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Show preview: Postman Pat in Ulverston
A treat for all the family, Postman Pat’s new show A Very Royal Mission in Ulverston on July 26.
Comedy preview: Katy Brand in Kendal
Comic Katy Brand is taking her Big Ass on tour and will be popping into Kendal on June 12.
Comedy preview: Chris Addison in Kendal
Chris Addison, star of BBC2’s Bafta-winning comedy The Thick Of It, is bringing his brand new stand-up tour to Kendal on March 31. He spoke to us about the ups and downs of being a comic.
Concert review: Halle @ lakes leisure Kendal
10:10am Wednesday 17th March 2010
THE Hallé brought an attractive programme to the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society’s concert: Weber’s Oberon Overture, Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Brahms’s Symphony No 2.
Concert review: Northern Sinfonia @ lakes leisure Kendal
9:40am Tuesday 16th March 2010
NORTHERN Sinfonia’s association with the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society has been long and always synonymous with musicianly excellence; its recent visit was no exception.
Concert review: Fujita Piano Trio @ Kendal Midday Concert Club
2:47pm Monday 15th March 2010
THREE elegant Japanese sisters - the Fujita Piano Trio - mesmerised members of the Kendal Midday Concert Club with unforgettable readings of Haydn’s Gypsy Trio in G and Schubert’s Trio in B flat D 898.
Dance preview: Brewery Dance Platform in Kendal
1:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010
HUNDREDS of young dancers from across the region will be taking to the Brewery stage from March 22 to 25.
Stunning mix of film and digital art aims to tune people into technology
11:20am Sunday 14th March 2010
FOR the first time the Abandon Normal Devices - Festival of New Cinema and Digital Art in Cumbria, leaves the city and heads for the Cumbrian hills taking with it a variety of art installations and performances.
Dunnerdale fells walk
10:20am Sunday 14th March 2010
THIS is a very pleasing walk through the Dunnerdale fells to a fascinating causeway.
Textile artist Lynne Stein exhibits at Farfield
10:20am Saturday 13th March 2010
USING a combination of needle-felting and rag-rugging techniques, textile artist Lynne Stein transforms redundant materials and artefacts, along with vintage fabrics, into luscious and richly symbolic two and three-dimensional works.
Concert preview: London Welsh Male Voice Choir in Kendal
9:10am Saturday 13th March 2010
LAKELAND soprano Margaret Pattinson is to share the stage as soloist with one of the greatest names in male voice choirs in Kendal on April 10.
Gig preview: Daisy Dares You in Morecambe
3:27pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
TEEN punk Daisy Dares You will shun the silence of Morecambe Library when she makes a special appearance at the venue on March 19.
Green Door artists race to get work ready for Farfield exhibition
10:10am Tuesday 9th March 2010
THE show will go on for a plucky group of artists whose creative home has been wrecked by fire.
Panto review: Sinbad the Sailor @ Community Theatre Group, Ingleton
4:56pm Monday 8th March 2010
INGLETON panto ‘Sinbad the Sailor’, presented by the Community Theatre Group last week, was again a rip-roaring success.
Panto review: Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves @ Town Hall, Bentham
4:26pm Monday 8th March 2010
THE best show yet was the verdict on Bentham Theatre Group’s production of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, a professional and extremely enjoyable show.
Musical preview: Billy Elliot in Kendal
11:10am Saturday 6th March 2010
Excitement is building for the Brewery Youth Theatre's production of Billy Elliot the Musical, being staged from March 17 to 19.
Culture MP steps in to back campaign to save Ambleside museum
5:19pm Thursday 4th March 2010
A GOVERNMENT minister has backed The Westmorland Gazette’s campaign to save one of the area’s cultural gems from closing for good.
Coniston to Town Hows walk
6:12pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
At the car park spend some time in the information centre to discover something about the history and natural history of the area.
Harrop Tarn walk
3:10pm Saturday 27th February 2010
THIS walk gives you a glorious mixture of Lakeland; it includes a good steady climb up steepish fell slopes, then a pleasing traverse west of the Wythburn Fells.
Gazette campaign to save Ambleside's Armitt Museum
5:52pm Friday 26th February 2010
ONE of the region’s major cultural attractions faces closure if it fails to find a financial lifeline. Ambleside’s Armitt Museum and Library needs £10,000 by the middle of March.
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