DST First Night Reviews

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‘Treasure Island’ review

‘Treasure Island is a huge success, and assures the audience that the future of Durham Student Theatre is in extremely safe and capable hands.’ Samuel Bentley reviews the 2024 DST freshers’ play!

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‘Othello’ review

‘bold representation of modern ideology’…‘an astonishing marker of modern theatre’; Arthur Hamilton reviews Elysium’s Othello.

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‘La Bella’ Edinburgh Fringe review

‘Writer, directors, and actors have worked well to create a tight, striking, and cohesive theatrical model of gendered spheres in art, and the wider world in a way that is both beautiful, and accessible.’

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First Night Archive

These are first night reviews from previous years, dating back to 2017!

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