Chris Abram is a local, internationally renowned, heritage film maker, currently recording the heritage and beauty of the Lune Valley and the Morecambe Bay area. He will be showing extracts from his award winning films, including his world travels and will also preview his, soon to be completed, 'Morecambe Bay - Our Heritage', including some priceless historical footage.
This highly entertaining raconteur, [he admits that he never knows what he is going to say until he says it], skilled cameraman and director is sure to provide an enjoyable evening.

Toby and Jessica want a different life for their children, away from the carbon monoxide and blade-carrying gangs of the capital. They dream of moving to the idyllic village Toby remembers from childhood holidays with his Grandma. But when Toby meets a girl with a gun in his new front garden he realises there's more to village life than he'd imagined! A serious comedy by Mary Cooper "A Village Life" takes a hard penetrating look at rural life in Northumberland today.

These young and talented dancers are auditioned annually, many from the thirteen youth dance groups that Ludus run across the county of Lancashire. They create new work as they rehearse, alongside Ludus Dance artists and resident choreographers. They also have the opportunity through intensive rehearsal when the company works with visiting choreographers, to make new and exciting dance pieces, some of which they will present at these two performances.

The Black Sheep invite you to an evening of lies, damn lies and silly Whigs! If you love "Yes Minister", the New Statesman and The Now Show, you'll love this irreverent romp through the corridors of power and Quangos. From the Magna Carta to this morning's headlines they pledge to deliver a manifesto of mirth that's guaranteed to bring down the house, updated daily with topical jokes and satirical sketches - so they say 'Order! Order!' order your tickets today! The Joy of Politics - it's completely parli-mental!

Catriona Price, violin and Esther Swift, harp bring a different slant, from their time at the Royal Northern College of Music, to this matinee concert as they accompany each other in a mixture of traditional items and songs and tunes they have written themselves. This vibrant young duo have entranced audiences around the UK with music that can be fast and furious yet subdued, playful yet reflective, mixing everything from Scottish folk music to jazz, opera and anything in between!

Brought together in 1998 by friendship and the sheer joy of singing in harmony 'Five in a Bar' have since performed across the North West of England singing their a cappella arrangements of a wide variety of music from folk & traditional to contemporary classics & blues. Their songs are chosen using their guiding maxim "songs of meaning sung with feeling" making them their own by improvising harmonies and arrangements appreciated by a wide range of audiences

In a few short years this quartet have achieved more than some groups do in an entire career and due to their recent successes in winning the Trevor Wye Memorial Prize and RNCM Chamber Music Grand Prize, they are recognised as the college's leading chamber music group. They head the way in expanding the repertoire for saxophone quartet, successfully premiering over fifteen full scale works in the past two years and are awaiting completion of two new commissions