Join us for a special screening and discussion of We Were Here: The Black Renaissance Uncovered (2024), the latest documentary by award-winning US-based Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist Fred Kuwornu. 

Exhibited at the Central Pavillion of the Venice Biennale, the film challenges traditional narratives by uncovering the hidden histories of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. It reveals how their lives, labour, and cultural contributions were systematically erased from canonical accounts. Blending archival research with powerful storytelling, Kuwornu offers what he calls a “historical remix,” challenging assumptions about Europe’s past and its enduring legacies of race and exclusion.

Following the screening, Fred Kuwornu will join Durham academics in conversation to explore the intersections of history, identity, and creativity, and to reflect on the challenges of recovering suppressed narratives. The event provides a rare opportunity to engage with a filmmaker whose work bridges scholarship and activism, while contributing to ongoing debates on decolonisation, equality, and belonging within and beyond the university.

This event is free to attend.

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

The event will begin at 6pm and run until approximately 8pm.

Hot off an award-winning Edinburgh Fringe run, the Durham Revue’s 24/25 troupe have crash landed back in Durham to perform their desert island sketch show for one night only!

'The Durham Revue 24/25 will return to the Assembly Rooms to perform their Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Sketch Marks the Spot’ for the FINAL time! Recently dubbed winners of best sketch show of the Fringe by the Derek Awards, the Durham Revue are back on home turf after sell out runs in London, Durham and Edinburgh this summer. The last hurrah for the 24/25 troupe and final chance to catch their show, this hour of sketch comedy action is not one to miss!

The Durham Revue are marooned on a desert island and there’s only one way to escape - 60 minutes of raucous sketch comedy! Will the troupe swim their way to warmer waters, or will they stay stranded? The group that brought you Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble, Liz Kingsman, Stevie Martin, Ambika Mod and many more are back with 100% new material. 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)

£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 performance will begin at 8.30pm and last for 70 minutes without interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the show.

The Freshers Showcase returns for 2025! Join TDTC as we showcase the newest and brightest talent that this year's students have to offer, in a night of dazzling musical theatre performances!

Returning for one night only, the Freshers Showcase 2025 by Tone Deaf Theatre Company showcases the newest and brightest talent this year's students have to offer. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to see the future of Durham Student Theatre take to the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Stage.

£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 3ET.

The event will begin at 7.30pm and last for 95 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.

Gothic classic set to the stage, taking a delve into the scariest monster of all for the Halloween season - oneself.

Infatuated by his own beauty captured in a portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. However, as he follows his friend Lord Henry Wooton in a hedonistic descent into his own desires, his sins begin to be reflected in the once handsome artwork.

Including previously censored scenes from Wilde's original and best known version, brushed over elements of much loved characters are illuminated under moonlight, and the horror that is Dorian Gray will come to life on the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms stage.

£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 production will begin at 7.30pm and run for approximately 2 hours with a short interval. Further information on timings will be clarified closer to the time.

Please note that the performance on Friday 31 October will begin at 6.30pm.

Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance is due to begin.