Editing Carlisle (section)

===Music and theatre===
====Past====
Her Majesty's Theatre, in Lowther Street, was constructed in 1874 as the Victoria Hall, and started screening films in 1897. An early music director at the turn of the century was [[Howard Ellis Carr]]. After the interior was damaged by fire in 1904, it was rebuilt to designs by architects Beadle & Hope, and reopened in 1905 as Her Majesty's Theatre. Films and [[variety show]]s were staged, until around 1919, when it staged only live productions and plays.<ref name=ct/> [[Robert David MacDonald]] was artistic director at the theatre.<ref name=Jones>{{cite web |title=Robert David MacDonald |last=Jones |first=Sarah |website=[[The Independent]] |date=28 June 2004 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-david-macdonald-38741.html |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408013729/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-david-macdonald-38741.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After being briefly renamed Municipal Theatre in the 1960s, the theatre closed in early 1963 and reopened as the Regal Bingo Club in late 1963. This closed in the 1970s and the building was demolished in 1980, replaced by a car park.<ref name=ct>{{cite web |title=Her Majesty's Theatre, English Street, Carlisle, CA3 |website=Cinema Treasures |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/46287 |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404120518/http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/46287 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Present====
Sands Centre Sports Hall is Carlisle's main entertainment venue which sometimes hosts touring musicians, theatre and comedians. The West Walls Theatre is situated in the city centre, an amateur theatre. The Old Fire Station opened in 2015 after being converted into a performing arts venue, it hosts touring bands, live stand-up comedy, dramas and art exhibitions. [[Brunton Park]] stadium has hosted live music including an [[Elton John]] concert in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2007 |title=Blues army for Elton at Brunton Park |url=http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/blues-army-for-elton-at-brunton-park-1.171356?referrerPath=home/2.3080 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309065130/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/blues-army-for-elton-at-brunton-park-1.171356?referrerPath=home%2F2.3080 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |access-date=25 April 2011 |publisher=Cumberland News}}</ref>

Carlisle Music Festival takes place in [[Carlisle Cathedral]] each year. The defunct Brampton Live, the largest folk festival in the north of England, formerly took place in [[Brampton, Carlisle|Brampton]]. Over the weekend of 14/15 May 2011, [[Carlisle Lake District Airport]] hosted Europe's largest free music festival, [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]]. The festival's headline acts included [[Lady Gaga]] and the [[Foo Fighters]]. St Cuthbert's Church hosts an annual series of instrumental and chamber music concerts organised by North Cumbria Recitals.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}