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Review: Murder by the Book

28/10/2021

A whodunit which will keep you guessing right until the final line of dialogue – a great evening watching good live drama.

Review: The Addams Family Musical

21/10/2021

Addams Family The Musical is currently playing at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds (until 23rd October). It’s a fabulous production and well-worth seeing to get you in that Halloween mood. Read full review for more details.

Review: Our White Skoda Octavia

12/10/2021

Our White Skoda Octavia is the latest offering from Eastern Angles and tells the story of a family’s struggle with everyday life. Money is tight and married father of two teenagers, Amjad is trying his best to make ends meet by working all hours as a taxi cab driver. His wife, Rabia dreams of more,…

Never Lost at Home, picture Mike Kwasniak

Review: Never Lost At Home

22/09/2021

A brand-new musical has opened at the New Wolsey Theatre, Never Lost at Home by the talented Peter Rowe, tells the story of Ipswich Town Football Club through the 1980-81 season and their journey to their UEFA Cup win. The tale is told through the eyes of an obsessive ITFC fan family as they make…

Review: Snow Queen Panto

18/12/2020

Christmas time traditionally means it’s Panto Season…. but what to do when you are faced with a global pandemic with restrictions on how many people can work closely together and the proximity of audiences? Well when you are one of the country’s most imaginative theatres, like Ipswich’s New Wolsey, you think differently and adapt! This…

Review: Twelfth Night

31/07/2020

Summer for theatre lovers in Suffolk has meant heading to a wooded area to partake in some Shakespeare from Ipswich based Red Rose Chain. So much so that their, sometimes, quirky takes on the Bard’s works have become as much part of summer as ice-creams and Kiss Me Quick hats and the seaside. The setting…

Review: Robin Hood & Babes in the Wood

17/02/2020

Let’s face it Half-Term in February can be a terrible time to keep youngsters entertained (what with rain and cold weather) so the Company of Four pantos have long been a happy diversion. This year’s offering is Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood, a lesser performed story which is always refreshing from the…

Review: Oliver!

02/01/2020

For their annual winter production the highly talented CTC turn their attentions to Lionel Bart’s Oliver! Over the year’s there have been countless tellings of Charles Dickens’ tale of young Oliver Twist, firstly abandoned at a workhouse, then falling in with thieves before being rescued, but it is probably Lionel Bart’s film musical that is…

Review: Aladdin – New Wolsey

12/12/2019

You know it’s Christmas when the New Wolsey Theatre opens the doors to their annual Rock’n’Roll Panto. And, with a festive puff of smoke, Aladdin opens with bang to start this year’s season. Aladdin is down on his luck, he has no money and has fallen in love with a princess, but he has no…

Review: Four and a Half Go Mad…..

Eastern Angles Christmas shows have become a staple diet for those wanting an alternative to fairytale romances, pantomime dames and tinsel. This year the company turn their attention to something a spiffing group of youngsters who call themselves the Famous Four and Half (it’s only a half away from a story you may remember as…