Theatre to Capture Your Heart - New Season on Sale Now at Newcastle Theatre Royal!
From heartwarming stories to breathtaking spectacles, the new season at Newcastle Theatre Royal promises unforgettable moments that will stay with you long after the curtain falls. Featuring world-class productions, thrilling drama, and show-stopping musicals, this is theatre to capture your heart.
Now in its 10th anniversary year, Project A is Newcastle Theatre Royal’s professional actor training programme. For their final production, this year’s students present The Skriker (Tue 8 – Fri 11 Jul 2025), a story of love, loss, and transformation in the newly refurbished Studio theatre.
Adapted from Rick Riordan’s best-selling Percy Jackson novel, The Lightning Thief (Wed 27 – Sun 31 Aug 2025) is the perfect school holiday treat for gods, half-bloods and mortals! Join Percy and his friends on an epic adventure, guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat.
Opera North return to Newcastle Theatre Royal later this year with another stunning Winter season featuring Puccini’s ever-popular La bohème (Wed 5 – Sat 8 Nov 2025), an exciting new collaboration between Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre in Handel’s Susanna (Fri 7 Nov) and a production for all the family, The Big Opera Mystery (Sat 8 Nov 2025). Opera North return in Spring 2026 with Mozart’s unmissable opera, The Marriage of Figaro (Thu 19 – Sat 21 Mar 2026), and Britten’s outstanding Peter Grimes (Fri 20 Mar 2026).
In the week the England team play their final first-round qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, National Theatre’s Dear England (Tue 11 – Sat 15 Nov 2025) tells the uplifting, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager in a gripping examination of the nation and game.
With 5,000 tickets to week-day performances being donated to local schools, Sat 31 Jan 2026 will be the first opportunity for the public to experience Weird, the electrifying pop-powered musical reimagining Shakespeare’s Macbeth through the eyes of the fiercely fabulous and fun three witches, which is making its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Marking the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective, Inspector Morse (Tue 3 – Sat 7 Feb 2026) is a must-see for fans of compelling detective stories and thrilling mysteries, and ABBA fans can enjoy the ultimate feel-good factor when MAMMA MIA! (Wed 11 – Sat 28 Feb 2026) brings the Greek sunshine to Newcastle next year.
In Spring, the Royal Shakespeare Company return to Newcastle with a spectacular new production of Hamlet (Tue 31 Mar – Sat 4 Apr 2026). Fresh from its run in Stratford-upon-Avon, this gripping production of Shakespeare’s famous revenge drama visits Newcastle Theatre Royal as part of a major national tour.
A true celebration of the power of love, friendship and embracing others for who they are, grab your heels, pack the glitter and get ready to Shake Your Groove Thing when Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Mon 6 – Sat 11 Apr 2026) comes to Newcastle next year!
Set in 1934 Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird (Tue 21 – Sat 25 Apr 2026) is the thrilling courtroom drama inspired by novelist Harper Lee’s own childhood. Having sold more than 45 million copies worldwide, this award-winning stage adaptation is set to be popular with fans both old and new.
And finally, the intoxicating drama where life imitates art with fateful consequences, Matthew Bourne’s spectacular production of The Red Shoes (Tue 28 Apr – Sat 9 May 2026) will dazzle your senses and break your heart when it is brought to life on stage for fans to enjoy once more in 2026.
Tickets for all performances can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0191 232 7010 after the booking dates below.
Booking Dates:
Friends Plus: Mon 24 Mar, 10am
Friends: Fri 28 Mar, 10am
Flexi Priority Pass, Groups and Schools: Tue 1 Apr, 10am
Public: Fri 4 Apr, 10am
Image: The cast of Dear England in the West End 2023. Credit Marc Brenner
