Who are we?
Wisecrack is a North East-based theatre production company, known for smash-hit plays such as The Cramlington Train Wreckers (2024 & 2026), Wor Bella (2022 & 2024), Carrying David (2019, 2021 & 2025), and Hadaway Harry (2015 & 2017).
Working-class history is not documented, so we strive to make a small contribution.
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Friends of Wisecrack
Centenary, The glasshouse, gateshead, in 2026
Wisecrack Productions proudly presents a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike, the biggest rupture in British society since the English Civil War.
May 4, 2026, at The Glasshouse, Gateshead (formerly The Sage) (4 pm and 8 pm). Two shows of songs, comedy sketches, satire, stand-up comedy and recitations.
An Evening with David Haldane in 2025
An evening of insight and laughter with the Blyth-born international cartoonist David Haldane (Punch Magazine, Private Eye and many more publications) in April, May and September 2025.
Lit & Phil Library, Newcastle (April 23, sold out!) - Blyth Library (May 12, 18:00) - The Word, South Shields (September 24, 13:00) - Gosforth Civic Theatre (September 30, 14:00)