Space and mining both have deep connections with County Durham, and to mark this Into the Light, County Durham’s creative place partnership programme is bringing a newly commissioned interactive sculpture called EarthShip to the Miners’ Gala on Saturday 12th July 2025.
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Ensemble ‘84 returns with a brand new work that turns its attention closer to home, with the power of place, the endurance of stories, and the necessity of hope at its heart.
The ground breaking, debut production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children by Ensemble '84, based in Horden, County Durham has received incredible reviews. We thought you ought to see them.
To be premiered at the Gala Durham on 10th June 2025.
Call for Tenders are now live for Into the Light PR and Comms support and the design of a suite of assets.
The County Durham Creative and Cultural Skills Hub, hosted by Beamish Museum, is inviting people to apply to be mentored in a new scheme aimed at helping them advance their careers within the Creative and Cultural Sector in County Durham.
County Durham based theatre company announces its first production 'Mother Courage and her Children' with award-winning screenwriter Lee Hall and South Africa's acclaimed Isango Ensemble.
The Bowes Museum is excited to announce the 17 dynamic individuals selected to Durham Creative Community Fellows, a free and innovative learning experience for people driving positive change in County Durham through arts and culture projects.
Into the Light’s skills hub, hosted by Beamish Museum, to increase opportunities in the creative and cultural sector is looking for mentors who would like to get involved.
Cultivate Commissions are designed to support creative practitioners to work with and alongside communities in County Durham to increase participation in arts and creative activity that has a positive impact on communities.
Introducing Cultivate Commissions, new commissions available for creative practitioners to cultivate creativity and pride of place across County Durham. Cultivate Commissions are designed to support creative practitioners to work with and alongside communities in County Durham to increase participation in arts and creative activity.
Culture Durham wants to put culture at the heart of regeneration across the county. The partnership invites Durham's freelancers and cultural organisations to join one of four conversations to shape ideas to develop the county's cultural sector workforce.
Update on developments and next steps for 2024 from our co-chairs, Jill Cole and Cllr Elizabeth Scott