Reviews

Steve Hackett is a very gentle, soft spoken individual.  The sort you instantly warm to when you chat – this I know…

The Return of the Soldier – The Musical New Wolsey Theatre The drama of first love during a time of…

The Barrel, Banham What a superb venue for music – plenty of space for a decent sized crowd and yet still feels…

Arriving at the Mercury Theatre in a bit of a rush, courtesy of Colchester’s Ipswich Road roadworks, I encountered…

The Blaxhall Sessions: Martin Simpson Friday 14th September The sleepy village of Blaxhall was wide awake on…

The Jive Aces Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe Thursday, 13th September 2018 The thought of a night out on Felixstowe…

The New Wolsey Theatre has co-produced this excellent adaptation of Once with the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch, as…

Band: Lizard in a Bottle Venue: The Plough Date: Saturday 8th September 2018 A gorgeous blonde with a guitar as…

The first weekend in September, saw the launch of the first ever Cool Britannia Festival at Knebworth Park; if this…

Based on the 1982 film of the same name and true events, the new musical An Officer and a Gentleman has flown into…

Renegade Twelve The Apex There was a palpable buzz around The Apex on Saturday night.  We arrived early at the…

The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s The Case of the Frightened Lady, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, until 4…

Act: MJ Soul Venue: The Wild Man Date: Friday 20th July 2018 Mr Smooooooooooth visits The Wild Man and what a…

Polstead by Beth Flintoff An Eastern Angles production now touring At the Ipswich Waterfront Beth Flintoff’s…

Hayley Goldsmith goes back for more, having caught a snippet of Guilty Secret a few months back.

Okay this could go either way; a great tribute to the original show, or a complete mess. Thankfully it wasn't the…

Norwich Theatre Royal I want to say so much about Jersey Boys – but unlike a gig review, doing so could spoil your…

Friday 25th May 2018 The Wild Man Self-described as ‘offering no-nonsense rock and roll and are always up for a…

Religion has been used throughout the centuries to gain power, claim land, control countries and a host more…

The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich are alive and kicking with their new musical, Our Blue Heaven. Written and directed…

2 Eddies, Gt Dunmow This was Teenage Revolution’s first gig….ever. A four-piece band and a group of youngsters:…

Cambridge Corn Exchange Hart has Fire and a whole lotta Soul… Beth Hart entered Cambridge Corn Exchange through…

To students studying ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ for their A levels, it is quite possibly just another piece of work…

Another fantastic show in the Regent’s musical month... Many of you will know the 1980’s film Flashdance, but to…

Prince of Wales, Sudbury Robbie Gladwell (Google him – I’m not wasting word count on your lack of musical…

The Met Lounge, Peterborough This well-known band from Surrey formed in 1977 and have been gigging ever since.…

Beautiful - The Carole King Musical Ipswich Regent A real-life story being told through a musical isn’t one to…

Cambridge Corn Exchange “You may not have heard of Marillion…” starts their show’s publicity.  Even I, who would…

Ipswich Regent Whenever I review a gig, lurking at the back of my mind is the question, “if you had to describe it…

At THe Wild Man I don’t have a history of liking heavy rock/metal, but when the band is so good, you can’t help…

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…