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Rondart rides again: exhibition about world's only professional dartspitter

Rondart rides again: exhibition about world's only professional dartspitter

Alex Moran as Lumiere, Lucy Carne as Belle, Nick O'Connor as Dame Minnie Van-Clamper, and Ben Andrews as the Beast

What we thought of Beauty and the Beast at this Richmondshire venue - and our verdict

The Incredible Tale of Robot Boy: Mercy Dorcas, Markus Schabbing, Franziska Dittrich, Kinga Prytula

How a rural storytelling festival has embraced going online

Little Learners Nursery at Scorton gives a good home to the knitted lightbulbs

How this pantomime got a community knitting for Christmas

The Witham, Barnard Castle

Theatre welcomes back audiences for new season

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears performed at the Georgian Theatre Royal

Theatre welcomes international pianist on restored Steinway piano

Debenhams on Stockton High Street Picture: Google.

Saving our high streets with injection of arts and culture

ASTORIA CINEMA THEATRE NORTHGATE DARLINGTON.

The lost Darlington theatre where a Butterfly was born

Blackwellgate, Darlington, in the 1950s, with the Green tree cafe occupying the corner

Pictures: Taking a tour through Darlington's theatre history

Opera North’s ONe-to ONe intitiave offers personal performances to be enjoyed at home over Zoom Picture: ROBERT WORKMAN

Opera North brings thrills of stage into homes

Hippodrome is organising online classes

Darlington Hippodrome introduces free online classes

Durham University has announced a packed spring season at its recently refurbished Assembly Rooms Theatre Picture: Samuel C Kirkman

Curtain up for revamped Assembly Rooms Theatre

Shirley Ballas dancing with 98 year old Bill Blewitt at AgeUK in Darlington as she surprised the Ukelele orchestra Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

A Strictly surprise for 99-year-old Bill as Shirley Ballas drops in

Scarlett as the Fairy Godmother and Gemma Naylor as Cinders

'I'm so proud of the North-East': Scarlett Moffatt prepares to sparkle as the fairy godmother

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The Fairy Godmother of all pantos - Cinderella - sparkles into Sunderland this Christmas, with a dazzling North East cast headlined by I’m a Celebrity and Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt Picture: TOM BANKS

Scarlett Moffatt heads cast of Sunderland Empire panto Cinderella

Roger McGough, ‘the patron saint of poetry’. All Pictures: NICK WRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Poetry is in Roger’s DNA: Poet McGough to appear at Durham Book Festival

Pete Donaldson - The Football Ramble

The Football Ramble podcast gang of four head to Newcastle

Lynda Winstanley, bottom, and new boss Heather Tarran-Jones

Outgoing Hippodrome boss says theatre 'would not be here today' without £13m restoration

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Peter Butterworth in a scene from Carry On Camping, which will be shown at Darlington Film Club next month

Carry On film star’s untold story to be presented in Darlington

Hamilton: numerous TV and radio credits

Just ask me! Andy Hamilton gets ready for the unexpected

STRONG ROLE: The actress as Mrs Boyle in The Mousetrap Picture: TRISTRAM KENTON

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, starring Gwyneth Strong, is coming to Darlington

Liam Mellor in Aladdin at Darlington Hippodrome Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Panto star is back in town

An evening of history and dance

Robin, Scarlet and Little John

They're revolting

RETURN: War Horse returns to Sunderland Empire Pictured Joey the Horse and Goose the Goose Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

War Horse Joey gallops back to Sunderland Empire

Stee Leahy as King Rat

January means panto time in Northallerton

Ben Fogle's tales from the wilderness heading to Darlington Hippodrome

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More than 10,000 tickets have been sold for the shows, organised by Hebburn-born comedian and writer Jason Cook, since they began in October 2015.

Jason Cook's Comedy Club marks special milestone at The Customs House in South Shields

MIND HUNTER: Paul Harrison (right) worked with the FBI and met notorious criminals like Ted Bundy and Charles Manson

Serial Killer Secrets: UK's mindhunter on meeting world's most monstrous murderers

Si King and Dave Myers AKA The Hairy Bikers

The Hairy Bikers to roar into Sunderland

Dramatic: Clear White Light

Shining example

Tim Healy comperes last year's Sunday For Sammy concert.

Tim Healy making a return to clubland in the North-East

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The Full Monty is coming to Darlington Hippodrome

Drop everything and catch The Full Monty at Darlington Hippodrome

Butterflies. Picture: Stephen Beeny

Flying high with Butterflies

Nigel Planer & Adrian Edmondson in Rehearsals

Ade Edmondson in conversation about new stage comedy Vulcan 7

The Lovely Bones

The Bones of the matter

Benedict Allen with friend Howard, who was from the Hewa people

Ultimate adventurer Benedict Allen comes to Durham

Kevin Keegan comes back to Toon to celebrate launch of My Life In Football

The cast of This Really Is Too Much

The absurd reality of being a woman

Hatching a plot: Leonard Maryll (John Carter), Phoebe (Janice Rendel), Sergeant Meryll (John Colston)

Gilbert and Sullivan company, the West Yorkshire Savoyards, in region

MIGRATION: One Item Only is staged at the Hullabaloo this weekend

Migration tale for children staged at Hullabaloo

Sara Hird, from Bishop Auckland, in the studio

Theatre: The stage is set for Sara

The Everything Is Possible team. Picture: Zoe Toone

Theatre: Suffragette city heading to York

Romeo and Juliet

Theatre: Seriously silly Shakespeare coming to the region

Theatre: Lesley Garrett heading to Newcastle City Hall

Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance

Theatre: Gilbert & Sullivan heading to Harrogate and Newcastle

Darren Coggan, who stars in Peace Train - The Cat Stevens Story. Picture: Daniel Brouse

Theatre: All aboard for Cat Stevens' story in song

The Handlebards Outdoor Shakespeare

Theatre: The Handlebards bringing their unique riotous brand of Shakespeare to Raby Castle

Benedict Allen and Frank Gardner Picture: David Osborne

Benedict's ultimate quest: Coming to Darlington

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

Purrfect guest: The Tiger Came To Tea coming to Newcastle

Joseph Chandler as William Beech, Gabriel Bales as Zak, Issac Thompson as George, Andy Dean as Mister Tom, Maddy King as Ginny and Elizabeth Bennett as Carrie in Goodnight Mr Tom

Playing to Mr Tom's tune: Coming to Whitley Bay

Jamie Brown as Ned Corvan

A working class hero takes a bow

George Pidgen (Shaun Williamson) & Pamela Willey (Sue Holderness)

Shaun Williamson coming to Newcastle in a Ray Cooney farce

Cirque du Soleil lead clown Sean Kempton in Stuff

Cirque to Soleil lead clown coming to Scarborough