Brassed Off – Theatre by the Lake
Music is a universal language, and it has been at the heart of many working class, Northern communities for generations. And audiences at Theatre by the Lake get the privilege this month of hearing and feeling how brass band music welded people together, gave them strength and pride.
The stage adaptation of the hit film Brassed Off blasts into the Keswick theatre and touches the soul.
The actors who have come together for this production, in association with the Octagon Theatre Bolton, and Stephen Joseph Theatre, are more than triple threats, they are triplet blowing brass players, who blend seamlessly in with local bans people from Penrith Town Band.
The bandsmen and women give a great musical and acting performance in this production.
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