Past Performances

Past Performances

Much Ado About Nothing 2022

In 2022 Drama in the Dale returned to Harehope Quarry to perform Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.  We started rehearsals with workshops led Tom Hogan  from Proud and Loud Theatre Company in Manchester. Tom has supported Drama in the Dale since its conception in 2013….

The Body on Killhope Moor 2021

Following a successful application to The National Heritage Lottery, Drama in the Dale was able to put on its most ambitious project to date. The initial idea was to create a murder mystery. On learning about the story of a suspicious find of a body…

As You Like It

In September 2018 Drama in the Dale returned to the unique setting of St Thomas’ Church and the Dales Centre for their performance of As You Like It. As You Like It –  a play full of strong women; ideal for the year in which…

Midsummer Nights Dream

In 2016 we produced Shakespeare’s most famous comedy in the setting of beautiful medieval Stanhope church. Commencing with the confrontation between Duke Theseus, Aegeus, and his disobedient daughter Hermia, the audience were led through the woodland domain of Titania and Oberon, represented by the graveyard…

The Bonny Moorhen

Drama in the Dale presents a cast of local actors, musicians and singers in an epic true tale from 1818 when a group of starving lead-miners rose up against the Prince Bishop of Durham to assert their right to hunt, kill and eat the red…

The Tempest with RSC Open Stages

The Tempest with RSC Open Stages SHAKESPEARE COMES TO RURAL COUNTY DURHAM DRAMA IN THE DALE TO WORK WITH THE RSC ‘OPEN STAGES’ PROJECT From the company that brought “The Bonny Moorhen” to life in a lead mine the next Drama in the Dale flagship…

Current Performances

Current Performances

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