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  1. Images of the Union Jack, fireworks and celebrations. Starring Jimmy Cricket and Leah Bell.

    Add A Right Royal Knees Up at Empire Consett to your Itinerary

    A Right Royal Knees Up at Empire Consett

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    Consett

    This feel-good performance is packed with show-stopping scenes, sing-a-long memories and spectacular footage as we take a nostalgic journey through the seventy year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

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    21 May 2022Open 14:30 -
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  2. Images of Broadway billboards and text reading 'Broadway Greats' in lights. '"NHS, We Thank You" Concert'.

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    "NHS, We Thank You" Concert at Empire Consett

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    Durham

    Based on the great American musicals, This "NHS, We Thank You" concert is raising money to support the physical and mental welfare of the staff at University Hospital, Durham

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    24 June 2022to25 June 2022Open 19:00 - 21:45
    More info for "NHS, We Thank You" Concert at Empire Consett
  3. Image of Jamie Brown in 'Hadaway Harry'

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    Hadaway Harry at Gala Durham

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    Durham

    Hadaway Harry is a true story about Harry Clasper, the man the Blaydon Races was written for, and the greatest sporting superstar the North East has ever seen.

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    11 June 2022Open 14:30 -
    More info for Hadaway Harry at Gala Durham
  4. The Wizard of Oz at Stanley Civic Hall

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    The Wizard of Oz

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    Stanley

    Join Dorothy and her dog Toto as she goes on an adventure over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road.

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    28 May 2022to4 June 2022Open 13:00 - 19:00
    More info for The Wizard of Oz
  5. The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare advertising poster.

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    The Castle Players: The Comedy of Errors

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    Barnard Castle

    The Comedy of Errors is a farce with a dark underbelly. Set in 1919, with a distinctly 'Peaky Blinders' feel, the play creates a richly comic world full of mistaken identity and wanton lasciviousness!

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    5 July 2022to9 July 2022Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for The Castle Players: The Comedy of Errors
  6. Yellow poster: Attention! Are you ready to enter The Panto Zone?

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    The ZONE at Spectrum Leisure Centre

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    Willington

    Empire Theatre have tasked TaleGate Productions, who have brought you other howlers including 'Harry Panto' and Hocus Panto' with having the audience SCREAMING … with laughter and lifting the roof of Spectrum Leisure once more. Will you be part of…

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    6 Nov 2022Open 13:30 - 16:00
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  7. Photo of actors in Hedge, cartoon image with actors photos added.

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    Barnard Castle

    A playful, fresh and engaging new show aimed at children aged 4+ and their families.  Meet a hedgehog waking up from hibernation to find the world is not as it once was. Come along on the adventure and see the world through tiny eyes! 

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    22 June 2022Open 17:00 - 18:30
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  8. Illustration of the door to the Secret Garden.

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    The Secret Garden at Gala Durham

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    Durham

    When Lennox finds herself sent to stay in Northumberland after being excluded from her city comp, she is certain there is nothing there for her. Far away from home, with a family she barely knows, she must rediscover herself and in doing so uncover…

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    25 June 2022Open 14:00 -
    More info for The Secret Garden at Gala Durham
  9. Legally Blonde The Musical sign with white and pink background.

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    Legally Blonde the Musical

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    Chester le Street

    The smash hit Broadway and West End Musical based on the best loved movie follows beautiful and popular sorority sister Elle Woods who loves to be pampered and is passionate about pink.

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    15 June 2022to18 June 2022Open 19:15 -
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  10. cartoon of mothers hanging out washing with pram, children and row of terraced houses in background

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    A Way Home

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    Barnard Castle

    A Way Home: The fight for a place to belong is a play by Christina Castling and a Carole Wears Production.

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    8 June 2022Open 19:30 - 21:00
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  11. Cartoon image of woman cleaning the floor with the wording Busy Body.

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    'Busybody' Performed by Durham Dramatic Society

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    Durham City

    This hilarious play centres on a voluble cleaning woman who keeps telling the cops to mind their own business. She steps forward with the right evidence in every pinch.

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    12 June 2022Open 14:30 -
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    13 June 2022to18 June 2022Open 19:30 -
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  12. Image of Zog the Dragon flying past the moon with people on his back.

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    Zog and the Flying Doctors at Gala Durham

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    Durham

    Zog, super keen student turned air-ambulance, still lands with a crash-bang-thump. Together with his Flying Doctor crew, Princess Pearl and Sir Gadabout, they tend to a sunburnt mermaid, a unicorn with one too many horns and a lion with the flu

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    17 June 2022to19 June 2022
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  13. The Show Must Go On in white letters on a red background.

    Add Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Pantomime to your Itinerary

    Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Pantomime

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    Blackhall

    Roll up, roll up to see panto join the circus, A fun family light hearted story with lots of singing, dance and audience participation. Suitable for all ages, children are not a requirement to attend!

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    14 June 2022to18 June 2022Open 19:00 - 21:30
    More info for Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Pantomime
  14. Awful Auntie

    Add Open Air Theatre - Awful Auntie to your Itinerary

    Open Air Theatre - Awful Auntie

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    Staindrop

    Join us at Raby for a special theatrical adaptation of David Walliams' Awful Auntie.

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    12 Aug 2022
    More info for Open Air Theatre - Awful Auntie
  15. Fina and the Golden Cape Fire Stunts on horseback.

    Add Fina and the Platinum Street Party to your Itinerary

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    Fina and the Platinum Street Party

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    Toronto, Bishop Auckland

    Award winning shows, epic firework displays and one of the country’s biggest street parties will make a truly memorable weekend of celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee on Friday, 3rd June and Saturday, 4th June at 11Arches in Bishop Auckland.

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    4 June 2022

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  16. Illustration of families living in Category D areas in 1951. Woman hangs washing on line.

    Add A Way Home at Gala Durham to your Itinerary

    A Way Home at Gala Durham

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    Durham

    A Way Home is a new play rooted in the stories and memories of the very people who called those D villages home. A County-wide fight lasting over 25 years becomes a 12-month journey at Bet’s kitchen table as she confronts what loss really looks like.

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    7 June 2022Open 19:30 -
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  17. Kynren - An Epic Tale of England

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    Kynren - An Epic Tale of England

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    Bishop Auckland

    Travel through time and watch legends come to life.Two thousand years of history, myth and legend rush by in 90 minutes.

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    6 Aug 2022to10 Sept 2022

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