Rose and Robin, a show for young and old returns to Darlington Library on Saturday 15 February 2020
MAD ALICE THEATRE COMPANY presents ROSE AND ROBIN commissioned by Queen’s Hall Arts Mad Alice Theatre Company brought Rose and Robin to Darlington Library in October 2019 and wowed audiences here. Their fantastic performance thrilled people of all ages and has attracted fantastic comments, ”amazing, loved every minute…such talent and content, thank you”. Rose and […]
PLAYLAND by Athol Fugard @ Darlington Hippodrome
Elysium Theatre Company in association with Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, present the Northern Premiere of PLAYLAND by Athol Fugard at the Hullabaloo Space, Darlington Hippodrome, Sunday 3 November 2019 at 7.30pm. Q&A after show. South Africa, New Year’s Eve 1989: a new country is about to born. On a run down funfair somewhere in […]
Last Train Home 2019 – a colourful, diverse, energetic, fabulous festival of comedy and music in Darlo
As working daytime Saturday 7th September 2019 I missed some of the music, but caught my first live music of this festival at Hogan’s Bar just after 5pm, and was amply entertained by a fabulous and wonderfully diverse programme of music and comedy at various stages for the next five hours. Given there were so […]
Unseen Beautiful clearly appealed
April 2019 saw Creative Darlington collaborating with Lens Think to bring a second call out for 2019. The call out invited people to submit images through Instagram of the ‘Unseen Beautiful’ in and around Darlington. We were particularly interested in our beautiful surroundings and everyday things that you think showcase our town through a different […]
New boards, new bulbs, new exhibition
We’ve had an end of year refresh of the Crown Street Art Gallery space at Darlington Library following a successful year. Creative Darlington programmed 7 exhibitions between 31 March 2018 and 18 March 2019 securing 19,969 visits, an increase on 18,219 visits secured for 7 exhibitions in 2017/18. Group exhibitions by the Community Arts Project, […]
Get involved in Pictures in Print at Crown Street Library – Saturday 16th and Saturday 23rd March, free activity running 12 noon – 3pm
Why not pop into Pictures in Print, explore printmaking and make your own print to take away? This free activity is on offer with drop in sessions taking place from 12 noon to 3pm on Saturday 16th March 2019 and Saturday 23 March 2019 in the gallery at Crown Steet Library. Activity will be led […]
Bring it on – Darlington BookFest fast approaching at Crown Street Library
Would you like to go to Hogwarts like Harry Potter? Or to the deep dark woods with the Gruffalo? Would you like to have a go at stop animation? Or perhaps gaming is more your thing? Whatever your interest… be sure to check out BookFest. Coming soon to Crown Street Library.
Looking forward to the next Dover Art Prize selection
Mallinson & Doyle delivered a proposal which was selected for the Dover Art Prize 2016, leading to the creation of a new work, Strang Stone, which was shared Darlington’s Indoor Market in 2018. Strang Stane was informed by the heritage, including periodic relocation, of Darlington’s Boulmer Stone, and would periodically rotate whilst in Darlington (a […]
