AD - We were provided with press tickets to review this show at Newcastle Theatre Royal in April 2026
Need to know:
📆 13 - 18 April
🫶 Audio described and captioned performance with touch tour available
⌚ 2 hrs including interval
⚡Triggers: Strobes, flashing lights, auditorium blackouts, strong language, smoke, pyrotechnics and sudden loud noises.
🎫Tickets available from £27. Tickets for 18-30 year olds available for £10.
✅Recommended for ages 12+
🎟️Book: https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats-on/222-a-ghost-story-2/
⭐Starring James Bye (who played Martin Fowler in Eastenders), Natalie Casey (who played Donna in Two Pints of Lager & a Packet of Crisps), Grant Kilburn and Shvorne Marks.
2:22 A Ghost Story - Our Review
My expectations were high for this one. 2:22 A Ghost Story is well regarded as a stage phenomenon and has previously enjoyed a record breaking UK & Ireland Tour alongside seven West End seasons.
The story follows Jenny who is certain her new house is haunted. Her husband Sam thinks it's all in her head and they debate if ghosts really exist over dinner with friends.
As the dinner party becomes more intense, debates are thrashed out and opinions get more heated, the friends decide to find out the truth once and for all and stay up until 2:22 when they will discover the truth.........
Oh I loved it. 2:22 is like nothing I have watched before. I loved how relatable the story was - the 'old' house that Sam and Jenny have bought and are modernising. The grey sliding doors into the garden that are ever so popular now and even the fresh 'millennial' green wall paint.
The first time you have friends over for dinner with a newborn and get a bit snappy with each other and kind of realise that these kinds of nights are always going to be a little different now with one ear on the monitor....I was nodding along at how real everything was but this is then set alongside the paranormal and it's not very normal at all.
The every day, ordinary activities like making a pot of coffee or popping to the corner shop for wine all really sucked you into the story telling and it makes you feel like this could easily be yourself and your partner at the centre of this story.
What I didn't expect was for there to be quite a few laughs. We found ourselves chuckling along a fair bit. I found the character of Ben (a working class bloke trapped in a middle class dinner party) to be adorable and you couldn't help but love him.
During the interval we had quite the discussion about what would happen if I was adamant that our house was haunted.....
As I was reading the programme I noticed there was a 'Head of Illusion' - Chris Fisher who is a member of The Magic Circle and worked on Harry Potter & the Cursed Child. It's not every day you see this but there are some fantastic tricks that you might not even notice until you're walking home and thinking about everything again. I would LOVE to see this performed again and look for everything I missed.
There's a lot of loud noise, the audience is plunged into darkness when we least expect and the ever present clock ticking down to 2:22 is something we constantly have one eye on as the tension builds.
A thrilling night out that will keep you asking questions long after the curtain drops.
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About Newcastle Theatre Royal
📌 Newcastle Theatre Royal. 100 Grey Street. Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE1 6BR. Doors open 1 hour prior to each performance. You can visit the Green Room Bar or 100 Grey Street Bar before this time (check opening hours). 🚃 You can travel for free on Tyne & Wear Metro / Shields Ferry for up to 2 hours before your performance and 2 hours afterwards to/from Monument Metro Station. Simply show your theatre ticket to inspectors if asked (and if the gates are closed, show your ticket at a manned gate). 🚗 Paid parking is available nearby at Dean Street Car Park (NE1 1PG) or other City Centre Car Parks (check car park closing times). 🍷 Dine at Cote and show your ticket to receive a complimentary glass of wine. I also recommend The Green Room, Gaucho, PTMY, Dabbawal, Lola Jeans, Cafe Andaluz, Hen & Hops, Mowgli & Fat Hippo for pre-theatre dining. I have dined at all of these restaurants and can personally recommend as providing good value pre-theatre dining within easy walking distance. 🧥 There is no cloakroom and luggage, large backpacks, laptops and holdalls are not permitted. Booster cushions are available (please ask a member of staff), bag checks are in place. Please see here for a list of items which are not permitted. ♿ Wheelchair spaces, free companion tickets, accessible toilets & lifts are available. You can find out more about access here: https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/plan-your-visit/access-information_access-facilities/ 🍧 A range of food & drinks are available to purchase inside the theatre and their sale provide much-needed income to the theatre. Bag searches are in operation and banned items include alcohol which has been purchased outside of the venue (including wrapped gifts), cans, glass, metal, ceramic containers and stong smelling or noisy food. You cannot take hot food into the theatre. Selected performances do not allow any external food or drinks to be brought into the theatre (medical exemptions aside). The theatre is cashless. 💰Several discounts are available including £10 tickets for those aged 18-30 for selected performances, theatre membership and group bookings.
What's Next at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Find out more & book here: https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats-on/- 21-25 April 2026 - To Kill a Mockingbird
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- 12 - 17 May 2026 - Legally Blonde The Musical
- 21 - 24 May 2026 - The Enormous Crocodile The Musical
- 26 & 27 May 2026 - Les Ballets Trockadero
- 30 & 31 May 2026 - My First Ballet : Cinderella
- 2 - 6 June 2026 - The Ballad of Johnny & June
- 9 - 13 June 2026 - Gerry & Sewell
- 16 & 17 June 2026 - This Is Rambert
- 19 & 20 June 2026 - Peppa Pig's Big Family Show
- 22 - 27 June 2026 - Operation Mincemeat
- 28 June 2026 - Something In The Water
- 30 June - 4 July 2026 - Fawlty Towers
- 7 - 11 July 2026 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- 12 July 2026 - The Cramlington Train Wreckers
- 21 - 25 July 2026 - Guys & Dolls by Newcastle Musical Theatre Company
- 27 July - 1 August 2026 - The Bodyguard
- 4 - 8 August 2026 - Annie
- 11 - 15 August 2026 - Barnum
- 18 - 22 August 2026 - The Silence of the Lambs
- 8 - 12 September 2026 - The Car Man
- 23 September - 11 October 2026 - Mrs. Doubtfire
- 15 - 24 October 2026 - Our Friends in the North 1979-84
- 28 - 31 October 2026 - Cinderella by Northern Ballet
- 24 November 2026 - 17 January 2027 - Jack & the Beanstalk
- 18 - 30 January 2027 - Mean Girls
- 9 - 13 February 2027 - Dirty Dancing
- 13 - 17 April 2027 - Paranormal Activity
- 8 - 19 June 2027 - Cats
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