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12/11/2026
Gary Barlow’s Calendar Girls the Musical is the latest production to hit the stage at Ipswich’s New Wolsey, and it delivers a genuinely heartfelt balance of sharp comedy and moving drama. Based on the famous true story of a group of Yorkshire Women’s Institute members who bared all for a charity calendar after one of their husbands…
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Eastern Angles moved to the stage of the New Wolsey for it’s latest production, a telling of The Go-Between, a novel by L.P. Hartley set in Norfolk in 1900 when a young boy by the name of Leo becomes entangled in a love story between two forbidden lovers. Hartley wrote the book in 1953, thought…
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Gilbert O’Sullivan, one of the UK’s most enduring and respected singer-songwriters, returns to the stage for a series of special concerts. Since his breakthrough in 1970 with Nothing Rhymed, Gilbert has achieved 16 Top 40 records, including six No. 1 songs, and timeless classics such as Clair, Get Down, and Alone Again (Naturally) – the…
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• Catherine Russell (As Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (Palace Theatre), Holby City) will be playing Patricia Highsmith in Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds’ in-house production of Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith. The play, a gripping psychological thriller, opens on the 9th of October 2026 for a two-week run with its final performance on the 24th of October at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Tickets…
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One Big Multicultural Festival returns in Ipswich for its biggest celebration yet! Ipswich is set to come alive with colour, music and global flavours this summer as once again the One Big Multicultural Festival returns to Alexandra Park on Sunday 30th August 2026. Organised by award-winning charity BSC Multicultural Services in partnership with Ipswich Borough…
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If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise – and if those woods happen to be at Sutton Hoo, you’ll discover surprise after surprise as Red Rose Theatre Company returns for its much-loved annual Theatre in the Forest with a delightful production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Red Rose’s Theatre…
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I must admit, while being familiar with the story of Orpheus and the Underworld, I wasn’t previously familiar with the musical interpretation, Hadestown. Hadestown is a musical by Anaïs Mitchell. Hadestown weaves together two Greek myths: the romance of Orpheus and Eurydice and the troubled marriage of Hades and Persephone. Set in an era of depression…
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There are musicals that entertain, and there are musicals that remind us of the very best of humanity. Come From Away definitely belongs in the latter category, and Ipswich-based Limelight Performers’ production at the New Wolsey Theatre proves that locally produced theatre can deliver storytelling every bit as moving and polished as its professional counterparts….
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Suffolk’s biggest and best loved outdoor theatre event, Theatre in the Forest, returns this summer to the National Trust’s Sutton Hoo with a beautiful production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night! Red Rose Chain’s Theatre in the Forest event is known for bringing together audiences of all ages under the stars for inventive, fun and whacky…
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The National Trust at Flatford is preparing for a busy summer as it celebrates the 250 years since the birth of John Constable, one of the England’s most famous and much-loved landscape artists. Born in nearby East Bergholt on 11 June 1776, John Constable’s father, Golding Constable, owned the watermill at Flatford and John spent…
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