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Theatre & Performance

Experience the enchantment of live theatre and captivating performances in Durham with our curated guide to theatre and performance events.

Immerse yourself in a world of dramatic productions, stage shows, and theatrical experiences that showcase the vibrant performing arts scene of the city. From comedy and musical performances to contemporary theatre and immersive showcases, Durham offers a diverse array of cultural experiences. Stay connected with the latest happenings, and let Durham's theatrical performances transport you to a world of creativity and storytelling excellence.

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  1. Raby Castle and gardens

    Add Much Ado About Nothing - Handlebards - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle to your Itinerary

    Much Ado About Nothing - Handlebards - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Staindrop

    Settle in for an unforgettable evening of open-air theatre as the brilliant HandleBards return to Raby Castle with their delightfully chaotic, bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

    Dates

    From:
    14 Aug 2025Open 18:30 -
    More info for Much Ado About Nothing - Handlebards - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle
  2. The Last Hurrah advertising poster showing details of events

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    The Last Hurrah examines a family of ordinary people wrapped up in secrets and choices to be made.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 15:30 - 16:30
    From:
    25 July 2025to26 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Last Hurrah
  3. Glass slipper

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Charming to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Charming

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    It'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.

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 22:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Charming
  4. Spanish Poet, Playwright and Artist Federico Garcia Lorca

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Owengate, Durham City

    Lorca and Margot collide in a double bill. Forget about Brexit and join your European cousins for a night of clown, mime and absurdity.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 20:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: LORCA & Margot
  5. A person dressed in Shakespearean clothing, holding up a moustache on a stick in front of their face. Poster, 'Shakespeare in Love'.

    Add Shakespeare in Love - Mickleton Village Hall to your Itinerary

    Shakespeare in Love - Mickleton Village Hall

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Mickleton

    The Castle Players invite you to experience a heartwarming tale of love, theatre, and passion!

    Dates

    From:
    3 July 2025Open 18:00 - 21:30
    More info for Shakespeare in Love - Mickleton Village Hall
  6. Illustration of the silhouettes of two people sitting on a  bench

    Add Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket (Tragic Comedy) to your Itinerary

    Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket (Tragic Comedy)

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Fowlers Yard, Durham

    Classic, ground breaking play of its time.

    Dates

    From:
    13 Aug 2025to16 Aug 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket (Tragic Comedy)
  7. 'Two Foolish' - woman in high heeled boots and a corset, and man in a purple suit.

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Death 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.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 16:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Love Hurts
  8. A woman looking at a car crash, on a desolate rural road.

    Add Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama) to your Itinerary

    Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama)

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Fowlers Yard, Durham

    After helping at the scene of a fatal accident, Frances finds her life changed.

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025Open 14:30 -
    From:
    22 Sept 2025to26 Sept 2025Open 19:30 -
    From:
    27 Sept 2025Open 14:30 -
    More info for Alys Always by Lucinda Cox (Psychological Drama)
  9. Collage of images showing actors dressed as prison officers and prisoners

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    On 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.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 20:30 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Alone I-N-S-I-D-E
  10. Performing Arts students of New College Durham's Class of 2025 on stage in long dresses.

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: NCD: Class of 2025 to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: NCD: Class of 2025

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Step 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

    Dates

    From:
    25 July 2025Open 19:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: NCD: Class of 2025
  11. Actress portraying a Victorian woman in despair.

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Whispers to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Whispers

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    This 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.

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 21:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Whispers
  12. Illustration of a green dinosaur and text which reads 'Spontaneous Wrecks'.

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Spontaneous Wrecks to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Spontaneous Wrecks

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Owengate, Durham City

    After a smashing run at the Durham Fringe in 2024, Spontaneous Wrecks present... The Improvised Fringe Show!

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 21:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Spontaneous Wrecks
  13. The Three Inch Fools performing at Raby Castle

    Add A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Three Inch Fools - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle to your Itinerary

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Three Inch Fools - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Staindrop

    Join us for a magical evening as we welcome back the brilliant Three Inch Fools to perform Shakespeare’s most iconic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in the atmospheric setting of Raby Castle’s open-air theatre.

    Dates

    From:
    2 Aug 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Three Inch Fools - Open Air Theatre at Raby Castle
  14. Sherlock Holmes reading a newspaper through a magnifying glass

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    The 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.

    Dates

    From:
    24 July 2025to26 July 2025Open 18:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Sherlock Holmes the Last Act
  15. A person dressed in Shakespearean clothing, holding up a moustache on a stick in front of their face. Poster, 'Shakespeare in Love'.

    Remove Shakespeare in Love - Whorlton Village Green from your Itinerary

    Shakespeare in Love - Whorlton Village Green

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Whorlton

    The Castle Players invite you to experience a heartwarming tale of love, theatre, and passion!

    Dates

    From:
    1 July 2025Open 18:00 - 21:30
    More info for Shakespeare in Love - Whorlton Village Green
  16. Illustration of a people standing around a coffin full of money

    Add Loot by Joe Orton: A Comedy to your Itinerary

    Loot by Joe Orton: A Comedy

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Fowlers Yard, Durham

    Burying Mrs McLeavy should be a dignified affair, so how does a stash of cash come into proceedings?

    Dates

    From:
    29 June 2025Open 14:30 -
    From:
    30 June 2025to4 July 2025Open 19:30 -
    From:
    5 July 2025Open 14:30 -
    More info for Loot by Joe Orton: A Comedy
  17. Cirque du Soleil Clown Master conceptor Daniel Passer playing the accordion

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting] to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting]

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    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…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to25 July 2025Open 21:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Heading into Night: A Clown Ode on…[forgetting]
  18. Queen of the Quack. Woman with a duck hat on her head.

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Ellie’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…

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 19:15 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Queen of the Quack
  19. Jack and the Beanstalk written in Gold on a green background

    Add Jack and the Beanstalk - Gala Durham to your Itinerary

    Jack and the Beanstalk - Gala Durham

    Type

    Type:

    Pantomimes

    Durham City

    Join Jack and his friends as we are transported to a land of magical creatures and a very hungry Giant.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Nov 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for Jack and the Beanstalk - Gala Durham
  20. man looking at a hot air balloon in the shape of a brain

    Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Debrief to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Debrief

    Type

    Type:

    Theatre

    6 Back Silver Street, Durham City

    Award-winning Rational Madness Theatre presents Paul Levy's unique and disturbing solo theatre examination of Life after Near Death.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025to24 July 2025Open 15:00 - 15:50
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Debrief
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