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04/11/2025
Dame Rebecca West’s novel The Return of the Soldier was first published in the year that WW1 ended. Therefore this is not a story that has been written to mark the centenary of the war but dates from the time that the ravages of war were still raw and many had experienced the loss and…
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Basically this is a story of boy meets girl and they both fall in love, but each has commitments, or so they think, elsewhere, so maybe it’s a case of another time and another place who knows what could have been. And basically that is the production, it’s a simple tale and never really gets…
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It’s back to the 80s at the Ipswich Regent as a brand new musical, An Officer and a Gentleman, bursts onto the stage. Full of classic 80s tunes this is one show not to miss, as the classic chick flick from 1982 is brought back to life in this brilliant show. Set in the early…
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Les Misérables is an epic musical, based on the novel by Victor Hugo and adapted as a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. It has wowed theatre audiences around the world with it’s powerful songs. More recently it transferred to the movie screens bringing it to yet another audience. It is a production that…
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An extremely talented all female cast brings the story of Maria Marten and the true story of her murder in the Red Barn to life in Eastern Angles latest offering – Polstead. The Murder in the Red Barn is one of those tales that is fixed in the history of Suffolk. A young woman killed…
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James Blunt’s third show at Newmarket, The Afterlove Tour, was tremendous fun, humorous and wildly energetic. The iconic venue hosts a range of artists and arriving at the Premier Enclosure, felt a little different to other concerts, with Race goers dressing up for the occasion, and that’s exactly what it was, an occasion to be…
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Eastern Angles are on the road again with their brilliantly poignant production – Guest House. Set in Clacton, Guest House focuses on the lives of Val, Lisa and Chloe – three generations of women; a grandma, a mother and a daughter and the relationship they have with each other and how they face the changing…
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It’s cold outside but Wool-I-Am the Mammoth has a scarf to keep him warm at Ipswich Museum in High Street. One of the Museum’s favourite characters is pictured with staff – also suitably attired to brave a chilly winter’s day. Museums Manager James Steward said: “Of course, you will always get a warm welcome at…
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Full of fabulous musical numbers and high-energy dance routines Crazy For You bursts onto the Ipswich Regent Stage. Bobby (Tom Chambers) works for the family bank in New York, however is heart is really set on a stage career, so when his mother sends him to repossess a failing theatre in Deadrock, Nevada are his…
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Diana Porter Founder & CEO of Fresh Start – new beginnings has worked with children and families for over 50 years in a variety of statutory and voluntary settings. Having worked in the field of child sexual abuse she identified a need for there to be a charity which centered solely on the needs of…
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