Theatre on the Lake
The theatre, hailed as "the most beautifully located and friendly theatre in Britain", is a short stroll from Derwentwater on the edge of Keswick, amid the magnificent western fells of the Lake District.
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Theatre on the Lake Details
Theatre by the Lake opened on the shores of Derwentwater in 1999. It was willed into existence by passionate theatre lovers as a permanent replacement for the Blue Box, an extraordinary mobile theatre created after the Second World War to take plays to towns and cities with no active theatres. The Blue Box was a regular visitor to Keswick, its long convoy of wagons, including dressing rooms, bedsits and canteen, grinding up and down Lake District hills. It settled permanently in a car park in Keswick in 1975 until retired in 1996. Theatre by the Lake was the last theatre to be built in Britain in the old millennium and the first to be built with the help of money from the national lottery. It has since staged more than 100 plays, commissioned new work, established a reputation for high production values and found a loyal all-year-round audience in the people of Cumbria and visitors to the Lake District. With two stages, a 400-seat Main House and 100-seat Studio; the theatre hosts a variety of festivals and visiting companies and is open for 52 weeks each year. Grid Reference: NY 26485 22866 Address (near): Lake Rd, Keswick CA12 5DG, UK
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North West
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