- Durham Drama Festival
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The Durham Drama Festival is an open-access drama festival held annually in Durham, England. Founded in 1975 by Durham Student Theatre as the One Act Festival, the event has grown in scope and size over the previous three decades and adopted its current name and format in 2003. In total, thousands of performers from hundreds of theatre companies including Peculius Stage have presented a variety of new and established work at DDF.
Applications for the festival are accepted from the beginning of November each year, for performance in February. Applications are accepted from members of Durham University and external theatre companies. Companies pay only a nominal application fee to appear.
The festival website can be found at www.durhamdramafest.com
The 2011 Durham Drama Festival ran from the 23rd-26th of February.
Contents
Performances
2010
- The Impact" by James Morton
- Alice" by India Furse
- Shellshock! Improvised comedy
- Attempts" by Donnchadh O'Connail
- A Night at the Countess" by Ben Whittle
- The Photographer" by Callum Cheatle, Peculius Stage - www.peculiusstage.com
- Durham Improvised Musical"
- 24 hour play" by Durham Student Theatre
- Musical Cabaret" by DULOG
2009
- The Peter Pan Men" by Adam Usden
- Sponsored by Accurist" by Ash Ogden
- Less than/More than"
- Interior Designer of my own Downfall" by Donnchadh O'Connail
- Invisible Thread"
- The Orange Peel" by James Morton
- Raw Toast" sketch comedy
- Microcomedy" sketch comedy
- Shellshock" improvised comedy
- CUBE" devised theatre
- Musical Cabaret" by DULOG
2006
- Wed: Dribbly When Wet, by WitTank (Winner: Judge's Discretionary Award)
- Wed: Monkey Think, Monkey Do, by Marcus Condrom
- Gerald, by Tobias Wright
- Close Brackets, by Erica Buist
- Andy's Promise, by Edward Beresford (Winner: Best Ensemble)
- Fast Train, by George Aza-Sellinger (Winner: Best New Writing)
- Electra, by Sophocles, trans. Frank McGuinness
- Hansel and Gretel, by Narayani Menon (Winner: Best Production)
- The Nature and Limits, by Erica Buist.
2005
- Death in Vegas
- '"Crave, by Sarah Kane
- A Talk in the Park, by Alan Ayckbourn
- Sorry, Wrong Number by Chris Neville-Smith
- The Taken The Taker The Right and The Left, by Narayani Menon
- Don't Provoke the Monkey, by Gareth Owen.
- The Guys, by Anne Nelson
- Triangles, by Narayani Menon
- Resuscitation, by Paul Cole
- The Original Last Wish Baby, by William Seebring
2004
- Gods and Angels, by Mark Hankinson
- Hysteria', by Katherine Pierce (Winner: Best Original Material)
External links
Categories:- Durham
- Culture in County Durham
- Recurring events established in 1975
- Arts festivals in England
- Annual events in the United Kingdom
- Festival stubs
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