The Flood

20th December 2026 2:30pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Cockermouth. November 2010. One year after the floods.

The Christmas Light Switch-On is fast approaching and a rumour that Take That are secretly coming to perform their new single, The Flood, is spreading across the town.

A journalist arrives looking for the story of a community rebuilding. The council sees an opportunity. And one woman is still living in a block of flats slowly slipping into the river, refusing to leave.

The Flood is a new surreal comedy by Jamie Walsh, inspired by the very real rumour that Take That were secretly in Cockermouth in 2010.