Panto at Barrow Town Hall!
Barrow Town Hall is set to be transformed into a fairy tale castle complete with fair maidens, brave knights and fierce dragons, this Christmas! Charming Entertainment, the theatre company behind Barrow Panto, have announced they will be bringing the classic fairy story Sleeping Beauty to the Town Hall for a three-week run from 9 December […]
Manford’s Comedy Club
From a back bedroom on Marsden Street to comedy shows all over the world! This month we’ll be welcoming a Barrow-born stand-up comedian back to his hometown as part of Manford’s Comedy Club at the Town Hall. Dave Williams was born here in Barrow in 1964, the son of a Vickers Shipyard plumber, and went […]
New Barrow Christmas ’25 Events Leaflet Out Now!
Barrow is THE place to be this Christmas! From seasonal shopping to Santa’s Grottos – we’ve got it all! See below for the full events guide or pick up a copy from the Town Hall!
RESCHEDULED SCOUTING FOR GIRLS SHOW ANNOUNCED
We are delighted to announce that we have agreed a rescheduled date for the Scouting For Girls show that was originally due to take place at the Forum in Barrow in October 2024. The show will now take place at The Coro in Ulverston on Friday 28 August 2026 All tickets for the original show will be […]
360 walkthrough of new Town Hall venues
To make sure you can all find your way to our new Town Hall Coffee Shop, box office and Banqueting Hall show space, we’ve had this very handy 360 walkthrough tour made. Have a click through HERE and see what you think!
Arts Council England backs Barrow Music#2
PRESS RELEASE: Arts Council England backs BarrowMusic#2 Barrow Music, a creative collaboration between The Forum – Barrow Borough Council, South Lakes Rock School and various local organisations including Barrow Underground Music Society, BarrowFull and Barrow Bid has secured £28k to grow the event following a successful bid to Arts Council England. Now in its second […]
Events update – Summer 2021
Events update – 23/06/21 Just a quick update for customers on the events in July and August. In light of the Governments announcement Sarah and Duck on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July will now be socially distanced, set in a Covid secure space with a reduced seating capacity. We hope it will be possible […]
Good news! The forum receives funding from the Culture Recovery Fund
Arts venue The Forum is to receive a share of the Culture Recovery Fund announced by the government. The sum – £100,000 – will help the Barrow venue to face the challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic over the next six months. The Forum provides an ongoing programme of performances such as live theatre, […]
New Measures introduced to tackle Corona virus rates across Barrow
As cases start to increase across the Borough, new measure have been put in place by local authorities. For more information please click here.
