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Durham Fringe Festival 2025
From
£7.00
Various Locations across Durham
Durham City
County Durham
DH1 3NJ
Durham City
County Durham
DH1 3NJ
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Guide Prices
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
|---|---|
| Adult | £10.00 per ticket type |
| Concession | £7.00 per ticket type |
All tickets cost just £10 (£7 concession) or less. A true Fringe experience is all about trying something new, so Durham Fringe’s ‘discover offer’ means you can book any three shows for just £24 – that’s just £8 per show. This offer is automatically applied when three shows are
added to the basket during booking.
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Opening Times
| 2025 (23 July 2025 - 27 July 2025) |
|---|
Highlights...
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Sunday, 27th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Amity – Back From The BrinkAn exhilarating show for all lovers of music and poetry.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Sing, Sign and SensorySing, Sign & Sensory are a series of sensory performative workshops created for babies (0-24 months) and young sensory seekers.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Delusions and GrandeurFeaturing Suite Number One in G Major by JS Bach and personal comedic pieces crafted in Idiot classes.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Durham Fringe Family ShowcaseTo celebrate the 5th year of the Fringe & our biggest family offering to date, we're hosting a FREE family showcase.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Dance City Boundless CompanyChoreographed by North East Artist Kristin Kelly Abbott, 'Changing Reflections' explores the transformation we all experience through life and getting older.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: COUAC … Physical ComedyThis wordless show is an invitation to reflect on the place of nature and technology in our lives and the importance of preserving our humanity.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Jeddy Bear & Gary Save The WorldExpect an action-packed adventure with funny skits, games, world record attempts and the usual pie facing madness.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: The DebriefAward-winning Rational Madness Theatre presents Paul Levy's unique and disturbing solo theatre examination of Life after Near Death.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Saturday, 26th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: The Last HurrahThe Last Hurrah examines a family of ordinary people wrapped up in secrets and choices to be made.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Love HurtsDeath has had a rebranding – the cape and scythe has had to go and he's here with his purple suit and his customer satisfaction survey to give death a more user-friendly vibe.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Tom Bolton & FriendsTom Bolton is back, and this time, he’s not coming alone. He’s bringing some of the most exciting names in magic from outside and within Durham Fringe for a night of mind-blowing illusions!- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: The Rubbish PuppetsA girl is hidden away in her bedroom, alone by design. Still, company seems to find her anyway when the messy room comes to life. The Rubbish Puppets bring her much needed friendship, but there’s only so much a rag tag group of animate objects can do. Especially when they remind her of the very…- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder YearsMagician, Tim Lichfield, was first bitten by the magic bug at the tender age of 7.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-EOn her first day prison officer Casey will be placed into The Isolation wing with the hardened officer Stafford to show her the ropes. Whilst there, Casey will encounter The Mad, The Bad and The Sad of the prison world.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting]HEADING INTO NIGHT IS A clown ode (on forgetting) - it is joyous irreverent dance - innocence at the loss of memories - ecstatic glee at the regaining. Performed by Cirque du Soleil Clown Master conceptor Daniel Passer. In engagement and collaboration with his audience. And with boxes.- more info
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: NCD: Class of 2025Step into the spotlight with the stars of tomorrow! Join us for an electrifying showcase from the talented Performing Arts students of New College Durham's Class of 2025- more info
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Secret AdmirersWelcome to the Bureau's Secret One-To-One Surveillance Branch, where every person on earth is keenly surveyed by an FBI Agent! In this musical comedy, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ meets espionage and bureaucracy, as two FBI agents help their awkward subjects to romantically end up together, only to…- more info
Saturday, 26th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Who Killed t’DukeWho killed t’Duke is a classic whodunnit set in Medieval England where the Marx Brothers meets Murder Mystery! All that’s left of William Longbotham, Duke of Snetterdale is his ghost, which still roams this Earth today waiting for his killers to be brought to justice. Can you help solve a 500 year…- more info
Saturday, 26th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the QuackEllie’s world shatters when her partner runs off with her closest friend. As she spirals, unexpected counsellors emerge from her past, leading her on a wild journey of self-discovery. But as the thrill of surrender takes hold, the line between reality and illusion blurs. With her job, sanity, and…- more info
Saturday, 26th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: WhispersThis haunting piece of theatre is an intensive journey through XIX century asylum room, courtroom, monastery cell, banks of the Thames but also depths of the human’s mind.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Finding PoetryMolly Knox and Freya Cook present: 'Finding Poetry' is a intriguing hour of spoken word exploring the different ways poetry unexpectedly weaves itself into people’s lives.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Thursday, 24th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Spontaneous WrecksAfter a smashing run at the Durham Fringe in 2024, Spontaneous Wrecks present... The Improvised Fringe Show!- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Passengers & PioneersOriginal folk songs by Sam Slatcher featuring poetry from award winning North East poets that celebrates the bicentenary of the modern railway.- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Sunday, 27th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Lichfield & Larmouth Present: “Wonderstorm”Get ready for the return of "Wonderstorm". Tim Lichfield and Andy Larmouth are back at the Durham Fringe with a new show for 2025!- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Friday, 25th July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Crossland & Wilkinson: Mean BusinessEmma Crossland & Sam Wilkinson welcome you to Crossland & Wilkinson, the funniest megacorporation on the FTSE100. This induction covers vital topics like company history, your place in our grand plan (sorry, "strategy") and all the usual corporate bollocks that you’ve been ignoring in your own job…- more info
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 - Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Saturday, 26th July 2025 - Sunday, 27th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: OccupyWhere did we come from? Where are we going? When is Mother’s Day 2025? We would very much like to know. And where can we find answers? The Internet. And who could possibly show us the entirety of the Internet within the limits a tight 50-minute show? We can. We are The Performers, and we are here…- more info
Thursday, 24th July 2025 - Saturday, 26th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last ActThe year is 1916. Drawn from two years of Sussex retirement for the funeral of his friend, Dr Watson, Holmes returns to Baker Street to resolve ‘the last act’ of his epic career.- more info
Thursday, 24th July 2025 - Friday, 25th July 2025
Durham Fringe Festival: CharmingIt's twenty years after the wedding. Cinderella has filed for divorce. The Slipper has shattered! What's a Prince to do? A brand new comedy by celebrated playwright Annie Lux.- more info
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