In a dramatic retelling of this great Romantic novel, young and unsuspecting governess Jane Eyre must fight to secure her freedom and identity in a world that condemns her for it.
Jane Eyre arrives in 1846 to take up the post of governess to Rochester's ward, Adele, at Thornfield Hall. Jane and Rochester fall in love but their happiness is jeopardized by the discovery of the terrible secret from Rochester's past. The action, contained in a single setting with one small inset scene, captures all the tension and drama that fans and newcomers alike could want from this great love story.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This production will take place in the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performance will begin at 7.30pm and run for approximately two and a half hours with a short interval.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance is due to begin.
Aidans College Theatre will be taking you on a journey through six of your favourite musicals in our show 'An Act of Musicals'. This vibrant production is not one you'll want to miss.
Aidans College Theatre is proud to present 'An Act of Musicals'. Imagine six musicals colliding into one incredible performance of musical theatre. This production takes the biggest songs and moments from your favourite shows, and brings them together into a single, fast-paced performance. With seamless transitions, bold choreography, and iconic characters, it's like watching six different musicals all in one sitting. This is a full theatrical experience. You'll be taken from glittering stardom, to fairy-tale forests, to high-school chaos, to roaring parties, to magical lands and revolutionary barricades.
£7 Standard
£6 Concession
£5 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
This performance begins at 7.30pm and lasts approximately 80 minutes. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.
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Durham University’s award-winning sketch comedy group are back with a brand new troupe and sparkly new material. Come for an evening of hilarious sketches, fast-paced jokes and, apparently, zoo-keeping.
Back from their Edinburgh Fringe run that saw them dubbed ‘Best Sketch Show’ of the festival the Durham Revue have returned to home turf with a completely brand new troupe and all new sketches! With nothing to do since Fringe, the troupe have decided to finally settle down and get real jobs. No, not in sketch comedy. They’ve all decided to take up zoo-keeping, obviously.
The group that brought you Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble, Liz Kingsman, Stevie Martin, Ambika Mod and many more are back with 100% new material in their new show ‘A Day at the Durham REZOO.’ Join the award-winning Durham Revue, for an hour of hilarious, cutting-edge sketches.
“It’s a phenomenal show by a ridiculously talented bunch” (EdFringeReview.com)
£8 Standard
£7 Concession
£6 Performing Arts Members
This show is taking place at Collingwood Arts Centre, Collingwood Collge, South Rd, DH1 3LT/
This event begins at 8pm and lasts for approximately 75 minutes without interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.
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Chekov's gripping tragicomedy presents the human struggle between ambition and human connection; the desire for innovative creative success versus the comfort of tradition and family ties.
Set in a luxurious, but restrictive country manor, The Seagull follows a family of creatives and the tensions that build over each character's desire to be the best. At the centre of the play, Konstantin faces the ultimate struggle as he conflicts his overwhelming passion for writing with his obsessions with Nina, his love for his mother, and his jealousy of Trigorin.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performance will begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 150 minutes.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the performance.
A mother spiralling. A son trapped in her world. A daughter reeling at the price of rebelling. Polly Stenham’s ‘That Face’ is a dissection of a family drowning in its own privilege.
Fourth Wall is excited to stage Polly Stenham's ‘That Face’: a contemporary drama that serves as both a darkly comedic critique of privilege and a sympathetic, lyrical exploration of family dysfunction.
The story follows the fallout of a family after fifteen year old Mia takes a boarding school hazing ritual too far. Expelled from school, Mia is thrown back into the midst of the family dynamics she was rebelling against: she is forced to stay with her mother Martha, who is profoundly dependent on alcohol, pills, and a perverse but caring relationship with Mia's older brother Henry. The tensions of this chaotic family crystalise with the return of Mia and Henry’s father, with both parents forced to confront how their elite lifestyles have failed their children.
Compared by the Daily Express to the work of Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee, Stenham's play combines poetic intimacy with dramatic spectacle to stunning effect.
Please note: this performance contains themes of incest.
£7 Standard
£6.50 Concession
£6 Performing Arts Members
This performance is taking place at the Collingwood Arts Centre, Collingwood College, Durham, DH1 3LT.
The performance begins at 7.30pm and lasts for approximately 105 minutes with a short interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.
During the Republic of China, three Peking University professors discuss the existence and meaning of the university after receiving three unexpected examination papers and a letter.
Universitas unfolds in Republican-era Peking University, where three professors embodied distinct intellectual ideals separately, convene to evaluate four unconventional entrance exam papers. As they debate the merits of eccentric, rebellious, or unorthodox candidates, the meeting transforms into a clash over education, freedom, and the role of scholars in a turbulent nation.
The professors’ arguments reveal personal convictions, generational tensions, and differing visions for China’s future. Through sharp dialogue and subtle humor, the play examines who deserves opportunity and what it means to “cultivate talent” during crisis. Ultimately, Universitas portrays education as both moral responsibility and fragile hope.
NB. The show will be performed in Chinese with live English subtitles.
Ticket revenue will be used solely to cover essential production costs.
£8 Standard
£7.50 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performances start at 7.30pm and last approximately 145 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.
Travelling salesman, Willy Loman, has spent his life in pursuit of the American Dream. Dissatisfied and disillusioned by life, Willy loses his grip on reality – haunted by memories and failed aspirations.
'Death of a Salesman' follows Willy Loman, an aging traveling salesman whose lifelong pursuit of the American Dream collapses under the weight of reality. Haunted by memories past, and failed aspirations, Willy clings to illusions of grandeur - at the expense of his declining career and family, particularly sons Biff and Happy, who struggle with their father's expectations. Biff’s failure to meet Willy’s dreams triggers Willy’s deeper retreat into memories and fantasies. Arthur Miller’s 20th century masterpiece exposes the tragic cost of delusion in a society which advertises false hope in exchange for compliance.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performance will begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 3 hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
The Classical acting showcase is an annual tradition where 8-10 actors perform classical monologues in a light competition.
The Classical Acting Showcase is a fantastic opportunity for those interested in developing their classical acting skills or try it for the first time. Actors work 1-on-1 with the directors to develop their pieces and perform in front of judges who are able to give constructive feedback to aid the actors development and give a light competitive nature to the competition.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at Collingwood Arts Centre, Collingwood College, South Rd, DH1 3LT.
The performance begins at 7.30pm and lasts for approximately 70 minutes. Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.
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Inspired by the iconic Stephen King novel and its 1976 film adaptation, CARRIE: THE MUSICAL tells the tale of awkward teenager Carrie White navigating the difficulties of high school and her relationship with her religiously fanatic mother. When Carrie is humiliated at prom, she unleashes her telekinetic powers in vengeance that will throw her life into chaos.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performances begin at 7.30pm and last for 2 hours with an interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
Summer 1916. Edward's shoulder injury sends him home to fiancee Eleanor for convalescence, where he becomes unnerved not only by shell-shock, but also his feelings towards the estate's new farmhand.
Summer 1916. Edward returns home from France with a shrapnel injury to his shoulder and is welcomed by his devoted fiancée, Eleanor. Yet the peaceful convalescence he longs for is unsettled not only by shell-shock, but also a new presence on the estate - one that awakens emotions he thought he buried in the trenches. ‘Lavender’ explores themes of trauma, acceptance, and navigating the balance between duty and desire.
£5 Standard
£4.50 Concession
£4 Performing Arts Member
This event is taking place at the Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Rd, Durham, DH1 3LN.
Performances begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately an hour without interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
Join us for an evening with Durham’s finest acts; with laughter and entertainment abound, come and celebrate the Opening Night of Durham Drama Festival!
With Durham Drama Festival consisting of 9 different student-written shows taking place across the week, DDF Opening Night marks the beginning of Durham Student Theatre’s ode to its student writers and creatives.
Now in its 51st year, our line-up will include performances from The Durham Revue, The Stand Society, Shellshock! Improv, and our Durham University Musical Theatre troupe, as well as our fantastically funny compères. Be sure not to miss out on a night full of vibrant hilarity and music!
May contain strong language.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Durham Student Theatre Members
This production will take place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
This performance will begin at 7:30pm and will last approximately 150 minutes, with a short interval.
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Durham Drama Festival is back for 2026 with a week-long celebration of the best new plays and musicals from across the University scene.
In the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, we are welcoming three new productions:
19 Hour Dog Fight
'19 Hour Dog Fight' covers one day: open to close at an all day, all night pool and snooker bar, bartended by Felicity, and containing four regulars; Jerome, Silas, Harry, and Liam. The story revolves around Harry and Liam's psycho-sexual relationship, and works into themes of masculinity, mortality, purpose, and ego as they explore themselves and each other, leading to confrontations with Jerome and Silas (the older regulars), manic-depressive breakdowns, love, frenzy and tragedy as the sun rises.
The Dangers of Being Earnest
The Ainsely Theatre company is an amateur university theatre company, whose two directors - Frankie and Karly, have elected to put on the importance of being Earnest. Unfortunately, with miscommunications, feuds and a general lack of organization, their production goes from amateur to awful.
To Capture the Wildlife - MUSICAL
A boy grieving the loss of his mother meets an unusual girl each week in a graveyard. Navigating the pains of life and death, they find comfort in one another, but can their strange, transient friendship survive this tumultuous time?
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This show is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performances will last approximately 3 hours total (approx 50 minutes per play, with an interval after each performance).
Durham Drama Festival is back for 2026 with a week-long celebration of the best new plays and musicals from across the University scene.
In the Collingwood Arts Centre, we are welcoming three new productions:
Infested
Set in WW1 November 1916, the wife is at home in England when during the Battle of the Somme the husband gets sent home because of an arm lesion and with extreme shell shock. The wife starts to question whether the person who has come home is really her husband that she loves or whether it's a mimic (due to shell shock and the mental effects of the war) that's infesting her home with malicious disease which manifests in the form of a deformed rat.
Part of Me
Jamie is a teenager – young, free, and on top of the world. Surrounded by his family and friends, things should be carefree and easy, but not everything is as it seems. Teenage life is confusing and we never know the full story of what goes on inside someone’s head. ‘Part of Me’ is a play about the teenage experience, mental health, growth, and most importantly, recovery.
Poetry Club
When Martin’s wife passes away, he’s left at a loose end that he intends to tie up by starting a poetry discussion group. Playing out over the first meeting, 'Poetry Club' (working title) brings together a group of unusual people who readily make assumptions about one another.
You’ve met them all before, and you might even have been one of them. How do our first impressions of people guide the way in which we interact with them? What causes us to change our minds?
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This show is taking place at the Collingwood Arts Centre, Collingwood College Durham
The performances will last approximately 3 hours total (approx 50 minutes per play, with an interval after each performance).
Durham Drama Festival is back for 2026 with a week-long celebration of the best new plays and musicals from across the University scene.
In the Mount Oswald Hub, we are welcoming three new productions:
Oranges and Lemons
“Do you believe in ghosts?”
“No, but I believe in being haunted.”
A group of people in their mid-20s return to their hometown after their old headmistress has passed away. As the play unfolds, we learn of their personal histories, the threads that sew these particular few together. Things that never were or could have been, times you could never go back to.
Mythweaver
Desperate to regain the affections of her distant ex-lover Atthis, the poetess Sappho makes a late-night bid for help to the goddess Aphrodite. However, Aphrodite foresees a new love, the wealthy heiress Eirana, entering Sappho’s life, putting her at a crossroads between regret and infatuation. Supported by her mother Kleis and with an ever antagonistic relationship with her goddess guide, Sappho sets on a journey of love, loss, and poetry.
The Hope That Kills You
Ollie Mackintosh is many things: Arsenal’s trailblazing winger, iconic England goal-scorer and the north-east's golden boy.
Ollie Mackintosh is also gay—But nobody knows that. At least nobody knew that until a photo of Ollie kissing his boyfriend is leaked online. With control wrenched from his grasp, his agent breathing down his neck and his boyfriend away on tour, Ollie is left contending with what his life and his career could look like in the face of such all-encompassing change.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This show is taking place at the Mount Oswald Hub, The Drive, Durham.
The performances will last approximately 3 hours total (approx 50 minutes per play, with an interval after each performance).
'I am fine, thank you.' - Documentary Screening and Post-Screening Q&A (moderated by Professor Geetanjali Gangoli)
This documentary originated from the ‘We Are Hongkongers’ research project, funded by the British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship. Eleven Hongkongers, having moved to the UK since December 2019, participated in sharing their experiences and feelings in multiple filmed visits. The documentary features selected stories from these participants.
This documentary presents stories of Hongkonger migrants in the UK, each navigating their own path and defining what it means to live ‘right’ in a new land.
After parting from Hong Kong for some years and settling in a country where the language, culture and climate are vastly different from home, how would Hongkongers remember their home islands? What are the fragments of memory that they still carry?
This documentary originated from the ‘We Are Hongkongers’ research project, funded by the British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship. Eleven Hongkongers, having moved to the UK since December 2019, participated in sharing their experiences and feelings in multiple filmed visits. The documentary features selected stories from these participants.
Content warnings: Police brutality. Strong language.
This screening is free to enter. Please book your free ticket to ensure your seat.
The screening will last 85 minutes. The doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.
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DOE is proud to present Will Todd's musical reimagining of the classic story 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', an opera for new and old fans alike.
11-year-old Alice is jolted out of her mundane daydreams during the school holidays when she encounters a talking rabbit who insists that she follow him to the mysterious Wonderland. In this fantastical place, Alice meets a host of peculiar characters who foster a sense of wonder and curiosity. However, she soon learns that all is not well in Wonderland; a mysterious and very cross Queen of Hearts seems distressingly eager to chop off everyone’s heads.
£12.50 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performances begin at 7pm or 2pm and run for approximately 110 minutes with interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
Jamie New is sixteen on the edge of possibility, battling bigotry and inequality in his school and hometown, when he steps into the spotlight to make his dreams come true.
Trevelyan College Musical Society presents the smash hit musical ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’!
Jamie New knows exactly who he is, and what he wants to be. Only, it doesn’t feel like Sheffield is ready for a teenaged drag queen at the high school prom.
With the encouragement of his brilliant, loving mum, a retired drag queen turned shopkeeper, and surrounded by his supportive friends, Jamie embarks on a journey of self discovery. Join Jamie as he overcomes the wall in his head to step into the spotlight, and soon enough, everybody will be talking about Jamie!
£10 Standard
£9 Conession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This performance is taking place in the Dining Room at Trevelyan College, South Road, Durham, DH1 3NJ.
The performances will begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately two and a half hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.
A charismatic con artist forges identities and fortunes while evading a relentless FBI agent turning a thrilling chase into a dazzling tale of deception, ambition, and coming of age.
Catch Me If You Can is a high-energy musical inspired by the remarkable true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. and the hit DreamWorks motion picture. Still a teenager, Frank cons his way through glamorous lives as a pilot, doctor, and lawyer, all while staying one step ahead of determined FBI agent Carl Hanratty.
Set against the stylish backdrop of the 1960s, the show blends swinging big band music, dazzling choreography, and heartfelt moments to explore ambition, identity, and the consequences of living a lie.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This event will take place at the Collingwood Arts Centre, Collingwood College, South Road, DH1 3LT.
Performances begin at 7.30pm (or 2.30pm for the afternoon performance) and last approximately two and a half hours with interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
Come From Away is a heartwarming musical celebrating human kindness, set in Gander, Newfoundland, where locals welcomed stranded passengers after 9/11. With humor, compassion, and vibrant storytelling, it highlights resilience, community, and unexpected friendships forged during extraordinary circumstances
Come From Away tells the true story of 38 planes and almost 7,000 passengers from around the world that were diverted to the small community of Gander, Newfoundland on September 11, 2001, doubling its population in an instant. While the world witnessed the worst acts of humankind, these stranded passengers had their faith in humanity restored by the Canadians who, for five days, comforted those who had come from away. On September 11, 2001, the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This production will take place in the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.
The performance will begin at 7.30pm and run for approximately two hours with a short interval.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance is due to begin.
The Durham University Orchestral Society Chamber Orchestra arrive at Durham Town Hall to present a programme of narrative intensity, serene lyricism and symphonic brilliance, including Beethoven's iconic 7th Symphony, Copland's Appalachian Spring ballet, as well as Emilie Mayer's overture to the iconic Faust legend.
The Orchestral Societies Chamber Orchestras programme opens with Emilie Mayer's Overture to Faust, a boldly dramatic overture that plunges into the supernatural energy and emotional tension of the Faust legend. The concert continues with one of Copland's famous ballets, Appalachian Spring. Including the famous Lord of the Dance, this American staple paints a portrait of tenderness and lyricism, reflecting new beginnings. The concert culminates with Beethoven's iconic Seventh Symphony, a symphony of unstoppable rhythm and jubilant energy, often described as Beethoven’s ‘apotheosis of the dance," closing the programme in triumphant spirit. Each piece explores transformation - Mayer’s overture through dramatic turmoil, Copland through pastoral rebirth, and Beethoven through sheer rhythmic propulsion.
£14 Standard
£12 Concession
£10 Performing Arts Members
This performance takes place at Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJ.
The performance begins at 7.30pm and lasts for approximately 90 minutes. Door opens 30 minutes before the perfomance begins.
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Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, navigates conspiracy, tyranny and morality - and the death and violence that follows it.
DUCT presents Shakespeare's infamous tragedy, 'Julius Caesar.' After Caesar's victorious return from war, his growing ambition begins to invoke fear and suspicion from those around him. Conspiracy grows, and as the shadows grow longer, alliances, betrayals and death flicker in the moonlight.
Presented against the backdrop of 1970's outlaw culture, 'Julius Caesar' questions morality, honour and the cost of violence - raising an important question: Who can you really trust?
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This performance is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theate, 40 N Bailey, DH1 3ET.
This performance will begin at 7.30pm (2.30pm also on Saturday), and last for approximately 135 mins with interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.
Join the Palatinate Ensemble for their Epiphany term concert, as they perform the iconic Beethoven Symphony No.5!
Durham University Palatinate Orchestra’s Palatinate Ensemble is proud to present their second concert of the year, ‘Beethoven Symphony No. 5’, for what promises to be an electrifying evening of music making.
The concert will open with a series of chamber performances in the first half, featuring string quartets, a string octet, a wind quintet, and a brass trio. The second half showcases Beethoven’s much-loved Fifth Symphony, performed by the 25-piece chamber ensemble under the direction of Timothy Tsang, in the brilliant chamber reduction by David Walter.
£10 Standard
£8 Concession
£6 Performing Arts Members
This event takes place at St Oswald's Church, Church St, Durham, DH1 3DQ.
This event will begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 75 minutes. Doors will open 30 minutes before the concert begins.
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Join Durham University Choral Society for a packed evening with over 100 voices showcasing the repertoire for our upcoming international tour, bringing together works of Dove, Holst and Reger in Elvet Methodist Church.
Durham University Choral Society returns to the stage for a preview of its international tour repertoire in the resonant acoustics of Elvet Methodist Church here in Durham.
Conducted by Associate Conductor Louis Allen, "Nachtwache" (night watch) is inspired by the symbol of a guard nurse at a hospital, and explores themes of nightfall, darkness and sleep in an eclectic programme reaching from Holst's "Evening Watch" to the mystical and decorative "Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars" by Jonathan Dove.
If you're looking for an evening of atmospheric choral music sung by a gloriously blended ensemble of over 100 singers, there's no better place to be than this in March.
£12 Standard
£10 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This performance is taking place at Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL.
The performance begins at 7.30pm and lasts for approximately an hour and a half. Doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.
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A dazzling journey of classic musical theatre numbers within the themes of light and shadow. With mysterious, moody pieces, and bright, hopeful harmonies: this cabaret takes a worthy spotlight.
DULOG’s ‘Dusk to Dawn’: A Cabaret takes you on a dazzling journey of classic musical theatre numbers within the themes of light and shadow. With mysterious, moody pieces, and bright, hopeful harmonies: this cabaret takes a worthy spotlight. Featuring a diverse range of well-known songs from Disney to Golden Age classics, DULOG's annual cabaret offers performers the opportunity to shine on the Assembly Rooms stage.
£7 Standard
£6 Concession
£5.50 Performing Arts Members
This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 1JQ.
The show will begin at 7.30pm and last approximatey two and a half hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.
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Durham University Classical Ensemble presents Beethoven's 4th Symphony with a selection of other pieces from the Baroque and Classical period.
Durham University Classical Ensemble present an evening of music in St Oswald's Church. The programme opens with Weber's dramatic Der Freischütz Overture, followed by Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.2 and Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Trumpets, featuring soloists Tom Parker and Bronwen Roberts. Following this, two works by Beethoven; the 4th movement of his Wind Octet and the entirety of the lively, often underappreciated 4th symphony, will conclude the concert.
£8 Standard
£6 Concession
£5 Performing Arts Members
This event is taking place at St Oswald's Church, Church Street, Durham, DH1 3DQ.
The event will begin at 7pm and last until 8.25pm with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
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On the streets of Paris, a tale of love, conflict, and acceptance. With a soaring score, choir and band, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is brought to life in concert.
Follow Quasimodo the hopeful bellringer of Notre Dame as he ventures from his tower and falls for the beautiful Romani Dancer Esmerelda. Unbeknown to Quasimodo his guardian Frollo is also taken by Esmerelda leading to a tragic conflict. A tale of love, goodness, prejudice, and power, we watch Quasimodo and the Romani dream of finding a home within a society who shuns them. A story made even more beautiful and heartbreaking through its enchanting score and brought to life with an ethereal band and choir.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 Performing Arts Members
This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, DUrham, DH1 3ET.
The performances begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 3 hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the showw is due to begin.
Shakespeare’s Othello is a timeless tale of betrayal, deceit and revenge. When overlooked for a promotion, Iago begins to plant seeds of doubt in the mind of his general, Othello, with tragic consequences.
Roots Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s haunting tragedy, Othello, set in a timeless world of flowers, feathers, and fractured power.
Following General Othello who is deceived by a resentful ensign, Iago, into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful with a lieutenant, Cassio. Driven by Iago's deceit and the loss of his sentimental handkerchief, Othello’s overwhelming jealousy leads him to destruction. As Othello’s ‘outsider status’ becomes an increasing pressure point, the delicate ecosystem of his marriage is shattered. Othello’s unravelling becomes an echo of ecological collapse: a desperate, violent grasp for control which destroyed the very last thing that sustains him.
This poignant production invites audiences to decode its floral language and witness this antiquated, yet urgently modern tragedy.
£10 Standard
£9 Concession
£7 Performing Arts Members
This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 1JQ.
The performance will begin at 7.30pm and last approximately 155 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
