As Newcastle continues to grow apace, so its drama scene is evolving, with Newcastle Theatre Company, among others, bidding to entice a new, younger audience into the theatre.
While it remains a semi-professional arena, with everybody involved giving their time for the smell of an oily rag, the quality of staging, directing and acting is impressively high, and the city is blessed with an array of accomplished playwrights, including Vanessa Bates, Ross Mueller and multi-Conda award winner Carl Caulfield.
