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August 2018
The Duke At Carlisle Fringe Festival: Exploring Kindness, Generosity And The Value Of What We Do
A new solo show from the multi-award winning writer/performer behind the much loved Hugh Hughes is expected to prove popular at this year's Carlisle Fringe Festival. Exploring kindness, generosity and the value of what we do, Shon Dale-Jones raises money for Save The Children’s Emergency Fund. Funny, poignant and playful, The Duke weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show…
Find out more »September 2018
The Sands Centre Present Rip it Up…The 60’s
New show. New decade. New cast. It’s Rip it Up the 60s! Starring Harry Judd, Aston Merrygold and Louis Smith! Following the smash hit success of Rip It Up Dancing Through The 50s last year – which sold over 50,000 tickets and was acclaimed as the most exciting Strictly Come Dancing spin-off tour ever – Rip It Up brings the fabulous soundtrack of the 1960s to life in an explosion of song and dance! Strictly Come Dancing champions Harry Judd…
Find out more »Cilla: The Musical Comes To Carlisle
CILLA - THE MUSICAL is a spectacular and heart-warming musical adaptation of the criticallyacclaimed ITV mini-series based on the early life of Cilla Black, by BAFTA award winner, Jeff Pope (The Moorside, Philomena, From The Cradle To The Grave, Mrs Biggs, Little Boy Blue). The story follows the extraordinary life of the ordinary teenage girl from Liverpool, Priscilla White, and her rocky, yet incredible, rise to fame. By the age of just 25 she was recognized as international singing star…
Find out more »November 2018
Robin Windsor Of Strictly Come Dancing Brings Farewell Tour To Workington
BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s all-time favourite professional, Robin Windsor, has decided to hang up his dancing shoes, after a long and successful career and he plans to go out with a bang! Robin Windsor, who was part of the hit TV show for five years, and whose celebrity partners included Patsy Kensit, Anita Dobson, Lisa Riley, and Deborah Meaden, is excited to create a show that will be action packed and energetic to match his personality! Robin is no stranger…
Find out more »February 2020
Girls Night Out at the Theatre Royal
Girls Night Out at the Theatre Royal Following their very popular production of The Vicar of Dibley last December, the Workington Playgoers are continuing their bittersweet comic vein with ‘Di and Viv and Rose’ by Amelia Bullmore. This funny, touching play about three very different women will run at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st March. From its opening scene, at a northern university’s hall of residence in the early 1980s, to its close in 2010,…
Find out more »August 2020
Twelfth Night: Outdoor Theatre Production – 20 August
Twelfth Night: Outdoor Theatre Production 20 August Talkin Tarn Country Park Get in a fight. Cross-dress. Throw on some yellow stockings. Love can make you do the funniest things! The critically acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company return to Talkin Tarn with their brand of open-air Shakespeare mayhem. Family-friendly fun with live music and audience participation! Performances will continue in all weather conditions bar a full-blown tempest. Please take a picnic and something to sit on! www.thepantaloons.co.uk
Find out more »October 2020
Magic and Circus Show Coming to Harraby Community Theatre
Tickets are still available for a socially distanced Magic and Circus Show at Harraby Community Theatre over the weekend of October 24th and 25th. Tickets for the four shows are great value at £6 each and with a 2 pm and 6 pm show on each day, there are plenty of opportunities to treat the family to a great day out. Capacity at the theatre has been dramatically reduced from the maximum of 240 to 60 to ensure the safety…
Find out more »April 2022
An Evening With Henry VIII and his Wives
An Evening With Henry VIII and his Wives Friday April 29th The Fleece at Ruleholme, Ruleholme, Carlisle CA6 4NF https://thefleeceruleholme.com/events-celebrations/ Contact: [email protected] or 01228 832030 A humourous evening reviewing the life of King Henry VIII and his wives. Join us on April 29th 2022 for an evening of comedy, feasting and anecdotal adventures led by Rev. Keith Teasdale. You can expect a 4-course sumptuous meal (menu below) along with plenty of belly-splitting laughs, all while contributing to two deserving local charities (Eden…
Find out more »May 2022
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase 06/05/22 Adapted for the stage by Russ Tunney Directed by Chris Loveless An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books A thrilling adventure set in an alternative history of England, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase tells the story of two brave and determined girls as they fight against ferocious wolves, snowy wastelands and their very evil guardian, Miss Slighcarp. The opening of the Channel Tunnel has led to dangerous wolves roaming Britain, but this…
Find out more »April 2023
Audiences are over the moon!
Audiences are over the moon! Audiences in Keswick are in for a treat this April as Kitchen Zoo, one of the UK’s favourite family theatre companies, visits Theatre By The Lake with Hey Diddle Diddle, A Nursery Rhyme Cabaret. Children aged 6 and under and their grown-ups are invited to Theatre By The Lake on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 April to enjoy a special show. But this is no ordinary performance, as it is hosted and stars all your…
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