The Customs House in South Shields has announced its season through to April 2015. Theatre and dance highlights include:
5 and 6 February
The Raven
A Super Hero Musical
Book and lyrics by Joseph Traynor, music by Andrew Richardson
Inspired by the comics of Marvel and DC, The Raven is an original musical filled with swashbuckling action, revenge, deranged villains, a dashing hero and a very surprising sidekick.
17 to 19 February
The Three Little Pigs
By Wayne Miller
Children's show at 2PM.
24 and 25 February
The Picture of Doreen Gray
Presented by LipService Theatre
Doreen Gray has it all: a drive time radio show and a high ratings lifestyle programme on Even More 4, but hitting 50, Doreen finds her face no longer fits the bill. At a school reunion, she stumbles across a youthful portrait of herself and makes a dark and dreadful pact with the picture.
3 to 7 March
Dance to Your Daddy
By David Cooke with music by Grahame Wright
A Customs House community production.
9 March
Frank Sumatra
By Mike Yeaman
A Queen's Hall production
Bev and Keith are a nice young couple who do their bit for the environment and pay 10 quid a month to sponsor an orphaned orangutan. They're also trying very hard to have a baby but when their orangutan turns up on the doorstep they find themselves parents to an unruly teenager.
19 and 20 March
Kicking and Screaming
Presented by Tangled Feet
A sideways look at how we cope with our children—and how our parents coped with us. A perfect night out for anyone who's experienced the minefield that is family.
22 March
Fertile Ground Gala
Dance from the north east's first graduate conteporary dance company, Fertile Ground, including new works by Tom Dale and Eleesha Drennan.
25 March
Jekyll & Hyde
Adapted by Jo Clifford, presented by Sell a Door Theatre Company.
31 March and 1 April
Stone Cold Murder
By James Cawood, presented by Talking Scarlet
A thriller set in the Lake District.
20 April (various times)
Cape Wrath
Written and performed by Alexander Kelly.
After his grandfather retired, he took a trip to Cape Wrath, the most north-westerly point of his native Scotland. He sat, looked at the sea, and thought about his life and then picked himself up. Over 20 years later, Alexander followed in his footsteps. Performed in a stationary minibus.
20 and 21 April
The Naked Truth
Five very different women (including Coronation Street's Vicky Entwistle) struggle to conquer pole dancing for an event to raise awareness and money for a breast cancer charity.
22 and 23 April
The Devil Wears Primark
Presented by Rubber Ear Productions.
Radio Agony Aunt, Aunty Athy, is Aunty to the nation and pure agony to her family. On the brink of bewing awarded an MBE, her estranged family is summoned to show face in supported of their over-bearing matriarch, but Aunty Athy uses the situation to reaffirm her steely grip on her children's lives, and on the nation's sex lives.