It describes the efforts and activities made by a group of Chinese aspirants for the revitalisation of China about the Wuxu Revolution in 1898.

Yoghurt Theatre Company is presenting the 'Martyrs' Shrine'. It sets in the turbulent late Qing Dynasty, 'Beijing Fayuan Temple' follows monks, revolutionaries, and intellectuals wrestling with faith, patriotism, and change. In the ancient temple’s serene yet oppressive atmosphere, ideals clash, and sacrifices are made, capturing a pivotal moment in China’s struggle between tradition and revolution.

FREE

This performance takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham.

The performance will last 180 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance starts.

Peter Schaffer's delightful comedy follows the adventures of Lettice Duffet, an enthusiast for architectural beauty with a tendency towards exaggeration and the dramatic- come along for a heartwarming and uplifting comedy!  

Lettice and Lovage charts the development of an unlikely friendship between Lettice Duffet, an enthusiastic tour guide for Fustian House who enjoys fabricating the house's history, and Lotte, her disapproving employer, and the outlandish consequences that ensue! Follow along in this charming story as Schaffer considers how strong friendships can blossom in the most unlikely of circumstances, unexpectedly improving both of their lives for the better.

£6 Standard

£4 Concession

£4 Durham Student Theatre

This production takes place at the Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College, DH1 3LN.

The performance will begin at 7pm and run until 9.30pm with a 15 minute interval. Doors will open 30 minutesbefore the start of the production.

Our first show of Epiphany Term where we’ll be checking who’s actually stuck to their New Year’s Resolutions.

Bringing back our roster of comedians (and hopefully some newcomers who said they’d try something new in 2025) for another open mic night where we check just how many New Year’s Resolutions we’ve all failed.

£3 Standard

£2 Concession (inc Durham People of Colour Association)

This performance is taking place at The Holy GrAle, 57 Crossgate, St Margarets Garth, Durham DH1 4PR.

This performance will start at 8pm and will last until 10pm. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the show.

Follow twenty-eight days in the life of eighteen-year-old Patrick, as a mysterious wooden box helps him control his destiny, for better or for worse.

February is cursed. Or so eighteen-year-old Patrick believes. As his life fills with mock exams, cross country races, a bully and an unrequited crush, it looks as if the next four weeks will be nothing but dreary. But when he stumbles across a Fatecube – a box with the alleged ability to predict one’s destiny – he's able to take control of his day-to-day struggles; dodging illnesses, winning competitions and earning the attention of the girl he likes. Fate has its own plans, however, and Patrick’s meddling soon has dire consequences.

A coming-of-age tale with fantastical elements, confronting our struggles of grief, identity, and the desire for control in a chaotic universe.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concession

£6 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40N Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

Performances will begin at 7.30pm, and last approximately 105 minutes with a 15 minute interval. Doors will open at 7pm.

Durham Student Theatre presents its annual Finalists' Showcase for one night only in the Assembly Rooms Theatre!

Showcasing the best of what Durham Student Theatre has to offer is some of this year's finalists in a celebration of all they have done over the time at Durham. As a last hurrah come and watch them act and sing their hearts out in a one-night extravaganza of all different types of theatre that we have to offer. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be sad to see them go. The finalists' showcase is not one to miss.

£3 Standard

£2.50 Conession

£2 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

This performance will begin at 7.30pm and run until 10pm with a 10 minute interval.

A striking regency era story about two people, too caught up in their own Pride and Prejudices to see the love before them. Will they be able to see past their judgements to find true love?

It is 1811 in the English countryside. A turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner, begins in their meeting at a ball. Surrounded by their lovable yet chaotic kin, will the pair overcome the titular sins of pride and prejudice and accept their love for each other?

With live underscoring by a string quartet, this production is a wonderful example of the contemporary theatrical potential of a classic love story!

£7 Standard

£6 Concession

£5.50 Durham Student Theatre Members

This performance takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

This production will begin at 7.30pm (or 2.30pm on an afternoon performance) and last approximately two and a half hours with a 15 minute interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the production.

DDF Opening Night marks the beginning of a fabulous week of Student Written Theatre.  We commence the celebrations of this festival with a night of comedy and musical theatre!

Durham Drama Festival Opening Night lays the foundation for a week of nine different shows in three different venues all written and created by students!  

This Opening Night is particularly special as it marks the beginning of DDF’s 50th birthday, so get ready to celebrate with a brilliant line up of the Durham Revue, Shellshock! Improv, StandSoc and last but certainly not least Durham University’s Musical Theatre Troupe.  A fabulous evening not to be missed before a week of extraordinary theatre from some of Durham’s most talented students as part of the UK’s largest and most prolific student theatre scene!

May contain very strong language.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concession

£6 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 last approximately 150 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show starts.

DDF 2025 will be a week long celebration of new student writing from February 16th to February 23rd.

Join Durham Student Theatre for the 50th Anniversary of the Durham Drama Festival. Featuring nine new plays across three venues, explore the wealth of emerging talent at the UK's largest and most prolific student theatre scene.

More details to follow.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concessions

£6 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production takes place at the Mount Oswald Hub, Durham, DH1 3FP.

The performance takes place at 7pm (or at 2.30pm on a  Saturday). Front doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.

This programme is made up of three 50-minute plays with a short interval between each.

DDF 2025 will be a week long celebration of new student writing from February 16th to February 23rd.

Join Durham Student Theatre for the 50th Anniversary of the Durham Drama Festival. Featuring nine new plays across three venues, explore the wealth of emerging talent at the UK's largest and most prolific student theatre scene.

More details to follow.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concessions

£6 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

The performance takes place at 7pm (or at 2.30pm on Saturday). Front doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.

This programme is made up of three 50-minute plays with a short interval between each.

DDF 2025 will be a week long celebration of new student writing from February 16th to February 23rd.

Join Durham Student Theatre for the 50th Anniversary of the Durham Drama Festival. Featuring nine new plays across three venues, explore the wealth of emerging talent at the UK's largest and most prolific student theatre scene.

More details to follow.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concessions

£6 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

The performance takes place at 7pm (or at 2.30pm on Saturday). Front doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.

This programme is made up of three 50-minute plays with a short interval between each.

A soulful drama about a young couple, Matt and Jen, coming to terms with their relationship, as one of them has to move across the country for work.

Matt and Jen have come home from work to their Edinburgh flat and are going about their evening as usual. Except there is an elephant in the room. Matt has a new job. And it’s in London. As much as they don’t particularly want to face it, the discussion of how it will affect their relationship is inevitably imminent.  

£4 Standard

£3.50 Concession

This performance will take place at the Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, DH1 3LN.

This performance will begin at 7pm and last until 8.15pm. There is no interval.

Get ready for one of the biggest events in the Durham Student Theatre calendar - DST Events is proud to present The D'Oliviers 2025!

Come and join us for a night of friends, fun, and awards as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Durham Drama Festival! This annual event will take place at the end of Week 6, and is a chance to celebrate all those involved with DDF this year, alongside everyone else in the DST community. Expect a drinks reception, entertainment, live music, awards, and much more!

Dress Code: Black Tie

PLEASE NOTE: Involvement in the Durham Drama Festival is not at all required for attendance; everyone from all corners of Durham Student Theatre is encouraged to attend!

Tickets £10

This event is taking place in Hatfield College Dining Room, Hatfield College, North Bailey.

This event will begin at 8pm and run until 10.30pm.

Durham Opera Ensemble presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, a witty and whimsical operetta combining political satire with fairy magic, great music, and unforgettable characters.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, presented by Durham Opera Ensemble, is a sparkling blend of political satire, romance, and fairy magic. Strephon, a half-fairy shepherd, loves Phyllis, a Ward of Court sought in marriage by the entire House of Lords. When a misunderstanding involving Strephon’s fairy mother, Iolanthe, causes Phyllis to renounce him, chaos ensues. The fairies retaliate by sending Strephon to Parliament, where their magic turns the British political system upside down.

With whimsical fairies, lovesick politicians, and sharp satire on privilege and power, plus a fantastic score, Iolanthe is a must-see!

£12.50 Standard

£9.50 Concession

£7.50 Durham Student Theatre Member

This production takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham, DH1 3ET.

Performances begin at 2.30 or 7.30pm and last approximately 160 minutes with a 15 minute interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the performance.

Set in the Southern multicultural haven of New Orleans, Tennessee Williams' era defining commentary on the divided cultural American psyche, tackling the complexities of love, power, and class.

Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and understood as one 20th century's greatest plays, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is not to be missed. Tennessee Williams explores the lives of Stella and Stanley Kowalski in their shabby apartment in Elysium Fields, set in the Southern multicultural haven of New Orleans. In a commentary on the divided cultural American psyche, their world is brought to a head by the arrival of Blanche DuBois.

Content Warnings: Physical and sexual violence / rape / racism

£7.50 Standard

£7 Concessions

£6.50 Durham Student Theatre Members

This production is taking place at the Mark Hillery Arts Centre, Collingwood College, South Road, DH1 3LT.

This performance will start at 7.30pm and run for 150 minutes with a 15 minute interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start time.