The Inter University Musical Theatre Competition (IUMTF) is a national musical theatre competition in the UK for universities to showcase their best musical theatre talent. Universities will compete in three categories, going head to head to be crowned IUMTD champion 2024
The Inter University Musical Theatre Competition Committee are please to bring you the 2024 Inter University Musical Theatre Competition hosted by Durham University, the 2023 IUMTF champions. The 2023 theme....It's Good To Be Bad; Friends and Foes.
Durham are pleased to be hosting the UK's only national musical theatre competition for universities in our resident theatre, the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre. The competition aims to showcase the greatest national musical theatre talent as six universities go head to head to be crowned IUMTF 2024 Champions and host next year's competition. Judged by three industry professionals, this is a unique opportunity for all involved to dazzle the judges and their peers, to gain valuable feedback from industry superstars!
£9.50 Standard
£9 Concession
£8 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 1.15pm, the event will start at 2pm and finish approximately at 6pm, including a 40-minute interval
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“Embark on a laughter-filled journey with Mr.Donkey.”
a comedic masterpiece penned by Zhou Shen and Liu Lu.
"和驴得水一起踏上充满欢乐的旅程。由周申、刘露创作的喜剧杰作。
Yoghurt Theatre's uproarious “Mr. Donkey” promises an unforgettable experience，blending humor and heart in a tale that transcends culture boundaries.
又戈戏剧社将幽默和复杂的情感融合在这一荒诞喜剧《驴得水》中，将为观众们带来一次难忘的体验。
Content Warnings: may contain sexism, violence, suicide, shooting content.
内容警告：可能含有色情、暴力、自杀、枪击内容。
£8 Standard 标准票
£7Concession 优惠票
£6 DST Members 成员票
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the performance will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 10.30pm, including a 15-minute interval
Wouldn’t it be fun to be a fly on the wall in the smoking area of the Durham club Jimmy's? Imagine all the crazy conversations you would overhear.
Lion Theatre Company is excited to be bringing a student-written comedy to the DST scene. This play based (very loosely) on true events, follows a skit for each night of the week from Monday through Sunday, where we meet students from every clique.
Performing in the first week of summer term, hopefully these characters will provide a well-deserved break from procrastination, reminding you of the countless nights in Jimmy’s to come post-exam season. Take a break from studying and join us for a laugh! (Warning: make sure to visit Hatfield bar beforehand!)
Content Warnings: Mentions of homophobia/ alcohol abuse/ smoking/ violence
£5.50 Standard
£5 Concession
£4.50 Hatfield JCR Ecec Members, DST Members
This event takes place at The Birley Room, Hatfield College, DH1 3RG
Doors will open at 7pm, the performance will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 8.20pm
Rocket and First are teaming up to bring you ‘milk teeth’ by Maariya Khalid and ‘Incremental’ by Max Shanagher, a student writing double-bill exploring the depths of the human psyche.
Following her (hot) therapist’s advice, Zenab buys a doll to reconnect with her inner child. But the moment she takes it out the box, she can’t help but feel a strange connection to it. ‘milk teeth’ is about lost love, motherhood, and loneliness, showcasing how quickly a woman can unravel.
Marcus and Sophia walk into a shop. This simple premise is explored to its absurdist extent in an existential play where audiences watch a scene unfold repeatedly with incremental changes. ‘Incremental’ explores power dynamics within relationships and the extent to which even the smallest of changes can have monumental effects...
Content Warnings: Milk Teeth: Infanticide/ sexual harassment/ abuse/ bereavement/ mentions of misogyny/ mentions of abortion/ mentions of suicide. Incremental: Violence
Tickets:
£7 Standard
£6.50 Concession
£5 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the play will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9.45pm, including a 15-minute interval
Tick, Tick... Boom! where the pursuit of artistic excellence takes center stage, illuminating the exhilarating highs and gut-wrenching lows of a life consumed by passion.
Tone Deaf Theatre Company present Tick, Tick....Boom! at City Thearre. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theatre. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue and, yet, Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. Set in 1990, this compelling story of personal discovery and pop/ rock score, featuring a three person cast, will have you laughing and crying, all within ninety minutes!
Content Warnings: Mature themes/ discussion of HIV/AIDS/ discussion of mortality/ drug/alcohol use.
£8.50 Standard
£8 Concession
£7.50 DST Members
This event takes place at City Theatre, Fowlers Yard, Durham DH1 3RA
Doors will open at 7pm, the Concert will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9pm
George and Martha’s sadistic game-playing and vitriolic verbal scrapping reaches its climax in a momentous revelation.
Albee’s play examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey, as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship. Set in 1960s New England, the play delves into George and Martha’s ‘games’ and the fantasies that they hide themselves in.
Content Warnings: Depictions of domestic violence, child loss, sexual references
Tickets:
£7.50 Standard
£7 Concession
£6.50 DST Member
£5 Members of School Groups (this will be verified at the door)
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, 40 North Bailey, DH1 3ET
Doors will open at 7pm, the Show will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 10.15pm Including a 20-minute interval
DULOG presents their traditional sign-up Cabaret Night of musical theatre favourites!
For one night only, DULOG presents a one-night-only Cabaret, featuring a variety of Durham's musical theatre talent including Assembly Rooms first-time performers! Come along for a fun night full of songs from your favourite shows!
£8 Standard
£7.50 Concession
£7 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the Concert will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9pm
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An epic new ancient history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel, Boudica.
DUCT and Suffragette Theatre Company, in collaboration, present BOUDICA by Tristan Bernays.
AD. 61, Britannia.
On the furthest outreaches of the Roman Empire – at the very edge of the known world – rebellion is brewing.The King of the Iceni has died and his widow Boudica has tried to claim her rightful throne. For her insolence in defying Rome, the queen has been flogged, her daughters have been raped, and they have been banished from their homeland. But now, Queen Boudica has returned. And this time she has an army.
She will have revenge. She will have blood. She will make Rome quake in fear.
First performed at the Globe, Boudica is a new ancient history play that tells the story of one Britain's most infamous women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.
Content Warnings: Death/ Violence/ Flogging/ Rape victims/ Attempted rape/ War trauma/ Suicide/ Misogyny
£7.50 Standard
£7 Concession
£5.50 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the Performance will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 10pm, including a 15-minute interval
A twisted take on Shakespeare, immerse yourself in this dramatic read-through as the Bard’s greatest heroes and villains, from Hamlet to Lady Macbeth, clash to kill their creator...
Kill Shakespeare: The Dramatic Reading is a stage show that allows a comic book to come alive, combining images from the acclaimed comic book series, acting and music. Done in the form of a staged radio play, the actors read out their lines, create foley and music in sync with the soundtrack.
Having been nominated for both Harvey and Joe Shuster Awards and received glowing profiles by the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, NPR and CBC, it has created a legion of new Shakespeare fans in this quest that crosses Lord of the Rings with Shakespeare in Love.
Content Warnings: Violence/ Death/ War/ Sexism/ Blood
Tickets:
£6 Standard
£5 Concession
£4.50 DST Members
This Durham University Audio Drama Society staged play takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the Concert will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9.15pm, including a 15-minute interval
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‘All the world’s a stage.’ Castle Theatre Company takes one of Shakespeare’s most famous sayings literally, and, for our summer tour’s sapphire anniversary, is delighted to announce our 2024 touring production of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies: As You Like It. When a court falls into distrust and disrepair, brothers will bicker, friends will flee and shepherds will sing.
Rosalind, disguised as a fiery young man called Ganymede, along with her best friend Celia and their voracious fool Touchstone flee to the Forest of Arden to find a new home. Orlando, out of fear of his elder brother Oliver, hides in the forest where he meets Ganymede who promises to cure him of his love for Rosalind. Meanwhile the shepherd Silvius attempts to woo the shepherdess Phebe who has fallen in love with Ganymede and Touchstone uses his relationship with Audrey to taunt the hapless William. As the pessimistic Jaques questions the nature of man and Rosalind finds herself in over her head as Ganymede, will these foru couples find the liberty in their banishment?
Content Warnings: depictions of mild violence/sexual references
Tickets:
£7.50 Standard
£6.50 Concession
£6 DST Members
£5.50 University College Students
This event takes place at Fellows Garden, Durham Castle, Durham, DH1 3BD
Doors will open at 1.30pm, the play will start at 2pm and finish approximately at 5pm, including a 20-minute interval
In their final broadcast, a travel radio show makes a drastic content pivot - through a series of monologues, half of a radio host duo and their intrepid intern start telling stories about cities that don’t exist.
With each fantastical tale, the two grow increasingly more concerned about their missing fellow host, the show’s writer, who seems to be hiding something from them both. The only clue to what’s going on in the imaginary cities in their scripts
Tickets:
£7 Standard
£6 Concession
£5 DST Members
This event takes place at The Holy GrAle, 57 Crossgate, Durham DH1 4PR
Doors will open at 6.40pm, the play will start at 7pm and finish approximately at 8.40pm
Ooook! returns with its annual 'sitcom'. This year its Dr Who adapted by Harry Threapleton. The Doctor and Donna are investigating Adipose Industries and its mysterious weight loss pills, comically missing each other at every turn. They must work together to stop the Racnoss and her army of robot Santas.
Donna Noble’s life changed forever the day she met the Doctor. Years ago, on what was meant to be her wedding day, she found herself teleported into his Tardis (a bigger on the inside police box that can travel through time and space) and found herself in a battle against a creature from another world.
But then the pair parted ways and life went back to normal. Determined to do good in the world and hopeful to find the Doctor again, Donna investigates Adipose Industries and their supposedly miraculous weight loss pills. Little does she know that the Doctor is there also, and that the pair of them will have to contend with an all new, much cuter threat.
Adapted from the hilarious episodes “The Runaway Bride” and “Partners In Crime”, this play is a non-stop rollercoaster of energy, thrills and fun that traverses time and space.
Content Warnings: flashing lights/ diet culture/ sexual references/ references to and depictions of violence
Tickets:
£7 Standard
£6.50 Concession
£6 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm (2pm), the Show will start at 7.30pm (2:30pm) and finish approximately at 10pm (5pm), including a 20-minute interval
Durham University Orchestral Society is delighted to present 'Beethoven's 5th Symphony' performed by one of Durham's most elite chamber orchestras in Durham Town Hall, alongside Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf'.
Hosted in the atmospheric Durham Town Hall, Durham University Orchestral Society is delighted to present 'Beethoven's Fifth Symphony', performed by one of Durham's leading chamber orchestras. The programme boasts an exciting and renowned compilation of repertoire, featuring Beethoven's 'Egmont' and the 'symphonic tale for children', 'Peter and the Wolf' by Sergei Prokofiev. Complementing the symphony orchestras performance, 'Beethoven's 9th Symphony', held on 14th June in Durham Cathedral, this performance will celebrate Beethoven and Prokofiev's success as two of the most prolific composers within musical history.
Tickets:
£16 Standard
£12 Concession
£9 DSM Members
This event takes place at Durham Town Hall DH1 3NJ
Doors will open at 7pm, the Show will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9pm
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Brace yourselves for a melodic evening of barbershop, packed to the brim with Disney, musical theatre, and jazz classics like you’ve never seen them before!
Hold onto your boater hats, because Full Score are back with their much-anticipated end of year concert! Before they take their show to Edinburgh Fringe, don’t miss the chance to see their explosive full chorus in action, alongside some of their award-winning quartets. An evening of silky-smooth barbershop packed to the brim with Disney, musical theatre, and jazz classics, awaits. So keep an eye out for their boaters and braces, because you don’t want to miss this one of a kind show!
£8 Standard
£7 Concession
£6 DSM Members
This event takes place at Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House DH1 3AN
Doors will open at 7.15pm, the Concert will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9pm, including a 15-minute interval
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HBT's annual Miscast Showcase returns! Miscast presents performers in musical theatre role-reversal, allowing for moments of both comedy and heart-touching emotion.
Described as 'one of the most enjoyable nights in the DST calendar' (DST First Night), Miscast entails a range of solo, small group and full company numbers in roles the performers would never get to play. Hild Bede Theatre are excited to bring back this annual tradition, of a light-hearted evening of musical theatre.
£6.50 Standard
£6 Concession
£5.50 DST Members
This event takes place at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, the Concert will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval
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‘Legally Blonde’ brings the story of Harvard sweetheart Elle Woods to the stage in glittering pink glory, featuring high-energy dance to a catchy pop score that will leave you feeling ‘so much better’ than before!
DULOG presents the award-winning musical ‘Legally Blonde’ at the Assembly Rooms Theatre this summer! Based on the smash hit film, follow sorority girl Elle Woods as she enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her boyfriend, and on the way tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Featuring high-energy dance to a catchy pop score, this show is guaranteed to leave you feeling ‘so much better’ than before!
Content Warning: Sexual assault / body shaming and objectification
Tickets:
£8.50 Standard
£7.50 Concession
£7 DST Members
This event takes place at the Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Doors will open at 7pm, matinee at 2pm
The Show will start at 7.30pm and finish approximately at 10.00pm including the 20-minute interval. Saturday matinee from 2.30 to 5.00pm.
