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05/11/2025
Theatre Reviews
Taking a classic Tv comedy and performing several episodes on stage has become popular in recent years, there’s been Fawlty Towers, The Vicar of Dibley and Dad’s Army to name but just three. Incidentally all three have also been performed by local am drama group The Two Rivers Theatre Company. With most productions the directors…
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Featured
Following on from the article last month concerning Felixstowe’s links to pirate radio, Ipswich24 has news of some exciting events taking place in Felixstowe in September. Radio Caroline’s original ship dropped anchor off Felixstowe back in 1964, this fact is to be remembered with a weekend of events in the town organised by Facebook group…
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Theatre Reviews
Originally set in the height of the Great Depression, the Eastern Edge Theatre Company have brought the iconic tale of Bonnie and Clyde into the modern era. Incorporating technology and modern dance into the story of robbery and crime, it gives the musical a new and entertaining edge. Fun, exciting and thrilling, the audience are swept…
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Featured
The sun shone and the crowds came out to play at this year’s Suffolk Show at the Trinity Park show ground. There was definitely something for everyone in this annual two day event. There were all the usual attractions of an agricultural show, livestock and of course big farm machinery. But the Suffolk Show has…
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Featured
All the colour, energy and drama that you can expect in a Bollywood movie is brought to the New Wolsey stage in this vibrant Bollywood inspired musical from the Leicester-based Phizzical Productions. Like most Bollywood movies this production is a love-story but it’s not all serious, there’s plenty of humour in there too. The principal…
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News
Wendy Cook is normally busy writing articles for Ipswich24 Magazine, but this weekend she will be switching off her laptop to join a team of ladies from Ipswich to walk the Marathon 26.2 miles of the London Moonwalk in aid Walk the Walk Uniting Against Breast Cancer. Wendy started training in January and to date…
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Theatre Reviews
The Importance of Being Earnest tells the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, living in 1890’s England. To escape their boring lives both men devise make believe sick friends and false identities and ultimately both end up using the same pseudonym, Earnest. Jack and Algy plan to win the hearts…
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Theatre Reviews
Take five elderly ladies put them in the Silver Retirement Home, subject them to a storm and see what happens. What actually happens when the play is penned by Sandi Toksvig is just over two hours of cleverly crafted, witty, sometimes surprising, sometimes poignant and occasionally shocking drama. The great thing about getting old is…
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Ipswich News
It seems like only yesterday that the very first edition of Ipswich24 rolled off the press and hit the streets, however Fizzwig Designs, the company behind Ipswich24 has come along way since that first issue 10 years ago. Ipswich24 was started by Mark Keable and Wendy Cook in a front bedroom back in 2006 and…
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Entertainment
Guys and Dolls is a classic stage musical, first playing on Broadway back in 1950, although it’s probably the film adaptation (1955), starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando, that brought the piece to most people’s attention. Throughout the years Guys and Dolls has continued to play around the world and attract audiences new and old….
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