E: 19/03 Win 2 tickets to JM Barrie's Quality Street at Northern Stage, Newcastle

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LIVING NORTH

Quality Street was so popular in its day that it gave its name to the chocolates many of us still find under our Christmas tree today, although modern revivals of the play have now become few and far between. But now the play is making a triumphant return to the stage at Northern Stage in Newcastle from 24th–28th March, and is sure to tickle the funny-bones of audiences young and old. Barrie’s delightful farce is set in a quaint northern town and follows schoolteacher Phoebe Throssel who finds that, 10 years after a tearful goodbye, an old flame has returned from fighting Napoleon. But the look of disappointment on Captain Valentine’s face when he greets a more mature, somewhat less glamorous Phoebe spurs our determined heroine to action. She becomes the wild and sparkling Miss Lily – a younger alter-ego who soon entraps the clueless Captain. As their romance is rekindled, can she juggle both personas? Or will her deception scandalise the town and wreck any future with the man she loves? We’ve teamed up with Northern Stage to offer one lucky Living North reader a pair of tickets to see Quality Street on a date of their choice – a prize worth £60.