Durham Fringe Festival returned this July, featuring five unique new shows, written, directed and performed by students here at Durham.

Student performers at this year's Durham Fringe Festival. Image: Ellen Olley

Among the performances at this year’s festival – which ranged from comedy and musical theatre to multilingual storytelling – was Durham University Light Opera Group’s (DULOG) new musical ‘Leaves on the Line’, which follows a group of strangers on the train journey from London to Edinburgh, the darkly comic ‘Cottage’ from student group Sightline Productions and brand-new sketches from The Durham Revue.

Theoretical physicist and stand-up comedian Dr Fran Chadha-Day from our Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology also explored the stuff that makes up the universe, answering the bizarre science questions she gets from her friends and family and showing the funny side of science.

'Leaves on the Line' being performed by DULOG at Durham Town Hall as part of Durham Fringe Festival. Image: DULOG

Only in its second year, Durham Fringe has provided a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their talents alongside an international group of performers.

Tone Deaf Theatre Company perform Queen Elizabeth I biopic 'The Single Lady’ at City Theatre as part of Durham Fringe Festival. Image: Jennifer Leigh, Tone Deaf Theatre Company

The Durham Revue will be just one of several student shows that were able to hone their new material in Durham before also heading up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.

Another group travelling to the world-renowned arts festival is Wrong Tree Theatre company, who took their five-person play ‘Delivery’, an exploration of connection and home, north to Edinburgh after performing to a home crowd.

Leaves on the Line being performed by DULOG at Durham Town Hall as part of Durham Fringe Festival. Image: DULOG

If you’d like to experience some of our fantastic student theatre, keep up to date with who’s performing where via @DStudentTheatre.