Live Theatre is one of the UK’s leading new writing theatres. Live develops writing primarily for the stage but also for radio, film and television working in partnership with amongst others the BBC, Film 4 and the RSC. The company is housed in a venue on Newcastle’s quayside and produces several new plays per year as well as running an extensive education, participation and new writing development programme.
Join Live Theatre's new Friends Scheme, at a level you can afford, and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary year. Our Friends receive exclusive benefits including discounted tickets, behind-the-scenes access, invitations to special events and a discount at the Atrium Bar. All from as little as £5. Find out more: http://www.live.org.uk/support/individual-support/friends-scheme
An interview with Alistair McDowall about his new play Brilliant Adventures at Live Theatre from Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 15 June.
Tickets: £22-£10; £15-£5 concessions
Box office: (0191) 232 1232
Book online: www.live.org.uk
A Live Theatre and Royal Exchange co-production
Written by Alistair McDowall
Directed by Caroline Steinbeis
"People from round here don't go and work for NASA"
Ninteen-year-old science genius Luke finally has some peace to work on the extraordinary machine in his living room, holed up in a dingy flat on a near-abandoned Middlesbrough housing estate.
After his unbalanced brother Rob introduces him to a wealthy out-of-towner with designs on his invention, they're thrown into a dangerous world that threatens to tear the brothers apart and possibly the universe itself...
Brilliant Adventures is a fast paced tale of brotherhood, addiction and breaking the laws of physics. Written by Alistair McDowall, Brilliant Adventures was awarded a Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2011 and was part of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers Festival 2012. Brilliant Adventures is directed by JMK Young Director Award winner Caroline Steinbeis.
A funny and poignant one man show telling the story of a father, turned reluctant superhero, struggling to balance his family responsibilities with his superhero duties. Playing at Live Theatre Newcastle from Thurdsay 9 - Saturday 13 April 2013 and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Saturday Saturday 3 to Monday 12 August (excluding Tuesday 6 August)
Josephine is putting on a play - Boris and Sistahl help. It's about anorexia. You don't need to be put off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones) and today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room.
Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed: a play with songs.
Live Theatre, Newcastle
Tuesday 30 April & Wednesday 1 May
http://www.live.org.uk/whats-book/mess
Creative Team
Written by Caroline Horton and devised by the company
Directed by: Alex Swift
Producer: China Plate
Designer: Fiammetta Horvat
Lighting designer: Andy Purves
Production manager: Jo Palmer
Production assistant: Eve Fehilly
Medical Advisors -- Professor Ulrike Schmidt, Professor Tony Hope, Helen Sharpe and Peter Musiat
Cast
Josephine: Caroline Horton
Boris: Hannah Boyde
Sistahl: Seiriol Davies
Triggered@Warwick. Commissioned by BAC and Parabola Arts Centre. Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award and Arts Council England. Supported by Ovalhouse, London.
Six new short plays written by 13 and 14 year olds from Benfield School are performed for the very first time at Live Theatre on Friday 22 March at 7.30pm as script-in-hand readings by professional actors and members of Live's Youth Theatre. Showcasing the concerns of young people today, the plays have been developed as part of Write Stuff, Live Theatre's new residency which gives young teen voices a platform through theatre. See http://www.live.org.uk/whats-book/write-stuff
Live Witness is promenade theatrical tour revealing the secrets of Live Theatre in a journey through it's beautiful buildings, old and new taking place between 14-25 May 2013. The creators of unique performance, specially commissioned for the company's 40th birthday celebrations, are calling for people's memories of Live Theatre, please share via the comments section below.
For more information see http://www.live.org.uk/livewitness
With 2012 coming to a close it's time for a little reflection. To remind you of the fantastic range of entertainment that you have supported this year watch our festive trailer.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support throughout the year and for your part in helping us achieve continued success. We look forward to welcoming you back to Live Theatre for what will be a special 40th anniversary celebration throughout 2013.
With thanks to our supports, funders and corporate partners.
A Paines Plough, Live Theatre & Salisbury Playhouse Production, directed by George Perrin.
"You get back to London and the noise of the place and the dirt and the colour and the roar of it."
In a city full of the push and pull, incessant chatter and endless hum you can barely find the time to breathe.
You want to get away. You deserve to get away.
There is a choice -- you can take everything you love with you or leave it all behind.
This new play by Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens tells two heart-rending stories of family and the choices they make for the precious things they love.
Live Theatre
Tuesday 30 October to Saturday 10 November
Tickets: £10 to £18
Box office: (0191) 232 1232
Book online: www.live.org.uk/london
A Bush Theatre production in association with Live Theatre
Thursday 13 September to Saturday 6 October 2012
www.live.org.uk (0191) 232 1232
"Some women long their whole lives to be asked how they are, if just by a complete stranger."
Butlins Skegness, Chalet Number 12, where the Walker women have been holidaying since 1961.
This year it's Nana Barbara's seventieth and everyone's airing their dirty laundry. Loretta's had too many camp cocktails, Jolene's fallen tits over teeth for a Redcoat and Abigail's harbouring more than knickers and hairspray in her suitcase.
A shockingly funny journey through five decades of birthdays, wedding and hen dos which asks can we ever really cut the apron string that ties us to our parents?
Chalet Lines returns to Live Theatre after a successful run at Bush Theatre, London.
Read what audiences are saying about the show here.
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"It takes chutzpah for a man to write an all-woman play. But Lee Mattinson pulls off a tricky feat with panache in this initially raucous comedy."
Michael Billington, The Guardian
About the Cast
Live Theatre is pleased to welcome back Sharon Percy (Cooking with Elvis, Short Cuts and RSC's Tyneside Stories) as well as former Live Youth Theatre member Jill Dellow (Tyneside Stories), Viktoria Kay (The Pitmen Painters -- Bill Kenwright UK tour & West End), Ann Ridley (Small Town Luck) and Donald McBride (A Nightingale Sang in Eldon Square and The Last Post). Joining the cast in her stage debut is film and TV actress Sammy T Dobson (Harrigan's Nick, Joe Maddison's War and Byker Grove).
Saturday 6 October, 5pm
Meet the Writer and Cast
Writer Lee Mattinson talks about the development process behind Chalet Lines and, along with members of the cast, will discuss its evolution from the first script-in-hand performance here at Live Theatre, through the play's London run and return to Live's main theatre.
FREE, but booking is essential
For some, making it to London 2012 has been literally a matter of life and death and the struggle is not over yet. Get the inside track into the true stories behind Olympic success from the team that presented the multi award-winning show Motherland, the hit of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival.
Wednesday 1 to Sunday 26 August at The Underbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh
http://www.live.org.uk/prize-takes-olympic-stories-edinburgh-fringe-festival
29 August - 8 September 2012, Live Theatre, Newcastle
http://www.live.org.uk/whats-book/prize
Brilliant Adventures - An interview with writer Alistair McDowall
Captain Amazing at Live Theatre
Live Witness Call for Memories
Season's Greetings from Live Theatre
Mini Olympic Challenge: Egg & Spoon Race
