Keswick is the home of the Theatre by the Lake, opened in 1999.[85] The theatre serves a dual purpose as the permanent home of a professional repertory company and a venue for visiting performers and festivals.[86] It replaced the Century Theatre or "Blue Box", which had spent 25 years in semi-retirement on a permanent lakeside site in Keswick, after a career of similar length as a mobile theatre.[85][87] The Alhambra cinema in St John Street, opened in 1913, is one of the oldest continuously functioning cinemas in the country; it is equipped with digital technology and satellite receiving equipment to allow the live screening of plays, operas and ballet from the National Theatre, Royal Opera House and other venues.[88]