The Don Banks Afternoon Variety Show

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Your Host & compere – Darren Towers.“There’s Power In the Tower” / “DLT – The Place To Be”You’re all invited to Join us at our ever-popular Afternoon Variety Show which is now firmly back up-and-running once a month, usually on either the first or second Wednesday, at Darwen Library Theatre from 2:00pm till 4:30pm!Originally hosted […]

Darwen Comedy Club

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Alun Cochrane, Markus Birdman, Percy Savage and MC Danny McLoughlin at Darwen Comedy Club! Scroll down for comedians’ details and booking. Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary swearing. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those around you by turning off your phone and not talking […]

Dear England – NT Live

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Dear England a new play by James Graham directed by Rupert Goold Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With […]

Gail Porter

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Gail has just completed 31 sold out shows at The Edinburgh Fringe and is now taking her hilarious stand up show on tour. "Has anyone here been sectioned?" TV presenter Gail Porter jokily asks her audience. Famed for her vibrancy as well as mental health struggles, she has turned to comedy to take control of […]

The Don Banks Afternoon Variety Show

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Your Host & compere – Darren Towers.“There’s Power In the Tower” / “DLT – The Place To Be”You’re all invited to Join us at our ever-popular Afternoon Variety Show which is now firmly back up-and-running once a month, usually on either the first or second Wednesday, at Darwen Library Theatre from 2:00pm till 4:30pm!Originally hosted […]

The D-Day Darlings

The UK’s premier wartime group, The D-Day Darlings, were signed to Sony Music UK after reaching the finals in ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. In 2018, their debut album, “I’ll Remember You”, reached number 15 in the official album charts, receiving a Silver Disc for over 60,000 sales. As the best-selling female group to emerge from […]

The Afternoon Variety Show

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

You’re all invited to come and Join us at our ever-popular Afternoon Variety Show which is now firmly back up-and-running once every three months at Darwen Library Theatre from 2.00pm till 4,30pm.!Originally hosted in the early noughties by local Darwen Comedian Don Banks the baton was then passed on to popular singer Glen South around […]

The Houghton Weavers

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

THE HOUGHTON WEAVERS have been entertaining folk for 48 years with their unique blend of popular folk music, humour and audience participation.In their time together, the group have performed thousands of concerts, recorded over 30 albums, and starred in several of their own highly successful BBC radio and TV series.THE HOUGHTON WEAVERS promise a fun-packed, […]

Nabil Abdulrashid

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman.Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction. ★★★★ Evening StandardAs seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, The Big Narstie Show, 8 Out of 10 […]

Mike Peters – The Alarm Acoustic

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Mike Peters has played an acoustic guitar all his musical life and the sound of the instrument has been at the core of all his work from the very beginnings of The Alarm to the present day.Achieving over 17 Top 40 UK singles and over 6 million album sales worldwide along the way, Mike Peters […]

GROUND RULES by Eric Chappell (creator of sit-coms Rising Damp, Duty Free and Home To Roost)

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

From the creator of top British sitcoms Rising Damp, Duty Free, Only When I Laugh and Home To Roost, Crime And Comedy Theatre Company proudly present Eric Chappell’s final play – a tribute to this remarkable writer who sadly passed away in 2022.“Judith and Gerald look the perfect couple – he’s a successful businessman, she’s […]

Darwen Comedy Club

Darwen Library Theatre Darwen Library Theatre, Knott Street, Darwen, GB

Mark Nelson, Markus Birdman, Seeta Wrightson and MC Alun Cochrane at Darwen Comedy Club! Scroll down for comedians’ details and booking.Acts subject to change. Fully seated. 18+ Proper sweary swearing. We want all our guests to have a great night so please respect those around you by turning off your phone and not talking whilst […]