☢ NEXT: A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON
London, 2006. Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is assassinated, poisoned by radioactive polonium.
Welcome to the shadowy world of international espionage, in this bold telling of a shocking and absurd true story.
📷 Paul Hood
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE by Steve Martin
"A thoughtful and thoroughly enjoyable night at the theatre" - NE Theatre
"fun [and] zany ... a theatrical parlour game!" - Cultured. North East
"Martin's intellect shines out asking big questions ... yet he does it with laughter and hope" - Break A Leg
👀 FIRST LOOK
A first look at this week's production - Steve Martin's witty and gleefully absurd comedy PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE 🎨
📅 Opens tonight!
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📷 Paul Hood
Meet our Einstein and Picasso.
They’re ready to tell you why you should buy tickets for the play next week… if they can stop arguing long enough to agree on anything 🤣
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🎬 Jonathan Goodman
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👀 A first-look at this week's THE TRIALS 🌎⚖
We're excited to have this gripping and timely production kicking off our #NewSeason!
📅 until Saturday 21st
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📷 Paul Hood
There's still time to catch our "must-see" production of MARY SHELLEY by Helen Edmundson ⚡
📅 until Saturday 14th
🎟 Tickets available: book online #LinkInBio, or on the door on the night from 6.30pm
📷 Paul Hood
MARY SHELLEY by Helen Edmundson explores the woman behind Frankenstein. @peoplestheatre.bsky.social 10-14 Feb, 7.30pm. Holly Stamp stars, directed by Matthew Hope.
Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2026/02/prev...
Tickets: www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
Mary Shelley at People’s Theatre; Matthew Hope and Tracey Lucas direct this exciting, contemporary story about art, loss, and creative obsession.
northernartsreview.co.uk/north-east/m...
A bold reimagining of the young woman behind the monster, who defied convention and dared to live and write on her own terms ⚡
🎟 Book now: #LinkInBio
📷 Paul Hood
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NEXT: MARY SHELLEY by Helen Edmundson
Daughter. Lover. Revolutionary.
This gripping play reveals the passion, pain, and brilliance behind the young woman who wrote 'Frankenstein' and reshaped literature ⚡
📅 10th - 14th February
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I really liked Rachel Wagstaff's treatment of The Mirror Crack'd, rejecting the conventional Agatha Christie format of drawing rooms in a favour of a more dynamic faster-running scripts.
Runs until Saturday at @peoplestheatre.bsky.social. www.peoplestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
🎭 The Mirror Crack'd @peoplestheatre.bsky.social brings fresh energy to Christie's classic
Karen Elliott shines as Miss Marple in this cinematic staging that makes scenes pause, rewind & replay as the mystery unfolds
Until 24 Jan—read the review 👉 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2026/01/revi...
THIS WEEK: A quiet village. A shocking murder.
Miss Marple is on the case ....
Agatha Christie's THE MIRROR CRACK'D, a new adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff
🎟 Book now: #LinkInBio
🎬 Andreea Lungu
"So, who poisoned the drink?"
So many suspects. So many secrets. 🍸 Will Miss Marple solve the case in THE MIRROR CRACK’D?!
📅 20th-24th January
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COMING SOON
Secrets, danger and revenge in this classic whodunnit by Agatha Christie 🍸
Can Miss Marple get to the truth before it’s too late?
THE MIRROR CRACK'D by Agatha Christie, adpt by Rachel Wagstaff
📅 20th - 24th January
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🎬 Andreea Lungu
NEXT: Hollywood comes to St Mary Mead
Miss Marple sets to sleuthing when a glamorous American movie star’s cocktail party ends in a vicious death. Can Marple get to the truth before it’s too late?
Lies, secrets, danger and revenge in this classic Agatha Christie whodunnit!
🌹 We're delighted to announce that next year's Panto is BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Be our guest for a tale as old as Pantomime, full of laughter, music, and monstrous fun for all the family!
🎟 Now booking: #LinkInBio
It's #PantoDay, so what better time to share a first look at our fun-filled adventure in Oz! 🌈✨❤
📷 Paul Hood
✨🌈 NEXT: PANTO!
THE WIZARD OF OZ by Tom Whalley
A wicked and wonderful Panto adventure! There’s no place like the People’s this Christmas!
🎟 Final tickets: #LinkInBio
✨ Follow the yellow brick road to People’s Theatre this Christmas!
The Wizard of Oz: A Wicked Pantomime Adventure runs 13–21 Dec 2025.
A magical family pantomime with tunes, laughs & festive fun.
Full preview 👇
www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/prev...
@peoplestheatre.bsky.social
"MESMERISING ... WONDERFUL"!
There's still time to join us for Matt Grinter's ORCA, a haunting and powerful story of tradition and secrets 🌊
📅 until Saturday 29th
Book now: #LinkInBio
📷 Paul Hood
We are in love with these ORCA production photos by Paul Hood 😍
Make sure you have the sound on to hear Craig Fairbairn and Rhiannon Wilson's beautiful original score 🎵
🌊 ORCA by Matt Grinter
📅 until Saturday
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Hear from ORCA directors Sara and Kay, and a first-look at this haunting and powerful production which opens tonight in our Studio Theatre!
📅 Mon 24 - Sat 29 November
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🎬 Ashton Matthews
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BLEAK EXPECTATIONS continues until Saturday 22nd.
Don't miss out on all of the villainous plots, improbable escapes, and gloriously ridiculous twists!
🎟 Tickets available: book online #LinkInBio, or on the door in person from 6.30pm
📷 Paul Hood
Review of Bleak Expectations @peoplestheatre.bsky.social plus focus on Our Stomping Grounds traceysinclair.substack.com/p/bleak-expe...
👀 A first look at this week's BLEAK EXPECTATIONS
Escape the rain and grey skies with this hilarious Dickens parody!
📅 18th - 22nd November
🎟 Tickets available: book online #LinkInBio, or on the door in-person from 6.30pm
📷 Paul Hood
Newsletter time: feat. @livetheatre.bsky.social @peoplestheatre.bsky.social and more! traceysinclair.substack.com/p/debbie-tuc...
You don't want to miss BLEAK EXPECTATIONS, a ridiculous and riotous romp through the life of Sir Philip Bin, best selling novelist and far better than that hack Charles Dickens 🤣
📅 18th-22nd November
🎟 Book now: #LinkInBio
🎬 Ashton Matthews
NEXT: BLEAK EXPECTATIONS by Mark Evans
Based on the BBC Radio 4 series, this daft Dickensian caper overflows with hilarious one-liners, silly comedy and ridiculous melodrama!
📅 18 - 22 November
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