Alice in Wonderland, The Dukes, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Full disclosure: my mother’s family had a wonderful old copy of Alice in Wonderland with the...
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Review: The Ockerbys on Ice, The Dukes, Lancaster
The title’s a teaser. Has departing Dukes director Joe Sumsion gone the full Rick Wakeman in his final production and decided that what an everyday story of Northern folk needs is a touch of Las Vegas, Frozen-style? In fact, The...
Read MoreReview: Treasure Island, The Dukes, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Williamson Park in Lancaster is one of the most beautiful parks in the country. On a slope to the west of the city, it has been landscaped to create wooded dells, walkways at various levels, open grassland, a boating lake with...
Read MoreSarah Punshon, the new artistic director of The Dukes in Lancaster, talks diversity and a disregard for boundaries
“It’s hard to put me in a box because my career has been so varied, which makes me a great match for The Dukes,” says Sarah Punshon, the new artistic director of the Lancaster venue she lauds as “a professional theatre that puts...
Read MoreTheatre Review: The Island, The Dukes, Lancaster
The origins of The Dukes’ latest two-hander production of The Island are legendary. The play was created in the early 70s by South African actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona, alongside playwright Athol Fugard. Acclaimed...
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