Theatre by the Lake's An Inspector Calls is a beautiful and haunting production
What an arresting impact this JB Priestley’s classic continues to have.
View ArticleStrong Ambleside Players’ cast bring internet play to live audience
Is the internet strangling the life out of real live drama?
View ArticleKirkbie Kendal School puts on great night for theatregoers
Kirkbie Kendal School presents a new adaptation of Anne Fine’s classic children’s book Bill’s New Frock.
View ArticleVersatile cast fills the stage with infectious enthusiasm in highly...
An adventure from an idyllic childhood has sailed into its native Lake District this Christmas as Theatre by the Lake launch Swallows and Amazons.
View ArticleBrewery Arts Centre celebrates ten years of its successful Youth Arts programme
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy of love and lovers, sprites and fairies.
View ArticleMince pies and feelgood film on cinemas Christmas Eve bill
ON CHRISTMAS Eve both the Roxy Ulverston and the Royalty Bowness will screen It's a Wonderful Life.
View ArticleComedian Mark Thomas show has humanity and heart behind the liberal polemic
Mark Thomas’s latest stand-up show at the Brewery was a work-in-progress.
View ArticleStaveley Roundhouse stages gritty American drama
CONSIDERED to be David Mamet’s most controversial play, Oleanna has shocked and enraged audiences since its first performance in 1992.
View ArticleGreat new season beckons at Keswick theatre
Theatre by the Lake swings into its summer season this weekend with a five star mix of comedy and drama.
View ArticleLucy Porter at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
IT’S impossible to dislike comedienne Lucy Porter, who is nothing less than a ray of hilarious, self-deprecating sunshine.
View ArticleBrewery show puts mobile phones centre stage
From poet Hannah Jane Walker and theatre maker Chris Thorpe - the duo behind 2011's award-winning The Oh F*ck Moment - comes I Wish I Was Lonely.
View ArticleBATS emboldened players shine brightly
Peter Whelan’s play tells how the men of Accrington bravely rallied to Lord Kitchener’s appeal.
View ArticleKendal College performers send Sunshine of Leith soaring
The whole cast and crew worked their socks off to produce a slick and joyous show.
View ArticleGrasmere Players' Twelfth Night is absolute delight
Few small village dramatic societies would have the resources or courage to stage a Shakespeare play.
View ArticleIf you enjoy early 20th Century farce then Rookery Nook is for you
The new summer season kicks off at Theatre by the Lake with a choice that divides.
View ArticlePro Nobis Singers celebrate anniversary with excellent performance
This 45th anniversary concert of sacred music by Monteverdi was an unmissable event for Pro Nobis's many followers.
View ArticleThe Dukes stages one of the best outdoor theatre experiences in the land
Written by local writer Zosia Wand, this year’s The Dukes’ Play in the Park, tells the story of the young brother and sister Hansel and Gretel.
View ArticleTheatre by the Lake drama captures audience in a web of intrigue
City gangsters dropped into the rural wilds of Dartmoor is the setting for Jez Butterworth’s The Winterling.
View ArticleOh, What a Lovely War is theatrical triumph for Kendal performers
Kendal Community Theatre took on a mighty challenge with this show.
View ArticleSexual, raunchy, and at times light, this Theatre by the Lake production is...
After Twilight and other modern, American teen sagas it’s good to get back to the real, original tale of vampires.
View ArticleBrendan Murray’s Seeing the Lights is brilliant production
The world premiere of Brendan Murray’s Seeing the Lights captures working class northern life in the 21st Century.
View ArticleMINTFEST REVIEW: Dance and mime capture a journey
A standout performance from this year’s MintFest came from The Knotted Project, who performed their piece ‘Footsteps’ on seven occasions over the weekend.
View ArticleHarold Pinter's Old Times captures the imagination with its multiple...
The cigarette smoke filled stage is obscured by a fog of words that lead you into a cryptic maze of intrigue.
View ArticleREVIEW: Andrew Lawrence at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Life might be hard but there was plenty of laughter at Kendal show
View ArticleREVIEW: Performance of The Accrington Pals 'sharp and sympathetic' - but...
The Accrington Pals, The Grand Theatre, Lancaster
View ArticleREVIEW: Lancaster's Ghostly Tales
An Evening of Ghostly Tales, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster
View ArticleFine performances from student actors
Dumb Show, University of Cumbria, Lancaster campus
View ArticleLonely Hearts is perfectly physical
Lonely Hearts, The Knotted Project, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
View ArticlePlayers 'safari' makes for an enjoyable night
Safari Party, Ambleside Players, Kelsick Centre
View ArticlePlayers pull it off with panache and laughter.
Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular, Grasmere Hall
View ArticleBig Brother BATS style
Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society, 1984, The Bryce, Burneside
View ArticleTreasure Island panto goes down a storm
Treasure Island, Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society, The Bryce.
View ArticleStudents' give swashbuckling performance in pirate saga
Pirates of the Crabby Bean, Queen Katherine School, Kendal
View ArticleREVIEW: The Westenders perform The World's Most Popular Musicals at Keswick
The World's Most Popular Musicals: The Westenders (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick)
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