Articles relating to: The Dukes
Theatre Review: Cinderella, The Dukes, Lancaster
Once upon a time there was a very good theatre director called Sarah Punshon who got a job as artistic director at the Dukes Playhouse in Lancaster where she did some excellent work including a wonderful summer show in Williamson Park loosely based on The Three Musketeers and a Peter Pan for Christmas that was the best thing I saw last year.
Read the full story..Review: Educating Rita, The Dukes, Lancaster
“I want to be a woman who knows the difference between Jane Austen and Ethel Austin.”
Read the full story..Review: Hard Times, The Dukes, Lancaster
It’s hard to imagine a Dickens novel as a stage play.
Read the full story..Review: Aladdin, The Dukes, Lancaster
The Dukes’ annual festive performance has arrived, and this year it’s the magical tale of Aladdin.
Read the full story..Review – Blackout: Tales from Storm Desmond, The Dukes, Lancaster
Do you remember the pure excitement of a power cut when you were little?
Read the full story..Review: Treasure Island, The Dukes, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Williamson Park in Lancaster is one of the most beautiful parks in the country.
Read the full story..Sarah 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
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Island, The Dukes, Lancaster
The origins of The Dukes’ latest two-hander production of The Island are legendary.
Read the full story..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?
Read the full story..Review: The Hobbit, Williamson Park, Lancaster
I never did read The Hobbit. Our village library had a copy but getting hold of it was about as easy as, well, stealing dragon’s treasure.
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