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You Heard Me by Luca Rutherford, Credit Camilla Greenwell

Art meets theatre in one-woman play and exhibition

Are you listening? This is a question that powerful one-woman play You Heard Me asks as it tours the UK over the coming months…

Hero and Leander second image credit Chelsey Cliff

Outdoor theatre gig show tours with its own bandstand

Hero & Leander — Or, I Love You, But Everything’s Under Water — is a classic Greek myth that will be retold this summer as an outdoor theatre gig show…

The 1950s terrace, which includes the exhibit inspired by Norman Cornish's home, is taking shape in Beamish Museum's 1950s Town.

Your chance to make a mark at Beamish

This summer, Beamish: The Living Museum of the North, is giving you the unique chance to Make Your Mark on the walls of a new exhibit…

The Last Quiz Night On Earth, UK tour Spring 2020

Don’t miss The Last Quiz Night on Earth

This spring, get quizzical with an immersive and innovative new play which is touring to theatres, villages and pubs…

Fogscape #03238

Balloon dogs, bottles and a slinky light up Durham

Lumiere 2019, Durham’s festival of light, will feature 37 artworks across the city, with a mix of interactive, playful and bold creations…

Durham Brass Festival 2018 - Breakout Brass

Get some brass this summer

This weekend two brass band festivals will be taking place. Head to Ironbridge for a mix of scenery and sounds, or to County Durham for performances from lively street bands…

Meet the Durham 68th Regiment at Beamish's Georgian Fair

Quack doctors and fire eaters at Georgian Fair

The Squire of Pockerley is inviting visitors to join him this weekend at Beamish, for all fun of the Georgian Fair…

Horses at Work 2019 at Beamish Museum

Beamish Museum’s equine extravaganza

Trot along to Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, for their Horses at Work event this weekend, with pit ponies, carriage horses and heavy horses…

Antic Disposition Henry V - Nathan Hamilton as Henry V – Photo Scott Rylander

Antic Disposition’s reimagining of Henry V tours historic cathedrals

Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Henry V returns to English cathedrals this autumn; marking the centenary of the end of the First World War…

Durham Brass Festival 2018 - Breakout Brass

Streets of brass band music in Durham

County Durham’s loudest festival is back this month, with bands and musicians heading to the region for a ten-day celebration of all things brass…

Beamish Georgian Fair 2018

A Georgian Fair at Beamish Museum

Enjoy the hustle and bustle of a country fair, Georgian style, at Beamish Museum’s Pockerley Waggonway, with pedlars, entertainers, strolling musicians and craftsmen…

Great War Steam Fair at Beamish Museum 2018

Take a locomotive ride at the Great War Steam Fair

More than 100 steam locomotives and vehicles, of all shapes and sizes, will be gathering at Beamish Museum in County Durham for the Great War Steam Fair, from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th April…

International Women's Day 2018 - Beamish Museum

Join the Suffragettes at Beamish for International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, head to the Beamish Museum in County Durham and learn about the role of women in the north, in days gone by…

Picnic Cinema Evil Dead at Hamsterley

A new season of quirky outdoor cinema events

Picnic Cinema has carved out a national cult following for their ‘cinema parties’ over the past six years and are upping the ante with a season of seriously offbeat films for 2018…

1950s room at Beamish Museum

Pride of place in the North East

This weekend, members of LGBT History Project NE will be at Beamish Museum, telling the story of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender heritage across the North East in the 1950s and 1960s…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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