Our Friends in the North

A Live Theatre, Eastlake Productions and Newcastle Theatre Royal production.BAFTA-winning BBC drama and cultural landmark Our Friends in the North returns to the city where it began in a new stage adaptation by original writer Peter Flannery and award-winning director Jack McNamara.Marking 30 years since the series became a defining British drama, this adaptation revisits four Newcastle friends - Tosker, Geordie, Nicky and Mary - who come of age during the Thatcher years, a period of seismic political and social change, testing their friendships, ambitions and relationships.Focusing on a pivotal chapter of the original story, the production is funny, tender and fiercely political, capturing both intimate personal journeys and sweeping national shifts.A proudly local drama in a gripping theatrical form, Our Friends in the North speaks as urgently now as ever - exploring what it means to belong, and how the past continues to shape the present.Whether you’re rediscovering this era-defining story or meeting these characters for the first time, don’t miss this major new production at Newcastle Theatre Royal for a strictly limited run.