The 220-seat theatre is due to be renamed to the "Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre", after the operatic baritone who was Chancellor at Durham University from 2011 to 2022.
"Rounding off the term’s excellent array of drama, seven Durham finalists took the stage at the Assembly Rooms Theatre to perform a selection of contemporary monologues, duologues and songs." Eleanor Sumner is astounded by the annual 'Durham Finalists Showcase'.
"An exuberant, witty yet heartfelt performance brimming with comedic one-liners and side-splitting dialogue, Foot of the Hill Theatre Company’s Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood explores themes of sexuality, identity, gender-reversal and what it means to be female amidst the backdrop of medieval Nottingham, within the realm of Robin Hood." Cameron Beech loves Foot of the Hill Theatre Company's 'Marion, or the True Tale of Robin Hood'.
"We follow these characters as they navigate the pitfalls of teenage life in a Northern working-class community": Samuel Kingsley Jones loves 12 South Theatre Company's 'Chance'.
"I went in with high expectations and I am pleased to say these were more than met by the cast of budding freshers performing to an almost-sold-out Assembly Rooms Theatre." Melissa Redman is blow away by 'The Freshers' Showcase'.