A popular Lake District theatre has revealed its first major production post-lockdown.

The Theatre by the Lake in Keswick will present Home I’m Darling, by Laura Wade, in a co-production with Stephen Joseph Theatre and Bolton Octagon.

The performance will be directed by the theatre's artistic director, Liz Stevenson, who released a joint statement with executive director James Cobbold.

They said: “We’re thrilled to be able to share the news of our first major production.

"We can’t wait to welcome audiences back through our doors.

"We’re delighted to be producing this wonderfully funny play with two fantastic northern theatres and look forward to sharing more about our future programme soon.

“We’d like to thank the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund, whose support this year has made it possible for us to keep going and reopen.

"We are hugely grateful to Arts Council England, our staff, board, volunteers, friends, sponsors, supporters and audiences, without whose support over this past year we would quite simply not have been able to survive.”

The theatre will open in the autumn with a schedule of other events due to be announced in the summer.

Tickets for Home I’m Darling will go on sale by the summer alongside further programming announcements.