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Suffolk County Music Service

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Suffolk’s premier youth music groups are all set for a season of quality music-making. The county’s talented young musicians are starting to look forward to a spring/summer of rehearsals and performances. Beginning in the Easter Holidays, their annual residential course will be taking place at Framlingham College over four days. With brass, percussion, string and […]

13th Chime – 80’s Goth-punk Rockers Make a Rare Ipswich Appearance

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Ipswich welcomes a rare appearance by 13th Chime, the East Anglian goth-punks who went on to make an international impact in the early 80s and frequently played with Ipswich’s influential punk act at the time The Adicts. They will be supporting a co-headlined gig at The Smokehouse, Ipswich, with local noise-malcontents Earth Mother F*cker. 13th […]

Legendary Line-Up at Norwich Theatre

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There is a Legendary Line-Up of acts heading to Norwich Theatre with an amazing line up of shows going on sale. This month features acting superstar Ian McKellen, explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a classic musical, comedy icons and some bedtime stories megastars! This month the last Friday is Good Friday, and so for March only, […]

Spa Pavilion Line Up Looks Impressive

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Over the coming weeks, Felixstowe’s award-winning, seafront Spa Pavilion Theatre has an immense line up – with West End stars, a family pantomime and some world class live music. With their new booking system working well (which allows freedom of choice for those who wish to remain seated and those who like to stand and […]

Ipswich Choral Society: Momentous 200th Anniversary Occassion

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Celebrating its 200th anniversary, Ipswich Choral Society performs Haydn’s masterpiece ‘The Creation’ at Snape Maltings Concert Hall on 20th April, joined by the Britten Sinfonia and soprano Anna Dennis. Ipswich Choral Society also welcomes back Halifax Choral Society, making the performance a truly momentous occasion featuring Britain’s two oldest choral societies. ‘The Creation’ was the […]

Brenda Arthur, Chair of Norfolk & Norwich Festival to Step Down after 2024 Festival

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Norfolk & Norwich Festival has announced its Chair, Brenda Arthur will be stepping down at the end of this year’s Festival. The former councillor and Leader of Norwich City Council has been Chair of Trustees at the Festival for eight years. During that time she has helped steer the arts charity through the pandemic, played […]

FM Celbrate 40th Anniversary

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‘Old Habits Die Hard’ is the fourteenth studio album from the legendary British album orinentated rock band, FM. The album is released by Frontiers Records on Friday May 3, 2024, and available to pre-order from https://orcd.co/oldhabitsdiehard. The first single ‘Out of The Blue’ was released Wednesday March 6th and is available on all streaming platforms […]

Frankenstein – Review

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Frankenstein – A Double Bill, Jerwood DanceHouse Mark Bruce Company wowed Suffolk audiences this week with a double bill of brand-new work.  Mark Bruce is an internationally recognised choreographer who founded his multi-award-winning Mark Bruce Company in 1991. To be transparent, it is difficult for me to be completely unbiased about the Company because Mark […]

Something About George – Review

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Something About George – Spa Pavilion For those of us of a certain age the name George Harrisson is synonymous with The Beatles.  Those ten years between 1960 and 1970 saw what was once a school skiffle band, morph into one of the music industry’s most influential and famous bands.  The breakup of the band […]

Steve Harley to be Celebrated at the Spa Pavilion

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Felixstowe’s Spa Pavilion Theatre is hosting an evening on Saturday 30th March, 7.30pm, which will include a large element of tribute to and celebration of the creative genius that was Steve Harley, who passed away earlier this week after a short battle with cancer at his home on the Essex Suffolk border. Led by Robbie […]