Vane Women Press presents this event with Gillian Allnutt, which will involve lots of little preparatory things prior to a longer writing. It is intended to lead you to a poem or prose-poem. Please bring paper and pen. The masterclass takes place at The Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Skinnergate, Darlington DL3 7NB. Please use nearby more »
Enabling the Arts in Darlington
This comedy workshop and ‘open mic’ event are suitable for children aged 7 years and over. Come along and join a friendly comedy workshop specially for kids where you can have a laugh and a giggle, write some jokes, try out some stand-up comedy or make up a sketch. Then, if you fancy having a more »
Christmas tree switch-on. Cockerten village on Saturday 24th November 5.30pm. Presented by the Cockerton Community and Business Group.
December events at The Forum are announced. For full details of each band or event, visit The Forum’s website or call 01325 363135. Saturday 1st: Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Tickets £10 /Doors 7.30pm Thursday 6th: An Evening Of Burlesque & Cabaret Tickets £12/Doors 7PM / Showtime 8pm Friday 7th: Adult School Disco Tickets £7adv/£9otd/Doors 7.30pm more »
The latest Community Art Project exhibition takes place at Darlington’s Crown Street Library Gallery featuring a selection of work in various media. Image by Paul Cree. Bearded Men. Pencil and pen. The exhibition continues until 6th December. Free admission; opening times as Crown Street Library, DL1 1ND. Visit the library’s website or call 01325 462034. more »
The Darlington Piano Society’s final recital before Christmas is by Lara Melda on Sunday 9th December 3pm in Central Hall, Dolphin Centre. Lara won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in the final round with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff. Since then she more »
On Saturday 5th January 1.30pm, Serena Partridge will give a talk called ‘Luminary’ about the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection (Photo: Gawthorpe Hall by Lee Pilkington), its inspiring founder Miss Rachel Kay Shuttleworth, and ‘Meeting Point’ – a project with the collection in 2017. Darlington Embroiderers’ Guild guild hosts talks each month. Meetings take place at 1.30pm more »
The Bondgate Players present ‘The Vicar of Dibley, the Second Coming’, a comedy based on the well-known TV series. It is set June to Christmas in 1994, with all the well-known characters getting up to their usual antics. The Majestic Theatre, 78-80 Bondgate, Darlington DL3 7JT 15th, 16th and 17th November at 7.30pm Tickets £10, more »
As the nights draw in and the countdown to winter begins, Darlington Hippodrome is pleased to announce a hot season of shows leading up to the annual festive Pantomime. Week-long shows What better way to re-live the memories of sunshine, sea and sandy beaches than with a trip on an old London Bus and the more »
This is a rare opportunity to see an exhibition of original photographs by acclaimed American photographer Lee Miller. Organised by The Arts Society North Yorkshire & South Durham in collaboration with Lee’s son, Antony Penrose, The Farley Arts Trust. It is being held at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Vane Terrace, Darlington, from the 1-25 more »