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
A Thousand Words
Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Kendal Mountain Festival Exhibition Three adventurers set out to find a needle in the haystack...
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...
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
(12A) 120MINS
From 20th Century Studios, "Deliver Me from Nowhere" chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen's 1982 "Nebraska" album. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen's New...
Uncommon Voices: Exploring Class in New British Cinema
(12A) 83MINS
We’ve all got an image that pops into our head when we think about what a ‘working class film’ might look like, and for most...
Frankenstein
(15) 149MINS
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in...
Brewery Youth Film Crew
Wed 17 Sep-3 Dec (10 wks) | 4.30-6pm | 11+ yrs If the start date for this event has passed, bookings may still be available....
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
(15) 100MINS
For the first time, Chainsaw Man slashes his way onto the big screen in an epic, action-fueled adventure that continues the hugely popular anime series....
Get Moving
Wed 17 Sep-3 Dec (10 wks) | 6.45-7.45pm | 18+ yrs Get fit, feel amazing, and express yourself! An open adult dance class for all...
Depeche Mode: M
(15) 99MINS
Depeche Mode: M is a cinematic journey into the heart of Mexican culture's relationship with death, framed by the iconic performances of Depeche Mode during...
Perfect Blue
(18) 82MINS
Leaving the world of J-pop behind her, Mima Kirigoe begins life as an actress on a crime drama show called Double Blind. When offered a...
Print Room Members Sessions
New Season | Tue 16 Sep-2 Dec (10 wks) or Thu 18 Sep-4 Dec (10 wks) | 11am-3pm | 18+ yrs Brewery Arts Print Room...
Mini Movers (0-4yrs)
Thu 18 Sep-4 Dec (10 wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm Move, groove, wiggle and giggle for under 4s and their parents. Explore moving to music, together! Have...
Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
(12A) 160MINS
Get ready for the ultimate rock experience as Bat Out of Hell roars onto the big screen this Halloween! The cast of the West End...
Caravaggio: Exhibition on Screen
(PG) 90MINS
Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder... Join us as we unravel the story of one of history’s most brilliant, complex and controversial figures. Shine a new...
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
(15) 100MINS
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo, whose childhood unfolds on her family's Rhodesian farm, now...
Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band
Support from True Foxes | Extended Theatre Seated Following the outstanding success of his Winter Yards solo tour, Steve Knightley is thrilled to announce the...
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...
The Mastermind
(15) 111MINS
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O'Connor in THE MASTERMIND, her latest Cannes triumph. In a sedate Massachusetts suburb...
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...
Love Affairs(s) Les Choses qu’on dit, les choses qu’on fait
(15) 122MINS
French Film Festival UK Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Login to your membership account and the discount will be applied automatically....
Scott Bennett: Stuff
Standard Theatre Seated | Support from Tom Taylor | Age Guidance 14+ As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are...
Lino Cut Christmas Cards
12-4pm | 16+ yrs Join Artist Helena McGregor for a festive lino printing workshop where you'll explore the art of lino cut and create your...
Night of the Zoopocalypse
(PG) 91MINS
After a meteor unleashes a virus that turns zoo animals into zombies, a mountain lion (David Harbour) and wolf (Gabbi Kosmidis) lead a team of...
John Smith
Plus Support from Kaia Kater | Extended Theatre Seated Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Login to your membership account and the...
Letter From An Unknown Woman
(U) 88MINS
In early 20th-century Vienna, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) is about to leave the city because he faces a duel that he wants no part of....
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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...
Mini Makers (0-6 Yrs)
Tue 16 Sep-2 Dec (10 wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm Mini Makers is a creative art and craft class for little ones and also their grownups! Mini...
Mature Movers
Tue 16 Sep-2 Dec (10 wks) | 11.30am-12.30pm | 18+ yrs Mature Movers is an open dance class for all abilities, aimed at over 60s....
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...
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...
MINT on Tour: Killing the Violet
(12A) 82MINS
Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Login to your membership account and the discount will be applied automatically. To become one of...
Cinderella – The Royal Ballet
(12A) 195MINS
Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman...
I Am The River, The River Is Me +Live Q&A
88MINS
The Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand is the first river in the world to be recognized as a legal person, as a living and indivisible...
Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden’s Wassail
Extended Theatre Seated Before there was carolling, there was wassailing. Where seasonal songs were exchanged for money, food and ale. In the countryside, trees were...
Dark Room Access
6.30-9.30pm | 18+ yrs A Brewery Arts Dark Room Membership allows experienced and professional photographers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative...
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...
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...
Untutored Life Drawing
Fri 26 Sep, 17 Oct or 28 Nov | 6.30-8.30pm | 18+ yrs Untutored Life Drawing is an opportunity for people with some experience to...
Blazin’ Fiddles
Extended Theatre Seated Take the finest exponents of their native Scottish fiddle styles, the finest backing in folk music, and some of the Highlands and...
Arabella: The Met Opera
(12A) 250MINS
Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Login to your membership account and the discount will be applied automatically. To become one of...
Bill Ryder-Jones
Extended Theatre Seated Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Login to your membership account and the discount will be applied automatically. To...
Picasso: A Rebel In Paris
(12A) 90MINS
A Rebel In Paris takes an unprecedented and alternative look at the maestro of modernity. The film focuses on the story of a young immigrant,...
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...
Introduction to Life Drawing
11.30-5pm | 16+ yrs Take your life drawing skills to another level with this introduction workshop. It will cover observational drawing skills and techniques for...
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
(18) 279MINS
The Bride must kill her ex-boss and lover Bill who betrayed her at her wedding rehearsal, shot her in the head and took away her...
Cloudbusting – The Music Of Kate Bush Christmas Special
Standard Theatre Seated Cloudbusting are thrilled to bring ‘The Music of Kate Bush’ to venues across the UK and Europe. Featuring material from Kate’s hugely...
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 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...
Josie Long: Now Is The Time Of Monsters
Standard Theatre Seated A new show about extinct, gigantic megafauna from 3-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Josie Long. In these troubled times, it can feel...
My Life Story
Malt Room Standing Epic pop pioneers My Life Story hit Brewery Arts to celebrate 25 years since the release Joined Up Talking, their critically acclaimed...
Andrea Chénier: The Met Opera
(12A) 210MINS
Giordano’s passionate tragedy - Andrea Chénier - stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the...
Shania & Country Legends
Malt Room Standing Celebrating the music of Shania Twain and Country Legends The Worldwide tribute to Shania Twain - seen in theatres, at festivals, vineyards,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 + Live 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 Standing With self-effacing humour and stories told of growing up on a remote Irish island, Niall McCabe possess an effortless charm which both...
Martin Carthy + Special Guest
Standard Theatre Seated National treasure Martin Carthy is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul...
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...
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 +Live Dir. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 20% student discount! Just select ‘student’ when booking (ID required on the night) Maya Kally is a genre-free singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist...
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 | On sale 9am 7 Nov Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three established and respected musicians. Norman, a centrifugal...
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...
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...
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...
Coming soon
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...
Craft Market Kendal
28 November, 2-8pm | 29 November, 10am-5pm | 30 November, 11am-4pm | Entry £3 on the door Craft Market Kendal has become widely recognised for presenting a...
Festive Wild Weaving
12-4pm | 16+yrs Join Textile Artist, Libby Gallagher, for a festive weaving workshop where you will weave with the seasonal landscape to design and create...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Predator: Badlands
(12A) 107MINS
Set on a remote planet in the future, a young Predator - outcast from his clan - finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks...
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’...
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,...
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...
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...
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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