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.

Set sail with The Little Mermaid, following Ariel as she explores her dreams and the challenges of the sea. This production promises unforgettable moments and a magical experience for all.

Hilde Bede Theatre makes their Assembly Rooms musical debut with Disney's "The Little Mermaid", an aquatic adventure that you won't want to miss! Follow Ariel as she tackles the challenges of the sea and following her dreams, in magical experience that will be enjoyable for everyone!

£8 Standard

£7 Concession

£6.50 Durham Student Theatre Members

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

This production starts at 7.30pm and lasts until 10pm with a 15 minute interval.

Foot Notes and DUBB present their first ever collaboration concert featuring highlights from both groups’ 2024/25 sets, and collaborative numbers ranging from Gene Puerling to Ēriks Ešenvalds.

Off the back of a successful first term, described as ‘vibrant and accomplished’ in audience reviews, Foot Notes are thrilled to return to the Durham stage alongside DUBB with a diverse range of repertoire: from the music of Anaїs Mitchell in Hadestown, to the likes of Alexander L’Estrange and Eleanor Daley.

DUBB are excited to collaborate with Foot Notes on a concert with highlights from their 2024/25 set: Unspoken Voices. They are proud to present a programme of underrepresented composers in a unique contemporary set, including the music of Nikki Iles, Maria Schneider, and a big band arrangement of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ “Only In Sleep”.

£10 Standard

£8 Concession

£6 Durham Student Music Member

This concert is taking place at Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL.

Doors will open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. The concert will last until 9.30pm with a short interval.

Set in the turbulent heart of the French Revolution, the timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet details the fate of two ‘star-crossed lovers’, whose dizzying romantic entanglement ends in tragedy.

Durham University Classical Theatre are proud to present our annual Shakespeare production, Romeo and Juliet. In this fresh take on the Shakespearean classic, the story unfolds amid the turmoil of the French Revolution.

Juliet is the daughter of an aristocratic family loyal to the monarchy, while Romeo is a passionate revolutionary fighting for liberty and equality. Their love blossoms in secret against the violent backdrop of political upheaval and shifting alliances. As tensions rise, Romeo and Juliet's entanglement reaches boiling point, in an ending testament to the unbridled power of true love.

£8 Standard

£7 Concession

£6.50 Durham Student Theatre Members

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

This performance begins at 7.30pm, and doors will open at 7pm.

Described by the Guardian as possessing a "gloriously warm and finely balanced sound" at their concert at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Durham University Choral Society and conductor John Forsyth MBE present an energetic programme of Baroque works in the magnificent surroundings of Newcastle Cathedral.

Featuring showpieces such as the ever-popular Vivaldi 'Gloria' alongisde Handel's Dixit Dominus, this concert promises unremitting energy and framatic intensity from one of the finest choirs in the region.

£16 Standard

£14 Concession

£12 Student

£10 Durham Student Music Members

The performance will begin at 7.45pm and last approximately 110 minutes including an interval, during which refreshments will be served in the Nave. Doors open 45 minutes before the performance begins.

Patrons should note that there is uneven flooring in the Nave of Newcastle Cathedral.