A film highlighting the plight of East Africa’s lesser flamingos that could help to save one of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles is to open a series of environmental films […]
Billie Holiday Tribute at The Dukes
Billie Holiday fans are in for a treat on 11 and 12th September when Dukes favourite Katrina Beckford brings God Bless the Child: An Evening with Billy Holiday to the […]
'Cycling Shorts' Film Competition 2009
Lancaster City Council and the Dukes are working in tandem to launch a short film competition to promote and celebrate cycling and film making in the Lancaster district. The competition, […]
Dome, Citizens Advice and Toilets Gain Cuts Reprieve
Lancaster City Council set its revenue budget for 2009/10 this week, with a Full Council Meeting reversing an earlier decision to close Morecambe Dome, keeping open all but two public […]
City Council Faced Bankruptcy, Says Barry
The government and the national media are crowing about the “good news” regarding low council tax rises — expected to average at around 3% across the UK as a whole. […]
Watch out for the Vegetable Nannies!
The Dukes and Lancaster University’s Nuffield Theatre are celebrating the launch of ‘A Night Less Ordinary’, a new national scheme that’s allowing the two theatre venues to team up and […]
Sabbat Run Extended at Dukes after Sell Out Success
Lancaster’s Dukes Theatre has added an extra week of performances to the run of its Lancashire Witch play, Sabbat. This unprecedented step has been taken due to more people booking […]
In Review: Sabbat
The Story of the Trials of the Pendle Witches The Dukes, Lancaster Writer: Richard Shannon Director: Amy Leach Designer: Miriam Nabarro With its root in historical fact, together with much […]
Standing Up To Hatred
This year’s local Holocaust Memorial Day Candle-lighting Commemoration will take place on Thursday 29th January 2009 at 6.30pm in the Peace Garden, Lancaster Town Hall. This year the theme of […]
In Review: Billy Liar
Andrew James Buckley as Billy Fisher by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall directed by Simran Babra performed by University of Cumbria Final-Year Drama Students review by Jane Sunderland Based on […]