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16/07/2026
Entertainment
There are musicals that entertain, and there are musicals that remind us of the very best of humanity. Come From Away definitely belongs in the latter category, and Ipswich-based Limelight Performers’ production at the New Wolsey Theatre proves that locally produced theatre can deliver storytelling every bit as moving and polished as its professional counterparts….
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Suffolk’s biggest and best loved outdoor theatre event, Theatre in the Forest, returns this summer to the National Trust’s Sutton Hoo with a beautiful production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night! Red Rose Chain’s Theatre in the Forest event is known for bringing together audiences of all ages under the stars for inventive, fun and whacky…
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Local company, Brooks & Wood Ltd, started work in June on the Arras Square improvements, the work is expected to be completed by Christmas 2026. The project will be delivered in four planned phases to ensure that pedestrian access through the Square is maintained throughout the construction period. The improvements will include new and relayed…
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Vintage trains and added attractions most Sundays this summer at the Mid Suffolk Light Railway. 12th July – Steam Railway Day A day to enjoy all the Middy has to offer with steam train rides on genuine Great Eastern Railway coaches, all well over 100 years old, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, 110 year…
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The National Trust at Flatford is preparing for a busy summer as it celebrates the 250 years since the birth of John Constable, one of the England’s most famous and much-loved landscape artists. Born in nearby East Bergholt on 11 June 1776, John Constable’s father, Golding Constable, owned the watermill at Flatford and John spent…
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Everyone is familiar with the 1978 film Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It spawned a string of chart-topping hits and became one of the most loved movie musicals of all time. However, the story actually began in 1971 as a stage musical, created as a nostalgic homage to American culture in the 1950s….
Read More about Review: GreaseSo the season finale (Two Sisters close for the August break) includes plenty of music plus the return of a nationally and internationally famous author Kicking off with a cabaret evening of music and poetry from Black & White Productions – Summer Of Love celebrates what it says on the tin – not just the…
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With regret the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway have decided to cancel the Craft Fair Day on Sunday 19th July, due to continued weather warnings, which has reduced the number of exhibitors. Rather than disappoint visitors the Middy feels it better hold off until next year when hopefully weather expectations will be more favourable. Otherwise the Middy…
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Organisers of one of Suffolk’s best-loved arts events have announced that this year’s Art on the Prom in Felixstowe has been cancelled after they were unable to raise enough money to cover essential running costs. The festival, which was due to take place on 6th September, normally attracts up to 11,000 visitors to the town’s seafront. In a statement on…
Read More about Art on the Prom CANCELLEDIn a change to the previously advertised programme, the July meeting of the Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group with be a talk by Janet Few entitled “Presenting and preserving the past”. As family historians, we are the current custodians of family memory. With each generation that passes, some of that information leaches away. We owe it…
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The chance to touch a real moon rock, marvel at a giant inflatable solar system, and explore Suffolk’s space stories awaits adventurers to Suffolk Archives’ free, family friendly summer exhibition. The Moon: Meet Our Nearest Neighbour, a touring exhibition from Bespoke Scientific, touches down at The Hold Ipswich from 26th June to 19th September. Discover the science and mythology of the moon. Re-live historic moments in lunar…
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