News

Rising star takes to the stage in front of 7 million viewers Nine years ago Oliver Quinn aged 12 stepped onto the stage at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House playing his namesake Oliver, in WEOS Musical Productions performance of Lionel Bart’s classic Oliver. Today Oliver, or Olly as he...

A major source of reference has been Jim Harland’s books on The History of Blyth and, specifically, Trevor W Harder’s article on Beaconsfield Operatic Society. In the early 1920s, an enthusiastic band of singers in Blyth formed a musical group with possibly the longest title for such an organisation: The...

NODA North wishes to extend to Emma Scott our regional editor and Joe Coulson our warmest congratulations on their wedding today. May you have a long life and happiness throughout.

AN ONLINE ONE ACT PLAY IN LOCKDOWN Dryburn Theatrical Workshop had only cast their summer musical production of ‘Legally Blonde’ just two weeks before it had to be postponed. Since then, the group has been keeping in touch with members via online social events such as quizzes and game shows....

WE’RE BUSIER THAN EVER DURING LOCKDOWN! The decision to close all UK theatres due to the Covid-19 outbreak hit DarlingtonOS hard. The news came less than five weeks away from opening night of Strictly Musicals 3 - the third in the musical theatre revue style shows that have proved a...

THE ‘WOR VERA’ LOCKDOWN TOUR – PERFORMING AT 100 CARE HOMES When the country went into lockdown, Deborah Taylor-Smith, like thousands of other self-employed performers, was faced with a huge amount of cancellations. Known as Wor Vera, singer Deborah performs wartime classics across the country to a variety of audiences....

ANOTHER WAY TO MARK VE DAY As part of VE Day celebrations, Phoenix Productions were planning on staging a concert to honour the day. Due to Coviid issues it could sadly not go ahead, the group instead released a video via social media which featured their members singing the Vera...

Ponteland Repertory Society prides itself on welcoming new members but in the last years we have gained four new members who have never acted before and who have made brilliant debuts. They are both couples with children in our Preppies Youth Theatre. We asked them to comment on their experiences...

It has been an exciting time for Teesside Musical Theatre Company over the last six years.  Since Alison Dale’s dream of setting up a Youth Group became a reality in 2013, Teesside Musical Theatre Youth Company has gone from strength to strength. The talented youngsters have never failed to deliver...

On September 16th NODA North held their 5th annual Youth and Performance awards in the prestigious Gosforth Park Hotel just North of Newcastle and was attended by over 500 people from societies from the Scottish borders to North Yorkshire.