Website of monthly magazine Ipswich24. Covering Ipswich, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Hadleigh, Stowmarket and surrounding areas. Leading whats on and where to go magazine for the area.
28/11/2023
The New Wolsey Rock n Roll pantos have long been a Christmas time tradition for audiences in and around Ipswich. Former artistic director Peter Rowe, the originator of the theatre’s Rock n Roll format, stood down from the role in 2022 and following Peter was going to be a hard act to follow for any…
Read More about Review: Dick Whittington, New Wolsey
Panto season is here! And, one of the first local theatres to start their festive show is the beautiful historic Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. This wonderful theatre is the perfect place to host a pantomime and this year’s production of Snow White certainly doesn’t disappoint. On the death of her father, Snow White is…
Read More about Review: Snow White, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Is Bram Stoker’s Dracula a work of fiction or is it in fact… Fact? Award winning theatre company Le Navet Bete takes us on a journey across Europe to find the truth, with their critically acclaimed show Dracula: The Bloody Truth. We join Professor Abraham Van Helsing as he exposes the real story behind the…
Read More about Review: Dracula: The Bloody Truth
When it comes to historical drama, Red Rose Chain excel. This is proven once more with the latest production of a brand new play, The Ungodly, which centres around the true story of Matthew Hopkins, self-appointed Witchfinder General. Red RoseChain Artistic Director, Wanna Carrick, is amazing when it comes to these kind of stories and…
Read More about Review: The Ungodly
It was a dark and windy night as we walked up the path of the church graveyard to the old church that houses The Two Sisters Art Centre in Trimley near Felixstowe. This is just one of many unique locations that are playing host to Ghost Stories by Candlelight a production currently touring East Anglia…
Read More about Review: Ghost Stories by Candlelight
Abigail’s Party takes you back to the 70s like a window to the past. We join Beverly as she is preparing drinks and nibbles in her suburban living room whilst waiting for her husband Laurence to return from his busy job. She is out to impress new neighbours Angela and Tony who have just moved…
Read More about Review: Abigail’s Party
The Rocky Horror Show was written by Richard O’Brien (yes he of the Crystal Maze fame), back in 1973. It’s a humours pastiche of dreadful B horror and sci-fi movies that you would see at the cinema back in the 1930s thru to the 1960s, things like Dracula and Frankenstein or Flash Gordon or Zorro….
Read More about Review: The Rocky Horror Show
Even if you’ve never seen it, most people have heard of the hit West End musical Blood Brothers. Willy Russell originally wrote Blood Brothers as a school play in Liverpool, but the production developed and, moved to London where it became the third longest running musical in West End history, playing more than 10,000 performances….
Read More about Review: Blood Brothers
I’m not a football fan so I won’t enjoy a play about football, Wrong….. I loved Red Lion currently playing at The New Wolsey in Ipswich. It tells the story of a young up and coming footballer, Jordan (Olatunji Ayofe) and his manager Kidd (Alastair Natkiel). Each of the men have their own problems, Kidd…
Read More about Review: The Red Lion
The fourth of 2023’s Newmarket Nights at the July Racecourse, saw McFly take to the stage after the final races of the day on a warm but cloudy summer evening. The stage has already played host to Bastille, Craig David and The Haçienda Classical this summer. With Olly Murs set to finish up this year’s…
Read More about Review: McFly, Newmarket Nights