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
Once Upon a Time…
Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Youth Arts Exhibition ‘Once Upon a Time…’ is a celebration and showcase of the artwork...
Zootropolis 2
(PG) 100MINS
In Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2," detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the...
Wicked For Good
(PG) 138MINS
Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion. The...
Predator: Badlands
(12A) 108MINS
Set on a remote planet in the future, a young Predator - outcast from his clan - finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks...
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(12A) 140MINS
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After...
The Running Man
(15) 140MINS
In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television--a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while...
Die My Love
(15) 119MINS
From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a...
Act Your Age
Tue 23 Sep-9 Dec (10 wks) | 1-3pm | 18+ yrs This course is an open theatre group aimed at those over 60 to develop...
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia
(15) 112MINS
Inter Alia is a searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, and a true maverick at the top of...
The Choral
(12A) 113MINS
1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral's...
Get Moving
Wed 17 Sep-3 Dec (10 wks) | 6.45-7.45pm | 18+ yrs An open adult dance class for all abilities. The class will explore moving and...
The Nutcracker – The Royal Ballet
(PG) 210MINS
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; in short, the only way to save him is...
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...
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
(15) 100MINS
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively...
Palestine 36
(12A) 120MINS
1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for...
The Ice Tower
(15) 117MINS
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star,...
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
(12A) 113MINS
The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic unlike anything ever captured on film. Directed...
Josie Long: Now Is The Time Of Monsters
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My Life Story
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Christmas Karma
(12A) 118MINS
From visionary British director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Blinded By The Light), Christmas Karma sees ones of history’s greatest novels - Charles Dickens’...
Fused Glass Christmas Decorations
12-4pm | 18+ yrs Make your own beautiful Christmas decorations using stained and fused glass in this one-off seasonal session with Artist, Sarah Walkley. What...
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution
(15) 90MINS
A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, steps...
Andrea Chénier: The Met Opera
(12A) 210MINS
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Shania & Country Legends
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Now showing
The Shining – 45th Anniversary
(15) 142MINS
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with...
Avatar: Fire and Ash
(12A) 197MINS
With "Avatar: Fire and Ash," James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na'vi leader Jake Sully (Sam...
Three Little Pigs
Standard Theatre Seated | Age 3+ | Performed by Stuff and Nonsense Enter the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense. There’s a wolf coming... but...
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(U) 89MINS
All tickets £7.50 The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge...
The Polar Express Pyjama Party
(U) 100MINS
All Tickets £7.50 Cosy up in your festive PJ's and enjoy this Christmas-Classic with a Hot Chocolate at the Brewery Cinema.. Late on Christmas Eve,...
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – 25th Anniversary
(PG) 105MINS
All Tickets £7.50 In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas...
The Holdovers
(15) 133MINS
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on...
Home Alone
(PG) 97MINS
All Tickets £7.50 When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes...
Love Actually
(15) 135MINS
All tickets £7.50 Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Among the characters explored are David (Hugh...
It’s A Wonderful Life
(U) 130MINS
All tickets £7.50 After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel (Henry Travers) is sent to earth to make George's...
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
(12A) 120MINS
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and...
My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan +Director Q&A
(12A) 90MINS
Join us on Fri 9 Jan for a live Director Q&A with Phil Grabsky Award-winning filmmakers, Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi, present a real-life epic...
Caravaggio: Exhibition on Screen + Director Q&A
(PG) 90MINS
Join us on Fri 9 Jan for a live Director Q&A with Phil Grabsky Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder... Join us as we unravel the...
I Puritani: The Met Opera
(12A) 225MINS
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. The first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly...
Art Explorers
Tue 16 Sep-2 Dec (10 wks) | 1-2.30pm | 7+ yrs Art Explorers is a creative and sociable mixed media arts class for young people...
Brewery Youth Film Crew
3 Dec | 4.30-6pm | 11+ yrs Open for sign-ups throughout the term. If the start date has passed, bookings may still be available, please...
Social Cine-Club
(18)
Social Cine-Club 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...
La Traviata – The Royal Opera
(12A) 240MINS
At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisian courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to...
Mini Movers (0-4yrs)
11.30am-12.30pm Move, groove, wiggle and giggle for under 4s and their parents. Explore moving to music, together! Have fun bouncing to the beat, whilst helping...
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
(12A) 180MINS
Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous...
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...
The Fastest Bicycle +Director Q&A
(15) 129MINS
The story of a London team’s mission to 'go fast' and their journey to the 'World Human Powered Speed Challenge' on Route 305, Battle Mountain,...
Warren Miller’s Sno-Ciety
(12A) 120MINS
Bring on winter with Warren Miller! From big mountain lines and race gates to urban ski hills and unexpected destinations, come along as we carve...
The Luke Combs Experience
Malt Room Standing After a sell-out show last year, join us for an unforgettable evening filled with amazing music and good vibes as we welcome...
Kendal Mountain Tour 2026: Live Speaker And Adventure Films
Standard Theatre Seated Kendal Mountain Events returns for another season of adventure and human connection. Experience the best of the world’s stunning landscapes through a...
R.E.M. X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.
(U) 77MINS
Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M. 's alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996). In this sublime comedy teetering...
My Life with Kenneth Williams
Standard Theatre Seated David Benson burst onto the theatre scene in 1996, taking the Edinburgh Fringe by storm with Think No Evil Of Us: My...
Fires and Fascism +Director Q&A
(12A) 57MINS
Fires and Fascism is a new documentary showing the wildfires in Europe are more than just climate change and mismanagement. It links the growing wildfires...
Woolf Works – The Royal Ballet
(12A) 210MINS
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic...
Niall McCabe
Malt Room Cabaret Seating With self-effacing humour and stories told of growing up on a remote Irish island, Niall McCabe possesses an effortless charm which...
Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy
Standard Theatre Seated Martin Carthy is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, while...
Pete Firman: Tricks & Giggles
Standard Theatre Seated | Age Strictly 11+ With over 4.5 million social media followers and countless TV appearances under his belt, Pete Firman is the...
A Thousand Words +Director Q&A
(12A) 90MINS
Join us for a live Q&A with Directors Dom Bush & Matt Sharman From the dusty archives of the Alpine Club to the heart of...
Ashley Campbell ‘the Goodnight Nashville Tour’
Standard Theatre Seated Ashley Campbell, daughter of country legend Glen Campbell, began her career playing banjo and keyboard in her father's band on several world...
3000 Feet +Director Q&A
(12A) 95MINS
3,000 Feet is the untold story of Hugh Munro, the man whose name has become synonymous with Scotland's highest mountains. Scottish mountaineering originated in 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...
Mark Simmons – Jest To Impress
Standard Theatre Seated WINNER Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 As seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport, and ITV, Mark Simmons is a...
China Crisis
Malt Room Standing | Age Guidance 16+ The early 1980’s heralded a second Liverpool-based musical renaissance and amongst these lauded Merseyside acts was China Crisis,...
Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival
Standard Theatre Seated The Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival is brought to you by The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast (TAMP) and the Reel Riders podcast....
Giselle – The Royal Ballet
(12A) 210MINS
The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself...
Jordan Gray: Is That A C*ck In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Here To Kill Me?
Standard Theatre Seated | On sale 10am 21 Nov Following acclaimed runs in London and Edinburgh, the multi-award-winning star and creator of ITV’s Transaction hits...
A Foreigners Journey
Malt Room Standing Legendary bands Foreigner and Journey are giants of the AOR (Adult Orientated Rock) and classic rock genres, attracting huge audiences as live...
Chesney Hawkes
Malt Room Standing Chesney Hawkes became one of the biggest pop stars of his era with his irresistible mega-hit ‘The One and Only’, becoming one...
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...
Brewery Poets Reading – March 2026
Warehouse Seated The Brewery Poets return for a reading with a difference. Brewery Poet member Ilse Pedler has been involved in a year long immersion...
McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle
Extended Theatre Seated "A sparklingly tight programme... an excellent sound balance... never tiresome." The Scotsman "It takes a lifetime of playing to sound as effortless...
Tristan und Isolde: The Met Opera
(12A)
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide - Tristan und Isolde. As the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the...
Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal: An Evening Of Music And Conversation
Theatre You may have encountered the dynamic personality of Huey Morgan in many ways. Frontman, radio and television broadcaster, author and DJ, Huey is many...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kris Drever
Malt Room Standing Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice, virtuosically expressive guitar playing and imaginative...
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’...
BA Introducing… Maya Kally
Malt Room Cabaret Seating | Plus support Clara Pople 20% student discount! Just select ‘student’ when booking (ID required on the night) Maya Kally is a...
Jane Weaver: ‘The Fallen By Watchbird’ 15th Anniversary Tour
Extended Theatre Seated | On sale 10am 21 Nov Booking opens for Brewery Arts Members on 20 November. Sign up for our membership and receive...
Dub Pistols
Malt Room Standing How many bands have the career longevity to release ten albums? They might have been perilously close to falling apart on various...
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...
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 LOVE with Johnny Echols sees Arthur Lee’s longest-serving band head to Brewery Arts, performing the classic songs from Love’s first three albums...
John Jones Trio
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!...
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...
Barbara Dickson
Standard Theatre Seated In this special semi-acoustic performance, Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland explore her catalogue of songs at an intimate level. Barbara...
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...
Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman
Standard Theatre Seated Nora Brown is the “brightest young star in old-time music” Songlines, playing traditional music focused on southern Appalachian banjo and guitar, with...
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...
Ye Vagabonds
Malt Room Standing The Mac Gloinn brothers – Brian and Diarmuid – first performed in the streets together as buskers and have since evolved into...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
Fackham Hall
(15) 97MINS
Written by Jimmy Carr and starring Tom Felton, Damian Lewis & Thomasin McKenzie A new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of...
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
(15) 103MINS
One year has passed since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local...
Marty Supreme
(15) 149MINS
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9gSuKaKcqM
The Thing With Feathers
(12A) 120MINS
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses...
The Voice Of Hind Rajab
(15) 89MINS
Volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society stay on the phone with a 6-year-old girl who gets trapped in a car in war-torn Gaza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udC9c6Cfis
Sentimental Value
(15) 133MINS
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he...
Song Sung Blue
(12A) 133MINS
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late...
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(15) 120MINS
Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later -- but turning that world on its head -- Nia...
H is For Hawk
(12A) 116MINS
H is for Hawk follows Helen (Claire Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Brendan Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their...
No Other Choice
(15) 139MINS
When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his...
Rental Family
(12A) 110MINS
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for...
Labyrinth – 40th Anniversary
(PG) 101MINS
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother...
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...
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