"Delightful" The Guardian

"Adventurous and, thankfully, very satisfying" The Stage

This Spring, The Dukes invites you on a journey with two brand new plays specifically for the local landscape. Take a breath of fresh air as we lead you through a pair of deeply moving stories with live music and song

The Gift by John Moorhouse

Following a route they’ve walked together many times, and between the laughter born from a lifetime of friendship, old pals Tom and Jed take a very special trip into the Lake District fells. This time however, they’re off the beaten track as an intensely personal story is revealed in the depths of the great outdoors – depths where not even a map can help point them home on this road less travelled.

Glory Glory by Lisa Evans

Three months pass and a new pair of friends walk that same route. Sixty-somethings Joy and Lizzie are growing old disgracefully. If the men struggled to express their feelings, these women struggle to keep them in. Swigging away and confronting their fears for the future, they share laughter, secrets and gin. When the Lake District mist descends, the smiles fade as they stare together at the crossroads of their lives. With a soaring soundscape and themes as old as the hills, these stories are for here, for today, and for those brave enough to look over the precipice and ask, ‘It this it?’