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13/09/2025
HG Wells is best known for War of The Worlds, but Half a Sixpence is based on his Kipps stories (personal favourites of the author). The musical was written specifically to showcase the talents of all round entertainer Tommy Steele. Firstly a stage show and later a movie. Half a Sixpence is Woodbridge based Company…
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Nearly everyone is familiar with the cartoons of Carl Giles, more so Ipswich residents as he worked and lived in the area. His brilliant drawings graced the pages of the Daily and Sunday Express for many years and the fictitious Giles family, headed by Grandma were instantly recognisable. In this brand new production the characters…
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Sesame Street, but very much for adults only, Avenue Q is hilariously funny, even if some of the jokes are, well, a little bit near-the-knuckle! Avenue Q is a run-down street in New York City and this fast paced musical tells the stories of the people, and monsters, that live there. Performed by both actors…
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Mention Dick Turpin and everyone will know that he was a notorious highwayman, but chances are if you say Thomas Easter you will be met with a blank stare! Like Turpin, Thomas Easter was also a highwayman plying his “trade” at the same time as his more famous counterpart. An Honest Gentleman is the latest…
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Take a group of youngsters and their adult leaders, add some very corny jokes, a large portion of well known songs (old and new) and you have the makings of a Gang Show. The youngsters are members of the scouting and guiding organisation in the Ipswich area. The Ipswich Gang Show has been running for…
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A dark, gothic tale of morality, beauty and hedonism, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel by Oscar Wilde, and performed by Tilted Wig Productions tells the story of the pursuit of youth and beauty and just how far some will strive to maintain youth. Still relevant today, Tilted Wig Productions make use of Victorian-esque…
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Both atmospheric and moving, The Tide Jetty tells the story of how the past can affect the present. Brothers Tucky and Nathan grew up on the banks of Breydon Water, alongside tomboy, Eliza. But a tragic event changes their lives forever, causing Eliza to leave Broads and head for the town of Ipswich. Years later…
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Where else but panto would you find Mary Berry and Prue Leith fighting in front of a talking teapot, clock and crystal chandelier. One of literature’s earliest feminist stories, it was nice to see the production team were all women. Not that this is some woke reimagining if you’re bothered by that sort of thing….
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As the most widely performed play ever written by a woman, My Mother Said I Never Should, tells a poignant and moving intergenerational story, spanning seven decades to highlight the unconditional love, heartache and struggles of family, being a woman and the innocence of childhood. Using a minimalist all female cast and stage, My Mother…
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Manchester, 1993 and five teenage girls are joined in friendship with a common interest – The Band! Having won a competition to see their favourite group, the girls set off for a night of fun, however the evening doesn’t turn out as they’d planned… Twenty-five years on and a reunion is on the cards, not…
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