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25/10/2025
Brightly coloured and packed full of fun, the New Wolsey Theatre in the venue for this latest performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. The tale, tells the story of two gondoliers and three wives… But who is married to royalty? Set in Venice two gondoliers marry, however unbeknown to the newly weds, one of…
Read More about Review: The GondoliersPalm Wine & Stout tells the moving story of Taiye; born of a white mother and African father as he travels to Africa to meet his father and to learn more about his African heritage. With his half brother Femi as their guide, Taiye and his mother Jane, experience all that this vast country has…
Read More about Review: Palm Wine and StoutTom – A Story of Tom Jones is a musical based on the early life of Super Star Tom Jones, or as he was known back then, Tommy Woodward. Tom Jones’ route to fame and fortune was not an easy one, as Tommy with his band the Senators played the pubs and working men’s clubs…
Read More about Review: TomOpening night of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Ipswich Regent and local theatre company Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society pulled off another excellent show before a very appreciative audience. Although not a full house, considering the capacity of the Regent there was a relatively small number of empty seats, a triumph in itself especially on…
Read More about Review: Jesus Christ – SuperstarMiss Nightingale has returned to the New Wolsey Theatre this Spring, with a few script rewrites and a couple of cast changes, this war time musical still retains it’s magic. It’s 1942 and the country is in the grip of war. Nurse Maggie Brown dreams of becoming a star of the stage, and, with the…
Read More about Review: Miss NightingaleIt’s post war Britain, and although the war may be over, food is still being rationed and meet is scarce. So when the members of the Town Council of the little town of Shepardsford decide to hold a private function to mark the forthcoming marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, there one big problem…
Read More about Review: Betty Blue EyesThe Deben Players have brought lots of pantomime fun to the stage at the Seckford Theatre. Woodbridge this Christmas with their production of Cinderella. Written and directed by the talented Andy Kimber, this show features many original musical numbers and is full of fun and frolics from the start. Everyone is familiar with the story…
Read More about Review: Cinderella, Deben PlayersThe festive panto offering at the Ipswich Regent this year is Peter Pan, JM Barrie’s tale of the boy who never grew up. In recent year’s the Regent productions have featured stars of the small screen and this year is no exeception with Pan, played by Disney Art Attack presenter Lloyd Warbey, former star of…
Read More about Review: Peter Pan – Ipswich RegentThe Christmas offering from DanceEast this year is the Little Match Girl. Directed and choreographed by Arthur Pita, this show is truly magical. Fiammetta is desperately trying to sell her matches hoping to earn enough money for a much needed meal. It’s a freezing cold Christmas Eve and she encounters many characters on her journey…
Read More about Review: Little Match GirlSleeping Beauty is the panto of choice for the Mercury Theatre this year bringing a little bit of fairy magic to Colchester. Everyone knows this well told tale of a baby princess that is cursed by an old woman, before she reaches her sixteenth birthday she will pick her finger and die… The baby’s fairy…
Read More about Review: Sleeping Beauty, Mercury Theatre