What's On
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
Brewery Arts Open Exhibition 2026
Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm | Free Our annual Brewery Arts Open Exhibition showcases the talents of local artists with over 60...
Young Artists Open Exhibition 2026 – Open for Submissions!
Sugar Store | Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm | Free Our annual Young Artist Open Exhibition is an opportunity for any young local artists, aged 4-18yrs, to showcase...
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....
Mature Movers
Tue 21 Apr-30 Jun (10 wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm | 18+ yrs Mature Movers is an open dance class for all abilities, aimed at over 60s....
Art Explorers
Tue 21 Apr-30 Jun (10 wks) | 1-2.30pm | 7+ yrs Art Explorers is a creative and sociable mixed media arts class for young people...
Act Your Age
Tue 21 Apr-30 June (10 wks) | 1-3pm | 18+ yrs This course is an open theatre group aimed at those over 60 to develop...
Disclosure Day
(12A) 145MINS
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to...
Finding Emily
(12A) 111MINS
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together,...
The Tuesday Social
7-10pm | Brewery Arts Bar | Free The Tuesday Social is our bi-weekly creative gathering in the Brewery Arts bar, taking place every first and...
The Handmaiden
(18) 145MINS
Confined in a mansion in 1930s Korea, Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee) is a bird in a gilded cage – and a seemingly easy target for...
The Christophers
(15) 100MINS
Julian Sklar (Sir Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has...
Madfabulous
(12A) 108MINS
Madfabulous is inspired by the true story of Henry Paget, the unlikely British aristocrat who smashed society’s notions of class, gender and decorum, squandering a...
Brewery Youth Film Crew
Wed 22 Apr- 1 Jul (10 wks) | 4.30-6pm | 11+ yrs Open for sign-ups throughout the term. If the start date has passed, bookings...
Kendal College Short Film Night: First Year Students
(15) 120MINS
Kendal College Short Film Night: First Year Students Wed 17 Jun |5.30-7:30pm | Screen 1 This special screening night showcases original short films from our...
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...
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...
Kendal College Short Film Night: Second Year Students
(15) 90MINS
Kendal College Short Film Night: Second Year Students Wed 17 Jun | 8.00pm-9.30pm | Screen 1 This special screening night showcases original short films from...
Mini Movers (0-4yrs)
Thu 23 Apr- 2 July (10wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm Open for sign-ups throughout the term. If the start date has passed, bookings may still be available,...
Toy Story 5
(PG) 90MINS
The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5," and this time around it's Toy meets Tech. Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest...
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...
Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us
Extended Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the discount...
Masters Of The Universe
(12A) 120MINS
In Masters Of The Universe, Director Travis Knight brings the legendary franchise back to the big screen in this epic live-action adventure. After being separated...
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,...
Experimental Approaches to Creative Writing
11.30am-5pm | 18+ yrs Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the discount will be applied...
Lino Cut Botanicals
12-5pm | 18+ yrs Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the discount will be applied...
The Sheep Detectives
(PG) 110MINS
In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they...
Angel’s Egg – 4K Restoration
(12A) 71MINS
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms -- a treasure that she believes...
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
(15) 92MINS
A German emigrant living in a trailer in Kansas is the victim of a botched sex-change operation. Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theater...
BYT Presents: ‘Love And Hope’
Standard Theatre Seated Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the discount will be applied automatically....
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,...
Discover Pottery Throwing
11.15am or 1.30pm | Sessions are 90mins | 16+ yrs Discover Pottery Throwing is a fun, intensive throwing workshop that will concentrate on improving your...
Missing Rio Doce
(12A) 72MINS
Nine years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, filmmaker Claudia Neubern returns to the Rio Doce. Here, a mining dam containing toxic waste collapsed, releasing poisonous...
Brewery Arts Community Dance Platform 2026
Standard Theatre Seated Brewery Arts Community Dance Platform returns! Join us as we celebrate the Dance community of Kendal and the surrounding region. An opportunity...
Boogie Nights 4K Restoration
(18) 156MINS
In the San Fernando Valley in 1977, teenage busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who transforms him...
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....
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...
Stained Glass Suncatchers
12-4pm | 18+ yrs During this workshop, students will learn how to cut glass into summery shapes, wrap the edges with adhesive copper foil and...
Sketch A Story: Family Memory Illustration
12.30-2pm | Open to Families - Children aged 5+ with a responsible adult Turn a special (or silly!) family memory into art in this story-focused...
Rag Rug Workshop
11.30am-4pm | 18+ yrs Rag Rugging is a traditional craft, in this case, creating beautiful rugs out of pure wool blanket yarn. The yarn we...
Kirkbie Kendal Presents: Shrek The Musical
Standard Theatre Seated Our talented students are delighted to present Shrek The Musical, a hilarious and heart-warming stage adaptation of the beloved DreamWorks film. Packed...
Northern Soul: Still Burning
(15) 90MINS
Leap onto the dancefloor and discover the enduring legacy of the cultural phenomenon that is Northern Soul. Ignited in the working class communities of 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...
Introduction To Stained Glass
12-4pm | 16+ yrs Introduction to Stained Glass is designed to teach all the basic skills in order to make a small stained glass panel....
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...
Performance Unleashed Summer Camp 2026 (7-14 Yrs)
03-07 August 2026 | 7-14yrs | 9.30-3.30pm | Mon – Fri Our popular and fun youth summer camps are back again this year. An action-packed week for...
Arts Unleashed Summer Camp 2026 (7-14 Yrs)
10-14 August 2026 | 7-14yrs | 9.30-3.30pm | Mon – Fri Arts Unleashed is a hands-on week of Visual Art and Craft activities for young people. A...
Turandot on Sydney Harbour
(PG) 131MINS
This Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, is known for its lavish sets, including a 25-meter dragon and a 20-meter pagoda,...
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...
Poetry Club
Malt Room Cabaret Seating Welcome to Poetry Club! A space for poets and creatives to share their Spoken Word work and explore featured poets from...
Our Planet, The People, My Blood + Director 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...
Moving Pictures – Rush Tribute
Extended Theatre Seated “If you missed seeing RUSH live, MOVING PICTURES is as close as you’ll ever get to the real thing.” Moshville Times Moving...
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...
Aida on Sydney Harbour
(U) 156MINS
In Aida, Verdi masterfully pits the intimate affairs of the heart against the grandeur of the universe: where kingdoms rise and fall and the sands...
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,...
Alasdair Beckett-King: King Of Crumbs
Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 16+ Alasdair Beckett-King is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation....
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...
Melt It! The Film of the Iceman +Q&A
(15) 75MINS
From producer Michael Cumming (Oxide Ghosts, King Rocker) In the 1980s and 1990s, Anthony Irvine was a comedian and cabaret performer. His act was a...
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...
Altered Images
Malt Room Standing | By Arrangement with Tony Denton Promotions Altered Images originated in Glasgow and were part of the 1980s Scottish new wave/post-punk scene....
Seann Walsh: This Is Torture
Standard Theatre Seated | Strictly Age 14+ After his sell-out 2023 tour, the UK’s dishevelled king of stand-up, award-winning Seann Walsh returns with a brand-new...
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
(15) 150MINS
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice,...
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...
Trainspotting – 30th Anniversary
(15) 94MINS
Heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert...
Vittorio Angelone
Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ Vittorio Angelone has always denied any involvement in stand-up comedy or stand-up comedy related activities. Despite this, after...
The People’s Emergency Briefing +Q&A/Panel Discussion
(12A) 51MINS
Join us for an in-depth panel discussion featuring Lancaster University Professor Mike Berners-Lee and Environmentalist and Author Kate Rawles. In November 2025, the National Emergency...
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....
Albert Lee
Extended Theatre Seated Grammy-winning guitarist Albert Lee, one of the most respected musicians in the country-rock music scene, will be joined on stage this year...
Quadrophenia
(15) 121MINS
An angst-ridden London youth, Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels) escapes the drudgery of his postal job as a member of the Mods, a sharply dressed gang...
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...
Paddling Film Festival 2026
Standard Theatre Seated Lakeland Canoe Club looks forward to presenting the 2026 Paddling Film Festival, showing great paddling films from around the world. This is...
The Style Councillors: ‘Our Favourite Shop’ 40th Anniversary Tour
Malt Room Standing The Style Councillors are the world’s one and only tribute to The Style Council. 'Our Favourite Shop' is the second studio album by The...
Norrie MacIver
Standard Theatre Seated Norrie Tago MacIver is a singer songwriter from the Isle of Lewis. Until November 2025 he was the lead singer of Skipinnish,...
Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show
Malt Room Standing Live/Wire: the AC/DC Show bring TNT High Voltage Dirty Deeds to Kendal! AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are...
Martin Simpson: Some Kind Of Jubilee Tour
Standard Theatre Seated Legendary guitarist and songwriter Martin Simpson will release his new album Some Kind of Jubilee on Topic Records, his musical home for more than two...
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 | Age Guidance 16+ Jason Byrne is back and “Byrning” brighter than ever, celebrating 30 glorious years of stand-up with his brand-new...
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...
El Pony Pisador
Malt Room Standing El Pony Pisador is a lively and unique band from Barcelona, known for an eclectic blend of musical styles and humorous, adventurous...
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby… Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The...
Ferocious Dog
Malt Room Standing Ferocious Dog has emerged as a prominent figure in the music world, renowned for their dynamic and authentic folk-punk sound that echoes...
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...
Cut Capers
Malt Room Standing Cut Capers are the explosive 11-piece from Bristol, renowned for their legendary high-energy shows and unstoppable stage presence. Now joined by the...
Mad Dog Mcrea: Dusk Till Dawn
Malt Room Standing Mad Dog McRea can only be described as a pop-up festival - bursting with energy, colour, and an infectious mix of folk,...
Martin McAloon of Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen – Slight Return
Standard Theatre Seated Following the overwhelming response to last year's celebrated Two Wheels Good tour, Martin McAloon is hitting the road again this autumn —...
Zion Train
Malt Room Standing | Plus Support From North Fire Sound One of the most unique and enjoyable live dub acts on the planet, Zion Train's...
It’s Nice Up North +Q&A with Graham Fellows
(U) 79MINS
A 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North starring his alter ego John Shuttleworth. The tour is also being...
Ultimate Coldplay
Malt Room Standing Since launching in 2017, Ultimate Coldplay have been widely recognised as being the world’s most accurate Coldplay tribute. They are the only...
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...
John Bramwell of I Am Kloot
Standard Theatre Seated As the singer in I Am Kloot from 1999 to 2014, John Bramwell achieved a Mercury Prize nomination for 2010’s The Sky...
The Albion Christmas Band
Extended Theatre Seated The Albion Christmas Band returns this December for its 27th year of touring, continuing a cherished festive tradition that marks the true beginning...
Animals And Friends
Extended Theatre Seated Featuring The Animals' founder member and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Steel alongside Danny Handley, Barney Williams and Norm...
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...
The Lancashire Hotpots: Hotpotmania Tour
Malt Room Standing “Let’s get ready…for crumble”. The people's champions, The Lancashire Hotpots enter the ring for another round of music and mirth to give...
The Specials Ltd ‘Gangsters’ Tour
Malt Room Standing The Specials Ltd., the world's most authentic and original tribute to 2-Tone Records Legends The Specials celebrate the band's first single ‘Gangsters’....
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...
Fleetwood Bac
Malt Room Standing FLEETWOOD BAC are the world’s first and are regarded as the UK’s most authentic Fleetwood Mac tribute show, raved about by Peter...
Travellers Tunes: An Evening With Steve Cradock
Extended Theatre Seated Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock is responsible for some of the most distinctive riffs of the past 30 years. The man...
Ross Noble: Cranium Of Curiosities
Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 16+ Roll up, roll up! Or use a more conventional form of transport to get to the show. It’s...
Rhys James: Chop Logic
Extended Theatre Seating | Age 14+ Rhys has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face the whole time,...
Matt Bragg
Plus Special Guests | Standard Theatre | Age Guidance 16+ Matt Bragg is one of the UK’s most distinctive comedic voices, entertaining audiences around the...
Paul Young: Songs And Stories
Extended Theatre Seated Paul Young broke into the big time 40 years ago when No Parlez went to number one and spawned iconic hits like...
Simon Fowler: The Ocean Colour Scene Songbook…and Beyond
Extended Theatre Seated He’s the singer-songwriter who wrote the tunes for the Britpop generation. Simon Fowler, frontman for Ocean Colour Scene, penned The Riverboat Song,...
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South Lakes Drinks for Artists, Musicians, Filmmakers, Writers
Brewery Arts Bar Get out of the studio, office or house and meet dozens of other people who work in the arts! Eat pizza, have...
My Mother’s Wedding
(15) 96MINS
Heartfelt and funny, the film follows three sisters who return to their childhood home for a momentous weekend: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother,...
Savage House
(15) 114MINS
Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive Pox outbreak, and Jacobite Uprising - this is a timely and darkly satirical story of...
Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow
(12A) 120MINS
When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic,...
Scary Movie
(15) 90MINS
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, Shorty, Ray, Cindy and Brenda find themselves targeted by another mad slasher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZ58S-7QP0
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day
(12A) 95MINS
London 1910: a passionate astronomer does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage. Her bold challenge to Edwardian patriarchy is set against the...
The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford
(15) 96MINS
Kenneth works as a tour guide dressing up as the town’s most notable historical figure, Sir Douglas Weatherford, who Kenneth proudly claims as his ancestor....
Minions & Monsters
(PG) 90MINS
This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world...
Glastonbury The Movie – 30th Anniversary Cut
(12A) 88MINS
There is a Glastonbury that exists only in memory before the BBC arrived, before phone masts and wall-to-wall coverage, before tickets sold out in minutes,...
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 –...
A Private Life
(15) 103MINS
When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients she is deeply troubled. Convinced that it was murder, she decides...
The Last Viking
(15) 116MINS
Released from prison after 15 years, Anker plans to recover stolen loot that his brother, Manfred, buried in the woods. However, when Manfred can't remember...
Beginners and Improvers Mosaic Art
11.30am-5pm | 18+ yrs Join Helen Clues, Mosaic artist, to create beautiful mosaic pieces using fabulous materials in this workshop. There will be a choice...
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...
The Invite
(15) 107MINS
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places....
Evil Dead Burn
(18) 90MINS
After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover...
Rosebush Pruning
(18) 95MINS
Underneath the Catalonian sun, a rich white American family lives in hedonistic isolation, seeking love and validation through one another, their designer wardrobes and pop...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
(12A) 140MINS
Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from...
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...
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
(PG) 90MINS
After their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm, the PAW Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs. They meet...
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...
Super Troopers 3
(15) 100MINS
Everyone's favorite cops are back with the third installment of the cult comedy classic from the Broken Lizard crew: Super Troopers 3. When Farva's wildly...
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...
Hayden Thorpe Performing The Songs Of Wild Beasts
Standard Theatre Seated | On sale 10am 7 April Kendal's very own Hayden Thorpe performs the Wild Beasts songbook for the first time in almost...
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