Our very own community choir will take you back to the Sixties and Nineties when it appears in Beautiful Thing from next Tuesday. The choir was recruited from across the Lancaster district and has been rehearsing with More Music’s Artistic Director, Loz Kaye for performances which take place until November...

We are proud to be heavily involved with Light Up Lancaster at the start of what’s looking like a very busy November for the city. The Dukes has been a part of Light Up Lancaster since it began five years ago through its membership of Lancaster Arts Partnership. And the...

We’re excited to report that the cast of Peter Pan have flown in today! Helen Longworth and Dora Rubinstein will be familiar to those of you who came along to last year’s production of Aladdin and they will be joined by Dukes newbies, Gareth Morgan, Jason Patel and Henry Mettle....

 We’ve organised special screenings in Lancaster Castle’s dungeons as part of a new season of classic comedy films. Two screenings of Mel Brooks’ iconic comedy Young Frankenstein(12A) will be held on November 15 at 6pm and 8.30pm in this spooky location and a few surprises are promised too. In this...

A play about the aftermath of a terrorist attack has won the first ever Lancaster Playwriting Prize announced here at The Dukes. Breaking News was written by Adam Kotwal, a Lancaster University graduate from Bolton who received the prestigious prize during a special showcase. His tragicomedy focuses on a group...

We’re looking forward to welcoming Ballet Cymru as they make their Dukes debut on November 13. The awardwinning Ballet Cymru pride themselves in being different and their production of Cinderella which they are bringing to Lancaster will be no exception. It features circus elements and the finest classical dance performed...

Opportunities are available to play your part in one of Lancaster’s biggest annual events. Volunteers are needed to help Light Up Lancaster on November 2 and 3. Light Up Lancaster is now a major event in the city’s calendar. Thousands of people attend the weekend festival of art and light...

We’re delighted to be associated with the 25th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing brought to us by Tobacco Factory Theatres next month. A play that has charmed and delighted audiences across the world and inspired a cult film of the same name, Beautiful Thing offers a razor-sharp depiction of life...

Laurel & Hardy will be getting into another fine mess when they appear on our big screen on October 22. Ollie and Stan star in The Flying Deuces (U), our latest dementia friendly film screening. In this comedy classic, they play two Americans who head to France to join the...

Lancaster has to be one of the scariest places to celebrate Halloween. Some of the spookiest tales focus on our Castle where more people were hanged than anywhere else outside London. And who can forget the Lancashire Witches who were tried there and met their fate at Golgotha – the...