We are back on air on the 2nd November. Woop! The @jowheretogo.bsky.social Show is back - looking at music, comedy, theatre, film in the week ahead.

🚽 “Urinetown” at Newcastle’s Jubilee Theatre is a sharp, funny & energetic take on the cult musical — with standout vocals, bold direction & a live band that brings it to life! 🎭 On until Sat 11 Oct – full review 👇 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #MusicalTheatre #TheatreReview

🎭 Bad Lads at @livetheatre.bsky.social is “a passionate play… a fine example of advocacy storytelling.” A gripping, harrowing look at youth detention in 1980s Britain. On until Sat Oct 11 Review 👇http://www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/review-bad-lads-at-newcastle-live.html

🌹✨ Northern Stage has revealed its North East-led cast for this year’s magical Beauty and the Beast! 🎭 Running 4 Dec – 3 Jan in Newcastle — a fresh, funny & heartwarming take on a classic. Read more 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/cast...

✨ Ash land at Newcastle’s Boiler Shop @boilershop.bsky.social on 18 Nov with new album Ad Astra + classics from across their 30-year career. Full preview 👉 jowheretogo.co.uk/f/ash-bring-... #Ash #AdAstra #NewcastleGigs

#ad 🌂✨ “Practically perfect in every way!” Jonathan Cash reviews Mary Poppins at Sunderland Empire — a dazzling, heartwarming triumph full of magic, music & chimney sweeps! 🎶 Read more 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/revi... #MaryPoppins #TheatreReview #SunderlandEmpire

Come From Away is coming to Darlington Hippodrome thanks to Darlington OS. Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/10/prev...

Local actor Ben Fenwick joins the cast of MISS SAIGON at Newcastle Theatre Royal 🎭 We spoke to him ahead of the show’s UK tour launch. Full interview 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/inte... #MissSaigon #NewcastleTheatreRoyal #NorthEastTheatre

This October, Newcastle Boiler Shop @boilershop.bsky.social will welcome one of the UK’s most electrifying rising stars, Lola Young @lolayoung.music-social.com , for a special one-off show in support of her highly anticipated new album Preview: jowheretogo.co.uk/f/lola-young...

💃 Who’s ready to dance, jive & have the time of their life? 🕺 MAMMA MIA! returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal Feb 2026 🎭 Full preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...

🎶 Here we go again! MAMMA MIA! heads to Newcastle Theatre Royal Feb 2026 with a brand-new cast ⭐ Don’t miss this feel-good musical phenomenon 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...

Next week: Step back into the 1950s as the People's Theatre @peoplestheatre.bsky.social in Heaton presents Home, I’m Darling, Laura Wade’s Olivier Award-winning comedy about marriage, nostalgia, and the pursuit of the “perfect” home life. Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...

Noël Coward’s Private Lives comes to @NorthernStage 4–8 Nov 2025 🎭 Love, wit & 1930s glamour collide in a new co-production directed by RTST Award-winner Tanuja Amarasuriya. Preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev...

#ad This week Random Hand The Grove, Newcastle. Friday 26 September 2025 Tickets: tidd.ly/3KExiog

Blonde Ambition Comes to the North East: Legally Blonde Heads to Newcastle Theatre Royal and Sunderland Empire in 2026, with Amber Davies starring in the iconic role of Elle Woods. News: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/news...

#ad The one in which they started to sing... Our review of Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire until Saturday 27 September 2025 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/revi...

#ad The one in which they started to sing... Our review of Friends! The Musical Parody at Sunderland Empire until Saturday 27 September 2025 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/revi...

🚂 History comes alive in Shildon! On 27 Sept, Hackworth Park hosts the Anniversary Picnic with Southpaw’s STEAM, live music, vintage funfair, & free picnics. Experience theatre + heritage in the world’s first railway town. Details 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/news... #Shildon #S&DR200

#ad Friends! The Musical Parody Brings the Laughter to Sunderland Empire This Week Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/07/prev... Tickets: prf.hn/l/9O5AL0k/

#ad 🥧 Broadway favourite Waitress is coming to @SundEmpire! 📅 4–9 May 2026 ✨ A heartwarming story, unforgettable songs by Sara Bareilles & plenty of pie. Preview here 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/09/prev... Tickets: prf.hn/l/p3Qvg2e/ #WaitressMusical

Miss Saigon - Musical will soon be on the Newcastle Theatre Royal stage from Saturday 4 - Saturday 25 October 2025. Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/06/cast...

#ad Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Newcastle University Students Union. Tuesday 24 February 2026 Tickets: tidd.ly/4ncoog8