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05/11/2025
Theatre Reviews
What better way to finish 2016 than with Cats at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats is based on T.S. Elliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. This superb musical allows each Cat to tell it’s story, there’s lots of favourites including Rum Tum Tugger, Macavity, Mr Mistoffelees, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy…
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Enchanted Entertainment return to Ipswich Regent with panto favourite Sleeping Beauty. It’s Sleeping Beauty’s Birthday party, however all is not well… When she was a baby an evil fairy cast a spell on her, that when she turned eighteen she would prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die! Her Father, King Cole, banishes…
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It’s panto tradition that The Dennis Lowe Theatre Company take to the stage at Christmas time and this year is no exception as this talent amateur dramatic group brings the tale of Jack and The Beanstalk to Felixstowe. Dame Trott and her son Jack are down on their luck. They have no money and when…
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The award winning CTC are thrilled to be returning to The Apex this Christmas with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical masterpiece, CATS! Adapted from TS Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, ‘CATS’ is a wonderful blend of fantasy, drama and romance. On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the…
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Nothing says Christmas more than the classic, Miracle on 34th Street. And, the Stage Door Theatre Company’s production of the tale of Santa Claus, and the non-believers of New York really does get you in the festive mood. The Macy’s Day Parade is about to commence, however the man hired to be Santa is in…
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Eastern Angles are well-known for their alternative Christmas offering to the traditional Pantomime, and this year the Theatre Company have excelled themselves as they turn their attention to Tudor Suffolk with Stoat Hall. Sir Roger De Polfrey, the Duke of Suffolk, is owner of Stoat Hall, which he shares with his wife Aveline, and his…
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Treasure Island is one of those books that is often read by father to son, and most of us are familiar with this tale of pirates and gold. Jim lives with his parents at The Admiral Benbow Inn. When an old sea captain dies at the Inn owing the family money Jim and his mother…
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The Mercury Theatre in Colchester turn their attention to Dick Whittington this year with all the festive Panto fun we have come to expect from this fabulous Essex theatre. London is plagued with rats, in fact they are everywhere, but it’s ok the Ratty King is taking care of them… or so he says! Heading…
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The New Wolsey Rock ’n’ Roll pantos have become as much a part of Christmas as Roast Turkey and Christmas Pudding and this year’s offering, Sinbad, is stuffed full of great songs and lots of fun for all. It’s also nice to have a variation from the more popular stories that are served up as…
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First published in 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a classic and timeless love story set in the late 18th century. Mr and Mrs Bennet are keen to see their five unmarried daughters find husbands. When two fine gentlemen move into their neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet is keen for her two eldest children, Jane and…
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