Theatre by the Lake

Set on the shores of Derwentwater in Keswick, Theatre by the Lake is Cumbria's only year-round professional producing theatre. Alongside hosting a wide range of visiting drama, music, dance, talks, comedy and film, the theatre also offers a summer season of six eclectic plays, a christmas show for all the family and a spring production. Additional regular features in the theatre's year include the Keswick film festival in February, the literature festival in March and the Keswick jazz festival in May.

The theatre offers easy access for all its users. There are lifts to all levels and wheelchair users can get to all front-of-house and backstage areas. Both auditoria have enhanced-hearing and induction loop systems.

Drop in for a coffee and take in views down to the lake, order your pre-theatre supper before an evening performance and then enjoy interval and post-show drinks in our stalls and circle bars.

The ticket and information office is open daily from 9:30am to 8pm call 017687 71144.

Online booking is now available on www.theatrebythelake.com giving you the flexibility of being able to purchase tickets at a time and place to suit you.

Spring Season 2012
The History Boys
by Alan Bennett
 

Saturday 24th March - Saturday 21st April
Preview: Friday 23rd March

Alan Bennett's multi-award-winning play, successfully filmed in 2005, provides an unmissable kick-start to our 2012 Main House season of home produced work.
Tickets: £23 - £8

Booking opens Tuesday 3 January at 9.30am
SUMMER
Summer Season 2012
Comedy, farce, drama and romance at Theatre by the Lake
Sat 19 May - Sat 10 November

Main House
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Drama and mystery in an adaptation of one of Dickens' best-loved novels.  Theatre by the Lake's contribution to the Dickens bicentenary celebrations.

Bedroom Farce
by Alan Ayckbourn
Four couples, three bedrooms and one eventful night! A vintage Ayckbourn comedy.

Dry Rot
by John Chapman
Kidnapping, conmen and chaos in a country hotel.  A riotous Whitehall farce from the 1950s.

Studio
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
A woman tries to break free from the confines of her marriage in this classic by a master of European drama.

Colder Than Here
by Laura Wade
The regional premiere of a life-affirming play about a mother trying to plan her own funeral in the face of resistance from her family.

Roma and the Flannelettes: A Love Like Yours
by Roichard Cameron
A world premiere from the writer of The Glee Club, set in a women's refuge in Yorkshire and featuring Sixties Motown karaoke.

CHRISTMAS

Keep up-to-date on the details of our Christmas production for 2012 by regularly checking www.theatrebythelake.com

Public booking for Summer Season and Christmas 2011 opens on Friday 1 April 2011 at 9.30am.

With backstage tours, the theatre’s café and two exhibition spaces, Theatre by the Lake can offer much more than just an evening’s entertainment. Visit www.theatrebythelake.com for more information.
 

Location

The theatre is a five minute walk from the town centre (follow signs for the Lake), with Allerdale Borough Council’s Lakeside Pay and Display Car Park immediately adjacent to the theatre. There are bus links with Ambleside to the south, Carlisle to the north, Penrith to the east and Cockermouth and Workington to the west.