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12/12/2025
The History Boys is highly-regarded as Alan Bennett’s finest work, it’s a tale of schooldays but not of the Waterloo Road kind. Having spent time at an all-boys school myself I found Bennett’s characters extremely lifelike, you’ll find many that you’ll remember too. The teacher with the off-beat teaching methods (Hector played magnificently by Richard…
Read More about Review: The History BoysEvery now and then there’s a piece of theatre that really grabs you, tugs on your heart strings and leaves you speechless – Different Buttons is one such piece. Performed by Red Rose Chain in their fabulous Avenue Theatre and written by the amazing Joanna Carrick, Different Buttons tells, not one but five, stories about…
Read More about Review: Different ButtonsNeither Football or politics are subjects that you would class as funny. However, The Three Lions at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich takes a hilarious look at what goes on behind the scenes when David Cameron, David Beckham and Prince William meet at a Swiss hotel the night before England’s bid to host the 2018…
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Wanting to improve herself Rita enrols on an Open University course, however, when she meets her tutor Frank they both get much more than they bargained for. Educating Rita is a story of self – discovery. Hairdresser Rita comes from a working class background. Her husband insists that he wants her to give up work…
Read More about Review: Educating RitaFrank is Head of Installations at Forshaws, a Commercial Lettering Company. The aspiring writer has been promised a Job for life – well as long as there’s a Forshaws… Frank (Robert Gill) has been assigned to look after Alan (Thomas Pickles), a reluctant 16 year old work experience lad, who is much more interested in…
Read More about Review: Sign of the TimesWritten by Arthur Miller, All My Sons is a story of love, family and secrets. Set in America in 1947 the Keller family are living with the ghosts of World War II. Kate Keller is living in hope that her son, who was reported as missing in action, will return home one day. Her husband…
Read More about Review: All My SonsOur area is blessed with a very prolific and varied array of local am-dram companies and Woodbridge’s Company of Four is one of these. Last summer they presented South Pacific which was a stunning performance for an am-dram company, and even rivalled many professional performances with their very talented and able cast. Aladdin is the…
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Cinderella at the Ipswich Regent is the perfect accompaniment to your Christmas celebrations. Everyone knows the story of the poor down-trodden girl who desperately wants to go to the ball, the story has been told so many times. The skill in presenting the tale is to still be able to captivate and entertain the audience…
Read More about Review: Cinderella, Ipswich RegentEastern Angle’s Christmas show has built up a reputation for being different from the normal Festive offerings that usually grace the stages of theatres at this time of year, and their production of The Mystery of St Finnigan’s Elbow is no exception. Alicia Trumpington has been sent to St Finnigan’s, a convent boarding school in…
Read More about Review: The Mystery of St Finnigan’s ElbowThere’s nothing better than a traditional pantomime to get you in the festive mood, and the Mercury Theatre in Colchester hit the nail on the head with this year’s production of Cinderella. The action starts in Stoneybroke Hall where poor Cinderella is made to do all the chores by her step mother Baroness Evilla. Meanwhile…
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