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Category: Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture showcases the creative life of St John’s and the wider Durham community. From student writing, music, theatre, and visual arts to reviews, exhibitions, and cultural moments on and off campus, this section celebrates the ideas and imagination that thrive at John’s. It’s where Johnians share what inspires them and what they’re making, watching, reading, and thinking about.

  • 2023

Review of the Bailey Theatre Company’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 14 Jun 2023

Dan Bavister reviews the Bailey Theatre Company summer 2023 production. 5 Stars This year’s take…

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  • 2023

The first St John’s Sketchcrawl

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 18 Jan 202317 Feb 2023

Resident Tutor Emerald Grimshaw tells about the first ever St John’s Sketchcrawl which took place in November.

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  • 2022

Day Trips from Durham

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 16 Nov 202215 Nov 2022

Lucy Irving takes us through some of the best locations to visit only a stone’s throw away from Durham!

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  • 2022

Pilgrimage to Israel

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 19 Sep 20225 Dec 2025

Ben Scott embarked on a pilgrimage to Israel, facilitated by the St John’s College Student Opportunities Fund. Here he tells us all about his experiences in Israel.

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  • 2022

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 5 Sep 202211 Aug 2022

Bethany McNeeley reflects on her pilgrimage experiences, a trip facilitated by the St John’s College Opportunity Fund.

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  • 2022

Durham University Palatinate Orchestra on Tour in Berlin

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 29 Aug 20225 Dec 2025

Musically talented Johnians Lucy Irving, second year music student and clarinet player, and Rosie Allen share their experiences of their time in Berlin on tour as members of DUPO. Their attendance was facilitated by St John’s College Student Opportunities Fund.

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  • 2022

A Reading Week by the Sea

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 11 Aug 2022

Joëlle Lucas, 3rd Year PhD Candidate in Theology, tells us about her experiences during a reading week away thanks to St John’s College Student Opportunities Fund.

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  • 2022

Lizzi Kew Ross: My Time at St John’s

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 21 Jul 2022

Lizzi Kew Ross is a dancer, choreographer and teacher, and artistic director of LKR & Co, a dance company specialising in site specific dance music performances. Read about her experiences from her time as Visiting Fellow in residence at St John’s during Easter term 2022.

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  • 2022

One Day Changes

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 12 May 202219 Jul 2022

On 11th May St John’s College welcomed Skimstone Arts who presented their exhibition “One Day…

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  • 2022

A review of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ 

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 10 May 202217 Feb 2023

For three days from the 28th – 30th April, the Bailey Theatre Company and John’s Music Society presented an excellent performance Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber in Leech Hall, St John’s College.

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