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.