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What's On

Alphabetti Theatre is buzzing with theatre, comedy, music, arts and more! Check back here for our most up-to-date listings including Pay What You Feel shows, Accessible shows and Family Friendly events.

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 6th February 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 20th February 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light
Friday 21st - Saturday 22nd February 2025

Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light is one woman’s journey of self-discovery: a celebration of the joy that comes when we live as we truly are.

Time: 7.30pm and 1pm Saturday matinee
Tickets: £3 - £15
Age: 14+

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Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch
Friday 28th February 2025

Debut hour of stand-up and characters from the 'out-and-out hilarious' (Stage) Derek Mitchell (Ted Lasso), whose online sketches have generated over 250 million views and a dedicated following.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 14+

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Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch
Friday 28th February 2025

Debut hour of stand-up and characters from the 'out-and-out hilarious' (Stage) Derek Mitchell (Ted Lasso), whose online sketches have generated over 250 million views and a dedicated following. 

Time: 9:00pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 14+

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Family Disco
Saturday 1st March 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Lort Burn Specials Helen Charman + support
Saturday 1st March 2025

Lort Burn Specials is a new series of occasional talks and cultural nights at the Alphabetti Theatre.

Time: 7pm
Tickets: £3-£10
Age: 16+

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The Big Betti Quiz
Thursday 6th March 2025

Join us for The Big Betti Quiz, a fun and slightly daft quiz night hosted by our very own Quizzy Jakeman!

Time: 7:30pm start – arrive with plenty of time to get settled in
Tickets: £2 per person
Age: 16+

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 6th March 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Digging Up Newcastle
Friday 7th March 2025

Digging up Newcastle is a one act comedy, set in 4040. It sees a young couple excavating a site full of twenty first century relics.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £15
Age: 12+

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365 Days of the Girls, Theys & Slays
Saturday 8th March 2025

Come sing and celebrate our first birthday with us!

Time: 7.00pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 14+

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Gay Boy
Thursday 13th March 2025

GAY BOY lives his ex-pat life on the hunt for men in South Korea. He's an antihero, foul-mouthed, and up for it all...or is it all a front?

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 18+

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Fluff
Friday 14th to Saturday 15th March 2025

It’s time for Fluff to do the ultimate puzzle… her life.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £15
Age: 15+

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 20th March 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Rat Race
Friday 21st March 2025

The knockout improv comedy games show

Time: 8pm
Tickets: £3 - £8
Age: 18+

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Family Disco
Saturday 22nd March 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 3rd April 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Curious Arts Fundraiser
Friday 4th April 2025

Share some queer joy and raise some funds!

Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £7.50 - £15
Age: 18+

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Geet Northern Show
Saturday 12th April 2025

Geet Northern Show welcomes the biggest stars from the North onto it’s busted sofa

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 16+

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Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking
Wednesday 16th April 2025

After an acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Stuart Laws takes his most personal show yet on a national tour.

Time: 8pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 16+

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Alphabetti Writing Group
Thursday 17th April 2025

By popular demand, Alphabetti presents our writing group! Our call to action for writers seeking cosiness and community.

Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Tickets: Free
Age: 14+

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Family Disco
Saturday 19th April 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil
Wednesday 23rd April 2025

A show about risk, for those unsatisfied with life.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3-£14
Age: 18+

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Mr Funbles’ Sunday Portal
Saturday 26th April 2025

Mr Funbles’ classic variety show returns for the first time!

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: Pay What You Feel
Age: 18+

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In Other Words
Thursday 1st May 2025

They call it ‘the incident’ now. What happened when they first met. He always said it was part of his ‘romantic plan’ but they both know that’s rubbish.

Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £3 - £15
Age: 12+

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Family Disco
Saturday 10th May 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)
Friday 16th May 2025

GIMME the thrills and the spills. GIMME the winner of the Victoria Wood panel prize. GIMME Rob Copland with a microphone in his hand and a careless abandon in his heart.

Time: 9pm 
Tickets: £3 - £13
Age: 16+

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ClassicsFest Competition Finale
Saturday 17th May 2025

Can you make a persuasive argument to win £300?

Time: 2pm 
Tickets: Pay Whay You Feel
Age: 12+

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Harry Stachini: Grenade
Saturday 24th May 2025

Most of us are carrying honesty grenades.

Time: 9pm 
Tickets: £3 - £16
Age: 16+

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Leo Middea
Friday 23rd May

Leo Middea is a Barcelona-based singer-songwriter who blends Brazilian genres like bossa nova, samba, and Latin folklore with a modern twist.

Time: 9pm 
Tickets: £3 - £15
Age: 16+

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A Night In Sign
Thursday 29th May 2025

This Spring, A Night in Sign is coming to Newcastle!

Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £12-8 (Pay What You Feel Tickets Available)
Age: 16+

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Human | Candlelight
Wednesday 4th June 2025

Step into an intimate, candlelit world for a performance like no other. 

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: PWYF - £35
Age: 14+

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Shit Life Crisis
Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th June 2025

Grace smashed cancer, but victory feels like a bad joke. While throwing a memorial for Abbie, her ride-or-die chemo buddy, Grace lays bare how surviving turned her life inside out.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3-£15
Age: 18+

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Family Disco
Saturday 7th June 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Queer Planet
Thursday 3rd July 2025

Award-winning drag king and London's loveable nature boy, Bi-Curious George, invites you into a raucous celebration of queerness and the animal kingdom.

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3-£15
Age: 18+

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Geet Northern Show
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Geet Northern Show welcomes the biggest stars from the North onto it’s busted sofa

Time: 7.30pm 
Tickets: £3 - £10
Age: 16+

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Family Disco
Saturday 12th July 2025

Relax and groove the afternoon away with your loved ones at our laid-back Family Disco event!

Time: 1.00pm 
Tickets: £2
Age: Family

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Covid-19 Policy

Face coverings are no longer mandatory in the venue but are encouraged. We are now selling to full capacity for all performances. If you or someone you have been in close proximity with has Covid-19 symptoms please do not visit the theatre.

New Work

We often show new work, work-in-progress and previews. Please note that the majority of these scripts will be in development during the rehearsal process, and we are often unable to finalise content warnings and running time when tickets go on sale. Finalised content warnings and run time will kept updated on the website, so please check back before your visit if you need this information.

Pay What You Feel

We sometimes offer a 'Pay What You Feel' option for some shows, this means you can come and watch the show and simply pay what you feel the show was worth after but, most importantly, what you can afford.

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Opening Hours 
We are open 11am - 10pm Tuesday - Friday and 11am-11pm on Saturdays
 

Address
Alphabetti Theatre, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom NE1 4HP

 

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Phone 
0191 261 9125. Our phone lines are open Monday to Saturday 11am-10pm.

 

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Arts Council England
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Community Foundation, Newcastle Culture Investment Fund Supported by Newcastle City Council
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The Barbour Foundation
Esmee Fairburn Foundation

With thanks to the
Fagus Anstruther Memorial Trust

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