Durham Arts Festival Programme
For a detailed guide please use the links above
Unless specified, events run from Sat 14th to Sat 21st
Dennis Da Silva vs VJ Karborn,
Monday 16th June,
10.00pm
Dunelm House
Ticket Price: £8.00
 
Dariush Mehrjui: Santouri,
Tuesday 17th June,
8.30pm
Gala Cinema
Tickets available from
the Gala
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBITIONS WORKSHOPS LECTURE SERIES DST PRESENTS
Workshops
50ft Long Horse:
Children’s Illustration Family Drop in
14th - 21st June
Studio 1, Fowlers Yard
10.00am - 5.00pm
Admission is free
www.50ftlonghorse.com
 
Nilu Izardi:
Pinhole Photography
Monday 16th and Tuesday,17th June
Grey College
Ticket Prices: £24.00
(2 day workshop)
 
 
Lionel Playford:
Landscape Painting
Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th June
Afternoon: 3.00pm - 5.30pm.
Ticket Price £10.00
 
Lionel Playford:
Portraiture
Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th June
Evening: 7.00pm - 9.30pm
Ticket Price £10.00
 
Films
Mobile Cinema,
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June,
Millennium Square
Admission Free
 
Bahman Ghobadi: Half Moon
Martin Firrell: Heroes for Iraq,
Monday 16th, 8:30 pm,
Gala Cinema
Tickets from the Gala
 
 
Lecture Series
Poetry in Durham: Open mic with Geordie Poet Keith Armstrong
Saturday 14th June, 7.00pm
Calman Learning Centre
Admission: £2.00,
Tickets on the door
 
Asthetics Conference:
“What is an Artwork?”
Sunday 15th June, 7.30pm
Calman Learning Centre
Admission Free
 
Tony Penrose:
“Lee Miller: Life and Work”
Monday 16th June, 6.00pm
Calman Learning Centre
Admission Free
DST Presents
The Fringe at Durham Arts Festival

Volpone
by Ben Johnson

Presented by Hand To Mouth Theatre Company
16th, 17th, 18th June, 14.30
St Cuthbert’s Garden, South Bailey
Tickets on the Door

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare

Presented by Castle Theatre Company
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th June, 14.30 (Wed, Thur, Sat); 19.30 (Wed, Fri, Sat)
Fellows’ Garden, Durham Castle
Tickets on the door

Kiss Me Kate

Presented by DULOG
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th June, 19.30
The Assembly Rooms Theatre
Tickets on the door

 

 


Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare

Presented by Green Door Productions
14th, 15th June, 14.30 (Sat Only); 19.30
St Chad’s College, North Bailey
Tickets on the door

Songs for a New World
by Jason Robert Brown

Presented by rather like a shark productions
5th, 6th, 7th June, 20.00
St. Aidan’s College
Tickets on the door

Much ado about Nothing
by William Shakespeare

Presented by the Hill College Theatre Company
15th June, 14.30
Trevelyan College Quad
Tickets on the door

FILM FESTIVAL
Events
Exhibitions
Lee Miler: Portraits, 10.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday, 12.00am – 5.00pm Saturday – Sunday, The Oriental Museum, For admission prices please go to www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission/ Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Stephen Biesty and Pat Hutchins: Once Upon an Illustration, 10.00am – 5.00pm, Durham Town Hall, Admission is free Scopic: Scopic, 10.00am – 5.00pm, Calman Learning Centre, Admission is free CutUp Collective: New Work, 10.00am – 5.00pm, The Nursery, Admission is free Keith Stuart Murray, 10.00am – 5.00pm, Botanical Gardens, For admission prices please go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/botanic.garden/visitorinformation/schoolvisits/admissioncharges/ Adrian Clarke, 9.00am – 5.00pm, Institute of Advance Study, Admission is free http://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission http://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission/ shapeimage_9_link_0shapeimage_9_link_1
Images of China, 10.00am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday, 12.00am – 5.00pm, Saturday – Sunday, Durham Oriental Museum, For admission prices please go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission/ David Venebles, 9.00am – 8.00pm, Grey College, Prior booking necessary, please call Grey College reception on 0191 3345900 Admission is free Durham Artists, Janie Bickersteth: Windows on the World, 10.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday, 10.00am – 4.00pm Saturday, Closed Sunday Al-Qasimi Building, Elvet Hill Road Admission is free Durham Artists, Steve Sproates: The Pursuit of Wisdom, Mon – Fri: 9.00am – 5.00pm, Sat: 9.00am – 4.00pm, Sun : Closed, Seasons Gallery and Framing, Admission is free Durham Artists: Angela Peacock, 10.00am – 5.00pm, The Old Nursery, Admission is free http://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission/ shapeimage_10_link_0
Durham Artists, Angela Sandwith, 10.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday, 12.00am – 5.00pm Saturday – Sunday Oriental Museum, For admission prices please go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/admission/admission/ Durham Artists, Stephen Livingstone, Vennels Cafe, Admission is free Durham Artists, Allan Archibald, Kevin Marriott and Barry Woodward , 10.00am – 5.00pm, Trevelyan College, Please report to college reception Admission is free Durham Artists, EDAN, Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 8.00pm Saturday: 8.30am – 6.00pm Sunday: 11.00am – 5.00pm, The Gates, Admission is free 50ft Long Horse, Studio 1, Fowlers Yard 10.00am - 5.00pm Admission is free Tom Bradley, A Portrait of Chads 16th – 20th June 10.00am - 5.00pm St Chads College Admission is free

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Bahram Radan and Adrian Clarke: ‘Art and Addiction’
Thursday 19th June, 7.00pm
Calman Learning Centre
Admission Free
 
Colpitts Poetry,
Thursday 19th June, 7.30pm
Durham Town Hall
Tickets on the door
 
Scopic: “Science is Art”,
Friday 20th June, 7.00pm
Calman Learning Centre
Admission Free
 
 
 
Premiere: Dariush Mehrjui: Santouri/
Adrian Clarke: Gary’s Friends,
Tuesday 17th June,
8.30pm
Gala Cinema
Tickets from the Gala
 
John Foxx: Cathedral Oceans III,
Wednesday 18th June,
Fellow’s Garden,
Durham Castle
Tickets: £12.00/10.00 (Concessions)
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John Foxx:
Cathedral Oceans III,
Wednesday 18th June,
9.30pm
Fellows Garden,
Durham Castle
Ticket Price:
£12.00/10.00 (Concessions)
 
Judith Kerr: Book Signing,
Saturday 21st June, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Durham Town Hall
Admission Free
Books sold on site
Jos Mahon:
Landscape Painting
Tuesday 17th June
10.00am – 5.00pm
Ticket Price £18.00
 
Ben Anderson: Lomography
Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th June
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Ticket Price £8.00
 
LeBeado Bead Workshop,
Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June
Tickets from LeBeado shop, Elvet Bridge
 
 
Resonance FM @ The Durham Arts Festival
Tune in at www.purpleradio.co.uk
for unapologetically arty material which suggests a type of radio beyond the accepted parameters of the mainstream.
 
For a live audio stream to Resonance FM, 24 hours a day, go now to www.resonancefm.com
Lee Miller:
Portraits
 
Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Stephen Biesty
and Pat Hutchins:
Once Upon an Illustration...
 
John Foxx:
Cathedral Oceans III
Festival Highlights
Premiere:
Dariush Mehrjui:
Santouri
 
Bahram Radan and
Adrian Clarke:
‘Art and Addiction’
 
Nilu Izadi:
Pinhole Photography
Resonance FM:
Radio Art for Durham
 
Dennis Da Silva vs VJ Karborn:
Audio Visual Experiments

CutUp Collective: New Work
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The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

Presented by the Woodplayers
13th, 14th, 15th June, 14.00
Collingwood College
Tickets on the door

Orestria
by Aeschylus

Bailey Theatre Company
7th, 8th, 9th June, 20.30
Leech Hall, St. John's College
Tickets on the Door

Scratch Opera: Orpheus in the Underworld
by Offenbach

Presented by Durham Opera Ensemble
8th June, 19.30
Hatfield College
Tickets on the Door

Instep presents Art through Dance

Saturday 14th June 2008,
Durham Regatta