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New Season of Language Classes

French To book, please get in touch with Florence at florencetourne@yahoo.co.uk Beginners Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm | 4 Nov - 9 Dec | 6 weeks | £84...

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Exhibition

Wool Is My Bread

19 Sep - 1 Nov

Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Trevor Batchelor ‘Wool is my Bread’ is the artist’s visual documentation of Kendal over a...

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Print Room Members Access

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...

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Dance

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....

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Visual Arts

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...

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Cinema

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

(PG) 123MINS

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When...

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Drama

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...

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Visual Arts

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...

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Cinema

The Smashing Machine

(15) 123MINS

The solo directorial debut from Benny Safdie, The Smashing Machine follows former MMA/UFC champion Mark Kerr’s career peak during the “no-holds-barred era of the UFC”...

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Cinema

Little Trouble Girls

  • Tuesday 14th October 13:30
  • Thursday 16th October 16:30

(15) 90MINS

Introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school's all-girls choir, where she befriends Ana-Maria, a popular and flirty third-year student. But when the choir travels to...

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Cinema

I Swear

(15) 120MINS

The true life story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette's at 15, targeted as 'insane' by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had...

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Cinema

The Roses

  • Tuesday 14th October 16:30
  • Friday 17th October 16:15

(15) 106MINS

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of...

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Cinema

One Battle After Another

(15) 162MINS

Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil...

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Too Much: Melodrama on Film

Mamma Roma

(15) 110MINS

After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit...

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Cinema

PARIS 75

  • Wednesday 15th October 13:00
  • Thursday 16th October 20:00
  • Friday 17th October 20:00 + more times

(12A) 90MINS

The European Cup Final Football Tried To Forget Fifty years on, at each and every game, Leeds United fans still sing the same refrain, ‘We...

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Film

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....

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Dance

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...

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Film Festival

Paddling Film Festival 2025

  • Wednesday 15th October 19:00

Standard Theatre Seated Lakeland Canoe Club (LCC) is pleased to present the Autumn 2025 Paddling Film Festival. It will feature some of the best paddling...

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Cinema

Dead Of Winter

(15) 98MINS

Hit by a blizzard, a grief-stricken loner (Emma Thompson) gets lost among backroads near a Minnesotan lake and stops for help at a remote cabin...

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Social

Brewery Arts
Quiz

15 October, 19 November, 17 December

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...

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Stage on Screen

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

  • Wednesday 15th October 20:00

(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...

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Dance

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...

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Printmaking

Intaglio Printmaking for Beginners and Improvers

  • Thursday 16th October 18:30

Thu 16 Oct-4 Dec (6 wks) | 6.30-8.30pm  | 16+ yrs If the start date for this event has passed, bookings may still be available....

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Music

David Ford: ‘I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I’ve Caused’ – 20 Years

  • Thursday 16th October 19:30

Plus Support From Emily Grove and Ed Blunt | Standard Theatre Seated Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership...

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MINT on Tour

MINT on Tour: Montages of a Modern Motherhood

(12A) 111MINS

MINT Chinese Film Festival on Tour Presents.. Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the discount...

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Cinema

Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism

(12A) 77MINS

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fiona Cunningham-Reid presents an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art,...

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Visual Arts

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...

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Cinema

The Black Phone 2

(18) 114MINS

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death... and the phone...

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Comedy

Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It

  • Friday 17th October 20:00

Plus Support From Anna Thomas | Standard Theatre Seated | Strictly 16+ Hal is back with a brand-new tour for 2025 with a show that...

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Pottery

Discover Pottery Throwing

  • Saturday 18th October 11:15, 13:30, 15:30

11.15am, 1.30pm or 3.30pm | Sessions are 90mins  | 18+ yrs Discover Pottery Throwing is a fun intensive throwing workshop that will concentrate on improving...

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Cinema

The Bad Guys 2

  • Saturday 18th October 13:15
  • Sunday 19th October 12:45

(PG) 104MINS

Who’s badder than The Bad Guys? The Bad Girls. In the new chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed 2022 action-comedy hit about a crackerjack criminal crew...

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Cinema

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle

  • Saturday 18th October 13:30
  • Sunday 19th October 12:30

(15) 156MINS

Tanjiro Kamado - a boy who joined an organization dedicated to hunting down demons called the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was...

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Literature

Hollie McNish

  • Saturday 18th October 14:00, 19:00

Support from Michael Pedersen | Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ The title is still under-wraps but Hollie is back with a brand-new book...

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Art on Screen

The Immortals: The Wonders of the Museo Egizio

(PG) 86MINS

Join Academy Award-winner, Jeremy Irons, as he takes the viewer on a your of one of the world’s most important museums: The Museo Egizio in...

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Music

MY BABY

  • Saturday 18th October 19:30

Plus Support From Shobsy | Malt Room Standing Exclusive 2-for-1 Brewery Arts Members Offer for this event! Just login to your membership account and the...

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Cinema Rewind

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror

(PG) 95MINS

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring audiences a unique big-screen experience. This reimagining of the iconic Nosferatu (1922) features...

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Cinema

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie

Coming Soon

(U) 99MINS

In the new film, Gabby (Laila Lockhart Kraner, reprising her role from the series) heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi (four-time...

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Exhibition

A Thousand Words

4 Nov - 30 Nov

Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Kendal Mountain Festival Exhibition Three adventurers set out to find a needle in the haystack...

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Cinema

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Coming Soon

(18) 88MINS

Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads. After experiencing the huge success of several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide, he has become acutely...

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Film

Social Cine-Club

Wednesday 1st October 2025 – Wednesday 3rd December 2025

(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...

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Cinema

Better Days

Coming Soon

(15) 101MINS

Suzanne, a widowed mother of three still grieving for her husband, has turned to alcohol to ease her pain, but is having an increasingly tough...

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Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

Coming Soon

(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...

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Music

One Night In Nashville

Friday 7th November 2025

Malt Room Standing | Strictly 16+ One Night In Nashville is the UK's first downtown Nashville honkytonk live experience. An incredible live show fronted by...

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Cinema

The Choral

From Friday 7 November

(15) 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...

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Cinema

Regretting You

Coming Soon

(15) 130MINS

When a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal, Morgan Grant and her daughter, Clara, explore what's left behind as they confront family secrets, redefine love,...

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Cinema

Sketch

Coming Soon

(12A) 94MINS

When a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life--unpredictable, chaotic, and dangerously real. As the town unravels, she and...

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Cinema

Uncommon Voices: Exploring Class in New British Cinema

Coming Soon

(12A) 63MINS

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...

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Cinema

After the Hunt

Coming Soon

(15) 139MINS

A gripping psychological drama about a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri)...

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Cinema

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Coming Soon

(18) 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....

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Cinema

Good Fortune

Coming Soon

(15) 98MINS

In Good Fortune, a well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Aziz Ansari) and...

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Cinema

The Mastermind

Coming Soon

(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...

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Cinema

The Running Man

Friday 14th November 2025

(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...

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Comedy

Scott Bennett: Stuff

Friday 14th November 2025

Standard Theatre Seated | Age Guidance 14+ As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to...

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Cinema

Anemone

Coming Soon

(15) 121MINS

Anemone explores the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7DHGFXkNY

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Cinema

Roofman

Coming Soon

(15) 126MINS

Based on an unbelievable true story, Roofman follows Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum), an Army veteran and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald's restaurants by...

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Cinema

Wicked For Good

From Friday 21 November

(12A) 165MINS

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for...

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Festivals

Craft Market Kendal

Friday 28th November 2025 – Sunday 30th November 2025

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...

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Cinema

Zootropolis 2

From Friday 28 November

(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...

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Textiles

Festive Wild Weaving

Saturday 29th November 2025

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...

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Exhibition

Once Upon a Time…

5 Dec - 26 Jan

Sugar Store & Foyer Gallery | Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm | Free Youth Arts Exhibition ‘Once Upon a Time…’ is a celebration and showcase of the artwork...

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Cinema

The Thing With Feathers

Coming Soon

(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...

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Cinema

Blue Moon

Coming Soon

(15) 100MINS

...You know how in marriage they say "for better or for worse"? I think, in terms of my life, I have entered the "for worse"...

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