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13/07/2025
Christmas is the time for panto in theatre land, “Oh yes it is!”. However if you’ve had your fill of panto dames and princesses but still want some good family fun to brighten the festive period there is an alternative. The Red Rose Chain’s Christmas offerings have become a staple of our Christmas as much…
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Most people are familiar with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who hate all things Christmas. It’s Christmas eve, Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley has passed away seven years before, and the old miser hates Christmas, and refuses an invitation from his nephew, Fred, to spend the festivities with his…
Read More about Review: A Christmas Carol
When it comes to panto they don’t come much better than the Colchester Mercury’s productions and this year they turn their hand to Peter Pan. Or to be more accurate The New Adventures of Peter Pan, at first I must admit I was unsure about a rewriting of a classic but it’s essentially an updated…
Read More about Review: The New Adventures of Peter Pan
Christmas is well and truly on the way when the New Wolsey Theatre open their doors for their Rock n Roll Panto, and this year’s production of Sleeping Beauty is full of that festive sparkle. This year we are treated to not one, but two pantomime dames and the most adorable pet dragon. As we…
Read More about Review: Sleeping Beauty – New Wolsey
Panto season has arrived, oh yes it has, and the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds is a perfect panto to start this fun fest off in the traditional style! A visit to the Theatre Royal is always a pleasure, to see the splendour of this Georgian building, add in a fabulous traditional family panto…
Read More about Review: Aladdin – Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
After the Act, A Section 28 Musical, is a powerful piece of theatre that tells the stories of real people that lived through a landmark piece of legislation that silenced a generation. This production is not afraid to take a hard look at a subject, that at the time back in the 80s, was either…
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70s and 80s band Squeeze are currently on an extended tour to mark the band’s 50th year, and at their recent appearance at Ipswich’s Regent Theatre fans young and old were certainly not disappointed. Not many bands can celebrate sell-out venues after 50 years, but Squeeze have not only sold out at many of the…
Read More about Review: Squeeze 50th Anniversary Tour
SIX is a musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, performed by the multi talented The CTC company at Stowmarket’s Regal. An outstanding production it amazingly tells an accurate history of the six Queens in a modern day setting of a girl group. We are introduced to the six queens through autobiographical songs, and…
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High Tide are a writer-centred theatre company, based in the East of England. They produce new plays by playwrights from across that region, and tour the East and beyond. Following the success of their Ghost Stories by Candlelight in 2023 they are currently touring with “More… Ghost Stories by Candlelight”, always dangerous as sequels can…
Read More about Review: More…Ghost Stories by Candlelight
Footloose, currently playing at Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre will delight music lovers. Based on the eighties film of the same, Footloose the Musical tells the story of Ren McCormack, a teenage boy from Chicago. Ren moves with his mother to a small farming town after his father abandons them. A far cry from the busy…
Read More about Review: Footloose, New Wolsey