The Reg Vardy Band

Presented by Hospice at Home North Lakeland

Sunday 19 September, 7.30pm

Main House

The ever-popular Reg Vardy Band returns to Keswick for the 10th time in aid of Hospice at Home. This award-winning band has been on sparkling form this year and will be performing a new programme of traditional and modern brass band music in a variety of styles.

£16, £11 (no discounts); U16s £6

An Evening with Tom O'Connor

Presented by Keswick Junior Cricket Club

Sunday 10 October, 8pm

Main House

Following his sell-out performance here in 2007 Tom returns by popular demand. One of the country’s funniest and best loved comedians will entertain you with his anecdotes and stories of everyday life – the orginal one man show. Book early to avoid disappointment.

£18.50, £17, £10 (no discounts); Students, U16s £8

Shakespeare Schools Festival

Monday 15 November, 7pm

Main House

Four local schools stage four different half-hour versions of Shakespeare plays as part of the 10th Anniversary Shakespeare Schools Festival. The UK’s largest youth drama festival will be happening in 80 towns and cities across the country giving 14,000 young people the chance to experience the genius of Shakespeare through performance. Details of participating schools will be available from here closer to the date.

£8; Students, U16s £6

Lysistrata

Next Stage

Thursday 9 December - Saturday 11 December, 7.30pm

Studio

A classic battle between the sexes Lysistrata centres on the decision by the women of Ancient Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their war-mongering husbands and lovers in order to force them to negotiate peace.  Declaring a sex strike, the WAGS of Ancient Greece decide that no peace means no sex, which leads to a farcical series of events.  Adapted by Germaine Greer and Phil Wilmott from Aristophanes' Greek masterpiece, Lysistrata is a hilarious update of this classic play, giving the battle of the sexes an outing full of farce and bawdy innuendo.

Sexual references / adult content.

£7 - £5

Melody & Mirth

Presented by Keswick Rotary Club

Sunday 19 December, 7.30pm

Main House

This very popular Christmas concert returns featuring the international opera singers Graeme Danby and Valerie Reid together with the NASUWT Riverside Band. The band have enjoyed considerable regional success in the past year. The concert will include a special tribute to the late Eric Boswell – the composer of humorous songs in the Geordie dialect.

£16.50, £14.50, £10 (no discounts); Students, U16s £8