A powerful historical drama and literary biopic that  follows the sisters’ lives from their childhood through to their ultimate deaths as they navigate personal struggles and creative ambition amidst the oppressive patriarchal limitations of the 19th century.

Set in their isolated home on the Yorkshire moors, the play begins with the return of their brother Branwell, dismissed from his job and spiralling into addiction. As the sisters are left to care for their father and keep the household together through grief and hardship, they turn to writing as an escape, the result of which would become the infamous novels that came to define them and the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur as their characters begin to come to life and haunt their creators.

£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.

Two best friends, lyricist Hunter and composer Jeff, try to write a hit musical for the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The problem is that they have just three weeks.

Three weeks away from the deadline for a Musical Theatre festival, struggling writer friends Hunter and Jeff scramble to write a play in time. This one-act musical tells their story in a hilariously self-referential musical telling the story of "a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical".

£9 Standard

£7.50 Concession

£6.50 Performing Arts Members

This event is taking place at The Dowrick Suite, The Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College, DH1 3LN.

The event will begin at 7.30pm, (or 2.30pm on the 13th) and run for 90 minutes with a short interval.

Durham University Palatinate Orchestra’s Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of brilliant rhapsodies and legends, including Liszt’s ‘Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2’, Sibelius’s ‘Lemminkäinen Suite’ and music by Rossini and Glazunov.

The Palatinate Orchestra will open the concert with Rossini’s famed ‘Barber of Seville Overture’, bursting with sparkling wit and charm, before Glazunov’s richly evocative ‘Ballade for Orchestra’. Liszt’s ‘Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2’, in its fiery orchestral guise, forms the thrilling centrepiece, full of drama and orchestral fireworks.

The evening will culminate with Sibelius’s so-called ‘Symphony No. 0’, the ‘Lemminkäinen Suite’, featuring the haunting ‘Swan of Tuonela’, and a sweeping heroic finale. Conducted by Anthony Sutch, this promises to be a night of passion, orchestral marvel and symphonic storytelling you won’t want to miss!

£12 Standard

£10 Concession

£7 Performing Arts Members

This concert takes place at Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL.

The concert will begin at 7.30pm and last approximately 2 hours with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the concert begins.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is a two person show about a world where words become limited and their relationship becomes strained.

First Theatre Company presents Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, a dystopian romance about a couple navigating a world where speech is rationed to just 140 words a day. As language becomes limited, they must discover new ways to connect, argue and say the things that matter most.

£7 Standard

£6.50 Concession

£6 Performing Arts Members

This performance is taking place at The City Theatre, Fowlers Yard, 6 Back Silver st, Durham, DH1 3RA.

The performances will begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 95 minutes without interval.

Dunelm Consort and Players presents Handel’s Messiah, an unmissable Christmas classic conducted by renowned conductor Gianluca Marcianò.

Celebrate the season with Handel’s timeless oratorio exploring Jesus' nativity, passion and resurrection through beloved choruses like 'Hallelujah' and soaring solo arias. Often programmed by larger choral societies, this more intimate performance – faithful to Handel's original scoring for small choir and chamber ensemble – promises to be an unforgettable experience, crowned with the 'unfailingly theatrical and idiomatic conducting' (Sunday Times) of guest conductor Gianluca Marcianò, Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Magna Grecia, Principal Guest Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of Al Bustan Festival.

Join us for a fantastic and festive night of first-class music.

£16 Standard

£14 Concession

£10 Performing Arts Members

This performace is taking place at St Godric's Church, 2 Castle Chare, Durham, DH1 4RD.

The performance will last for 2 hours with a short interval.

Durham University Concert Band and Durham University Brass Band are having themselves 'A Merry Little Concert!' - full of Christmas tunes, carols and cheer!

Join Durham University Concert Band and Durham University Brass Band in spreading yuletide cheer at their annual Christmas collaboration concert at Elvet Methodist Church.

Conducted by Tomos Haine, Oscar Bovenizer and Timothy Tsang, this concert celebrates everything Christmas; featuring music from Prokofiev's 'Troika', to the overture from 'The Muppets Christmas Carol', and of course plenty of traditional carols and seasonal pop tunes!

£8 Standard

£7 Concession

£6 Performing Arts Members

The performance will take place at Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL.

The performance will begin at 7pm and alst for approximately 2 hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the concert begins.