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Last updated 18 November 2011
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‘The last plays were serious. It was time for a comedy’

A play never seen in Cumbria before is being staged here tonight and tomorrow – and its director promises audiences will find it as hilarious as the cast have.

Last updated 18 November 2011
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Saturday with the big time DJs

Punters are faced with an embarrassment of riches tomorrow night – those who are into their star DJ sets anyway.Meanwhile, techno legend Carl Craig has been added to the line-up for Uber’s fifth birthday tomorrow, joining Friendly Fires and Riva Starr.

Last updated 18 November 2011
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Last updated 21 October 2011
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Open studios give chance to meet 100 Cumbrian artists

Caroline Dalton has been busy clearing and cleaning her Carlisle studio. She has been getting it ready to welcome visitors to come in to see some of her work and to chat to her about it.

Last updated 16 September 2011
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Keswick's Theatre by the Lake at centre of a mystery

Many mysteries have been played out over the years at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake – but now the venue itself is at the centre of an intrigue.

Last updated 5 September 2011
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It’s about the show, glamour and fun

TOMORROW night, 16 beautiful, perfumed showgirls in glitzy costumes will take to the stage for an evening of music, dance and comedy – but with a difference.

Last updated 2 September 2011
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Red Barn mixes it up

An eclectic mix of work makes up the latest exhibition at the Red Barn Gallery in Melkinthorpe near Penrith.

Last updated 2 September 2011
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Beast of an exhibition

SCULPTURES and paintings inspired by the animals of the forests and tundra of northern Europe are being exhibited in Carlisle from Monday.

Last updated 2 September 2011
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Pokey looks for an intimate response

Last weekend Pokey La Farge and the South City Three played to 20,000 people at the Tonder Festival in Denmark. This Sunday they’ll be playing to a room in Denton Holme, Carlisle .

Last updated 2 September 2011
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Sound the sirens, 911 are back in the city

It’s 2011. But for people of a certain age the 1990s still loom large.

Last updated 26 August 2011
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The performer stripped bare...

For anyone unfamiliar with Camille O’ Sullivan’s shows it could be easy to misunderstand her. Her pale skin, dark hair and trademark bright red lipstick, fishnet stockings and deep sultry voice give her a distinctive stage presence.Camille was born in London to a French mother and Irish father and grew up in Cork, Ireland surrounded by music ranging from French chanson, Deep Purple and David Bowie to Led Zeppelin.

Last updated 26 August 2011
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Carlisle movie fans potty about Harry Potter

Many of us were tucked up in bed in the early hours of this morning but a dedicated band of Harry Potter fans were wide-eyed eagerly awaiting the final instalment in the series of blockbusters.

Last updated 15 July 2011
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Class act – Drifters in harmony with pupils

CARLISLE youngsters will drift into the world of celebrity when a world-famous singer comes to give them a music lesson.

Last updated 25 June 2011
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Chatty Man Alan Carr checks in to Carlisle

There is often a gap between a celebrity’s image and the person behind the mask.

Last updated 24 June 2011
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No more lonesome cowboys

Are they going to like the new record? Can we make the guitar sound a bit brighter? How are we doing in China? Life at the top of pop music’s pyramid throws up many concerns.It has been a while: four years since Texas ended their last tour and decided to take a break.

Last updated 24 June 2011
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I came, I saw, I created

Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears… the Vindolanda Charitable Trust is hosting a friends weekend this Saturday and Sunday at the Vindolanda Museum and Roman Army Museum. The festival brings together period crafts, including wire, bead and precious stone jewellery, items from daily life as well as wooden child safe toy swords, shields, and pugios (daggers), as well as re-enacters. A family ticket, £27, allows entry to both sites. Visit www.vindolanda.com for more information.

Last updated 24 June 2011
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Art, energy and movement

‘One of my favourite themes comes from the experience of learning Argentine tango dancing. I was first captivated by it in Italy and I have been dancing now for over 10 years,’ says artist Bella Green, whose new exhibition, It Takes Two, is at High Head Sculpture Valley and Gallery until August 16. Working in gouache (opaque watercolour), Bella’s paintings express the energy and movement of the dance and the relationship of the partners in the embrace. Born in Glasgow Bella now lives in Langholm. Visit www.highheadsculpturevalley.co.uk 016974 73552 fore more information.

Last updated 24 June 2011
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Be part of the FLOCK at annual knitting extravaganza

It’s been said before that knitting’s the new rock‘n’roll. As more and more people rejoice in the wonder of wool, isn’t it right they should have their own festival?

Last updated 24 June 2011
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Olly ‘rocks the roof off’

The Olly Alcock Band play Appleby Cricket Club on Saturday, July 2. Olly, Roz, Ed and Haz will be ‘rockin’ the roof off’ with their own special brand of originals and blues classics at this highly atmospheric venue. Starts 9pm. Tickets from ernestjbrabbins@msn.com

Last updated 24 June 2011
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