Beauty and the Beast
Date: 4 December 2025 - 3 January 2026 | Time: Various performances times
Location: Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH | Get directions
Take a visit to Northern Stage this winter to watch their production of Beauty and the Beast.
About the production
A stolen rose spells bad news for heroine Beauty and her unfortunate dad in this enchantingly wicked retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Families are invited to join the narrators – two mischievous fairies – a ‘Thoughtsnatcher machine’, and a helpful rabbit to experience this tale as old as time in new and touching ways for Christmas 2025.
With music provided by the fleas and flies, lices and louses of the Insect Orchestra, you’ll find yourself in rural France with an eclectic cast of characters as the Prince hopes to lift a disgruntled fairy’s beastly spell.
Northern Stage’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast puts a magical and hilarious twist on a much-loved story for new audiences and fans of the original tale.