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Screen Classics: Housewife 49
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Our third season of classic films highlights the exciting film career of Victoria Wood - writer, director and star in a wide variety of fascinating films showcasing her amazing talent. Each screening will be introduced, and you're invited to join us at 7pm before the film for a glass of wine, with cheese and biscuits.
Victoria Wood stars in this award-winning drama set in the late 1930s. Written by Victoria and based on the mass observation diaries of Nella Last, a 49-year-old housewife living in Barrow-in-Furness.
The Mass Observation Project was a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people. When war comes, Nella experiences a change in the relationship she has with her two sons and defies her over-protective husband to join the local Women's Voluntary Service. Initially diffident, she blossoms thanks to the dominant but kind Mrs. Waite and enjoys her independence as a useful war worker..
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| Season (11 Sept 2026) | ||
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| Friday | Open | |
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Road Directions
Sat Nav for Parking: LA23 3BZ
or Sat Nav for Theatre: LA23 3BX
The nearest parking to the Theatre is a public pay and display car park on Rayrigg Road. From here simply cross the road and take the steps up to the Theatre. Alternatively for our stair free entrance, follow the pavement along for a little further and take the second entrance to the building – a passageway to the left straight after the steps and enter via our courtyard.
There is also Quarry Mount pay and display car park on Lake Road next to The Royalty Cinema as well as a very large car park Braithwaite Fold on the Glebe (a 15 minute walk from the Theatre).
Street parking is also available, but spaces are limited and restricted to 1 hour (except in the evening).
For those with access and mobility needs, the nearest car park Rayrigg Road has blue badge spaces. To avoid steps up to the theatre, please follow the pavement along and take the second entrance to the building – a passageway to the left which goes up to our courtyard. Please note this route is steep as we are situated on a hill.
Public Transport Directions
The nearest mainline station is Oxenholme, Lake District on the West Coast Mainline going from London to Glasgow. There is a connecting train from Oxenholme Station to Windermere which takes approximately 30 minutes. All Windermere trains connect with a local bus service which will take you the 2 miles to Bowness -on-Windermere.
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