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Emily Francis Trio
Superb creative coordination from a star jazz trio.
A packed audience at the Maddermarket theatre in Norwich…
Jake Morley & Sam Brookes
Jake Morley last appeared at the John Peel Centre back in February of 2012 accompanied by John Parker on double…
Jack Savoretti
Cambridge Junction
Monday 29th February 2016
I like to see a rock band. And hear one. At Junction 1 in Cambridge…
The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years
Written & Composed by Jason Robert Brown
New Wolsey Theatre
Thu 25th Feb to Fri 11th…
Will Varley at Cambridge Junction
Will Varley brought his latest album Postcards From Ursa Minor to a packed and enthusiastic audience at the…
The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
This is no conventional birthday party. In fact, it is made all…
Four Young Jazz Musicians in Perfect Harmony
The full audience were visibly delighted at a Norwich Jazz Club gig by singer, Kevin Fitzsimmons who, to my…
Land of our Fathers
A play of friendships, fears and frailties with a liberal sprinkling of f-words. Land of our Fathers at the…
BBC Big Band
Anyone who’s a fan of singing legend Tony Bennett will sit up and take notice of the band he describes as…
James Hunter Six at The New Wolsey
Were I the sort of music fan who doesn’t bother turning up for the opening act at a gig, then I would never have…
Folk at the Froize
It was last February I think, in the Elizabethan surroundings of Glemham Hall, that David Grimwood asked me what I…
Aladdin
Aladdin is Ipswich Regent’s seasonal offering this year, produced by Enchanted Entertainment and featuring the…
Snow White & Rose Red
Snow White and Rose Red
Cambridge Junction
10th December 2015
Let’s begin by clearing up any potential confusion…
The Power of The Voice
Gareth Malone, Cambridge Corn Exchange, 9th Dec'15
There are a number of things I need to bear in mind when…
Carols by Candlelight
The shimmering light of a thousand candles softly illuminated the cold, expectant faces of those who had braved the…
Wishee Washee it Wasn’t!
Aladdin
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
until 10th January'16
Poems, pop songs and audience participation aplenty…
Holy Mackerel
Holy Mackerel
Eastern Angles – Sir John Mills Theatre
4th December 2015
Amid the preponderance of…
Boy Band Knights
The Sword in the Stone.
New Wolsey Theatre
until January 10th 2016
In all, there are about eight traditional…
Bohemian Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds
until 10th January 2016
With a wonderful mix of fairy…
Absent Friends
We really enjoyed Absent Friends at the New Wolsey Theatre on Friday evening. Brilliant set, good script and some…
Bully Boy
Bully Boy
Colchester Mercury Studio
November 9th 2015
Choosing to revive Sandi Toksvig's Bully Boy for the…
Steve Earle at The Apex
The Apex
Bury St Edmunds
18th October 2015
Been looking forward to this for ages, as it is not often that a true…
Hazel O’Connor at The John Peel Centre
Hazel O'Connor
John Peel Centre
9th October 2015
“Runaway!” cried Hazel O’Connor, opening her much-anticipated,…
Rura at The Apex
Rura
23rd September
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has been here, here being…
Don Broco
The last time these boys step foot in Colchester they were on their “Dream Boys” tour back in 2010, and I remember…
Clare Teal at The New Wolsey
Ipswich Jazz Festival: Opening Night 19/6/15
The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Clare Teal and her Trio featuring…
Ashton Jones at The Music Room
It’s hard not to be amused and delighted by vocalist Ashton Jones, backed by the excellent and tight Innerheart…
Christina Martin at the John Peel Centre
Making a very welcome return to the John Peel Centre was the delightful Canadian, Christina Martin, this time…
Gigspanner at Glemham
Peter Knight's Gigspanner started their recent UK tour with a house concert in the beautiful surroundings of…
Kaz Hawkins – Walking On Her Own
John Peel Centre
Stowmarket
Many good singers develop their talent and succeed only to be overcome by the demons…
Suzanne Vega in Cambridge
"She'll be the girl who sings for her supper"
The lights dimmed and a disembodied voice said simply: "Ladies and…
Christina Martin at the John Peel Centre
Christina Martin was incredibly ending a tour of continental Europe encompassing 90 shows in six months and a two…
Caro Emerald: Ipswich Regent
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, better known by her stage name Caro Emerald, is a relative newcomer on the music…