How much is beauty worth and what will people pay for an air guitar on eBay? These urgent questions and others are answered in The Price of Everything, Daniel Bye’s […]
Postman’s love of Morecambe revealed in new Dukes exhibition
Yacht Club by Richard Davis A postman’s love affair with Morecambe has produced a new photographic exhibition at The Dukes, which runs until 25th September. Richard Davis is often inspired […]
The Dukes plays host to Charlie and Lola’s ‘Bestest Play’
Everyone’s favourite brother and sister off the telly – Charlie and Lola – are bringing their magical stage show to The Dukes, Lancaster. Charlie and Lola’s Best Bestest Play is […]
Under Morecambe Skies exhibition set to reveal the town’s hidden chaos?
“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 […]