About us

The Miner’s Lamp Theatre Company was set up in 2001 by Alan Butler and Eleanor Butler to promote and develop a well-defined Cumbrian theatrical identity and to produce and perform those plays which have a strong Cumbrian Language content.
The Cumbrian Language is defined as the traditional Old Norse based vernacular as spoken in all its forms and regional variations in what is now the county of Cumbria.

Suitable for

Schools, community, parish and village halls, theatres, civic halls, every kind of festival including drama and literary festivals and private functions. We can perform anything from a twenty minute sketch to our full two hour, or more, Evening of Cumbrian Drama show. Commissions for individual written and performance pieces invited.