View from above - looking from the lighting gantry you can see what is normally not visible from the auditorium including lighting, set supports and only the required amount of wallpaper! (06/07/08)

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The importance of properties or 'props' to a play cannot be understated.  Here are some important items on the set of the February 2008 production 'Dinner'.  Certain tricks of the trade involve using plastic lobsters and apple juice to simulate white wine. (14/02/08)

A packed house watches on as the December 2007 production 'On the Razzle' comes to an end. (15/12/07)

The annual Tavistock Riverside Band concert at the Little Theatre. (24/11/07)

As part of the summer renovation programme the Little Theatre blue room has been completely redecorated, had new lighting fitted and new furniture. (02/09/07)

The Little Theatre bar as seen from Saltwell Park.  Patrons enjoy an interval drink. (14/07/07)

 Projection of moving images is used to set the scene in the June 2007 production 'The Talented Mr Ripley'  (3/06/07)

Lighting the scene - the April production 'The Cracked Pot'  (22/04/07)

Spring flowers brighten this part of Saltwell View  (09/03/07)

The stage is filled with movement in the finale of 'The Beggars Opera', part of the December production 'A Chorus of Disapproval'  (16/12/06)

Offering patrons a chance to see some of the theatres furniture and wardrobe resources, this foyer display shows two fine examples of items which are used in-house and are also available for hire.  (30/09/06)

As part of the summer 2006 improvements the faithful old 'Green Room Bar' has been replaced with a custom made feature offering improved ergonomics.  (28/08/06)

Part of the Theatres furniture collection - the chair store has all shapes, sizes and styles to equip any genre of play (01/06/06)

The clock above the box office - in keeping with the 1930's 'art-deco' theme (30/05/06)

Gateshead Camera Club photographic exhibition in 'Number 4' coffee lounge (06/03/06)

The first signs of spring are evident with the appearance of snowdrops outside the Little Theatre (09/02/06)

 New wooden flats, used in set construction, have replaced the old well worn flats as part of ongoing improvements at the Little Theatre (10/01/06)

 The Tavistock Chester-le-Street Riverside Brass Band on stage for their third successive annual concert at the Little Theatre (19/11/05)

A ghostly long exposure image shows the protagonist in Alan Ayckbourn's 'Snake in the Grass' moving on stage in a dramatic low light setting (NB this image has not been manipulated!)  (04/09/2005)

The newly completed coffee bar facilities located in 'Number 4' at the Little Theatre, Gateshead (19/08/2005)

A hot July sun casts a shadow from the Little Theatre lettering (09/07/2005)

The sun sets on the last night of the June 2005 play 'Summer End', written by Eric Chappell (11/06/05)

Tsunami fundraising concert - local talents staged a musical evening, hosted by the Little Theatre, which raised £500 for tsunami victims.  Shown on stage are 'Have Voice Must Sing', Ann Sessoms (Northumbrian pipes) and Johnny Handle (accordion) (18/03/2005)

The Green Room Bar (14/03/2005)

New auditorium seating - the installation process nears completion  (7/03/2005)

From 'When We Are Married' - a pyrotechnic effect is used to simulate a photographers flash gun of the era (1910)  (28/02/2005)

February snow surrounds the Little Theatre (21/02/2005)

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