Arts News

Aalternative makes a return

Published 9 January 2009

The first Monday Alternative of the new year is Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (15) next week. New for this year are matinee screenings, at 1.30pm, as well as the evening showings, at 7.45pm. Advance booking is advisable. Buy tickets from Tullie House box office, by visiting www.tulliehouse.co.uk or alling 01228 618700. The other films in the season are: Man on Wire – January 19, Times and Winds – January 26, Gone Baby Gone – February 2, Four Minutes – February 9, Unrelated – February 16, My Brother is an Only Child – February 23, Out of the Blue – March 2, In Search of a Midnight Kiss – March 9, Shotgun Stories – March 16, Eden Lake – March 23, Somers Town (12A) – March 30.

Layers of truth in Eden

Published 9 January 2009

The inspiration for Glynnis Carter’s latest work came on a cold snowy day in October when she ventured onto the rugged fells near Kirkby Stephen.

Why the streets of Grasmere are paved with gold

Published 9 January 2009

Abandoning the noise of London and embracing Cumbria’s calm has paid off for poet Polly Atkin.

Eland’s Civic vision

Published 9 January 2009

Looking out from the ninth floor of the Civic Centre, Derek Eland’s subject, Carlisle, sprawls beneath him. The city has inspired Eland to draw and paint a series of spectacular and intensely detailed aerial views which show a largely familiar but subtly altered landscape.

From fellside to Clydeside: Patricia’s moved on

Published 2 January 2009

Whether it’s the serene beauty of the Lake District or the complex design of urban re-development, Patricia Cain’s eye will be drawn to it.

The art show that is something else

Published 2 January 2009

Out of the Ordinary is a captivating exhibition that explores the work of seven international artists who use craft to transform everyday subjects and ordinary materials into works that are truly extraordinary.

Here it comes... 2009 on stage and screen in Cumbria

Published 2 January 2009

Arts venues in Cumbria are beginning to lift the curtain on their programmes for 2009, and drama, music and comedy are all on offer.

Dust off your Doc Martens

Published 23 December 2008

Re-Inventing The Wheel returns to The Brickyard, Carlisle, on Boxing Day.

Glassified Sixties swing

Published 19 December 2008

Music has always played a big part in glass artist Christine Romano’s life. Living in New York in the late 1960s, she saw the likes of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix play live, went to Woodstock in 1969, and in recent years her home has been the scene of many band rehearsals.

Old and new meets young and groovy in Wigton Choir

Published 12 December 2008

Wigton Choir joins forces with local youngsters for a celebration of Christmas, ‘And Peace on Earth’, tomorrow. The concert, at St Mary’s Church in Wigton, features a performance of And Peace on Earth by Bob Chilcott, which ‘sets traditional Christmas poems to new groovy styles’.

YOU choose the ending

Published 12 December 2008

The Sands Centre pantomime this year promises to be a lavish production packed full of all the usual fun and laughter – and the audience will play an important role in deciding the direction of the plot.

Robert DROPs in to win photography competition

Published 12 December 2008

An amateur photographer who had never entered a photography competition before has won a top prize at his first attempt.

All of Cumbria’s a Christmas stage

Published 5 December 2008

After the success of last year’s Pirates of Watermillock pantomime, Captain Sporran’s hapless crew return to the Village Hall for Pirates of Watermillock 2: Nature’s Guardian from Thursday to Saturday next week.

Classical concert success

Published 5 December 2008

The Prevailing Winds ensemble bring a programme of popular classics to Caldbeck Parish Hall on Sunday.

Ten years on, theatre bucks the crunch

Published 5 December 2008

Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake has soared past the one million mark in audience figures as it prepares for an exciting 10th anniversary season.Stars of the literature and broadcasting worlds, ranging from Sandi Toksvig to Barnsley Bard Ian McMillan, are lined up to appear at next year’s Words by the Water festival in Keswick.

Now you see them...

Published 5 December 2008

Even former James Bond and Saint Roger Moore raised an eyebrow when he saw trainee Keswick theatre director Tony Middleton’s magical wizardry.

The very best of musical friends

Published 5 December 2008

One of the foremost chamber ensembles in Britain will be playing in Cockermouth next week. The Fibonacci Sequence was founded by international pianist Kathron Sturrock, who has a home in Santon Bridge, Wasdale.

Spirited Christmas fun

Published 28 November 2008

Theatre designer Martin Johns can be excused if he looks like he’s just seen a ghost. Actually he’s seen three of them! Martin is the man with the task of turning Keswick Theatre by the Lake’s festive season production of A Christmas Carol into a magical experience for thousands of theatregoers of all ages.Carlisle Green Room Club’s 2008 pantomime, Red Riding Hood, opens on Monday. Written by James Sparks and Michael Spencer it’s the epic journey of the original “Hoody in Red” (played by Mark Davidson), Grandma (Malcolm Dunn) and the Wolf (Lisa Moffat).