An event for spoken word artists to try out longer shows and gain audience feedback. For our final Scrutinise of 2020 our main guest is King of Goblin poetry Rowland Crowland with a fabulous set of goblin poems.

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones,…

Fire up your imagination and join us for a thrilling night of adventure

A night for spoken word artists, novelists, storytellers, comedians and anyone with something to say. Open mic performers can sign up in advance by emailing annthepoet@gmail.com for up to four minutes on the mic. This month our guest is John Scott with his poetry album that he launched this year.

A course to develop your confidence in speaking, revises and expands aspects of German grammar and vocabulary.

Pilates is a popular style of exercise that provides a wealth of physical, mental and spiritual benefits. It is designed to lengthen, strengthen and balance the body. 

Practice your German conversational skills discussing current affairs and German culture and traditions.

A course for advanced students with a very good knowledge of spoken French.

An open dance class for all abilities, aimed at over 60s. The class involves moving together to a variety of music, exploring different styles, sometimes creating movement, but always in a fun, supportive and sociable atmosphere.

A fun and lively class where you can develop your skills in art, craft and design.

This class is for older boys with some experience, or a real interest, in developing their skills and widening their knowledge of dance.

This class explores contemporary dance, creative dance, choreography, technique and performance.

A course for advanced students with a very good knowledge of spoken French.

This course will provide an opportunity for people of all abilities to develop drawing direct from a life model.

Pilates is a popular style of exercise that provides a wealth of physical, mental and spiritual benefits. It is designed to lengthen, strengthen and balance the body. 

This course concentrates on spoken French in a friendly atmosphere.

A fun session for those who love to act, explore, use their imaginations, play drama games and make new friends.

A fun and lively class where you can develop your skills in art, craft and design.

If you would like to continue extending your knowledge of more idiomatic language and look in greater detail at aspects of grammar and sentence structure, this is the course for you.

During this fun, creative short course discover all the techniques in order to create everything ‘felty’.

If you have completed a first year in an adult education class or have an elementary knowledge of Italian, which you would like to build upon, this is the course for you.

Immerse yourself in a number of art projects over the term, taught by different makers with expertise in their field.

Explore who you are and the world around you through drama.

A fun and creative classes, where you and your friends are at the heart of the work you create. Lots of performance opportunities! 

Make films, learn new skills, make new friends and see your own films on the big screen.

If you are young and serious about theatre, committed to productions and developing skills and techniques (whilst still having lots of fun), this group will help you be the best you can be.

Exciting and fun classes to develop contemporary dance skills alongside other dance styles, with a focus on creativity and performance.

A night for spoken word artists, novelists, storytellers, comedians and anyone with something to say. Open mic performers can sign up in advance by emailing annthepoet@gmail.com for up to four minutes on the mic. This month our guest is Simon Kurt Unsworth, a writer of supernatural fiction who is based in Kendal.

British Indie outfit The Rifles rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with their swaggering, jaunty garage rock & roll sound.

2020 sees the 35th anniversary of The Smiths’ legendary second album “Meat is Murder”. 

Attention Earth!… Do not be alarmed…. Contact with the extra-terrestrial musical collective – HENGE – is imminent.

Come and witness the first and possibly final performance of The World’s Greatest Magical Double Act!

Attention Earth!… Do not be alarmed…. Contact with the extra-terrestrial musical collective – HENGE – is imminent.

A dynamic four-piece of fiddle, flute, guitar and percussion, Gnoss tackle energetic tune sets and driving folk song with a ‘maturity of ability many of a greater age will envy’.

Six albums in, Joanne Shaw Taylor has nothing to prove, but plenty to say.

The story of Smoove & Turrell began in the post-millennium North East of England with a group of working-class lads and a shared passion for soul.

Tim Burgess is lead singer of one of the defining bands of the ’90s, The Charlatans.

Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland’s greatest female jazz and blues singers, a true artist who has carved out a highly regarded career and a legion of devoted fans worldwide.

Sharon Shannon is a musician who continues to surprise. While she is known for her arrangements of traditional Irish tunes and Irish-influenced compositions, she has always been eager to explore new styles, and to meet and work with other musicians.

What was Philadelphia’s loss is Manchester’s gain, with the inimitable force behind BC Camplight, Brian Christinzio.

Nonsense Room Productions bring you a brand new interactive musical show for all the family. But in this show – YOU CHOOSE what happens!

In this all-new show, multi-award winning stand-up comic Rob Newman weaves together Nietzsche’s sunglasses, James Bond in Toxteth, electric spiders and singing Neanderthals into a hilarious tour-de-force that offers new hopes for a changing world.

Cara Dillon, the multi-award winning Northern Irish singer, returns this Autumn to perform some of her favourite and most popular songs along with her band.

Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear the meticulously crafted grooves and allusive lyrical style of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker

Mystery Jets are an English indie rock band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London.

For one night only, St Johns Hospice Choir and Fellside singers come together for a beautiful evening of contemporary choir music in aid of St Johns Hospice.

Join Tez as he uses his trademark silly, smart and subversive approach to pit ordinary people against the establishment

Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline, Fife.

Encompassing a rare and virtuosic selection of the fiddle’s diverse Highland and island voices, with ensemble and solo-led sets both backed by powerhouse guitar and piano, the Blazers pack all the power, passion and sensitivity of Scotland’s traditional music, into a single show.