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Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe
Were an orchestra to grace the stage and perform La Traviata you would not call them a Verdi tribute band. Likewise, you should not consider The Goldhawks a tribute band, for they are a group of eight fine musicians playing the work of Pete Townsend’s Quadrophenia with…
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Katherine Jenkins
Ipswich Regent
As part of her ‘Guiding Light’ Tour to promote her album of the same name, Katherine Jenkins comes…
Little Miss Sunshine
Written with the help of Hayley Goldsmith
Based on the cult Oscar-winning film of the same name, Little Miss…
Connor Adams
Connor Adams
Greshams, Ipswich
Connor Adams has been touring the UK with his new EP and was back in his hometown…
Janette Manrara & Aljaz Skorjanec
Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec promised us a show to ‘Remember the Movies’, and we were certainly treated to a…
Grandma Saves The Day!
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Carl Giles was a cartoonist who moved to Ipswich in the 40s and his cartoons became…
She Said YES!
As concert encores go, Peter Hepworth’s was quite special. “I have three more songs! He told us, as the evening…
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps is a play, which is a parody adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred…
Pepperland
Bringing an American dance troupe of fourteen and an eight-piece band on tour to the UK & Ireland is not…
Wind in the Willows
Wind in the Willows
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds Young Company
An enthusiastic, inquisitive…
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
The Ipswich Regent
There can’t be many people over 40 who do not know this story, in fact I would…
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The New Wolsey Theatre
This is based on the Oscar Wilde’s book written in 1890 which…
Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt
Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt
Ipswich Regent
Having read the hugely successful book of the same title in two…
Private Lives
Written in four days, Noel Coward’s farce Private Lives is a theatre classic. It is regularly revived on Broadway,…
Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Mercury Theatre transformed into a 1930’s speakeasy with the gloss covered floor of the stage protruding into…
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
It is a testament to Andrea Dunbar’s skills as a writer that she makes a collection of genuinely unlikeable…
No Crisis For Crisium
It was a beautiful blast from the past on Saturday night at St Peter’s by the Waterfront in Ipswich, as I watched…
Shakin’ Stevens: 40th Anniversary Tour
Shakin’ Stevens
Cambridge Corn Exchange
Shakin’ Stevens is on his 40th Anniversary Tour and it is hard to believe…
Charlie Law Returns Triumphant
The Smokehouse in the heart of Ipswich was the venue for Charlie Law’s triumphant return to Suffolk after his…
Kiss Me Quickstep
Kiss Me Quickstep
The New Wolsey Theatre
What does it take to fulfil your dreams? Is passion and talent enough?…
Rock of Ages
Regent Theatre
Ipswich
The classic story of a country girl Sherrie (Jodie Steele) moving to the big…
Noughts and Crosses
Mercury Theatre
Colchester
Both captivating and entertaining, this morality play adapted from the book by Malorie…
Burning Tails
New Wolsey Studio
Eden Harbud brought his one-man puppetry show as part of the Pulse Festival. This 50-minute…
Cambridge Chorale: A Sense of the Divine
Cambridge Chorale’s concert ‘A Sense of the Divine’
Chapel, Ely Cathedral
by Rosemary Westwell
The title of this…
The Mystery Continues in The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
The Mousetrap is a theatrical enigma. It has run continuously since it…
My Mother Said I Never Should
My Mother Said I Never Should
New Wolsey Theatre
A story of four generations of women, of the same family, and…
Arkansas Dave
Arkansas Dave
The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Mary
Review by: Oliver Scanlan
The talented, rising stars Arkansas…
Separate Tables
Separate Tables
Methodist Church, Soham
Viva Theatre’s production of ‘Separate Tables’ by Terence Rattigan was…
The Wisdom Club
This play is thought provoking, but not in a dry, morose way. It is hilariously funny, but not a comedy.
New Purple Celebration
The New Purple Celebration – The Music of Prince
The Ipswich Corn Exchange
www.newpurplecelebration.com
They…
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
We all know and love the classic fairy-tale and panto favourite that is Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, and…
The Overtones
The Overtones
Cambridge Corn Exchange
There was a big ‘wooooooo’ the instant the lights when down – people were…
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
The medieval kingdom of Burytonia is the setting for the beautiful…
Pop Chorus
Pop Chorus
Ipswich Regent
I didn’t know what to expect with this, I’m fortunate enough to get asked to review…
Ely Consort ‘In Memoriam’
Ely Consort is a name to be reckoned with. This must be one of the best choirs in the district. It isn’t until you…
Jack and the Beanstalk
Imagine the scene. A resting actor sits in their garden enjoying the summer sun. They flick through “The Stage” on…
From The Jam
From The Jam
Cambridge Corn Exchange
From The Jam is made up of the former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton, vocalist…