Come From Away is a heartwarming musical celebrating human kindness, set in Gander, Newfoundland, where locals welcomed stranded passengers after 9/11. With humor, compassion, and vibrant storytelling, it highlights resilience, community, and unexpected friendships forged during extraordinary circumstances

Come From Away tells the true story of 38 planes and almost 7,000 passengers from around the world that were diverted to the small community of Gander, Newfoundland on September 11, 2001, doubling its population in an instant. While the world witnessed the worst acts of humankind, these stranded passengers had their faith in humanity restored by the Canadians who, for five days, comforted those who had come from away. On September 11, 2001, the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.

£10 Standard

£9 Concession

£7 Performing Arts Members

This production will take place in the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

The performance will begin at 7.30pm and run for approximately two hours with a short interval.

Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance is due to begin.

Following last year’s roaring success in the Gala Theatre, TV’s silliest iconic game show is returning to Durham! With laughs guaranteed and all proceeds going to charity, this is one hectic night you do not want to miss!

Taskmaster Durham’ is a student version of the hit TV show, adapted to the stage in Durham for the third-year running. This show involves Durham students taking on a series of ridiculous tasks, under the watchful eye of the Taskmaster’s Assistant (Michael Nevin), for ultimate judgement by the Taskmaster (Ollie Cochran). As in the TV version, much of the evening will be improvised, with the live reactions to the tasks and the Taskmaster’s judgment both unscripted and entirely changeable. The performances will follow the structure of an episode of the show - prize task; a combination of live and pre-recorded tasks both individually and in groups; final live task of the night. 

Tickets £10 / £9 / £8

Or, get tickets to both showings at a reduced rate for a limited time only!

Bundles £16.50 / £13 / £12

This event is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET.

Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, navigates conspiracy, tyranny and morality - and the death and violence that follows it.

DUCT presents Shakespeare's infamous tragedy, 'Julius Caesar.' After Caesar's victorious return from war, his growing ambition begins to invoke fear and suspicion from those around him. Conspiracy grows, and as the shadows grow longer, alliances, betrayals and death flicker in the moonlight.

Presented against the backdrop of 1970's outlaw culture, 'Julius Caesar' questions morality, honour and the cost of violence - raising an important question: Who can you really trust?

£10 Standard

£9 Concession

£8 Performing Arts Members

This performance is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theate, 40 N Bailey, DH1 3ET.

This performance will begin at 7.30pm (2.30pm also on Saturday), and last for approximately 135 mins with interval. Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins.

A dazzling journey of classic musical theatre numbers within the themes of light and shadow. With mysterious, moody pieces, and bright, hopeful harmonies: this cabaret takes a worthy spotlight.

DULOG’s ‘Dusk to Dawn’: A Cabaret takes you on a dazzling journey of classic musical theatre numbers within the themes of light and shadow. With mysterious, moody pieces, and bright, hopeful harmonies: this cabaret takes a worthy spotlight. Featuring a diverse range of well-known songs from Disney to Golden Age classics, DULOG's annual cabaret offers performers the opportunity to shine on the Assembly Rooms stage.

£7 Standard

£6 Concession

£5.50 Performing Arts Members

This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, Durham, DH1 1JQ.

The show will begin at 7.30pm and last approximatey two and a half hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show begins.

On the streets of Paris, a tale of love, conflict, and acceptance. With a soaring score, choir and band, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is brought to life in concert.

Follow Quasimodo the hopeful bellringer of Notre Dame as he ventures from his tower and falls for the beautiful Romani Dancer Esmerelda. Unbeknown to Quasimodo his guardian Frollo is also taken by Esmerelda leading to a tragic conflict. A tale of love, goodness, prejudice, and power, we watch Quasimodo and the Romani dream of finding a home within a society who shuns them. A story made even more beautiful and heartbreaking through its enchanting score and brought to life with an ethereal band and choir.

£10 Standard

£9 Concession

£8 Performing Arts Members

This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 N Bailey, DUrham, DH1 3ET.

The performances begin at 7.30pm and last for approximately 3 hours with interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the showw is due to begin.

Shakespeare’s Othello is a timeless tale of betrayal, deceit and revenge. When overlooked for a promotion, Iago begins to plant seeds of doubt in the mind of his general, Othello, with tragic consequences.

Roots Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s haunting tragedy, Othello, set in a timeless world of flowers, feathers, and fractured power.

Following General Othello who is deceived by a resentful ensign, Iago, into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful with a lieutenant, Cassio. Driven by Iago's deceit and the loss of his sentimental handkerchief, Othello’s overwhelming jealousy leads him to destruction. As Othello’s ‘outsider status’ becomes an increasing pressure point, the delicate ecosystem of his marriage is shattered. Othello’s unravelling becomes an echo of ecological collapse: a desperate, violent grasp for control which destroyed the very last thing that sustains him.

This poignant production invites audiences to decode its floral language and witness this antiquated, yet urgently modern tragedy.

£10 Standard

£9 Concession

£7 Performing Arts Members

This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 1JQ.

The performance will begin at 7.30pm and last approximately 155 minutes with a short interval. Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance begins.

Based on the novel by Ned Vizzini, Be More chill is a comedy musical that focuses in on high school life tackling questions of identity and self.

Ooook productions! Are excited to present Be More chill! Jeremy is a loser. The only person who talks to him is his best friend, Michael. But with the help of a supercomputer, known as the SQUIP, implanted in his brain his popularity starts to rise, and he might finally have the opportunity to go on a date with his crush Christine! However, popularity might not be as great as he imagined and the SQUIP not the friend he thought it was.

£10 Standard

£9 Concession

£7 Performing Arts Members

This production is taking place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Baiely, Durham, DH1 3ET.

Performances begin at 7.30pm and last approximately two and a half hours. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance starts.