Theatre
Devilled Eggs
St Mary's Church Church Street, Kirkby LonsdaleRuth & Keith’s recipe for Devilled Eggs: A dash of verse, a teaspoon of suspense and dollop of fun! Welcome to the Dakota Guest House! The most glamorous B&B this side of Burnley/Blackpool/Insert town here! Let your hosts, Roman and Prudence flip through their guest book of the famous and the infamous. Expect stories of […]
Illuminate Festival of Ideas
St Mary's Church Church Street, Kirkby LonsdaleSomething to look forward to in 2025 - Kirkby Lonsdale's own Festival of Ideas. Illuminate will take place from Saturday 8th to Sunday 23rd February and include theatre, music, film and speaker events designed to spark ideas. There will be fun and activities for all ages. Illuminate is designed to bring people together, sparking fresh […]
The Bluebird (A Quest for Happiness)
Kirkby Lonsdale Methodist Church Queen's Square, Kirkby LonsdaleJoin children's theatre company Tell Tale Hearts for this family show for ages 5+. Inspired by a 1908 play, The Blue Bird by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, this interactive adventure raises important philosophical questions for both children and adults. Join Mirtel and Micky, on their quest to find the elusive bluebird and help unlock its […]
Diary of a Nobody
St Mary's Church Church Street, Kirkby LonsdaleMr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent young office clerks and wayward friends, not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. Try as he might, he cannot avoid life’s embarrassing mishaps. Based on […]
Steel
Casterton Village Hall CastertonA town-wide treasure hunt for a million quid of lost railway is led by the wild hearts of two teenage boys in Steel, a punchy, high octane new play by Lee Mattinson set in post-industrial West Cumbria. Steel is set in Workington, once rich with coal seams and ore, carnivals and community, where James and […]
Miss Nobodies
St Mary's Church Church Street, Kirkby LonsdaleMiss Nobodies is a funny, uplifting play about a little ironmongers shop in a little Lancashire town and the larger-than-life women who pass through it from 1919 to the present day. Mixing storytelling with sketches, songs and poetry, Ruth Cockburn and Keith Carter (the creative talent behind last year’s hilarious ‘Devilled Eggs’ show) take you […]
Pride & Prejudice
The Glebe St Mary's Church, Kirkby LonsdaleThis summer we welcome Illyria once again to our unique outdoor venue with their wonderful and witty alfresco production of Pride & Prejudice. Adapted by Oliver Gray from Jane Austen’s novel, Pride & Prejudice is the original – and best – romcom. Independent-minded Lizzy finds disdainful Mr Darcy detestable! Or does she…? Can she see […]