Ship Wreckordings James Newman, Allan Hyslop, Oonagh Cassidy, and introducing Stephanie Clift (plus Very Special Guests) Up-and-coming singer songwriters, supported by the region’s...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 17 May 2008 20.00 £10.00

The Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Business Written by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch  Adapted by Jim Fowler and Bernie C. Byrnes Did you do a poo on Mole’s head? Well, if not you – then who? Was it Ho...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 24 May 2008 11.00 £6.00 Saturday 24 May 2008 14.00 £6.00 Sunday 25 May 2008 11.00 £6.00 Sunday 25 May 2008 14.00 £6.00

The Big Ugly Monster and The Little Stone Rabbit Once in a cave lived a big ugly monster. The most horrible and ugly monster in the world. So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond by dipping his toe in it. But ...more
Date Start Time Price Sunday 1 June 2008 11.00 £7.00 Sunday 1 June 2008 14.00 £7.00

On The Outside Festival JAZZ North East’s ‘On The Outside’ Festival is unlike any other event anywhere in Europe. Over three days a group of the finest improvisers from the USA, mainland Europe and the U...more
Date Start Time Price Friday 6 June 2008 19.30 £12.00 Saturday 7 June 2008 14.00 £12.00 Saturday 7 June 2008 19.30 £12.00 Sunday 8 June 2008 14.00 £12.00 Sunday 8 June 2008 19.30 £12.00

Voodoo Word Circus: The Dead That Never Lived Following on from the fantastic smash hit full house show in February – this unique multi-media spoken word cabaret event is back!  A collective of professional and up-and-coming a...more
Date Start Time Price Thursday 12 June 2008 20.00 £6.00

The Three Little Pigs A stunning retelling of this favourite fairytale by European playwright Domi Gast. Bullying is wrong, but everyone is a bully at some point in their lives, a lot of the time without even realising ...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 14 June 2008 11.00 £3.00 Saturday 14 June 2008 14.00 £3.00

Scaramouche Jones Written by Justin Butcher. “Fifty years to make the clown…Fifty years to play the clown.” An autobiography, a meditation and a chro...more
Date Start Time Price Wednesday 18 June 2008 19.30 £8.00 Thursday 19 June 2008 19.30 £8.00 Friday 20 June 2008 19.30 £8.00 Saturday 21 June 2008 13.30 £8.00 Saturday 21 June 2008 19.30 £8.00

Wot’cha! The Round’s resident company Bruvvers present a wonderful medley of musicians, magicians and storytellers, harking back to the days of variety. The show includes CP Taylor&r...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 28 June 2008 19.30 £3.00

How The Giraffe Got His Neck Sponsored by the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants        "Isn’t it because his feet were so smelly?" Have y...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 5 July 2008 11.00 £7.00 Saturday 5 July 2008 14.00 £7.00 Sunday 6 July 2008 11.00 £7.00 Sunday 6 July 2008 14.00 £7.00

Special Consensus (USA) + support Special Consensus are a four-piece acoustic bluegrass band from Oak Lawn, Illinois who began performing in the Midwest in the spring of 1975. Their first band album was released in 1979 when they a...more
Date Start Time Price Thursday 17 July 2008 20.00 £10.00

The Goalkeeper’s Revenge & The Trouble With Abracadabra Bruvvers proudly present adaptations of two classic children’s stories, from Macmillan’s famous Club 75 series: Bill Naughton’s The Goalkeeper’s Revenge and Alan Plater&rsqu...more
Date Start Time Price Saturday 19 July 2008 11.00 £3.00 Saturday 19 July 2008 14.00 £3.00

Our Day Out Written by Willy Russell.   When Mrs. Kay's Progress Class are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales, the group take advantage of being...more
Date Start Time Price Thursday 24 July 2008 18.00 £3.00 Friday 25 July 2008 18.00 £3.00 Saturday 26 July 2008 14.00 £3.00 Saturday 26 July 2008 18.00 £3.00

Potted Pirates! The new show from Potted Potter’s Dan and Jeff! After the hilarious success of Potted Potter, delightful double act Dan and Jeff return with this new compressed caper. In search o...more
Date Start Time Price Sunday 27 July 2008 14.00 £8.00 Sunday 27 July 2008 17.00 £8.00

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