Theatre by the Lake presents

CumbriaFest Festival Pass – Thursday

Thursday 30 October | See individual event times

The Thursday Festival Pass includes:

  • Spoken Word Workshop – 3:30-5:30pm – Rehearsal Room
  • See it to Be it: Creative careers in Cumbria – 6-7pm – Mezzanine Gallery
  • Hefted (rehearsed reading) – 7-8:30pm – The Studio
  • Panel: Making Fiction, Holding Truth – 8:30-9:15pm – The Studio
  • Spoken Word Night 9:15-11pm

Spoken Word Workshop
More details coming soon.

See it to Be it: Creative careers in Cumbria
Join Cumbria Arts & Culture Network and friends for a relaxed, interactive conversation about creative careers.  What do they look and feel like in Cumbria?  What are the skills you need to follow a successful creative pathway? Standby for tip tops and real-world examples.  

With Tom Speight and Kate Parry 

Hefted (rehearsed reading)
by Eireann Devlin

Father and daughter Bab and James are as rooted to each other as they are to their land. How do they cope when disease starts spreading and Bab starts wanting something more from life?

Set on an isolated Cumbrian sheep farm, ‘Hefted’ explores the effects that trauma has on our relationship with home and highlights how Foot and Mouth ripped a hole in the heart of the Lake District.

Panel: Making Fiction, Holding Truth: Writing Plays in the Shadow of Collective Pain
Fiction offers creative freedom, but what happens when that fiction is shaped by real trauma? This discussion explores the ethical and artistic questions playwrights face when creating work inspired by difficult histories. Whether trauma sits at the centre of the story or lingers in the background, how can writers honour the weight of real events while still crafting character, structure, and dramatic tension? And what does it mean to invent responsibly when the echoes of that pain are still felt today?

Yatter: Spoken Word Night 
After the performance of Hefted, step into the Spotlight Bar for a relaxed evening of poetry, prose, and performance. Local voices take centre stage alongside TBTL’s Company 25, with readings from Julie Carter, Emma McGordon and Sally Ann Staunton. Open mic slots are available – come share your words or simply soak up the stories.