As we approach the end of the Durham Festival of the Arts 2017, it is a good time to look back on the longest festival yet and pick out some of the highlights. Biggest and best yet! DFoA 2017 has encompassed more events than ever before with 16 concerts, 13 musical productions, 29 theatre shows, and 13 other arts events all within three short...
As a member of the Durham Festival of the Arts (DFoA) committee, I have spent the last few weeks surrounded by the plans for the various concerts and shows which will be staged during this year’s festival. As we’ve been meeting once a week since October to discuss and plan the festival, it is crazy to think that it is now finally upon us and...
To this day, I still feel incredibly fortunate to have performed in the cast of Ordinary Days that Durham University Light Opera Group (DULOG) performed back in March of last year. Ordinary Days is a musical that tells the story of four young New Yorkers, as their lives intersect in their search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. It is by...
This year the theme for Instep Dance Society’s annual show was Technicolour! On the evenings of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March, dancers from across all disciplines were dressed head to toe in colourful costumes and took to the stage in the Durham Students’ Union ballroom. Instep Dance Society is a hugely popular society here at Durham with...
Durham University Rock Society is a relatively small but wonderful group of people who love their music, both appreciation and performance aspects. And their music is not just heavy metal or hard rock, either, but an eclectic mix of genres; something that is abundantly clear if ever you have been to one of their sister society’s events: Full...
Every Sunday evening from 8, the Jazz lovers of Durham descend on Empty Shop, at the end of Framwellgate bridge (the building opposite Starbucks- you’ve have to ring the door bell but trust me it’s worth it! Ok, shameless plug over). Personally, becoming a member of the Jazz Soc Exec sort of happened by accident for me. Heading to the Undie at...
Before joining Durham, I knew that I had to join a concert band, and I did just that! I didn’t however anticipate the dynamic of the band. The fact that the society was entirely student led blew me away, as did the history of the band’s conception. I joined DUCB as a percussionist and I was elected as the publicist just under a year ago. The...
Durham graduate and former DST, DULOG performer, Simon Lynch is currently performing in hit musical ‘Les Miserables’ in London’s West End. You may recognise him from X-Factor, where he made it through the selection process, all the way to ‘Judges’ houses’ in 2015. DST Sabbatical Officer, Kate Barton, caught up with him to find out...
I’m going to be totally honest with you. When I first started thinking about Durham, a long, long time ago, being in an a cappella choir was not high on my agenda. I had funk on the brain then, as I do to this day. And yet I have to admit that if it weren’t for the efforts of a very dear friend of mine, I might have missed out on what have...
DULOG are in final rehearsals for their biggest show of the year. Their latest production is Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ at The Gala Durham from Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 January 2017. Find out more about this crazy comedy musical from the cast and crew – Meet the Spamalot team! Name: Charlie Keable Role: King Arthur Why...
