Do you live or work in Suffolk? Are you keen on photography? Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils have been working in partnership since 2008 and are working to create a new, single ‘super district’ council for east Suffolk. To reflect this, they want to celebrate east Suffolk as a great place to live, work and visit with the new East Suffolk Photo Competition. The … Continue reading New Photo Competition Launches In East Suffolk
August has been traditionally a rather quite month but this year an exciting new Arts Fest opens – and there are lots of other entertainment to keep your summer days and evenings going with a buzz Every Wednesday Music in Felixstowe present the Young Musicians’ Series at 12noon in St. Andrew’s Church, St. Andrew’s Road 2nd : Isabella Pincombe (oboe), accompanied by Harrison Cole. 9th … Continue reading What’s On Stage In Felixstowe – August 2017
A group of creative practitioners are on the verge of opening a new arts centre for Felixstowe – and the launch is to take place during an inaugural arts fest weekend that could be the start of an arts extravaganza for the area. Felixstowe Creative Arts Trust (F-CAT) was formed a year ago with the express purpose of opening a much needed dedicated arts centre … Continue reading Exciting New Arts Venue For Felixstowe Peninsula Set To Launch
Suffolk Coastal District Council moved into East Suffolk House in Melton last December and the Council is now looking to commission a local artist to create a new and exciting public piece of art and in return, gain some recognition for their work. The artwork will be displayed in the reception area of East Suffolk House and the Council is looking for something which reflects … Continue reading Art Commission Up For Grabs For East Suffolk House!
So its carnival month – but there’s a lot of other exciting event going on too – and some of them are free! On Wednesday 5th at 11.30am Music in Felixstowe present An Indian Summer at the Orwell Hotel – Music and Words from India, with Brian Theodore Ralph and Emily Bennett, sitar and voice. Admission £10.00. Children free. Advance booking recommended. Tickets available from … Continue reading What’s On Stage in Felixstowe – July 2017
Felixstowe Book Festival returns this weekend for a fifth year of talks, readings, book signings and workshops with over sixty writers to entertain adults and children. The weekend opens on Friday 30th June at the Orwell Hotel 7pm with an evening of music and poetry around the legend of the Green Children, from Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band. On Saturday morning you can catch … Continue reading Felixstowe Book Festival 1st-2nd July
Lucy, Lucy and Lucy Barfield by Lucy Grace For me the best performance of the festival so far – this was a well researched and touching exploration of two lives – the life of the Narrator of the piece Lucy Grace, who discovered the wonders of Narnia as a child and found the impact of that discovery colouring most of her life – and Lucy … Continue reading Pulse Festival Reviews 3 – Wednesday 7th July
Well the good weather is (mostly) here at last – and there’s a lot coming up to enjoy in June. Not strictly on stage – but from Saturday 3rd through to Sunday 25th from 11am – 5pm Suffolk Open Studios are holding the Felixstowe Art Trail 2017 As part of Suffolk Open Studios, ten artists in Felixstowe will be opening their studios during weekends in … Continue reading What’s On Stage in Felixstowe – June 2017
EuroHouse – Fellswoop Theatre Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival last year – this was a strange bird of a show that felt like a work in progress by a couple of friends – one French and one Greek – who had something to say about the euro zone – but for much of the time their points seemed lost in translation! This was a show … Continue reading New Wolsey Pulse Festival Review 2 – Monday 5th
So – the Pulse Festival is upon us again – and the New Wolsey working with China Plate have come up with a huge variety of shows to get your jade entertainment taste buds working again. Over the course of the next ten days you can see scratch productions, works in progress and fully formed Edinburgh Fringe winners. There’s stand up, dance, drama and a … Continue reading Review – Pulse 2017 – New Wolsey Theatre – Thursday 1st June
