Amateur group Newcastle-upon-Tyne Musical Theatre Company take over the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, from Tuesday to Saturday with their production of Grease.
On Monday, 50 young people will arrive at Northern Stage for the annual Summer School to create a new piece of theatre which will be performed on Saturday.
At the Customs House in South Shields on Monday at 2PM, Lempen Puppet Theatre Company presents Little Frankenstein, followed from Thursday to Saturday by Susan Penhaligon and Katy Manning starring in a pre-Edinburgh Fringe preview of Keeping Up With the Joans by South Shields writer Philip Meeks.
Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough, at 5:30 on Wednesday.
Angelina Ballerina - the Mousical comes to Darlington Civic Theatre from Friday to Sunday.