Spring 2022
What’s On News The Red House in Aldeburgh Reopens Benjamin
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North Norfolk’s Festival of Poetry & Prose Sea Fever 6, North Norfolk’s
Britten and
festival of poetry and prose,
Peter Pears'
aims to celebrate all forms of
home, The
the written word inspired by
Red House
this exceptional coastline and
in Aldeburgh, offers a charming snapshot into the two mens’
to bring to the coast writers
lives. The farmhouse, nestled in a beautiful five-acre garden,
with national reputations. It
is home to their collections and archive, alongside a gallery
comes to Wells Maltings on
space, museum shop and outdoor café. After closing for
May 6th-7th with the suitably Norfolk theme of Doing Different.
renovations over the winter months, The Red House has
Festival old friend Peter York will be celebrating the fortieth
reopened to visitors. This year's exhibition celebrates the
anniversary of The Sloane Ranger Handbook. Other highlights
powerful role of women in Britten’s life. Benjamin Britten is
include Richard Hawking on Adrien Bell, whose Countryman’s
known for his decades-long relationship with the tenor Peter
Notebook was for many years the best column in the EDP, author
Pears, and for creating powerful roles for male characters in
and conservationist Charles Rangeley-Wilson on a major local
his operas. Yet the significant relationships with women
rewilding project in the Stiffkey valley and Meriel Schindler on her
throughout his life have been relatively unexplored. From
extraordinary family memoir of Austria under the Nazis, The Lost
his family upbringing and close bond with his mother and
Cafe Schindler. Poetry is well represented by Sam Riviera and Jack
sisters, to the many women he worked with and was inspired
Underwood, plus Sally Festing is back with her Open Mic event.
by, to numerous close female friends, Britten and Women
The climax of Sea Fever 6 is a special event showcasing two 1930s
celebrates the powerful role of women in Britten’s life – and
plays combining the talents of poet WH Auden and composer
how they navigated their careers in a man’s world.
Benjamin Britten.
www.brittenpearsarts.org
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www.wellsmaltings.org.uk
Cambridgeshire welcomes The Library Presents The Library Presents returns to Cambridgeshire libraries and outdoor locations this spring in an exciting burst of live arts-based events including workshops, musical events, live theatre and more. For those who enjoy music, Shake, Rattle & Roll will get all ages up and moving. Audiences will hear anything from Bowie to Baroque and Chopin to Chas'n'Dave. On a national tour from Ghana, one of the leading traditional African musical groups, the Kakatsitsi Master Drummers, will bring infectiously funky grooves to local communities. Theatre lovers will get the chance to share an adventure with Miss Sherlock Holmes and her companion, Doctor Jane Watson, as part of Lantern Light Theatre Company’s series of short 19th century Sherlock Holmes plays, while those after a magical twist will be treated to a hilarious evening of mind-bending tricks and jokes courtesy of delightful duo, Kane & Abel. Parents with younger children can enjoy the delights of Garlic Theatre’s wonderfully funny and re-imagined celebration of the classic Goldilocks and the three bears, with the help of puppets. www.library.live/the-library-presents-events
