What's On

Music: Acoustic Sting / Acoustic Beatles

Edinburgh Fringe award-winning acoustic duo Gus and Liz Boyd return to Rosehill with another two shows - this time Acoustic Sting/Acoustic Beatles.

Taking Part: She's In Floods theatre project - rehearsals

She's In Floods is a theatre project for young people involving drama techniques, script writing, live and recorded interviews, improvisation and theatre games to consider the best ways of responding to and coping with emergencies.

Taking Part: She's In Floods - premiere

Carly and her family are about to go through the nightmare of being flooded out of their house and home. How they cope is up to you.

Comedy: Rosehill's Comedy Club - November

As the nights draw in, warm yourself up with lots of laughs at Rosehill's Comedy Club.

Music: OperaUpClose - With a Song In Her Heart

Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose present With a Song In Her Heart, a new one-woman opera about love.

Theatre: CADS - The Bay at Nice/Wrecked Eggs

Cockermouth Amateur Dramatic Society (CADS) are returning to Rosehill Theatre with Sir David Hare's The Bay at Nice and Wrecked Eggs, two intriguing companion plays about life, love and the decisions we make.

Music: Live & Electric - Young Stars

For one night only, talented young performers from around West Cumbria will perform on the Rosehill stage with a live house band.

Music: Jacqui Dankworth - Jazz Sirens

Given her musical pedigree – daughter of Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth – it is no surprise that Jacqui Dankworth is firmly positioned as one of the UK's foremost jazz vocalists.

Music: Buddy Holly and The Cricketers - Holly at Christmas

Buddy Holly and The Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas 2018, the show that has been rock 'n' rolling the world for 26 years and has become as traditional as mulled wine and mince pies!

Taking Part: Mini Messel's Makers - Shadow Puppets

Don't miss the chance to take a sneaky peek at the set design for our Christmas show Mrs Lutwige and the Magic of the North Pier Lighthouse and create your own shadow puppets inspired by the production.

Theatre: Pop Music

Taking Part: Rosehill Children’s Choir

Rosehill’s new children’s choir is for ages 7-11 and meets every Wednesday 4.15-5.45pm in term-time. Our rehearsals are fun, engaging sessions, designed to introduce members to new musical experiences, develop vocal skills and ignite a love of singing.

Theatre: Mr Charles Dickens Presents A Christmas Carol

To celebrate the 175th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, European Arts Company returns with a heart-warming evening in the presence of the author himself! Actor John O’Connor faithfully recreates Dickens’ famous performance of his best-loved ghost story.

Music: Piaf and Friends

Oh là là! Enjoy a musical celebration of Paris and delicious French fare uniquely set on the Rosehill Theatre stage with entertainment by award-winning singer Tina May and Nikki Iles on piano.

Comedy: Zoe Lyons - Entry Level Human

As a regular on stage and national radio, you would think that top-class comic Zoe Lyons had some sort of idea what she's doing in life. But then again...

Music: Anna Tilbrook and Singers - Around the Operatic World in 80 Minutes

House favourite Anna Tilbrook returns on Sunday 16 December with four up-and-coming young singers performing a musical journey to some of the great cities of the world, including Seville, Verona, Venice, Paris, St Petersburg, New York and Tahiti, in Around the Operatic World in 80 Minutes (or maybe a little longer!).

Theatre: Harbour Tales - Mrs Lutwige and the Magic of the North Pier Lighthouse

Living alone in her little lighthouse is a sad affair for Mrs Lutwige, she can't remember the last time she shared a story or two.

Taking Part: Start at Rosehill

Start, created by Children & the Arts, is a three-year engagement programme of arts activity between selected cultural organisations and local schools that tackles inequality by working only with the children who need it most, who are at risk of missing out on a creative and cultural education.

Comedy: Rosehill's Comedy Club - January

Banish the new year blues when Rosehill's Comedy Club holds its first event of 2019.

Music: Graeme Danby and Valerie Reid - Across the Atlantic

The words, humour and music of Flanders and Swann in tandem with the caustic wit of Tom Lehrer will take you on a wonderfully funny journey of life from across the pond.