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Maryport’s writing and reading festival
Published 21 November 2008
A MARYPORT museum is holding a literary festival this weekend featuring local writers and artists who will help bring our Roman heritage to life.
Womens’ triumphs and tragedies
Published 19 November 2008
MADE famous by the 1989 movie adaptation starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton and Shirley MacLaine, the Rosehill Theatre welcomes Steel Magnolias to Whitehaven from today until Saturday .
Dance the night away
Published 19 November 2008
WORKINGTON’S Carnegie Theatre hosts Red Hot ABBA and Summer Nights tonight, a musical combination show featuring the hits of ABBA, songs from the musical Grease and the pick of the pops from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Romance of dance
Published 7 November 2008
HIGHLY-acclaimed European Ballet presents the classic and enchanting ballet The Sleeping Beauty at Workington’s Carnegie Theatre, on Wednesday
Dave Spikey and Barbara Dickson head to Whitehaven
Published 7 November 2008
Acclaimed Bolton comedian Dave Spikey and Scottish singing star Barbara Dickson will both perform at the Civic Hall in Whitehaven early next year – and tickets for both shows are available now.
Time heals Geordie punishment
Published 6 November 2008
GEORDIE punk band Punishment of Luxury never were a household name but in the late Seventies they wowed enough people that, when they reformed last year and went on to play the Three Tuns pub in Newcastle the gig attracted the attention of fans in America as well as all over Britain.
Make a date with art next year
Published 3 November 2008
WHAT is art for? Even the most hard-hearted of Philistines would have to concede that the Cumbria Network’s new project is extremely practical – and it happens to be a beautiful piece of art as well.
Kenny’s lifetime of musical memories
Published 31 October 2008
A half-hour conversation with veteran jazz musician Kenny Ball flies by far too quickly.
Comical kids’ stuff
Published 31 October 2008
NEWSPAPER The Guardian described stand-up comedian for children James Campbell’s show as: “The best sort of absurdist comedy there is.”
It won’t dink dank do this time Paddy McGuiness
Published 27 October 2008
Paddy McGuinness Sands Centre, Carlisle, Friday: It says it all that I can’t repeat any of the routines used last night by Paddy McGuinness. Family paper, y’see.
Eagle Eye moves at the speed of a puma
Published 22 October 2008
EAGLE EYE (12A, 117 mins) Action/Thriller. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie. Director: DJ Caruso.JERRY Shaw (LaBeouf) and single mother Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) have never met, but both receive similar calls informing them to follow explicit instructions or pay the price.
THE VERDICT
Published 22 October 2008
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR (U, 111 mins) Musical/romance. Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Olesya Rulin, Alyson Reed. ALREADY breaking box office records in the UK for advance ticket sales, the third instalment of the Disney Channel phenomenon takes a bow on the big screen for the first time, bidding a tearful farewell to most of the actors who have made the series such a toe-tapping success.
Amy heads to the Albert Hall – stopping off at Torpenhow
Published 17 October 2008
TORPENHOW village hall is set to host American singing sensation Amy LaVere.
The ear's the clear winner with The Music
Published 13 October 2008
The Music, Whitehaven Civic Hall, Saturday: The pre-show music provided perfect clues to the uninitiated ahead of The Music’s return to Whitehaven on Saturday.
Church to stage art exhibition
Published 11 October 2008
AN ARTIST whose work was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury will hold an exhibition in Flimby from tomorrow.
Deck the hall with Holly (x2)
Published 10 October 2008
NORMAN Lovett and Hattie Hayridge, both the face of Holly the computer in the popular television series Red Dwarf, come to the Rosehill Theatre tonight.
Feather in Fred's cap
Published 1 October 2008
WHEN a giant white feather landed on Tarn Hows lake for the annual FRED art invation, some walkers looked for a 60-foot goose.
Get in the Spirit for autumn
Published 18 September 2008
THE first LemonFactory night of the autumn takes place this Saturday at Spirit, on Crosby Street, Carlisle.
Turner Prize artist to launch city exhibition
Published 18 September 2008
TURNER Prize-winning artist Keith Tyson will arrive in Carlisle this week to launch his latest exhibition.
Animal attraction
Published 16 September 2008
IN ELEGY (15), shown at Penrith’s Alhambra cinema tonight, Isabel Coixet directs this adaptation of the novel by Philip Roth, about the exquisite pain of opening your heart to love. University lecturer and critic David Kepesh (Sir Ben Kingsley) is blessed with an over-inflated ego and an appreciation for female students at the New York seat of learning where he holds sway with opinions on literary criticism. AS PART of the national Nissan Adventure Film Festival Vue cinema, in Carlisle, is showing the Ocean Adventure series of films tonight.
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