Into The Light

Into the Light is a place-based creative collaboration driving long-lasting growth in County Durham. It cultivates talent, widens access to creative education, enhances the skills of the cultural workforce, and breaks down barriers to working in the creative industries. The programme is a catalyst for mining our assets in new and imaginative ways to illuminate the ideas, history, communities and culture that shape our county. Just as our coalfields made Durham the cradle of the industrial revolution, Into the Light ignites ambitious county-wide collaboration that returns power to left behind communities, inspires children and young people, and develops the next generation of leaders as place-shapers in a global network. Into the Light will support over 100 creative commissions, create nationally significant performance and theatre-making in the heart of our communities, invite visitors to explore our unique intersection of culture, science, and heritage, and deepen our collective understanding of our place in the world.