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25/10/2025
After a summer of colour and creativity across Suffolk, St Elizabeth Hospice’s Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 art trail ended in style with a fundraising auction that raised more than £250,000 for the independent charity. Running from 21st June to 29th August, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 was the hospice’s fourth art trail, featuring more…
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Don’t Look Now, currently on stage at Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre, is based on the 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier. Du Maurier was a brilliant author and playwright — and when you see her name attached to a story, you just know you’re in for a treat. Think of The Birds, Rebecca and Jamaica Inn — all famously…
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Organisers announce details for this year’s return of fireworks spectacular in Ipswich’s Christchurch Park! Plans are well underway for Ipswich’s annual fireworks event taking place in the town’s historic Christchurch Park on Saturday 1st November 2025. The annual event now in it’s 53 year will feature a draw-dropping fireworks display, choreographed to an eclectic mix…
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John Godber’s Teechers was first written in the late 1980s, yet nearly forty years on it remains just as sharp, funny, and relevant. Though at heart a comedy, the play carries a powerful message about the inequalities in the British school system. This autumn, Ipswich-based Eastern Angles have brought Teechers back to the stage with a new production, currently…
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Penned Up is a brand-new play that is touring the area this Autumn Written by award winning playwright Danusia Iwaszko who draws on her experience of teaching playwrighting in prisons, Penned Up gives the audience an insight into prison life and the real-life experiences of the men behind bars. Fictional prison HMP Ditchfield is the…
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The Nao Santa María will make her first visit to Ipswich this week, docking at Orwell Quay. The ship will be open to visitors from 3 to 7 September. Among her creaking timbers, the Nao Santa María tells the story of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas. Ipswich is one of the English ports welcoming…
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St Elizabeth Hospice’s much-loved Suffolk Dog Day returned to Trinity Park on 31st August, attracting over 1,500 visitors, hundreds of dogs, and raising more than £50,000 for the charity. The event featured fun dog classes, agility and scurry activities, over 60 stalls, children’s entertainment, Crufts-style competitions, and a wide variety of food and drink. James…
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Eastern Angles’ Third Act drama group is looking for new members! This Ipswich-based group is for adults aged over 50 who want to explore their creativity and get involved in theatre. Try your hand at acting, writing, movement, theatrical design or directing in a low pressure, friendly environment. Third Act meet for weekly drama workshops…
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There are no surprises if you go down to the woods today… As the wonderful Red Rose Chain are back again this summer with Theatre in the Forest! The theatre company return to National Trust’s Sutton Hoo adding their special Red Rose magic to another of Shakespeare’s works, and this year it’s the turn of…
Read More about Review: Hamlet (Theatre in the Forest)This summer, Suffolk Archives invites you to set sail on a journey through the county’s rich maritime heritage with its new exhibition Anchors Away: Suffolk and The Sea. Running until 27th September at The Hold in Ipswich, the exhibition explores Suffolk’s deep connections to the sea from smuggling and sea rescues to shipbuilding, coastal communities,…
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