Newcastle's Northern Stage has announced its autumn 2014 season which runs from September to December.
The season opens with David Ireland's I Promise You Sex and Violence, directed by Lorne Campbell and described as a "brutally funny and frankly pretty offensive new play", which will run at Northern Stage's Edinburgh venue King's Hall in South Clerk Street before playing in Newcastle from 5 to 20 September.
The season ends on 3 January with something completely different, the theatre's annual Christmas show for the under-6s, The Christmas Grump, inspired by Dickens's A Christmas Carol and, as always, written by Susan Mulholland and directed by Mark Calvert with design by Andrew Stephenson. It opens on 15 November.
Between these two is a range of in-house productions, co-productions and visiting shows:
- 12-17 September
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, directed by James Dacre
A co-production with Royal and Derngate, Northampton, and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. - 16-17 September
Choir by Lee Mattinson
A co-production with ARC Stockton, Alnwick Playhouse and Arts Centre Washington. - 30 September - 1 October
When We Embraced by Tom Walton
FallenFromGrace an association with ARC Stockton - 30 September - 3 October
Dead to Me by Gary Kitching
Gary Kitching and Co in association with Greyscale - 1-3 October
Institute
Gecko - 7-11 October
Antigone, a new version of Sophocles' play by Roy Williams
Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East - 21-22 October
The Five & The Prophecy of Prana, a tribute to Manga by Boy Blue Entertainment - hip-hop and martial arts - 28-30 October (daytime only)
Charlie and Lola’s Extremely New Play, based on the books of Lauren Child and featuring puppets, live action and music
Polka Theatre - 30 October - 1 November
The Gamblers, an all-female adaptation by Selma Dimitrijevic and Mikhail Durnenkov
Greyscale and Dundee Rep Enselble in association with Stellar Quines and Northern Stage - 6 November
Afrovibes: Rainbow Scars - 7-8 NOvember
Afrovibes: Biko's Quest - 1-27 December (various times)
Get Santa! by Anthony Neilson, directed by Lorne Campbell
Northern Stage's Christmas show for the 7+. - 18 December
The Suggestible's Impro Panto
The annual improvised pantomime