🫶 Audio described & captioned performance with pre-show touch tour on Sat 6 June at 2:30pm
⌚ 2 hrs 30 mins including interval
🎫 Standard tickets available from £30 / 18-30s tickets available from £10
✅ Recommended for ages 12+ (adult themed and language)
This is one of the greatest love stories ever told featuring two absolute icons and their ride through fame together.
Of course, music is at the heart of this performance and the stage is filled with a company of thirteen plus a live band who bring the phenomenal songbook to life. Audiences can enjoy performances of iconic hits including I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, Hey Porter, Jackson and more like never before.
Steve is a big Johnny Cash fan and although I enjoy his music, I didn't know anything about his life or his love story going into this so I was looking forward to discovering more about these two legends.
Our Review:
Wow what a spectacle this show is. One that has proper live music at it's heart. A fantastic live band is based on stage, sometimes hidden behind oversized saloon style doors, sometimes fully in view and other times in partial view. But they're always there providing the best live music which sounds stunning in the theatre.
We're treated to hit after hit with note-perfect singing and many commenting around me how much the lead sounded exactly like Johnny Cash himself. It often feels like you're in the audience of an intimate gig in a dusty bar in Tennessee and feels very intimate at times. The kind of music that you feel in your whole body.
I absolutely loved the backing singers and dancers who really added to the depth of the performance too. Shout out to local talent Peter Peverley who trained at Newcastle Collge and had his time to shine.
The quality is off the scale here - Cristina Bianco who plays June was the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and played Glinda in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium for example. You really feel the star quality in this show.
There were a few stand out performances for me including I Walk the Line, the soulful Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down and of course, the epic Ring Of Fire which was accompanied by a live Mariachi Band and lots of fun songs including I've Been Everywhere.
But my absolute favourite was Folsom Prison Blues which was just outstanding and almost received a standing ovation half way through the show.
The story is billed as the Greatest Love Story ever told and I must admit, at first I didn't get it. It just seemed very ordinary to me and there's no big passion or big gestures. It's not a fairytale. But instead you learn that it's a love that's forever. A love that sticks together through thick and thin and is always there for one another no matter what. This kind of love is simply being together forever.
It's a rollercoaster of a story with death, addiction and betrayal all featuring heavily but you leave the theatre on a high and believing in everlasting love.
Such a good night of musical theatre and if you're a fan of Johnny Cash or Country Music, you simply must go and see this.
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/- 2 - 6 June 2026 - The Ballad of Johnny & June
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- 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
- 15 - 19 Sept 2026 - The Anastasia File
- 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
- 10 - 14 November 2026 - The Hollow
- 24 November 2026 - 17 January 2027 - Jack & the Beanstalk
- 18 - 30 January 2027 - Mean Girls
- 9 - 13 February 2027 - Dirty Dancing
- 23 - 27 Februray 2027 - Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
- 11 March 2027 - The Great Opera Mystery
- 13 - 17 April 2027 - Paranormal Activity
- 20 April - 1 May 2027 - Matthew Bourne's Cinderella
- 10 May - 15 May 2027 - Grease
- 8 - 19 June 2027 - Cats
- 19 - 24 July 2027 - Everyone's Talking About Jamie
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