“Under Morecambe Skies” is a new photographic exhibition by Lancaster photographer Richard Davis which opens in the Dukes Gallery, Lancaster next Friday (2nd September) “The exhibition is a celebration of […]
Dukes says goodbye to ‘sparkling’ Merlin
Alsas! Alack! There’s just a few days to go before Merlin the wizard casts his final spell over Williamson Park in Lancaster. The Dukes very successful 25th anniversary season of […]
Dukes is “Top of the Ops”!
Glyndebourne Festival 2011 in Cinemas from Glyndebourne on Vimeo. Top opera comes to Lancaster this August – courtesy of The Dukes. Glyndebourne Opera’s latest production, Turn of the Screw, will […]
Anniversary art marks 25 years of Dukes ‘Plays in the Park’
The cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1987 by Matt Worden Some of the most striking images from 25 years of Dukes plays in the park have provided the inspiration […]
Protests at Lancaster’s Miss England Beauty Contest – Stopping the traffic?
When NLP hypnotherapist Mark Darlington organised a beauty pageant for for young, single women without children in Lancaster, he picked the wrong town. Lancaster women mounted a hilarious protest outside […]
In Review: The Price
At the end of his script of The Price, Arthur Miller unusually includes a Production Note: “A fine balance of sympathy should be maintained in the playing of the roles […]
Dukes Seek Twelve Lancastrians for Knightly Feats
The Dukes is offering 12 men the rare chance to be part of the UK’s biggest outdoor walkabout theatre event. A dozen men are needed to appear, with a cast […]
Spend a little time with Little Voice
The Dukes is celebrating the birth of a star in Rebecca Hutchinson, who plays the lead role she plays in their current show The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, […]
litfest, Storey Gallery and folly lose Arts Council funding
Lancaster’s long-running litfest, the Storey Gallery, the digital arts organisation Folly and LUDUS Dance are among the high profile victims of cuts in funding by Arts Council England, which unveiled […]
Frankenstein stalks The Dukes…
If you’ve tried and failed to get tickets for Danny Boyle’s hugely popular version of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, then The Dukes has the solution – because on Thursday, […]