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breweryarts.co.uk | 01539 725133 Massive Wagons - Fri 6 & Sat 7 Mar 02 Spring 2020 Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk Follow us on : @BACKendal | facebook: @TheBreweryArtsCentreKendal Theatre 03

When Darkness Seeps Emergence - Thu 5 Mar Emergence Tour 2020: Sun 26 Jan & Sat 1 Feb Emergence Dance Warehouse | Starts 8pm Thu 5 Mar | Starts 8pm | Theatre £7 / £6 U25 & Unwaged £13 / £10 U25 & Unwaged Sun 2 Feb | Starts 8pm Emergence, the postgraduate Tickets £7 | Kendal Library dance company of Joss Arnott £7 / £6 U25 & Unwaged Dance and the University of On a cold, dark winter’s night , returns with a new cohort, join our team of talented Future two new works and the chance Creatives and experience four to see a reimagining of one of adapted tales by Edgar Allan Arnott’s acclaimed productions. Poe, if you dare...

Night of the Living Dead Crusaders by Frances Poet The Price of Land Ladies That Bus - Tue 11 & Wed 12 Feb Remix: imitating the dog Wed 5 & Thu 6 Feb Presented by Geoff Cox Tue 3 & Wed 4 Mar Theatre | Starts 8pm Directed by Kevin Dyer Starts 7.30pm | Theatre | £18.50 £7 / £6 U25 & Unwaged Sat 22 Feb | Theatre £15.50 U25 & Unwaged As part of National Theatre Starts 8pm | £10 Seven strangers take refuge Connections, Brewery Youth Eight voices, eight stories, eight from flesh eating ‘ghouls’ in an Theatre 15+ bring you this working lives, eight moments isolated farmhouse. As the night stunning new play. A group of spread across half a millennium. draws in, their situation becomes teens gather to take their French Each playing a part in building desperate, hope turns to despair, exam but none of them will step our unique Cumbrian landscape. and the picket-fence American into the exam hall. This powerful verse-drama gives dream is smashed apart. a voice to the forgotten people Seven performers enter the of the County. stage armed with cameras, a box of props and a rail of Ladies That Bus costumes. Can they recreate the film, shot-for-shot before our Tue 11 & Wed 12 Feb eyes, using whatever they can Starts 7.30pm | PWYD | Theatre lay their hands on? A heart-warming and hilarious 50 years after the release of tale of journeys taken and not George A. Romero’s politically taken, of regrets and celebrations, charged zombie movie, imitating and what it means to be free… the dog and Playhouse Based on real-life interviews create a love-song to the original and peppered with humour, Family 1960s film, retelling it as a songs and original music, it searing story for now. shows a day-in-the life of the Route 555 bus to Keswick, and imitating the dog will be the kaleidoscope of different Theatre performing at the Brewery for the first time, with their remix characters that travel on it – each of ‘Night Of The Living Dead’. with their very own tales to tell… Roald Dahl and the Comedy Club 4 Kids The Ladies That Bus developed Imagination Seekers Sat 21 Mar this play together with the Sat 8 Feb | Theatre Malt Room Seated Brewery Arts Centre, its staff and Starts 2pm | £8.50 Starts 2pm | £8.50 | Age 6+ audience members to celebrate All around the world Roald The best stand-ups and the stories of the region. Dahl’s words are disappearing, sketch acts from the Pay What You Decide (PWYD) not only from books but international circuit do their means you do not have to pay children’s minds too! Now thing for an audience of until after the performance, and only an organisation known children (aged 6+) and their you decide on the amount. as the ancient guild of tale families… but without the tenders can save the stories - rude bits! and they need your help. 04 Spring 2020 Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk Follow us on twitter: @BACKendal | facebook: @TheBreweryArtsCentreKendal Music 05

Fatoumata Diawara - Sat 1 Feb Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Benjamin Francis + Emma Pollock Sat 14 Mar Leftwich Fri 31 Jan | Malt Room Standing Sat 14 Mar | Malt Room Standing Doors 7.30pm Doors 7.30pm | £11 / £13 OTD £16.50 / £18.50 OTD Contemporary indie-folk singer- The -nominated songwriter Benjamin Frances Field Music are regarded as one Leftwich, with his rasping voice of British indie’s leading lights. and acoustic , make his They tour their new ethereal music seem effortless. ‘’ in 2020, which showcases their original recipe of undiluted, full strength Field Music.

Turin Brakes Acoustic The Springsteen Sessions Robyn Hitchcock Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker The Northern Soultrain Mark Radcliffe FT. UNE & John Doyle - Sat 29 Feb + support Kevin Pearce Fri 24 Jan | Malt Room Standing Sat 25 Jan | Malt Room Standing Sat 22 Feb | Malt Room Standing + Pre-Show Q & A Fri 17 Jan | Malt Room Seated Doors 7.30pm | £13 / £15 OTD Doors 7.30pm Doors 7.30pm | £13 / £15 OTD Thu 19 Mar | Theatre Doors 7.30pm | £23 / £25 OTD Bringing the music of The £14.50 / £16.50 OTD Now in their twelfth year as the Starts 8pm | £10.50 / £12.50 OTD The estimable 4-piece Boss and The E Street Band to A surrealist poet, talented UK’s leading Northern Soul band, Join BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 are touring their 8th studio audiences across the UK – you guitarist, cult artist and musician’s THE NORTHERN SOULTRAIN broadcaster, musician and author album, Invisible Storm, with will go away breathless, excited, musician, Hitchcock is among return to Kendal Brewery Arts Mark Radcliffe and electronica inspiration drawn from the exhausted from singing along … ’s father figures Centre for what promises to be tech-head Paul Langley as famous quote “everyone you but craving more! and is the closest thing the genre yet another big soul party in they present meet is fighting their own war, has to a Bob Dylan. Kendal courtesy of Lancashire’s spanning many styles with a so be kind.” number one soul band! plaintive lonely voice at its heart. A happy accidental collision of man and machines.

Fatoumata Diawara Michael McGoldrick, John Mark Radcliffe’s UNE - Thu 19 Mar Sat 1 Feb | Malt Room Standing McCusker & John Doyle Doors 7.30pm | £15 / £17 OTD Sat 29 Feb | Malt Room Seated Hailed as one of the most vital Doors 7.30pm | £17 / £19 OTD standard-bearers of modern Folk music’s legendary African music, Fatoumata triumvirate of musical magpies Diawara takes her artistry to fresh Mike McGoldrick, John Doyle and and thrilling heights on her new John McCusker bring you their album FENFO. own blend of top-class folk songs, tunes and charming bonhomie.

The Blues Band Massive Wagons Joanne Shaw Taylor Fri 14 Feb | Malt Room Seated Fri 6 & Sat 7 Mar Fri 20 Mar | Malt Room Standing Doors 7pm | £27 Malt Room Standing Doors 7.30pm The band is acknowledged Doors 7pm | £17 / £19 OTD £29.50 / £33.50 OTD throughout Europe and beyond Lancaster hard rock quintet who Joanne Shaw Taylor is embarking STUDENT as being amongst the very finest shot to fame in 2018 with their on her most unique UK tour to purveyors of rhythm & blues. single ‘Back To The Stack’, a date! Playing ‘Reckless Heart’ DISCOUNT triumphant but heartfelt tribute in its entirety in track order 20% off to Status Quo guitarist Rick combined with songs from her selected Brewery Music sponsored by Parfitt, tour their inspired hard extensive back catalogue, voted music gigs Brewery Music sponsored by rock sounds. for by the fans. 06 Spring 2020 Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk Follow us on twitter: @BACKendal | facebook: @TheBreweryArtsCentreKendal Spoken Word 07

Rhys James - Sat 8 Feb Hollie McNish - Sat 29 Feb SPOKEN WORD Verbalise Warehouse | Doors 7.30pm £6.50 / £3.50 U25 & Unwaged A night for spoken word artists, novelists, storytellers, comedians and anyone with something to say. Sat 25 Jan This month our guests are Mel Fox and Colin Reynolds. Sat 28 Mar This month our guest is the poet Jonathan Humble.

Clinton Baptiste in The Rhys James Comedy Club 4 Kids Hollie McNish Paranormalist Returns Snitch Sat 21 Mar | Malt Room Seated Sat 29 Feb | Theatre | Starts 8pm Fri 7 Feb | Theatre Sat 8 Feb | Theatre Starts 2pm | £8.50 | Age 6+ £12.50 / £9.50 U25 & Unwaged Starts 7.30pm | £18.50 | Age 14+ Starts 8pm | £12.50 | Age 16+ The best stand-ups and sketch Hollie McNish is a full-time writer As seen on PETER KAY’S Rhys has figured out the true acts from the international circuit who loves writing poetry. She PHOENIX NIGHTS…The world- circle of life, has solved parenting do their thing for an audience has published three poetry renowned clairvoyant, medium and despite having zero children, and of children (aged 6+) and their collections Papers, Cherry Pie and psychic is back! Clinton will give even thinks he can predict the families… but without the rude bits! Plum, and one poetic memoir on readings to the audience, offering curriculum of schools in 50 years. politics and parenthood, Nobody advice from beyond the grave. Maybe he’ll inspire some Year 11s Told Me, of which the Scotsman He will predict your future, tell you in 2069. JOIN US: suggested “The world needs this about your past and all manner of BECOME book” and for which she won the spooky stuff an’ that. Ted Hughes Award. A MEMBER Josie Long Become a Brewery Member Special Verbalise An Easy Day for a Lady: Tender and take advantage of our with Hollie McNish Rebecca Stephens Fri 6 Mar | Theatre amazing discounts and Sat 29 Feb | Theatre Sat 21 Mar | Theatre Starts 7.30pm | £16.50 | Age 14+ benefits on comedy, live theatre Starts 9.30pm | Free entry Starts 7.30pm | £15.50 and cinema plus year-round with Hollie McNish ticket or The first British woman to It’s about the mind-bending exhibitions and festivals. You’ll £3 on the door climb Mt Everest and the Seven intensity of new motherhood, but also help us provide learning Open mic, sign up between Summits will conduct a largely mostly about kindness, gentleness, opportunities for young people 9-9.30pm for up to 3 minutes personal talk, drawing on her own and joy – all in all, the edgiest thing and adults. you will see this year. on the mic! Limited places so experiences and observations. To find out more and join visit sign up as soon as you can. Rebecca will touch on cultural breweryarts.co.uk/about/ norms and expectations of old support or call 01539 725133. about woman climbers and will refer to other women on Everest. 08 Spring 2020 Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk Follow us on twitter: @BACKendal | facebook: @TheBreweryArtsCentreKendal Cinema 09

Lucian Freud: La Bohème Cyrano de Bergerac Queen & Slim JANUARY A Self Portrait Royal Opera House Live Screening National Theatre Live See our Jojo Rabbit, 1917, The Personal Exhibition on Screen Wed 29 Jan | Theatre Encore Screening separate History of David Copperfield, The Lighthouse. Wed 15 Jan Starts 7.45pm Sat 7 Mar | Theatre Cinema £18.50 / £15.50 U25 & Unwaged Starts 7pm Theatre | Starts 8pm Brochure £12.50 / £11.50 U25 & Unwaged Puccini’s opera of young love in £18.50 / £15.50 U25 & Unwaged FEBRUARY An intensely compelling 19th-century Paris is packed with Starring James McAvoy (X-Men, Dolittle, Birds of Prey, exhibition of one of the most beautiful music, including lyrical Atonement) this inventive new Parasite, The King’s Man, celebrated painters of our time, arias, celebratory choruses for adaptation by Martin Crimp tells The Call of the Wild. Lucian Freud. Spanning nearly Act II’s evocation of Christmas the story our hero, Cyrano. He is seven decades his self-portraits Eve in the Latin Quarter and a fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, he almost has it all. MARCH give a fascinating insight. poignant final scene over which the composer himself wept. Onward, The Invisible Man, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Trolls 2, The Sleeping Beauty Mulan, Peter Rabbit 2. Royal Opera House Live Screening Thu 16 Jan | Theatre Screen Arts APRIL Starts 7.15pm James Bond: No Time to Die. £18.50 / £15.50 U25 & Unwaged A classic of Russian ballet, with the original staging, revived, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage. This ballet is sure to cast its spell over anyone who sees it.

The Winter’s Tale Branagh Theatre Encore Screening Sat 18 Jan | Theatre Starts 7pm £18.50 / £15.50 U25 & Unwaged This beautifully reimagined production, by Kenneth Branagh, features a remarkable cast including Dame Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman. EXHIBITIONS 42nd Street - The Musical Spatiality: Theresa Taylor Inspired: Creative Learning Sound & Colour Encore Screening And Nigel Morris Student Exhibition Tue 3 Mar - Sat 18 Apr Wed 22 Jan | Theatre Fri 10 Jan – Sat 7 March Sat 18 Jan – Sat 29 Feb Intro Café Gallery Starts 7.30pm Sugar Store Intro Café Gallery An exhibition showcasing the £14 / £11 U25 & Unwaged This combined exhibition will Annual student exhibition to exciting artwork created by Legendary Broadway musical see the artists explore and showcase what Learners achieve Kendal College Level 3 Art theatre telling the story of examine spatiality from their by attending our Adult Education students, inspired by the lyrics, Peggy Sawyer, a talented young own unique viewpoints and Courses and Workshops. Each melody and beats of music. performer with stars in her practices. Collaborative pieces piece of work represents an eyes who gets her big break on will be presented as part of individual journey of exploration Broadway. This is pure musical this show in the form of several through art. magic on the big screen. blended prints made conjointly. 42nd Street - Wed 22 Jan 10 Spring 2020 Box Office: 01539 725133 For full listings and to book online: breweryarts.co.uk Follow us on twitter: @BACKendal | facebook: @TheBreweryArtsCentreKendal Food & Drink 11 Creative Learning “The pizza is some of New this season: the best we’ve eaten La’al Big Sing and the fried chicken The Brewery offers a Art in the Bar: Mon 20 - Tue 21 Jan | Starts 6pm is incredible. Can’t £7 / £6 concessions | KS1 year-round programme Connect, Sketch, Create wait to return and try Each school sings their own song of courses and Join us for a relaxed evening more of the menu.” workshops for people of sketching and drawing in the before joining together with the Vats bar. Includes first drink, others to perform the musical, of all ages. Improve Reviewed on Tripadvisor nibbles and all materials. ‘Hats Off’ alongside young actors by MarmaladeKat – your skills and increase and a live band. September 2019 your confidence to help Landscape Photo Walks you lead a healthy and Explore some of South Ladies That Bus Workshops Lakeland’s superb scenery at a We have two FREE workshops creative lifestyle! photographer’s pace. Each week to accompany the production will be at a different location. in the theatre. For more information Write for Life PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP on our full programme Do you have memories to share, Thu 23 Jan at 6.30pm visit breweryarts.co.uk or a story to tell, a chapter hidden PRE-SHOW SINGING look out for our Creative in a drawer or poems in a WORKSHOPS Learning brochure. notebook? Join our friendly Tue 11 & Wed 12 Feb at 5pm group to hone your skills. For more details visit our website.

Big Sing Tue 25 - Thu 27 Feb | Starts 6pm £7 / £6 concessions | KS2 Following a performance of their own songs schools will join together to perform the musical ‘Paws & Claws’ alongside young actors and a live band. Big Play FOOD Mon 9 - Tue 10 Mar | Starts 6pm £7 / £6 concessions | KS2 An opportunity for First Access classes or large instrumental groups to perform together. & DRINK Each school will showcase a set of pieces on their own before The Vats Bar is a free house, with a fantastic selection joining the other schools in a of draught and bottled beers from a wide range of Finale song/piece. local breweries – all now at local prices! Our menu features a selection of classic pizzas as well as street and Schools Dance Platform soul-inspired mixing and sharing dishes from the best suppliers from Mon 23 - Thu 26 Mar | Starts 7pm across the region. £8 / £7concessions | Theatre On a Monday night enjoy our weekly quiz and curry night with Our annual schools’ dance event, supplier Heathen Vegan. Be delighted by homemade thali platters now in its 16th year! Hundreds of all for just £10 per person. young people take to the stage Youth Music events for one of the region’s biggest Kerry and the team look forward to welcoming you to the in partnership with celebrations of dance. family-friendly Vats Bar. DIARY

Date Name Genre Venue Time

JANUARY Wed 15 Jan Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait Screen Arts Theatre 8pm Start Thu 16 Jan ROH: The Sleeping Beauty Screen Arts Theatre 7.15pm Start Fri 17 Jan Turin Brakes Acoustic + Support Kevin Pearce Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 18 Jan The Winter’s Tale Screen Arts Theatre 7pm Start Mon 20 - Tue 21 Jan La’al Big Sing Theatre Theatre 6pm Start Wed 22 Jan 42nd Street - The Musical Screen Arts Theatre 7.30pm Start Fri 24 Jan The Springsteen Sessions Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 25 Jan Robyn Hitchcock Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 25 Jan Verbalise Spoken Word Warehouse 7.30pm Doors Sun 26 Jan When Darkness Seeps Theatre Warehouse 8pm Start Wed 29 Jan ROH: La Bohème Screen Arts Theatre 7.45pm Start Fri 31 Jan Field Music + Emma Pollock Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors

FEBRUARY Sat 1 Feb Fatoumata Diawara Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 1 Feb When Darkness Seeps Theatre Warehouse 8pm Start Sun 2 Feb When Darkness Seeps Theatre Kendal Library 8pm Start Wed 5 & Thu 6 Feb Crusaders By Frances Poet Theatre Theatre 8pm Start Fri 7 Feb Clinton Baptiste In The Paranormalist Returns Comedy Theatre 7.30pm Start Sat 8 Feb Roald Dahl And The Imagination Seekers Family Theatre Theatre 2pm Start Sat 8 Feb Rhys James: Snitch Comedy Theatre 8pm Start Tue 11 & Wed 12 Feb Ladies That Bus Theatre Theatre 7.30pm Start Fri 14 Feb The Blues Band Music Malt Room 7pm Doors Sat 22 Feb The Northern Soultrain Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 22 Feb The Price Of Land Theatre Theatre 8pm Start Tue 25 – 27 Feb Big Sing Theatre Theatre 6pm Start Sat 29 Feb Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 29 Feb Hollie McNish Spoken Word Theatre 8pm Start Sat 29 Feb Special Verbalise With Hollie McNish Spoken Word Theatre 9.30pm Start

MARCH Tue 3 – Wed 4 Mar Night Of The Living Dead Remix: imitating the dog Theatre Theatre 7.30pm Start Thu 5 Mar Emergence Tour 2020: Emergence Dance Theatre Theatre 8pm Start Fri 6 Mar Tender: Josie Long Comedy Theatre 7.30pm Start Fri 6 & Sat 7 Mar Massive Wagons Music Malt Room 7pm Doors Sat 7 Mar NTL: Cyrano de Bergerac Screen Arts Theatre 7pm Start Mon 9 - Tue 10 Mar Big Play Theatre Theatre 6pm Start Sat 14 Mar Benjamin Francis Leftwich Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Thu 19 Mar Mark Radcliffe’s UNE + Pre-Show Q & A Music Theatre 8pm Start Fri 20 Mar Joanne Shaw Taylor Music Malt Room 7.30pm Doors Sat 21 Mar Comedy Club 4 Kids Family Comedy Malt Room 2pm Start Sat 21 Mar An Easy Day For A Lady: Rebecca Stephens Spoken Word Theatre 7.30pm Start Mon 23 - Thu 26 Mar Schools Dance Platform Theatre Theatre 7pm Start Sat 28 Mar Verbalise Spoken Word Warehouse 7.30pm Doors

BOX OFFICE VATS BAR FOOD SERVICE 12 noon to 8pm every day Mon – Thu 4.30pm - 11pm Tue – Thu 4.30pm - 9pm 01539 725 133 Fri 4.30pm - 11.30pm Fri 4.30pm - 9.30pm Sat 12 noon – 11.30pm Sat 12 noon - 9.30pm INTRO CAFE Sun 12 noon – 10.30pm The Kitchen is closed on Mon - Fri 10am – 4.30pm Sunday and Monday Sat & Sun closed Tea, coffee, cakes and pastries available on Saturdays from 10am

The Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4HE The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust is a registered charity, number 01086789 All information correct at the time of going to print.