Theatres · Scottish Lowlands
Northern Stage
Northern Stage is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket · 0.2 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Northern Stage is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1970. Address: Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH. Coordinates: 54.9793°, -1.6141°.
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Northern Stage is a theatre and producing theatre company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is surrounded by Newcastle University's city centre campus on King's Walk, opposite the students' union building. It hosts various local, national and international productions in addition to those produced by the Northern Stage company. Until the 2006 reopening, the theatre was known as the Newcastle Playhouse and is a registered charity. The complex hosts three stages. The capacity decreases, with stage one being the largest, having 447 seats. The complex also boasts a café-bar.
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Background
History
The building opened as the University Theatre in 1970 and provided a new home for the Tyneside Theatre Company. The company had been established in 1968 in the Flora Robson Playhouse in Jesmond, which was set to be demolished in a road-widening scheme. The architect Sir William Whitfield designed the building as a flexible performance space which also included three bars, two of them opening onto the auditorium. The new building also housed the Gulbenkian Studio. The building was renamed the Newcastle Playhouse in 1978 after the Tyneside Theatre Company was dissolved and replaced with the Tyne and Wear Theatre Company. In 1987 this became the Tyne Theatre Company and moved out of the…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9793, -1.6141
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 7RH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Phone
- +44 191 230 5151
- Established
- 1970
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.northernstage.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w172210778 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Northern Stage, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (1).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Northern Stage?
- Northern Stage is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 7RH), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Northern Stage built?
- Built or established in 1970.
- Who owns Northern Stage?
- Northern Stage is owned by |capacity = Stage 1: 447 seats<br />Stage 2: 160 seats<br />Stage 3: 80–120 seats<br />Stage 1 and 2 can combine to seat 600..
- How do I get to Northern Stage?
- The nearest railway station is Haymarket, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 7RH.