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Tuning up for concerts in Austria

11:35am Friday 19th March 2010

DURHAM University Orchestral Society leaves for Vienna on Monday for a week-long tour during which the 63 players will give three concerts.

Images of a magical event

Images of a magical event

11:41am Friday 19th March 2010

PHOTOGRAPHS capturing the magic of last year’s Lumiere light show are on display at Clayport Library.

Film director to talk on passion for cinema

11:36am Friday 19th March 2010

DIRECTOR Mark Cousins will be in Durham on Sunday for a Northern Lights Film Festival event at the Gala Theatre. He will introduce The First Movie, his documentary filmed in Iraq, and host a question and answer session. The show starts at 3pm.

Journey’s End, Gala Theatre, Durham

11:37am Friday 19th March 2010

SET entirely in an officers’ dugout in the trenches of the First World War, Journey’s End is an intense examination of bravery, friendship and manhood.

Musical choice powerful in grief

2:25pm Friday 12th March 2010

THE Avison Ensemble presents a concert of 18th century music by Vivaldi and THE Avison Ensemble presents 18th century music by Vivaldi and Wassenaer at St Brandon’s Church, Brancepeth, tonight, along with Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.

See the light and help to create fantasy worlds

Simone Martin is pictured alongside an installations at Durham Art Gallery

2:27pm Friday 12th March 2010

VISITOR assistant Simone Martin is pictured alongside an installations at Durham Art Gallery by Jennifer Douglas, whose work has been described as a “playful yet engaging investigation of the matter”.

Durham Singers give two airings to rarely-heard Brahms

2:28pm Friday 12th March 2010

Brown, a former member of the National Youth Choir, from Langley Moor, will sing the bass solo part, and the Singers will be joined by soprano Claire Weston, a former principal artist at English National Opera, admired for her roles in Wagner and for lieder performances. During the first half of the concert, she will sing two moving lieder by Brahms.

Floral setting

2:28pm Friday 12th March 2010

DEERNESS Art Club will exhibit recent paintings by members in the cafe at the Botanic Gardens in Durham.

Fuming – or not – at regulations

FATHER FIGURE: Graham Seed as Osborne in Journey’s End.

2:29pm Friday 5th March 2010

MOST actors are recognised by their looks. Graham Seed is more likely to hear “Don’t I know you?” when he speaks.

Blitz! The Musical

2:31pm Friday 5th March 2010

THE Woodplayers student drama company stages Blitz! – The Musical at Collingwood College, Durham from Wednesday to Saturday, March 13.









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