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Beginners Life Drawing

Beginners Life Drawing | Sat 18 May | 11-5pm | £55 | 16+ yrs | Tutor Catherine MacDiarmid | Studio 3 Take your drawing skills to...

Back To Black

(15) 122MINS

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse's early rise to fame and the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black. Told from Amy's perspective and...

The Winter’s Tale – The Royal Ballet

(12A) 135MINS

Wed 22 May 2024 | Starts 7.15pm | Tickets £16.50 | Conc. £14.50 | Live Broadcast | Screen 1 Running time: 2 hours and 15...

Dark Room Access

Dark Room Access Sessions | Thu 25 April - 4 July | 6.30-9.30pm | Membership Fee £10 | £15 PAYG | Tutor Liam Collins |...

Kendal College: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

23, 24 & 25 May | Tickets £16.50 | Conc. £12.50 | Friday Matinee £10.50 | Theatre Kendal College Theatre Arts Presents... Escape to a...

N’famady Kouyaté

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £16.50 | Malt Room Standing N’famady Kouyaté is a young energetic master musician from Guinea (Conakry), who relocated to Cardiff (Wales)...

The Garfield Movie

(U) 101MINS

Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his...

Introduction to Stained Glass

Introduction to Stained Glass | Sat 25 May | 12-4pm | £45 | 16+ yrs | Tutor Sarah Walkley | Studio 2 This introduction to...

Edie | Kendal Walking Festival Screening

(12A) 102MINS

Edie (Sheila Hancock) has spent 40 years trapped in a colourless life in England, tending to her controlling husband (Donald Pelmear) after his stroke. When...

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

(15) 180MINS

Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. 1964:...

Verbalise – May 2024

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 25 May | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom...

Message in a Bottle – Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK

(12A) 90MINS

Thu 30 May 2024 | Starts 7.20pm | Tickets £16.50 | Conc. £14.50 | As Live Broadcast | Screen 2 Running time: 1 hour and...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

(15) 120MINS

Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping...

Cabrini

(12A) 142MINS

From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of "Sound of Freedom", comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City...

Cloudbusting – The Music Of Kate Bush

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23.00 | Theatre Cloudbusting are thrilled to bring their stunning ‘The Line, The Cross and The Curve’ tour to Brewery Arts!...

Tc & The Groove Family

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £10.50 | With Support from North Fire Sound | Malt Room Standing 10-piece afro-fusion group TC & The Groove Family take...

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes

(12A) 150MINS

The new Apes movie is set many years after the conclusion of 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes. Many apes societies have grown...

Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger

(12A) 133MINS

Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger when he was a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When their famous...

Clinton Baptiste: Roller Ghoster!

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £28 | Age Guidance 14 + | Theatre | + Support from James Kilvington Solo again, Britain’s most celebrated clairvoyant medium...

Art In The Bar

Art in the Bar | Wed 5 June | Wed 10 July | Food served 6.30pm | Starts 7pm | £17.50 per session (includes pizza...

Crafternoon Brew

Crafternoon Brew | Thu 6 June | Thu 11 July | 1.30-3pm | £17.50 per session (includes cream tea) | 18+ yrs | Tutor Various...

Untutored Life Drawing

Untutored Life Drawing | Fri 5 April PAYG £16.50| Fri 3 May & 7 June | 6.30-8.30pm | £34 | PAYG £17.50 | 18+ yrs...

Sam Sweeney Band

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £22.50 | Theatre Nominated four times, and winner in 2015 of Musician Of The Year BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Sam...

The Matrix: 25th Anniversary

(15) 136MINS

'No-one can be told what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. After this, there is no turning back. You take the...

LOWES

Doors 8pm | Tickets £15 | Plus Support from Kiwi | Malt Room Standing Hailing from the bleak and beautiful corners of North-West England, LOWES...

Discover… Pottery Throwing

Discover... Pottery Throwing | Sat 8 June | Sat 6 July | 11.15am-12.45pm | 1.30-3pm | 3.30-5pm | £50pp per session | 18+ yrs |...

Introduction To Monoprinting

Introduction to Monoprinting | Sat 8 Jun | 12-4pm | £45 | 16yrs+ | Tutor Caroline Stow | Print Room Monotypes are ‘unique’ prints which...

My National Gallery, London – Exhibition on Screen

(12A) 90MINS

The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless...

Group Listening

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £13.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Musical collaborators for the past decade, Paul Jones and Stephen Black are together known as the...

Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma

(12A) 150MINS

Sat 8 Jun | 7.30pm | Screen One | Tickets £16.50 / £14.50 150 mins | 12A | Includes One Interval Tony and BAFTA Award...

Kendal College Short Film Night (First Year Students)

(12A) 90MINS

Starts 7.15pm | Screen One | £6 All tickets | Includes Interval Join us for a night of cinematic adventure showcasing the final projects of...

Andrea Chenier – The Royal Opera

(12A) 135MINS

Thu 13 Jun 2024 | Starts 7.00pm | Tickets £16.50 | Conc. £14.50 | Encore Broadcast | Screen 1 Running time: 2 hours and 15...

Iona Lane

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £15.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Driven by awe and wonder of the natural world Iona Lane delivers poetic songs, with subtle...

The Zombies

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £35.50 | Theatre 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The Zombies are back with their long-awaited new album,Different Game...

The Undertones

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £27.50 | Malt Room Standing The Undertones are a punk rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1975. From 1975...

Bernard Butler

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre Bernard Butler is a Brit and Grammy Award winning musician. In 1989 he formed Suede releasing the Mercury...

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Kendal Pride Screening

(15) 103MINS

When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence...

Pride | Kendal Pride Screening

(15) 120MINS

In 1984, 20-year-old closet gay Joe hesitantly arrives in London from Bromley for his first Gay Pride march and is taken under the collective wing...

Kendal College Short Film Night (Second Year Students)

(12A) 90MINS

Starts 7.15pm | Screen one | £6 All tickets | Includes Interval Join us for a night of cinematic adventure showcasing the final projects of...

Waitress: The Musical

(15) 150MINS

Thu 20 Jun | 7.00pm start | Screen One | Tickets £11.50/£10.50/£6.50 Follow Jenna Hunterson (Sara Bareilles), a small-town waitress and pie-maker with a loveless...

Painting Figures In Watercolour

Painting figures in watercolour | Sat 22 June | 11-5pm | £55 | 16+ yrs | Tutor Catherine MacDiarmid | Studio 3 Learn to paint figures...

Holy Shit: Can Poop Save the World? | UK Green Film Festival ’24

(12A) 86MINS

Flush and forget? Or the final frontier of recycling? Looking for answers about the radical potential of human excrement, director Rubén Abruña embarks on an...

Floyd UK

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23 | Malt Room Standing Some of the best musicians in the UK who have the talent and desire to replicate...

Karine Polwart And Dave Milligan

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £25.50 | Theatre Seven-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including 2018 Folk Singer of The Year, Karine Polwart’s...

Verbalise – June 2024

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 22 June | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom...

Hamlet: Ian Mckellen

(12A) 118MINS

Sun 23 Jun 5.30pm & Thu 3 Jul 7.30pm | Screen Two | Tickets £11.50/£10.50/£6.50 Two-time Academy Award nominee and Shakespearian titan, Ian McKellen, stars...

Deep Rising | UK Green Film Festival ’24

(12A) 93MINS

How are the deepest depths of our ocean connected to the future of green energy? This riveting film is a tale of geopolitical, scientific, and...

Cyanotype (Sun Photography)

Cyanotype (Sun Photography) | Sat 29 Jun | 12-4pm | £45 | 16yrs + | Tutor Helena McGregor | Studio 3, Print Room and the...

Plastic Fantastic | UK Green Film Festival ’24

(12A) 102MINS

There are 500 times more plastic particles in the world’s oceans than there are stars in our galaxy. Yet astoundingly, while the tragedy deepens and...

Fleetwood Bac

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Standing Fleetwood Bac is the world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood...

Kirkbie Kendal School – Chicago

2, 3, 4 & 5 July, Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £12 | Unwaged/Under 25s £10 Kirkbie Kendal School perform Chicago live at Brewery Arts!

Riverdance – 25th Anniversary

(U) 120MINS

Thu 4 Jul | 7.30pm | Screen Two | Tickets £11.50/£10.50/£6.50 Having originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Riverdance has gone...

Advanced Monoprinting

Advanced Monoprinting | Sat 6 Jul | 12-4pm | £45 | 16yrs+ | Tutor Caroline Stow | Print Room This workshop will continue exploring the...

Morganway

Doors 8pm | Tickets £16 | Malt Room Striking melodies, energetic rhythms, catchy songs, and a fiercely formidable live act – Morganway have made quite...

Bess Atwell

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £17.50 | Theatre Brighton-based artist Bess Atwell and her new single ‘Sylvester,’ sees Bess contemplate and re-evaluate familial roles and relationships...

Ciaran Ryan Band

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £17 | Malt Room Already a veteran performer having toured the world's stages for a decade, predominantly as a founding member...

Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Standing AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought to life by Live/Wire with...

Verbalise – August 2024

Verbalise Live and on Zoom | Sat 3 August | Doors 7.30pm | Warehouse £6 | Zoom £3.50 Join us either Live or on Zoom...

Performance Unleashed – 7-14 Yrs Creative Summer Camp 2024

Performance Unleashed Summer Camp: Dance and Drama | Mon 5 to Fri 9 August | 9.30am - 3.30pm | £160 | Age 7-14 | Tutor...

Arts Unleashed – 7-14 Yrs Creative Summer Camp 2024

Arts Unleashed Summer Camp: Art and Crafts | Mon 12 to Fri 16 August | 9.30am - 3.30pm | £160 | Age 7-14 | Tutor...

Catrin Finch And Aoife Ní Bhriain

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23 | Theatre A spellbinding collaboration between two musical powerhouses. Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of Ireland's foremost traditional...

The Magic Of Terry Pratchett

Starts 8pm | Tickets £17.50 | Theatre Join author and comedian Marc Burrows on a journey through the life and work of Sir Terry Pratchett, based on...

Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In

Doors 8pm | Tickets £18.50 | Theatre For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty...

80’s Mania

Doors 8pm | Tickets £21 | Malt Room Standing Europe’s Official 1980’s Multi-Tribute Concert featuring 28 chart-topping pop icons authentically recreated with live band and...

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink

Starts 8pm | Tickets £22.50 | Theatre Scotland’s queen of comedy Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo, Roast Battle, Russell Howard, The Last Leg)...

Clare Ferguson-Walker & Robin Ince

Starts 8pm | Tickets £18.50 | Conc. £15.50 | Malt Room Cabaret | Age Guidance 14+ Come and have a tour around two marvellous minds...

Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal Live

Doors 8pm | Tickets £21 | Malt Room Standing | Age Guidance 16+ The King of New York, Mr Huey Morgan is back with his...

Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £27.50 | Extended Theatre | Age Guidance 14+ Phil McIntyre Live Ltd proudly presents Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time.  Attributed to...

Comedy Club: September

Starts 8pm | Tickets £14.50 | Conc. £12.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Seated | Age Guidance 18+ Kicking off with the first of three Autumn...

George Lewis: ‘The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do’

Starts 8pm | Tickets £15 | Theatre | Age Guidance Strictly 14+ Described as ‘the funniest dad on Instagram’, stand-up comedian George has racked up...

Wishbone Ash

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £32.50 | Theatre Following the outstanding response to their recent “Live Dates Live” tour - in which the band celebrated 50...

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £24.50 | Theatre Named after the old Northumbrian word for twilight, ‘The Darkening’ is made up of four North-East England-based members:...

Clearwater Creedence Revival

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23 | Malt Room Standing Selling out at venues all over the world, Clearwater Creedence Revival features road-hardened players who have...

Mark Watson: Search

Starts 8pm | Tickets £20.50 | Student Tickets £16.50 | Theatre Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been...

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £14 | Theatre | Strictly Age 16+ Do you ever feel like this isn’t how it was meant to be? You...

Martin Stephenson + The Daintees

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre Inspired by early Cure and the Brighton scene, Martin began his career as a busker at age 15...

Paddling Film Festival 2024

Starts 7pm | Tickets £15 | Conc. £8 | Theatre Lakeland Canoe Club proudly present the 2024 Paddling Film Festival of great Paddling Films from...

King King Plus Special Guest Arielle

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £26| Malt Room Standing "What I love about playing in these venues is the connection between me and the audience! We...

Turin Brakes Acoustic

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £28 | Theatre Turin Brakes strip back to basics for an acoustic tour starting in autumn 2024. The band explain; 'We...

Comedy Club: October

Starts 8pm | Tickets £14.50 | Conc. £12.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Seated | Age Guidance 18+ Here we go with another one of our...

Steve Knightley

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Theatre Steve Knightley is a Multi-award winning singer-songwriter/musician and founder member of widely acclaimed folk/acoustic roots trail-blazers ‘Show of...

Urzila Carlson: Just Jokes

Starts 8pm | Tickets £19 | Malt Room Seated South African-New Zealander Comedian, Urzila Carlson returns to tour the UK with her new show 'Just...

Maisie Adam: Appraisal

Starts 8pm | Tickets £22 | Age Guidance 16+ | Theatre Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I...

Live Nation Presents… Kevin Bloody Wilson

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £35.50 | Plus support from Jenny Talia | Theatre There are few international comedians today who shoot down political correctness with...

Henry Normal & Nigel Planer

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Nigel Planer is a comedy legend, an actor, writer and more importantly for this show he's...

The Total Stone Roses

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Standing | + Support from Oaysis The UK’s BEST Stone Roses Tribute return to the stage to...

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Starts 8pm | Tickets £23.50 | Conc. £18.50 | Theatre Sarah Keyworth is back with a brand new, joyous show about family, acceptance and a...

Nick Cope’s Family Show

Starts 11am & 2pm | Tickets £15.50 | Theatre | Recommended Age 3+ Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique...

Anne-Marie Sanderson Album Launch With Full Band

Doors 8pm | Tickets £13 | Plus Support tbc | Malt Room Cabaret Turning of the Year is the lead single from Anne-Marie Sanderson’s forthcoming debut album,...

Jason Byrne: No Show

Starts 7.30pm | Tickets £27 | Theatre | Age Guidance 14+ There’s no show like a Jason Byrne No Show. No Show is a show...

Siobhan Miller Band

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £18.50 | Theatre Scotland's folk sensation, Siobhan Miller, takes her acclaimed sound from festival arenas to intimate venues in her first-ever...

Seckou Keita and The Homeland Band

Doors 8pm | Tickets £26 | Malt Room Seckou Keita is a renowned Kora virtuoso who stands as a luminary amongst African traditional musicians. Hailing...

The Watch Plays Genesis

Doors 7.30pm | Price £18.50 | Malt Room Standing The Watch are back from autumn 2024 with a brand new show, celebrating the 50th anniversary...

Big Country

Doors 7pm | Tickets £28 | Malt Room Standing Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar-playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson...

Gary Stewart’s Graceland

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £15.50 | Malt Room Standing Led by the legendary Leeds-based troubadour Gary Stewart (Gary Stewart Band/Hope and Social) and backed by...

Count Arthur Strong Is Charles Dickens In ‘A Christmas Carol’

Doors 7.45pm | Tickets £22 | Theatre Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in 'A Christmas Carol' Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows...

Calan

Doors 8pm | Tickets £22.50 | Plus Support from The Marcellas | Malt Room Seated A Mythical Musical Odyssey with CALAN Immerse yourself in an...

Oysterband

Doors 7pm | Tickets £28 | Conc. £23.50| Theatre From their earliest days as a noisy, politicised ceilidh band in the late Seventies, Oysterband has...

Elio Pace In Concert: My Songbook, My Life

Doors 7pm | Tickets £35 | Bootleggers Bar, Kendal HE'S BACK! Taking a break from his smash hit, award-winning 'The Billy Joel Songbook' tours which...

Eliza Carthy & The Restitution

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £21 | Theatre Describing herself simply as a "modern English musician", Eliza Carthy is one of the most recognisable faces of...

The Luke Combs Experience

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20.50 | Malt Room Standing The Luke Combs Experience is in Kendal! Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with amazing...

Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £15.50 | Theatre Mik Artistik's Ego Trip are genuinely delightful, funny, frightening, and indefinable. Northern rock and roll stand-up comes close.    Mik...

The Men They Couldn’t Hang

Doors 8pm | Tickets £23 | Plus Support | Malt Room Standing Founded in 1984, TMTCH evolved from the Shepherd’s Bush squatting and busking scene...

The Man Who Wanted To Be A Penguin

14, 21 & 22 Dec, Starts 1pm & 5pm, Tickets £14 | 23 & 24 Dec, Starts 11am & 3pm, Tickets £16 | Recommended Age...

ABBA Reunion – Christmas Special

Doors 7.30pm | Price £25.50 | Malt Room Standing The ABBA REUNION tribute Show is the creation of an Award Winning West End Director, Producer...

Comedy Club: December

Starts 8pm | Tickets £14.50 | Conc. £12.50 | Malt Room Cabaret Seated | Age Guidance 18+ Come and join us for a night of...

The Albion Band Christmas Tour

Doors 8pm | Tickets £26 | Malt Room Seated The Albion Christmas Band are widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, which has been touring...

The Lancashire Hotpots: Too Much Too Old Tour

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £20 | Malt Room Standing The ultimate party starters The Lancashire Hotpots are back with a bang to give you more...

Tom Stade: Risky Business

Starts 8pm | Tickets £22.50 | Theatre | Age Guidance 16+ Tickets for this event go on sale on the 19 April Direct from the...

Jazz Sabbath

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £23 | Theatre A jazz trio from the UK that plays (instrumental) jazz interpretations of Black Sabbath songs. Helmed by pianist...

The Nashville Nights Tour

Doors 7.30pm | Tickets £26 | Malt Room Standing Welcome to The Nashville Nights Tour, where the heart and soul of country music come alive...

Ultimate Coldplay

Doors 8pm | Tickets £21 | Malt Room Standing Since launching in 2017 Ultimate Coldplay have been widely recognised as being the world’s most accurate...