In May 2019 I received the first email about Opera by the Lake and in the following October was invited to a meeting at Van Mildert College with the Deputy Principal, Dr Victoria Brown, and the college’s Arts Fellow, Matthew Morgan. This was to be the beginning of a nine-month project which was to culminate in an outstanding…
Coming across the country from a household with a deeply religious Hindu atmosphere to Durham was a new experience in my life. In Durham I faced the regular challenges that people face when they first go to university. However, by my second term last year I had made many great friends who came from varying nationalities and…
Durham University Chinese Student and Scholar Association (DUCSSA) are honoured to have been invited to participate in the city’s 2019 Chinese New Year celebrations. We are involved in the Durham City Chinese New Year Celebrations from 11am – 4pm this Saturday 9 February. Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as…
Gliding over the County Durham hills on the 20A bus on my first day of the West Rainton Primary School Drama Club Outreach Project, I felt some amount of trepidation. Having little experience with primary school children, I feared the worst, I feared chaos. And there was chaos.
Creative chaos
But not chaos in the negative…
[Or: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Em]
The beauty of Durham is that, as unassuming as its pastoral beauty may make it appear, it could never be accused of being predictable. Call it what you will – initiative, invention, or simple quirkiness – the ingenuity and originality expressed by the University community has…
For the 43rd year in a row over 120 students have come together to produce the Durham Drama Festival. From the 4 -11 February the student theatre community of Durham will perform nine full length shows and five extracts, all written, directed, teched and performed by students. The annual Drama Festival is a wonderful…
Durham Student Theatre (DST) collectively puts on about 90 shows from 26 individual theatre companies annually. Chances are, during your time in Durham, you will have gone to watch at least one of these entirely student produced and performed shows. The talented cast, aided by lighting design and sound effects, would have left…
When I was approached by a vintage-clad stranger in my hometown a couple of years ago, I only had a vague idea of what swing dancing might be. Due to my love of the 1940s (and the effect that had on my wardrobe) people had mentioned swing dance to me a couple of times before, but it was only after finding myself near-obsessively…
The long-awaited Lumiere has finally landed in Durham for 4 days only! From 16th November – 19th November, our little city will be lit up with some of the best light installations from around the world. If you want to make the most of this bi-annual spectacle, keep reading for some of my top tips after visiting the festival on…
It was a lovely Thursday evening in Durham, but what made it extra special was the Lumiere event – one of the UK’s largest light festivals all around the city centre – the perfect excuse to take a break from your studies. This is in Durham until 19 November, so don’t miss out as I highly recommend you come (and bring a…
