The Christmas Grump, a show for the under 6s, continues at Northern Stage until 3rd January.
SOMETIMES THERE’S LIGHT (sometimes there’s dark), a multi-sensory dance performance by Moving Dust, comes to The Boiler Shop, Stephenson Works, at 8pm on Saturday. Tickets from Dance City.
Testing Times by local playwright Steve Burbridge plays in the Studio at the People's Thetare in Heaton, Newcastle, from Monday to Thursday.
West End Women comes to Sunderland Empire on Monday, followed by Stones in His Pockets on Tuesday.
Paines Plough and Birmingham Repertory Theatre present Hopelessly Devoted by Kate Tempest at Arts Centre Washington on Thursday.
The Paper Birds bring their 2011 Edinburgh Fringe hit Thirsty to the Customs House in South Shields on Thursday and Friday.
Hopelessly Devoted comes to The Maltings in Berwick on Wednesday, followed by RoguePlay Theatre with Blood Wedding on Thursday.
Thirsty is at the Queen's Hall in Hexham on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Moscow Ballet La Classique presents Swan Lake at Playhouse Whitley Bay on Monday.
The Shakespeare Schools Festival is at Durham's Gala Theatre on Monday.
At ARC Stockton on Saturday at 2.30 A Thousand Cranes in Association with Arts Depot presents Me and My Cat? for age 6+.
The touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Darlington Civic from Tuesday to Saturday.
Moscow Ballet La Classique presents The Nutcracker at Harrogate Royal Hall on Tuesday. Tickets from Harrogate Theatre.