The Arts In Berwick -- Theatre
Yeavering - The Borough's First Theatre



The earliest publicly funded performing-arts venue in the North-East was the auditorium at the Royal Saxon Palace at Yeavering near Kirknewton.

Discovered during excavations in the 1950s it had seating for 320. Court cases, political speeches and the sermons of visiting Saints could have taken place in the space, but perhaps most intriguing of all, this 'Royal Court Theatre' might just have been the venue for the world premiere of the heroic poem Beowulf.


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