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Just the ticket! West End heads for Poole

The West End comes to Poole this spring as Lighthouse presents a mouthwatering series of high quality, smash hit dramas.
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Q&A with Matthew James Morrison

Maureen Lipman played her on stage in 2005; Meryl Streep took the role in the 2016 film with Hugh Grant…
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Q&A with Wendi Peters

The twentieth anniversary UK tour of Glorious!, a celebration of the tone-deaf American socialite, Florence Foster Jenkins, whose sold-out concerts…
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‘The Constant Wife feels like such a breath of fresh air’

Kara Tointon sweeps into the room with the same bright energy the public know so well, and when I ask…
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New Trustees appointed as Lighthouse looks ahead

Ahead of a busy Christmas season, Poole Arts Trust, the charity that runs Lighthouse, is delighted to announce the appointment…
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Still time to make a difference after record-breaking Christmas Appeal

Audiences at Lighthouse have done it again! Thanks to their incredible generosity, our annual Big Christmas Appeal has broken all…
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Lighthouse shines brighter thanks to Trust’s £18k grant

Lighthouse will shine brighter and cleaner after a vital grant from the Theatres Trust in association with the Wolfson Foundation…
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Festive Opening Times

Our opening times are different during the festive period. Here is a quick and easy guide for the rest of…
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Lighthouse ticket sales hit a ten-year high

Lighthouse Poole, one of the UK’s biggest multi-venue regional arts centres, is reporting a record year as ticket sales hit…
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How title star Kieran became ‘fluent’ in panto

It’s the original pantomime adventure story – a quest for fame and fortune on the streets of London with a…
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Drawing inspiration from panto

When we needed an artist-drawn colouring-in page and wordsearch for our Dick Whittington souvenir programme we turned to our friends…
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Welcoming our ‘lovely’ panto cast

Dick Whittington opens this week at Lighthouse, but having enjoyed so much success with Poole pantomimes in recent years, among…
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Big Christmas Appeal launched

Today, on Giving Tuesday, Lighthouse is launching this year’s Big Christmas Appeal to raise money that enables it to give…
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Chief Executive backs new course to train cultural leaders of tomorrow

Lighthouse Chief Executive, Elspeth McBain has joined the Advisory Board of the Executive Master’s in Leadership for the Creative Industries…
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‘So, bring on the boos!’

Having put the ‘boo’ into Sleeping Beauty at Lighthouse last year as showstopping bad fairy Carabosse, it’s fair to say…
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Tops sponsors ‘charming’ early years Christmas show

Lighthouse is delighted to announce Tops Day Nurseries as sponsors of its early years Christmas Show, Little Robin Red Vest.
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‘This is a real visceral, soul work to me, it’s who I am’

Created by self-taught artist Carmel De’Lisser, aka Cathartic Brush, The Wintering has transformed the Gallery space at Lighthouse with an…
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Young musicians make A Day’s Achievement to remember

Some of the region’s most talented young musicians took part in a special celebration of music making at Lighthouse last…
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