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Two actors in long coats moving across a bare wooden stage, a single chair and a hanging lamp, a brick arch behind.

Harbour Lights Company

The Lockkeeper

When
Thursday 19 November
Times
Doors 18:45 · starts 19:30 · ends 21:40
Where
The Nave, theatre
Tickets
£15, concessions below
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A touring play for two actors, a chair and a river in flood.

March 1953. The water is rising, the lockkeeper will not leave, and his daughter has come back from London to make him. A play about staying and going, by the company that brought “Tidewater” here in 2024.

Two nights only, on a bare stage with the house lights low.

Tickets

Book online, by phone or at the box office. No booking fee; we never sell above face value.

Box office 01632 960418

Ticket prices for The Lockkeeper
Full price£15
Under 26 and students£8
Friends of the Hallwith your Friends card£12
Companion of a disabled visitorbook by phone or at the box officeFree

Tickets on sale now.

Who’s playing

  • Maeve Corrigan Ellen
  • Peter Haldane Arthur

Before you come

Everything about your visit
When do the doors open?

At 18:45, for the foyer, the bar and The Nave. Seats are unreserved unless it says otherwise.

How long is it?

It starts at 19:30 and ends at about 21:40. Suitable for 12 and over. One interval of 15 minutes. No latecomers until the interval.

Is there a bar?

The Yard bar opens with the doors and through every interval: local beer and cider, wine, soft drinks and coffee. You can take drinks into the Nave in our glasses.

Can I bring children?

Yes, to anything without an age on its page. Under-fives come free to the Sunday at Four concerts and the family mornings, sitting on a lap.

What if I arrive late?

We let latecomers in at a suitable break, to the back of the hall or the gallery. For theatre that is the interval.

Where you’ll sit

The Nave

A room built for voices, now for every kind of music. The stage sits low under the east arch, the gallery runs round three sides, and nobody is more than nineteen rows from the front.

  • 380 seated rows
  • 600 standing
  • 180 long tables
  • 140 cabaret
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Stalls, unreservedRow J: six wheelchair spaces, a companion seat beside each

Also this week

Couples spinning in a ceilidh under festoon lights, a fiddle player on the stage behind them.

Saturday 21 November, 19:30

Quayside ceilidh

The Lantern Band, with a caller. The Nave, £14

The Vestry set for a talk: sixty wooden chairs in rows, an oak lectern and two tall arched windows with morning light.

Wednesday 25 November, 20:00

Open session

Quayside Folk Club. The Vestry, £5