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15/10/2025
Don’t Look Now, currently on stage at Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre, is based on the 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier. Du Maurier was a brilliant author and playwright — and when you see her name attached to a story, you just know you’re in for a treat. Think of The Birds, Rebecca and Jamaica Inn — all famously…
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John Godber’s Teechers was first written in the late 1980s, yet nearly forty years on it remains just as sharp, funny, and relevant. Though at heart a comedy, the play carries a powerful message about the inequalities in the British school system. This autumn, Ipswich-based Eastern Angles have brought Teechers back to the stage with a new production, currently…
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Penned Up is a brand-new play that is touring the area this Autumn Written by award winning playwright Danusia Iwaszko who draws on her experience of teaching playwrighting in prisons, Penned Up gives the audience an insight into prison life and the real-life experiences of the men behind bars. Fictional prison HMP Ditchfield is the…
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Theatre has taken to the streets of Bury St Edmunds this Summer! Steve and Steff Forever is the latest offering from the Theatre Royal telling a love story at various locations in the town as the audience follows the actors around Bury St Edmunds in a promenade performance. Steve and Steff meet and fall in…
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There are no surprises if you go down to the woods today… As the wonderful Red Rose Chain are back again this summer with Theatre in the Forest! The theatre company return to National Trust’s Sutton Hoo adding their special Red Rose magic to another of Shakespeare’s works, and this year it’s the turn of…
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The Great British Bake Off – The Musical is the latest delightful offering from Ipswich-based Gallery Players, and judging by Wednesday night’s performance, it’s far from a half-baked effort. Fans of the beloved baking competition are in for a treat! Forget that this is a local production – the standard is so high, you’d be forgiven…
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We’re off to see the Wizard!! and there’s a totally magical experience in store for all. The Wizard of Oz is the latest production to get The CTC treatment and is currently running at the fabulous Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds until Sunday 6th July. I’ve long admired this talented company that are based in…
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New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich – June 27–28, 2025 A Shoddy Detective & The Art of Deception is a fast-paced, delightfully absurd comedy farce that had the Ipswich audiences laughing from the opening moments to the final reveal when it took to the stage of the New Wolsey Theatre last week. The production combines traditional farce…
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Saturday was the last night of this year’s Forest Live shows at Thetford and would see northern songsmith Gary Barlow take to the stage, with special guest Beverley Knight. It would also be the finale of Barlow’s Songbook tour. Dressed in a dazzling silver catsuit, Knight launched into a high-energy medley of her biggest hits,…
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Sister Act the Musical is based on the much loved 1992 film that starred Whoopi Goldberg. Where the stage version differs is in the music: while the film featured well-known Motown and R&B hits like Mary Wells’ My Guy, the musical boasts an original score. And, personally, I think the new songs are even better. Suffolk is…
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