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Mortal Fools’ Ensemble Young Company promise to bring humour and heart to a timely exploration of life in a digital world A new youth-led theatre production touring the North East this month is tackling one of the most urgent and complex questions facing young people today: what does it really mean to grow up online? Devised and performed by 10 young people from across Northumberland, WIRED is the latest production from Mortal Fools Ensemble Young Company – and it promises t

Last week, our CEO Rob Huggins joined cultural leaders, partners and participants from across the UK at the Future Arts Centres Our Freedom: Then & Now  celebration and digital exhibition at the Southbank Centre. The event marked a major collaborative project that showcased creativity, community and shared histories through the arts, and this year, those stories are brought to life in a national touring photography exhibition. Developed by Future Arts Centres and Open Eye Gal

It’s 10 years since Gosforth Civic Theatre was taken on by disability arts charity Liberdade, 15 years since the foundation of Eliot Smith Dance (ESD)… and this piece was inspired by the 80 th anniversary of VE Day. That was actually last year, which is when this vivid reworking of the company’s original 2018 production of Poppy had its first performance – at Alnwick Playhouse on Remembrance Sunday. Nevertheless, an alignment of anniversaries made this penultimate North Eas

GCT collect the award at The Globe Theatre, Stockton, From left to right: Chair, Amy Golding; Development Manager, John Tilley; Marketing & Programming Manager, Scott Forbes; and CEO, Rob Huggins. Gosforth Civic Theatre has rounded off 2025 by securing an impressive win at one of the region’s most important celebrations of culture. We’re delighted to say that we took home the prestigious Best Museum or Cultural Venue award at the North East Culture Awards 2025 last month. Org

80 years after the end of the Second World War - and at a moment when Britain feels increasingly fractured - Gosforth Civic Theatre is showcasing an exploration of freedom and positive national pride A North East theatre will mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War with its most ambitious production yet - a large-scale celebration of “freedom, unity and inclusive national pride”. Gosforth Civic Theatre (GCT) is taking part in Future Arts Centres’ nationwide proje

Rob Huggins shares his thoughts on leading an arts venue and how engaging with people need not be by shouting the loudest. Published in...

It was known for bringing the funny to Tyneside and now Jesterval is back doing its thing after a few years under the duvet. Sam Wonfor...

The August Bank Holiday weekend will see stand-up poet Kate Fox, Curious Arts’ Wildflower, and a weekend of free activities welcome...

Beyond the Moor is Newcastle’s latest music festival. The inaugural day-long event takes place at Gosforth Civic Theatre on 24 September...

Taken from High Life North, 14 June 2022. There’s something so special about an evening at the theatre. A chance to sit in a room filled...

It's March 2022 and we are super excited to be back, providing the opportunity to show work developed by people of all ages with learning...

Gosforth Civic Theatre, the arts venue run by disability arts charity Liberdade, continues to bring high quality music, theatre and dance...

AFTER 18 MONTHS OF CLOSURES, SOCIALLY DISTANT GIGS AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE GOSFORTH CIVIC THEATRE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR FIRST...

Gosforth Civic Theatre is marking Pride this year with three stand out events and performances from LGBTQ+ artists, writers, performers...

Spending time in the presence of Graham Anderson is to be wrapped up in a flurry of cherished recollections and fascinating stories of a...

The following interview is taken from an interview with Editor of NARC Magazine, Claire Dupree, for an editorial piece in November 2020's...

Famous415 return to Gosforth Civic Theatre, on Saturday 17 October for the first time in seven months.

On Wednesday 18 March 2020, Curious Monkey's opening night of their brand new show, Here, was 24 hours away.

In March 2018, Scottish spoken word and poetry artists Loud Poets played two nights at Gosforth Civic Theatre.

On 22 August 2016, over a week before Gosforth Civic Theatre officially opened to the public; its doors opened for a special, sell-out event