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GU I D E

May - Aug 2015

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WELCOME TO OUR EXCITING NEW SEASON OFFERS School Discounts Groups of ten or more get a 10% discount plus free teacher places. Friends and Family Offer Book six or more places on the same show and receive a 10% discount on the total cost. Arts Award Discounts on tickets for students taking Bronze & Silver Arts Awards. Contact Box Office for participating shows.

Gift Vouchers Why not treat your loved one to a night out to remember with one of our special Brewery gift vouchers. Adult Education For details of our summer workshops and classes see website. Minions Movie

CINEMA WAREHOUSE FILM The best in world cinema and specialist film See our website for listings or contact Box Office. CINEMA SPECIALS The Reel Deal Enjoy a pizza and a movie for only £12 every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. (£13.50 3D) Cinema Suppers Book a table in our Grainstore any evening and beat the queues with reserved cinema seats. Silver Screening See the latest releases at our matinee screenings for just £6. Open to all - 50p off any food & drink with ticket on day of purchase. Film Parties Celebrate your birthday or special occasion in style at the cinema from just £12pp. (£13.50 3D) Cinema Bambino Buy one - get one half price and see the latest blockbusters with your babies & toddlers. Family Cinema Tickets Only £22 (£28 3D films). For cinema listings, info & offers contact Box Office: 01539 725133 or visit breweryarts.co.uk/cinema

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Landscapes - Sat 6 Jun

Opening Times Box Office

Vats Bar / Grainstore

Mon - Wed 12.00pm - 8.30pm Thu - Sat 10.00am - 8.30pm Sun 1.30pm - 8.00pm

Mon - Thu 5.00pm - 11.00pm Fri 5.00pm - 11.30pm Sat 12.00pm - 11.30pm Sun 12.30pm - 10.30pm

Box Office: 01539 725133 Phone lines close at 8.00pm

Phone lines close at 8.00pm Warehouse Café Mon - Fri: 9.00am - 5.30pm Sun: Closed

Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk

DIARY Performance National Theatre Connections La Fille Mal Gardée Courtney Pine & Zoe Rahman Norsesome Merrymouth Cat In the Hat Shappi Khorsandi: Because I’m Shappi Katherine Ryan: Glam Role Model Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out Comedy Club for Kids The Geography Teacher Paul Foot: Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major Rich Hall: 3:10 to Humour Alan Davies: Little Victories La’al Sing Birth, Deaths & Marriages Brewery Poets Seth Lakeman Antigone Verbalise The Destroyers Every Brilliant Thing The Railsplitters Chantel McGregor Landscapes Fairport Convention Addams Family Dick Gaughan Pierre Bensusan An evening with Peggy Seeger + Niell MacColl & Calum MacColl Comedy Club Simon Yates Lecture Fotheringay Verve Dance Platform Buggsy Malone The Springsteen Sessions Verbalise Wiz of Oz The Cadillac Kings RSC - The Merchant of Venice Verbalise Jimmy Carr: Funny Business

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Genre Theatre Theatre Music Theatre Music Theatre Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Music Theatre Spoken Word Music Theatre Spoken Word Music Theatre Music Music Theatre Music Theatre Music Music Music Comedy Adventure Lecture Music Theatre / Dance Youth Dance Theatre Music Spoken Word Theatre Music Live Screening Spoken Word Comedy

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THEATRE & DANCE Richard Foster Chief Executive Pick of the Season

One of the highlights of our usual eclectic theatre programme is Every Brilliant Thing by Paines Plough. The production is a quirky musing on the nature of depression and received rave reviews during a major run at the Off-Broadway Barrow Street Theatre in New York this year. Box Office: 01539 725133 To book online: breweryarts.co.uk

National Theatre Connections

Noresome - Thu 7 May

Thu 30 Apr - Sat 2 May | Theatre Starts 6.30pm | £5 per night / £10 festival ticket for all 3 nights Nationwide celebration of the finest new writing and the wealth of talent and energy in young British theatre. Recommended age 11+

La Fille Mal Gardée ROH Live Screening Tue 5 May | Theatre Starts 7.15pm | £18 / £17 U16 Renowned choreographer Frederick Ashton’s joyful ballet showcases some of his most brilliant work.

La Fille Mal Gardée - Tue 5 May

Norsesome - by Temple Theatre Thu 7 May | Theatre 8.00pm | £12 / £10 U16 Join Norse Gods Thor, Odin, Loki and the gang on a raucous comedy theatre voyage to Valhalla. Temple Theatre – the people who brought you Unmythable – are masters at turning legends into unique, exhilarating theatre productions. Recommended age 12+

Cat in the Hat Sat 9 May | Theatre Starts 2.00pm | £8.50 / £6.50 Dr Seuss’s mischievous cat presents a lively and engaging show packed with feline fun. “A sharp, vibrant and deliciously daft story told beautifully and perfectly for children... brimming with energy and childish laughs.” Broadway Baby Recommended age 3+

National Theatre Connections Thu 30 Apr - Sat 2 May

Landscapes - by Mimika

Landscapes - Sat 6 Jun

Sat 6 Jun | Theatre Starts 12.00pm & 2.00pm £8.50 / £6.50 Step inside a beautiful white dome and take an intimate and magical journey through the natural world from desert to rainforest and from under the Sea to the Antarctica. “The illusion is enveloping. The skill in their making and the range of techniques used is stunning.” The Herald Glasgow Recommended age 4+

Birth, Deaths & Marriages Youth Theatre

Every Brilliant Thing by Paines Plough

Fri 22 May | Studio Starts 7.30pm | £5

Wed 3 Jun | Theatre 8.00pm | £12 / £11

Thoughtful piece about a group of young people who change their lives by swapping the aspects of their personalities they dislike for the character traits they’ve always wanted.

The company described as the National Theatre of new writing smash taboos with an innovative production about depression. The show enjoyed a critically acclaimed run and sell out shows during a three month run in New York earlier this year.

Recommended age 14+

Every Brilliant Thing - Wed 3 Jun

Recommended age 14+

Antigone Youth Theatre Fri 29 May | Malt Room Doors 7.00pm | £6 / £5 The talented young actors present their fresh interpretation of Sophocles’s classic Greek masterpiece. Recommended age 11+

Landscapes - Sat 6 Jun

Wiz of Oz Kirkbie Kendal School

Verve - Thu 18 Jun

Mon 29 Jun - Thu 2 Jul | Theatre Starts 7.30pm | £10 / £9 Join Dorothy as she takes a musical trip down the yellow brick road meeting weird and wonderful characters along the way. Family Friendly

RSC - The Merchant of Venice Wed 22 Jul | Theatre Starts 7.00pm | £18 / £17 U16 Murky machinations abound courtesy of one of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters, the incorrigible moneylender Shylock.

Addams Family Kendal College

Buggsy Malone Queen Katherine School

Wed 10 Jun - Sat 13 Jun | Theatre Starts 7.30pm. Sat matinee 2pm £10/£9 U16

Mon 22 Jun - Fri 26 Jun | Theatre Starts 7.00pm | £10 / £9

TV’s favourite creepy clan is brought to life in a magnificently macbre musical production by the performing and production arts students.

Verve Thu 18 Jun | Theatre 8.00pm | £12 / £11 An eclectic mix of theatrical performances from the dance stars of the future. Part of the postgraduate company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Performing arts students present the classic prohibition era Chicago set musical tale of gangsters and molls. Family Friendly

Verve - Thu 18 Jun

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MusIc Debbie Bond Marketing Manager Pick of the Season One of our most varied music seasons yet features prog rockers, jazz and folk legends, pop stars, acclaimed singersongwriters, high octane blues guitarists and even a Springsteen covers band. Something for everyone! Early Bird: Ticket prices for music gigs will revert to an On the Door (OTD) price at 5pm on the day of the performance. Box Office: 01539 725133 To book online: breweryarts.co.uk

Courtney Pine & Zoe Rahman Wed 6 May | Theatre Starts 8.00pm | £18.50

Fairport Convention

The Cadillac Kings

Sat 6 Jun | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm | £20 (£22 OTD)

Fri 17 Jul | Malt Room standing Doors 7.30pm £12 / £11 U16 (£14 OTD)

The legendary multiinstrumentalist will be joined by an acclaimed young jazz pianist.

After five decades of performing and recording they remain one of the most popular folk-rock bands in the UK.

Merrymouth

Pierre Bensusan

The Springsteen Sessions

Fri 8 May | Malt Room Doors 7.30pm | £14

Thu 11 Jun | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm | £12.50

Innovative English folk band fronted by Ocean Colour Scene singer-songwriter Simon Fowler. Tour coincides with release of new album Wenlock Hill.

Evocative night of World Music from the finger style acoustic guitar virtuoso famed for his unique blend of Celtic, jazz and folk.

Fri 24 Jul | Malt Room standing Doors 7.30pm | £12 Experience the sounds of New Jersey from one of the UK’s top Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tribute acts.

Seth Lakeman

An evening with Peggy Seeger + Neill MacColl & Calum MacColl

Tue 26 May | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm | £15 (£17 OTD) Solo set from the Mercury Music Prize nominated folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Fri 12 Jun | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm £18.50 (£20.50 OTD)

The Destroyers

Fotheringay

Sat 30 May | Malt Room standing Doors 7.30pm £12.50 (£14.50 OTD)

Thu 18 Jun | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm £22.50 (£24.50 OTD)

Strap in for a furious night of Balkan folk mayhem from one of the most anarchic and original live bands in the UK.

Classic tunes from a band intertwined with British folk rock history.

The Railsplitters

Dick Gaughan

Thu 4 Jun | Malt Room Doors 7.30pm £12.50 / £11.50 (£14.50 OTD)

Thu 9 Jul | Malt Room seated Doors 7.30pm £14 / £13 U16 (£16 OTD)

Direct from the Colorado Rockies, a band widely recognised as future stars of the progressive bluegrass scene.

Multi award winning Scottish folk artist.

Chantel McGregor Fri 5 Jun | Malt Room standing Doors 7.30pm | £13 (£15 OTD) Scintillating blues guitar talent whose style and energy has been compare to greats such as Joe Bonamassa and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

We cordially invite you to the dance floor for a classy night of blues and jump jive from a band with energy to burn.

Merrymouth - Fri 8 May

One of folk music’s most enduring figures joined on stage by her sons.

Chantel McGregor - Fri 5 Jun

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COMEDY Mike Jones comedy programmer Summer is all about our Freerange Comedy Festival. Once again we’ve attracted some of the biggest names in the UK to Kendal for a five day feast of fun. We’re also looking forward to the visit of controversial mirth merchant Jimmy Carr who’s so big we’re putting him in the Leisure Centre. Box Office: 01539 725133 To book online: breweryarts.co.uk

Comedy Club Sat 13 Jun | Malt Room seated Doors 7.45pm | £12 Line up includes John Gordillo, Will Franken, John Whale and MC Raymond Mearns.

Jimmy Carr Funny Business Sat 15 Aug | Leisure Centre Starts 8.00pm | £25 Come for the witty and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the knob gags. Recommended age 16+ Katherine Ryan - Thu 14 May

Alan Davies - Sun 17 May

FREERANGE COMEDY FESTIVAL Shappi Khorsandi Because I’m Shappi

Comedy Field Trip with The Geography Teacher

Wed 13 May | Theatre Starts 8.00pm | £14 / £12

Sat 16 May | Various locations Starts 1.45pm | £8

Welcome return to the Brewery with a show that was a sell out at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

A comedy field trip around geographical wonders of South Lakeland.

Recommended age 16+

Recommended age 14+

Katherine Ryan

Paul Foot

Glam Role Model

Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major

Thu 14 May | Theatre Starts 8.00pm £14.50 / £12.50 U16 Canada’s finest delivers warped wit and killer lines. Recommended age 16+

Lucy Beaumont

Sat 16 May | Malt Room seated Doors 8.00pm | £12.50 Subversive Aussie cult comedian. Recommended age 14+

Rich Hall

We Can Twerk It Out

3:10 to Humor

Fri 15 May | Malt Room seated Doors 8.00pm | £12

Sat 16 May | Theatre Starts 8.00pm | £16

Winner of The BBC New Comedy award and star of BBC 3’s Live at the Electric.

A top performer whose grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony.

Recommended age 16+

Comedy Club for Kids

Alan Davies

Sat 16 May | Malt Room seated Doors 2.00pm | £8

Little Victories

Top stand-up comedians present a unique show full of jokes, songs and silly noises – but no rude bits! Family Friendly

Sun 17 May | Leisure Centre Doors 7.00pm | £25 / £20 “A densely funny middle-aged howl of anguish” The Scotsman. Recommended age 15+

youth

Whether its dance, drama, drawing or making music. BYA has something for everyone from 0-20! BYA classes can now be booked online. See website for details. Join and get discounts on shows and performances.

La’al Sing Wed 20 & Thu 21 May | Theatre Starts 6.00pm | £6 / £5 Hundreds of young people will take the Brewery stage for our annual celebration of youth singing. Family Friendly

Dance Platform Fri 19 & Sat 20 Jun | Theatre 7.00pm Start | £6 / £5 Hundreds of young people will be showcasing their moves at one of the biggest celebrations of youth dance in the region. www.breweryarts.co.uk/youth

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Summer Holiday Workshops July & August | 3-18yrs See web for details. www.breweryarts.co.uk/youth

ART

Leviathan’s End, Rampside Coast by Stefan Orlowski

Anna Lambert

New Ceramics for Wall and Table Until 24 Apr Sugar Store Gallery | Free A stunning selection of hand-made earthernware which blurs the boundaries between fine and decorative art.

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Connections North: Mirror Images Chrysalis Print Show 19 Jun – 20 Jul Sugar Store Gallery | Free Printmaking by artists from across Europe, brought together by Chrysalis Arts.

Open Up North Emerging Artist Exhibition

Fire and Firmament: New British Landscape

1 May - 15 Jun Sugar Store Gallery | Free

By Stefan Orlowski

Exciting new work by three talented artists completing their mentoring programme with the Brewery.

24 Jul - 21 Aug Sugar Store Gallery | Free Landscape painting at its most dynamic from Cumbrian artist, Stefan Orlowski.

SPOKEN WORD Brewery Poets

Verbalise - Spoken Word

Fri 22 May | Warehouse Doors 7.00pm | £5

Sat 30 May | Warehouse Doors 7.30pm | £5 / £2 With special guest Nick Pemberton

Brewery Poets host three firstrate, widely published north-west poets - Andrew Forster, Jane Routh & Ron Scowcroft.

Simon Yates Adventure Lecture Wed 17 Jun | Theatre seated Starts 8.00pm | £13 / £12 An evening with a mountaineer whose dramatic exploits with climber Joe Simpson are chronicled in the book and film Touching the Void.

Sat 27 Jun | Warehouse Doors 7.30pm | £5 / £2 With special guest Kevin McVeigh Sat 25 Jul | Warehouse Doors 7.30pm | £5 / £2 With special guest Matthew Whatley Perform your own work in front of an appreciative audience or sit back and enjoy the show.

LET US SELL YOUR TICKETS FOR YOUR EVENTS The Brewery has a new ticketing service for events and festivals in the area. If you want to sell your tickets through us please ring Box Office and ask for the manager or email: boxoffice@breweryarts.co.uk

Courtney Pine & Zoe Rahman - Wed 6 May

Reasons to Join... Open to all, join our all new Brewery Friends scheme and enjoy a wide range of exclusive benefits across all art forms. Including: - Get the best seats in the house with 24 Hour Priority Booking for Brewery Friends on nearly all events - Discuss the show and enjoy a meal with like-minded people at our special discounted supper evenings - Meet the casts and artists with Q&A sessions - Behind the scenes insights - Priority places on Adult Ed Courses (subject to availability) - Regular e-newsletters

Find out more at breweryarts.co.uk/support-us

Moonwatch Events Fri 24 Apr Sat 22 Aug â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sun & Moon Dayâ&#x20AC;? Enjoy spectacular views of the heavens from the Brewery Garden along with the Eddington Astronomical Society.

Registered Charity no: 01086789

With live bands, outdoor street food and mobile bar the beautiful Brewery garden is the perfect place to hang out this summer. We’ll have more of our popular food and drink events including a port & sherry tasting event with Stainton Wines so keep checking social media and the website for details.

Special Offers: ‘Beat the Clock’ pizza every Sunday between 5 and 6.30pm. The time you order is the price you pay! Enjoy a refreshing cocktail pitcher for only £9.99 throughout the summer.

FOOD & DRINK There’s a great choice of eating and drinking at the Brewery – all day, every day of the week.

In The Day: The Warehouse Café Mon - Sat: 9.00am - 5.00pm In The Evening: The Vats Bar & Grainstore 5.00pm onwards (& from midday Sat, 12.30pm Sun). If you want to be certain of a seat in the busy Grainstore please call the Box Office to reserve your table. Summer Holidays: The Vats Bar & Grainstore will be open in the afternoons from Sat 1 Aug. Foodie Events & Deals this Summer @ The Brewery All through the summer we’ll be putting on fantastic foodie events – keep an eye on the website for details...

For all the latest foodie chatter follow us on Twitter @CumbriaFoodies

Check out the Brewery website www.breweryarts.co.uk/food-and-drink for more details.

The Brewery is a charity - ALL profits from the food and drink go into funding your incredible arts centre!

SUMMER AT THE BREWERY SUMMER SUNDAYS FREE GIGS IN THE GARDEN, 1-4pm Outdoor Bar, Street Food & Cocktail Pitchers - ÂŁ9.99

Paper Cranes 26 Jul | Young acoustic folk duo making a name for themselves with high-profile gigs across the region including Kendal Calling.

Roomfull of Mirrors 2 Aug | A group that condense a range of rootsy genres from Celtic folk to Americana into an infectious groove.

The Coulton Brothers 9 Aug | Former members of Barrow band Atlas will perform a mix of covers and original songs.

Mutley 16 Aug | North west covers band popular on the local pub circuit.

Boomerang 23 Aug | Rising from the ashes of The Fabulous Picasso Brothers and Catch 22. Expect a hi-octane afternoon of pop/rock tunes.

Jeremiah Ferrari 30 Aug | Reggae, rock, ska and punk fusion influenced by the likes of Bob Marley and Sublime.

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