Reviews

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Young Company There is skullduggery afoot aplenty in Young Company’s high-spirited…

The Ipswich Regent have kicked of their self-proclaimed  'Musical Month' for April with the UK tour of Son of a…

by George Farquhar. Our Country’s Good is a play about class, injustice, poverty, identity, freedom, language. And…

Mercury Theatre, Colchester Although billed as ‘the classic ghost story’, and there are ghosts aplenty,(both real…

What a fantastic evening of entertainment, Sunset Boulevard is a show I have wanted to see for a long time, and it…

Colchester Arts Centre 19th February 2018 Back again at this ever friendly venue, this time under the auspices of…

The Apex Friday 23rd February 2018 I have a confession to make – I’d never seen Fairport Convention play live…

Teddy Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Tristan Bernays’ script and lyrics combine with Dougal Irvine’s original…

Mozart’s The Magic Flute: OperaUpClose New Wolsey Theatre, Thursday 1st February 2018 When you turn up for a…

The Transports The Apex, Bury St Edmunds Here we are again, back at the ever welcoming Apex for the first gig of…

New Orleans Jazz Bandits Colchester Jazz Club @ Marks Tey Sunday 7th January 2018 The New Orleans Jazz Bandits…

The Railway 22nd December 17 You can’t beat a good bit of ska & reggae to keep the foot tapping.…

Milkmaid Folk Club The Apex, Bury St Edmunds Whatever the genre, a full blown twelve piece band is a rarity on…

Ady Johnson & Adrian Nation Headgate Theatre, Colchester Grapevine is no stranger to the musical talents of…

Red Rose Chain The Elves and the Shoemaker Adapted by Joanna Carrick With its muted colours, spiral staircase,…

The Ladykillers of Humber Doucy Lane (or Orton Brimbles if you are going to Peterborough to see it) is a wacky…

I have to admit that Rapunzel is one of those fairy stories collected by The Brothers Grimm that somehow managed to…

Is it really December if you don't make a trip to the panto? You simply can't ignore this British tradition...…

by Martin McDonagh New Wolsey Studio Martin McDonagh’s works are renowned for their dark nature and violent…

Mercury Theatre Colchester All too often the seasonal Christmas show is dominated by farcical slapstick, innuendo…

Red Riding Hood New Wolsey Theatre Peter Rowe’s latest incarnation of the unmissable Ipswich Christmas treat that…

Hot Tramp The Wild Man, Sproughton 24.11.17 If you get the opportunity to see these guys before they start…

On a nippy November eve, I couldn't resist the urge to pop along to the Ipswich Regent to catch Million Dollar…

I don’t watch TV so do not know who Collabro are and I’m not that keen on people singing musical theatre outside of…

A chilly November evening seems the perfect excuse to head back to the New Wolsey theatre for a good old fashioned…

Cambridge Corn Exchange 27 October 2017 I feel as though I should be dictating this review to my clerk, who is…

We braved leaving the house on a chilly Halloween evening, to be warmly welcomed by the New Wolsey Theatre and…

Mercury Theatre Colchester 25th October 2017 OperaUpClose - The Magic Flute I’ve never been to an opera before…

This band never fails to entertain the crowds! Soap Your Auntie are not only great musicians they have a big…

Cambridge Corn Exchange Marc Almond arrived on stage at Cambridge Corn Exchange a diminutive figure in black,  to…

The Strawbs The Apex, Bury St Edmunds "What goes around comes around" said someone far wiser than I and, it…

At the heart of all good stories lies simplicity.  But to describe ‘Things I Know’ as a simple story would do it a…

It's a busy Tuesday night for the New Wolsey, as it's the press night for their brand new original punk musical,…

Cambridge Corn Exchange Saturday 7th October 2017 Wow, this doesn't happen very often, the chance to show my…

Colchester Arts Centre Thursday 5th October 2017 Here we go again, how could anyone be bored with this job?, back…

With much excitement my party of five School mum's, plus a teenage daughter (who'd never see the film Grease)…

Grease is the word! and it's finally found itself at the Ipswich Regent, for one week only. Quite frankly, if…

We sent our regular folk and world music reviewer to see a jazz band in a theatre....

Could you pick one event that defines the magic that makes your heart, if not your voice, sing? Two blokes with…

Friday night at The Arts Centre, and one of those rare occasions when you really have no idea as to what you are…