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We are a world-class cultural hub in the North West and regularly host some of the best touring artists and productions in the UK
Light – Shape – Distance
Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Stuart Irving (b. North Shields, Newcastle) is a visual artist living and working in Carlisle. Born into a...
Brewery Arts Open Exhibition 2026
Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm | Free Our annual Brewery Arts Open Exhibition showcases the talent of local artists, with artwork selected...
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(15) 112MINS
Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the...
Mother’s Pride
(12A) 94MINS
A feel-good British comedy from the team behind 'Finding Your Feet' and 'Fisherman’s Friends' comes Mother’s Pride, a story about the Harley family, who after...
Moulin Rouge – 25th Anniversary
(12A) 128MINS
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A...
Get Moving
Wed 22 April- 1 Jul (10 wks) | 6.45-7.45pm | 18+ yrs An open adult dance class for all abilities. The class will explore moving...
The Bride!
(15) 126MINS
In 1930s Chicago, groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein's monster. What happens next...
The Shepherd and the Bear
(12A) 101MINS
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst...
Print Room Members Sessions
11am-3pm | 18+ yrs Brewery Arts Print Room Membership allows experienced printmakers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Print Room environment....
EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
(12A) 90MINS
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqWusmzp0k
Darkroom Access
6.30-9.30pm | 18+ yrs A Brewery Arts Darkroom Membership allows experienced and professional photographers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Darkroom...
Turner & Constable: Exhibition on Screen
(PG) 90MINS
Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used...
Project Hail Mary
(12A) 157MINS
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he...
Sound Of Falling
(18) 155MINS
Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods experience their youth on a German farm, their lives become intertwined until...
The Magic Faraway Tree
(U) 110MINS
Based on Enid Blyton's best-selling children's classic The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern...
Northern Exposure – Short Film Night
(15) 90MINS
Film Hub North's short film showcase, Northern Exposure, brings the best short films from the region to venues and festivals across the North of England. We're...
Alternative Darkroom Processes
12-4pm | 16+ yrs Explore non-standard analogue photo printing techniques in this hands-on workshop, covering photograms, Cliché Verre, chemigrams, solarisation and double-exposure printing. Perfect for...
Stained Glass Flowers
12-4pm |18+ yrs Students will be shown how to cut glass safely and will cut out flowers from coloured glass, wrap adhesive copper foil around...
All You Need Is Kill
(15) 86MINS
In the year 20XX, a huge and mysterious flower called "Darol" suddenly appears in Japan. Volunteers like Rita, a resourceful but lonely young woman who...
The Last Blossom
(12A) 90MINS
AKUTSU Minoru (KOBAYASHI Kaoru present self, TOZUKA Junki past self), serving a life sentence, awaits a lonely death in his prison cell. The only real...
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
(PG) 78MINS
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a...
Siegfried – The Royal Opera
(12A) 330MINS
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face...
Romeo + Juliet – 30th Anniversary
(12A) 121MINS
Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version,...
Now showing
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(PG) 98MINS
Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En5QZmL5R1s
Olaf Falafel
Standard Theatre Seated OLAF FALAFEL’S STUPIDEST SUPER STUPID SHOW Winner of the Best Kids’ Show at the 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival After a sell out...
Cine-Social
(18)
Cine-Social is a once-a-month evening for film-lovers to get together. Each month, three films are chosen under a theme, then voted on by the participants....
Laetitia Sadier
Standard Theatre Seated | Plus support Drunk Keith! Few musicians can claim to have made such a mark on the British music scene in the...
Manu Delago & Max ZT
Standard Theatre Seated Grammy-nominated innovators Manu Delago (handpan) and Max ZT (hammered dulcimer) come together in a bold new duo that reimagines the sonic possibilities...
The Testament Of Ann Lee
(15) 137MINS
From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
(12A) 228MINS
One marathon to rule them all... Don't miss the return of all three chapters of Peter Jackson's astounding adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece, The...
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
(12A) 235MINS
One marathon to rule them all... Don't miss the return of all three chapters of Peter Jackson's astounding adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece, The...
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition
(12A) 263MINS
One marathon to rule them all... Don't miss the return of all three chapters of Peter Jackson's astounding adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece, The...
National Theatre Live: The Audience
(12A) 180MINS
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit...
Mishra Ft. Deepa Shakthi
Standard Theatre Seated In 2022, Danny Kyle award-winning global folk band Mishra began a new cross-cultural collaboration with international fusion vocalist Deepa Shakthi. The resulting...
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
(12A) 103MINS
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris...
Kris Drever
Malt Room Cabaret Seating | Plus support Annie Dressner Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice,...
ABBA Reunion
Malt Room Standing The ABBA REUNION tribute Show is the creation of an Award Winning West End Director, Producer and Choreographer Starring the original ‘Frida’...
Joshua Radin
Standard Theatre Seated | Plus support Brendan James As Joshua Radin describes how his music career began, an image comes to mind of a horse...
Future Creatives: Maya Kally + Clara Pople
Malt Room Cabaret Seating The first of four Future Creatives sessions, join us for an evening of conversation, informal networking and live performances by musicians...
Amélie – 25th Anniversary
(15) 123MINS
In the heart of Paris, Amélie brings joy to her friends, secretly sorting out the sad little problems in their lives. But when she discovers...
Evgenij Onegin: Tchaikovsky – Teatro Alla Scala
(12A) 155MINS
Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece drawn from Pushkin’s novel in verse. Its debut in 1879 marked a turning point in...
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
(15) 130MINS
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director...
Jane Weaver: ‘The Fallen By Watchbird’ 15th Anniversary Tour
Extended Theatre Seated Jane Weaver’s illustrious career has produced an expansive library of music that has seen her journey through solo folkloric and pop leaning...
Dub Pistols
Malt Room Standing | Plus support from Fallback Productions How many bands have the career longevity to release ten albums? They might have been perilously...
The Magic Flute – The Royal Opera
(12A) 210MINS
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and...
Stand By Me
(15) 89MINS
After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way,...
The Cost of Growth + Q&A Panel Discussion
(12A) 92MINS
The Cost of Growth challenges Europe’s growth story by exposing the extractive systems it relies on and the communities that pay the price. With an...
Butler, Blake & Grant
Standard Theatre Seated Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three established and respected musicians. Norman, a centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub, Bernard, renowned for...
Legends Of American Country Show
Standard Theatre Seated Now seen by over 350,000 fans live and watched by millions on TV, Europe’s No.1 multi-award-winning show "The Legends of American Country"...
LOVE With Johnny Echols
Malt Room Standing | Plus Support from Crystal Teardrop LOVE with Johnny Echols sees Arthur Lee’s longest-serving band head to Brewery Arts, performing the classic...
Oysterband’s John Jones with Ray Cooper and Al Scott
Standard Theatre Seated John Jones is best known as the powerful and charismatic singer with Oysterband, veterans of the folk and roots scene since the...
Simon Yates of Touching the Void: Pleasure and Pain
Extended Theatre Seated Simon Yates of Touching the Void returns to Brewery Arts, Kendal, with his new talk ‘Pleasure and Pain’ due to phenomenal demand!...
The Devil Wears Prada 2
(12A) 120MINS
Miranda Priestly struggles against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amid declining print media, while Miranda nears...
Lady Maisery
Standard Theatre Seated The combined vocal and multi-instrumental talents of Rowan Rheingans, Hazel Askew and Hannah James make up the uniquely captivating band Lady Maisery...
Eugene Onegin: The Met Opera
(12A) 245MINS
Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. This is following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. The...
Harry Baker: Tender
Extended Theatre Seated As in ripe for the taking. As in a heart swelled to twice its size. As in soft. As in delicious. As...
P.P Arnold
Extended Theatre Seated Soul Survivor piano duo show: an intimate evening of songs and stories with one of the legends of soul music. Since she...
Funny Girl
(12A) 164MINS
Funny Girl is the bittersweet musical comedy telling the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice (a role made famous by Barbra Streisand), a girl from...
Badly Drawn Boy Live & In Conversation With Chris Hawkins (BBC Radio 6 Music)
Extended Theatre Seated One of the UK’s most acclaimed and treasured songwriters, Badly Drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough, joins us for an intimate ‘Live &...
Our Planet, The People, My Blood +Q&A
(12A) 120MINS
Alan Owen, a descendant of an Atomic Soldier, has fought tirelessly for the rights of those affected by Nuclear Weapons Testing around the world. Through...
Cosi Fan Tutte: Mozart – Teatro Alla Scala
(12A) 178MINS
Prepare to be enthralled by the brilliance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte, a masterful exploration of love, fidelity, and human folly, presented on...
Session A9
Standard Theatre Seated Over the last 25 years, Session A9 have earned their reputation as one of the best live bands in the country, adored...
Susan Calman: Work In Progress
Standard Theatre Join Susan as she tries out new material ahead of her brand-new tour. As seen on Grand Day Out, Cruising with Susan Calman, QI, House...
Barbara Dickson
Standard Theatre Seated | Plus support Anthony Toner In this special semi-acoustic performance, Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland explore her catalogue of songs...
Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon
(PG) 90MINS
Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film –...
Poetry Club
Malt Room Cabaret Seating Join our brand new Poetry Club featuring David Viney! A multiple poetry slam winner, workshop facilitator and guest at poetry nights and...
Kendal College: Frozen
Standard Theatre Seated Get ready to “Let It Go” all over again — live on stage! Kendal College’s exceptionally talented Performing Arts students bring Disney’s...
Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature
Malt Room Seated | Age Guidance 16+ Direct from the Edinburgh festival, and his last smash-hit nationwide tour, the legendary Canadian stand up star is...
Peat & Diesel + Special Guest RuMac
Malt Room Standing Peat & Diesel are hitting the road running in 2026! The island-powered trio bring their unstoppable live show to Brewery Arts, delivering...
Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman
Standard Theatre Seated | Plus Support from The Long Nights Nora Brown is the “brightest young star in old-time music” Songlines, playing traditional music focused...
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
(15) 150MINS
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned,...
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego: The Met Opera
(12A) 170MINS
On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s...
Chicago: A silent film with Live Steinway Piano
(PG) 105MINS
Seventy-five years before the Broadway musical, the true story of jazz-loving murderess Roxie Hart was brought to the silent screen by legendary Hollywood producer Cecil...
Ye Vagabonds
Malt Room Standing | Plus Support From Finnegan Tui The Mac Gloinn brothers – Brian and Diarmuid – first performed in the streets together as...
Lohengrin: Wagner – Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
(12A) 217MINS
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, stages Lohengrin, Richard Wagner's epic story set in mediaeval Brabant that explores the conflict between Christian faith and Germanic paganism....
Act Your Age Presents: Glide Into Pride
Malt Room Cabaret Seating A relaxed two hours of entertainment as a pre Pride aperitif. Spoken word/poetry/sketches plus extracts from queer literature, from Oscar Wilde...
She Drew The Gun
Malt Room Standing Wirral-born Louisa Roach has built She Drew The Gun into a project that fully lives up to its incendiary name. A place...
Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us
Extended Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ 20 years in stand-up for the 'Taskmaster' cheeky texts icon, multi-award-winner, YouTube cult figure, Radio 4 favourite and...
BYT Presents: ‘Love And Hope’
Standard Theatre Seated Brewery Arts Youth Theatre present their Summer Show - Love and Hope. Have you ever wondered how you can make a tiny...
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
(15) 150MINS
Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything – and for women, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil,...
The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Extended Theatre Seated The Spooky Men’s Chorale is a magnificent, many-headed beast which has single-handedly turned the world of men’s singing upside down. Bypassing well...
Jimmy Nail
Extended Theatre Seated STORIES AND SONGS 2026 Acclaimed actor, singer, musician and writer — and proud Geordie icon — Jimmy Nail heads out on the...
Pink Floyd By Candlelight
Extended Theatre Seated Pink Floyd by Candlelight is an intimate acoustic concert celebrating the music of Pink Floyd. Performed by a trio featuring male and...
Hue and Cry
Extended Theatre Seated Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane formed Hue and Cry in 1984. The duo made a huge impact with the release of their...
Tom Hingley (ex Inspiral Carpets)
Malt Room Standing Tom Hingley is an accomplished singer songwriter and guitarist. Best known as the ex-lead singer with Manchester's finest Inspiral Carpets, he sang...
Very Santana
Extended Theatre Seated Join us for a musical time travel experience, where you can enjoy the beautiful guitar melodies and creatively diverse, challenging songs of...
Lindisfarne
Extended Theatre Seated Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne return to form with a classic five-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod...
Dave Rowntree: No One You Know
Standard Theatre Seated Through unheard stories alongside candid photos from his new bestselling book ‘No One You Know’, Dave Rowntree shares the tales behind Blur’s...
Total Stone Roses
Malt Room Standing The UK’s BEST Stone Roses Tribute return to the stage! If you love I Am The Resurrection, Made Of Stone, Fools Gold,...
Cara Dillon
Standard Theatre Seated Few voices linger in the soul like Cara Dillon’s. A towering figure in Irish music, she has earned global acclaim and countless...
The Springsteen Sessions
Malt Room Standing From the time The Springsteen Sessions hit the stage, they take you on a musical journey down E Street that will leave...
Mary Coughlan
Standard Theatre Seated Mary Coughlan is often described as the greatest female vocalist that Ireland has ever produced, standing alongside some of the world’s most iconic...
Comedy Club
Brewery Arts Members 2 for 1* | Malt Room Cabaret Seating | Age guidance 18+ Comedy Club is our ever-popular and ever-hilarious night featuring some...
Vittorio Angelone
Standard Theatre Seated Vittorio Angelone has always denied any involvement in stand-up comedy or stand-up comedy related activities. Despite this, after two completely sold-out tours...
The Long Ryders
Malt Room Standing The Long Ryders, pioneers of the alt-country movement, return to the stage with the same fiery spirit that first made them legends....
Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Standard Theatre Seated Olga Koch has one good story. Only it’s not really her story. Do you wanna hear it? In Fat Tom Cruise, see...
Peatbog Faeries
Malt Room Standing Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that...
Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning
Extended Theatre Seated Jason Byrne is back and “Byrning” brighter than ever, celebrating 30 glorious years of stand-up with his brand-new show, 30 Years Byrning....
Nick Cope’s Family Show
Standard Theatre | Age Guidance 3+ Come and join Nick Cope for a brand new, delightful family concert, featuring all your favourite Nick Cope hits...
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Standard Theatre Seated One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby… Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and...
Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell
Extended Theatre Seated Following a stellar performance in 2025, Hejira return to Brewery Arts. Hejira is an outstanding 7-piece band set up to celebrate and...
Zion Train
Malt Room Standing One of the most unique and enjoyable live dub acts on the planet, Zion Train's use of dynamic onstage dub mixing whilst...
Larry Dean: Hellbent
Extended Theatre Seated Larry Dean is coming to Brewery Arts! Recently married, emotionally feral. The Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refusing...
The Elves & The Shoemaker!
Standard Theatre Seated | Age 3+ | Presented by Exeter Northcott Theatre and Paddleboat Theatre Company In the nooks and crannies of the old Shoemaker’s shop...
Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV – 25th Anniversary Tour
Extended Theatre Seated It’s been twenty-five years since Trigger Happy TV burst onto our screens, transforming the hidden camera format with its surreal universe of characters...
Travellers Tunes: An Evening With Steve Cradock
Extended Theatre Seated | On sale 10am 20 March Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock is responsible for some of the most distinctive riffs of...
Rhys James: Chop Logic
Extended Theatre Seating Rhys has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face the whole time, in a mirror...
Coming soon
My Father’s Shadow
(12A) 93MINS
The UK's Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards® and recipient of the Caméra d'Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davis Jr.'s...
Brewery Arts Quiz
Join us at the Bar for our Monthly Pub Quiz! Every month, quizmaster Simon Kurt Unsworth puts your wits to the test from 7.30-9pm with...
Glenrothan
(12A) 97MINS
Glenrothan is a story of family, forgiveness, and the possibility of healing. Set in the Scottish Highlands, two headstrong brothers (Alan Cumming and Brian Cox),...
The Good Boy
(15) 110MINS
From Academy Award® nominated director Jan Komasa, The Good Boy is a twisted thriller that follows 19-year-old hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon), who revels in a...
Everybody to Kenmure Street
(12A) 99MINS
Anti-establishment struggles and activism run in the veins of Glasgow inhabitants. So when In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office raid is launched at dawn...
Father Mother Sister Brother
(15) 110MINS
Father Mother Sister Brother is a feature film, though carefully constructed in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between...
Rose of Nevada
(15) 114MINS
Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance...
Colours of Time
(12A) 124MINS
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in Normandy, four cousins, previously strangers, discover a mysterious shared past. Two centuries earlier, Adèle...
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu
(12A) 140MINS
The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea
(12A) 105MINS
After concluding the opening ceremony of the Demon Kingdom Federation Tempest, Rimuru and his companions are invited by the Celestial Emperor Elmesia of the great...
Summer Sundays ft. The Seals
2-4pm | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands take the stage in our...
Summer Sundays ft. Meetwood Flac
2-4pm | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands take the stage in our...
Summer Sundays ft. Atomic Brass
2-4pm | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands take the stage in our...
Summer Sundays ft. Bad Transmission
2-4pm | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands take the stage in our...
Summer Sundays ft. The Seals
2-4pm | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands take the stage in our...
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