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Castle setting for operetta
3:09pm Friday 12th February 2010
OPERA lovers are guaranteed a spectacular setting for Die Fledermaus at the end of the month when Durham Opera Ensemble gives five performances in the Great Hall at Durham Castle.
Student production of pyschological drama
3:10pm Friday 12th February 2010
STUDENT Paul Moss follows in the footsteps of leading actors Peter Firth and Daniel Radcliffe playing the role of Alan Strang in the theatrical masterpiece Equus.
Learn to write
3:11pm Friday 12th February 2010
WORKSHOPS for new writers will be held next month at Clayport Library in Durham.
Class act
3:11pm Friday 12th February 2010
THE Roy Cross Cup for best performance by an actor or actress in a principal role at the One Act Drama Festival in Richmond was won by Christopher Joby, for his performance as Gus in Durham Dramatic Society’s production of The Dumb Waiter.
Beauty in small paintings
2:39pm Friday 5th February 2010
AN EXHIBITION of Chinese paintings from the 19th century has opened at Durham University’s Oriental Museum.
Chance to solve a murder mystery
2:39pm Friday 5th February 2010
DURHAM crime author Roz Southey is joining forces with a library service for a mini-series of talks and murder mystery evenings.
Orchestra North East Gala Theatre, Durham
2:37pm Friday 5th February 2010
WITH mighty forces at its disposal, Orchestra North East set about demonstrating yet again its credentials as the region’s only full-scale orchestra, welcoming back the Swiss conductor Philippe Bach, along with Andrew Watkinson, who fronted Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
Choir needed for mysteries opera
2:20pm Friday 29th January 2010
A COMMUNITY opera is to be performed in Durham Cathedral as part of plans to reevive the medieval tradition of street plays based on Bible stories.
Auditions for musical
2:21pm Friday 29th January 2010
AUDITIONS are to be held for a production of Chess by the Dionysis Theatre Company at the Gala Theatre in Durham.
Book group
2:22pm Friday 29th January 2010
THE new Durham Book Group, run by Jo Colley, meets for the first time on February 8 at Leonard’s Café, Durham. The book under discussion is What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn, which won the First Novel Award at the 2008 Costas.
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