Reviews

As concert encores go, Peter Hepworth’s was quite special.  “I have three more songs! He told us, as the evening…

The 39 Steps is a play, which is a parody adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred…

Bringing an American dance troupe of fourteen and an eight-piece band on tour to the UK & Ireland is not…

Wind in the Willows Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds Young Company An enthusiastic, inquisitive…

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 New Wolsey Theatre This is based on the Oscar Wilde’s book written in 1890 which…

Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt Ipswich Regent Having read the hugely successful book of the same title in two…

Written in four days, Noel Coward’s farce Private Lives is a theatre classic.  It is regularly revived on Broadway,…

The Mercury Theatre transformed into a 1930’s speakeasy with the gloss covered floor of the stage protruding into…

It is a testament to Andrea Dunbar’s skills as a writer that she makes a collection of genuinely unlikeable…

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 Cambridge Corn Exchange Shakin’ Stevens is on his 40th Anniversary Tour and it is hard to believe…

The Smokehouse in the heart of Ipswich was the venue for Charlie Law’s triumphant return to Suffolk after his…

Kiss Me Quickstep The New Wolsey Theatre What does it take to fulfil your dreams? Is passion and talent enough?…

It was MArk's latest single 'The Grand Scheme of Things' that led me to listen to 'Bad Man' Mark explores the…

Thanks to Army of Mice I learned a new word today: “psychogeography” - an exploration of urban environments that…

No strangers to Chinnery’s in Southend this Essex band punch out a strong country sound – you know the sort of…

Good old-fashioned modern rock – is that an oxymoron? Be that as it may, Emma Hodgson fronts this…

Country singer Lisa Redford's lastest EP arrived on my desk the other day – see, we are not totally committed to…

Regent Theatre Ipswich The classic story of a country girl Sherrie (Jodie Steele) moving to the big…

Mercury Theatre Colchester Both captivating and entertaining, this morality play adapted from the book by Malorie…

New Wolsey Studio Eden Harbud brought his one-man puppetry show as part of the Pulse Festival.  This 50-minute…

Who’d have thought you’d find rap on BBC Radio Suffolk!  But that is where we came across The Middle Floor and if…

Infectious melodies and ethereal pop-rock is how the band describe their music. This Suffolk based band have…

Cambridge Chorale’s concert ‘A Sense of the Divine’ Chapel, Ely Cathedral by Rosemary Westwell The title of this…

The Mousetrap Mercury Theatre, Colchester The Mousetrap is a theatrical enigma.  It has run continuously since it…

The year is 1992, and we start by meeting five 16-year-old girls who are transfixed by ‘the band’. Young and…

My Mother Said I Never Should New Wolsey Theatre A story of four generations of women, of the same family, and…

Arkansas Dave The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Mary Review by: Oliver Scanlan The talented, rising stars Arkansas…

Separate Tables Methodist Church, Soham Viva Theatre’s production of ‘Separate Tables’ by Terence Rattigan was…

This almost didn't make it because it arrived after deadline. But one of us has been playing nothing else in the…

On the merch page on Niamh's website you can buy Flammable Socks! I kid you not, personally thermal are fine by…

We make absolutely no apologies for being late and mentioning this Christmas compilation in February. …

Saying "A four piece rock band from Essex" is probably unfair to this quartet. Rock, yes - the opening track…

A seven track EP from this London based singer songwriter, originally from Cambridge. A former chorister, Fergus…

This play is thought provoking, but not in a dry, morose way.  It is hilariously funny, but not a comedy.

The New Purple Celebration – The Music of Prince The Ipswich Corn Exchange www.newpurplecelebration.com They…

We all know and love the classic fairy-tale and panto favourite that is  Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, and…

The Overtones Cambridge Corn Exchange There was a big ‘wooooooo’ the instant the lights when down – people were…

Sleeping Beauty Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds The medieval kingdom of Burytonia is the setting for the beautiful…