Behind The Scenery

A celebration of the arts, culture and heritage of Cumbria.

Behind The Scenery is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 39 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Behind The Scenery, a arts show with 39 episodes published.

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  Ep.38 Lark Rise To Candleford at Theatre by the Lake March 26

  Mar 28, 202613 minS0

  <p>Lark Rise to Candleford is the new production at Theatre bythe Lake in Keswick. </p><p>It’s a portrait of rural England which brings Flora Thompson’sclassic to the stage, woven together with original live folk music performed by an ensemble cast. And it’s about how the gentle rhythm of the changing seasons brings a yearning for something else, something more.</p><p>It’s been written and directed by Hammerpuzzle Theatre Company and is a co-production with Watermill Theatre in Berkshire. </p><p>Tom Speight’s been talking to its co-artistic directors to find out why this adapt...

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  Ep. 37 Blacksmith & welder Ellie Barden December 25

  Dec 9, 202523 minS0

  <p>A brand new set of enormous pieces of public art are aboutto be added to the Cumbrian landscape. </p><p>Five metres high and distinctive by their style of strips of metal, a huge bull and a mare with a foal have been commissioned by Cumberland Council to mark the completion of the new Carlisle southern link road. </p><p>Not without some differences of opinion about them, the new work will dominate two roundabouts for thousands of road users to see for years to come. </p><p>They’ve been created by Cumbrian born blacksmith and welder Ellie Ba...

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  Ep. 36 Barrow Music Weekender October 25

  Oct 1, 202531 minS0

  <p>Barrow Music Weekender returns this month with four days of live music right across town. Now in its fifth year, the festival sees people of all ages come together for fantastic – and mostly free – music experiences. </p><p>There’s a musical trail map, a mini conference looking at thehealth of live music and performance in the town, workshops, dancing and live performance in venues right across the musical spectrum. There’ll also be a chance to see and experience Light Organ, an amazing audio reactive artwork that brings sound to life.</p><p>Tom Speight has been to meet the...

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  Ep.35 Wrestle at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont September 25

  Sep 15, 202528 minS0

  <p>If you need to sort your leg up buttock from your insidehipe, then a new exhibition celebrating Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling at Florence Arts Centre in Egremont is the place for you.</p><p>Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is a traditional formof “backhold” wrestling with origins going back to Viking times. It has strong cultural connections with farming and heavy industry; men would wrestle after work in their long-john underwear. </p><p>“Wrestle” tells the story of the sport through original artwork by Janet Moss, contemporary photography by Chris Routledge, archive photos and costumes and a community embroidery project.</p><p>And...

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  Ep.34 Tullie re-opening in Carlisle August 25

  Sep 3, 202526 minS0

  <p>Tullie, in Carlisle, describes itself as a museum, artgallery, community hub and generally a great place – as well as being a home for the eternally curious. </p><p>It’s 130 years old now. And it’s just undergone a £4.5 million transformation, fully reopening in April. Funding came from the government's Town Fund and Future High Streets Fund, Arts Council England and Cumberland Council.</p><p>So how’s its first summer being fully reopened gone ? And who’s been visiting ? Tom Speight’s been along to find out, and as the hugely successful Dinosaur Revolution exhibition draws to a close, he met...

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