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June-July 2018

Festival Fever Hits the Region Celebrating Munnings as Royal Academy President

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Holt Festival Exhibition 2018 Eileen Cooper RA: Decade with studio glass by Charlie Macpherson

July 21 - August 08 www.birchamgallery.co.uk 14 Market Place HOLT Norfolk NR25 6BW 01263 713312 Open 9-5 Monday to Saturday

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BA Degree Shows 2018 26 June - 4 July www.nua.ac.uk/degree-shows #NUAdegreeshows

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ARTSeast Competition Winners from the previous issue: Tickets to see Dan Snow: The History Guy at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds - Emma Cranshaw of Roydon, Norfolk.

Editor’s Welcome

Tickets to The Sweethearts of Swing at The Fisher Theatre, Bungay - Rosemary Walsh of Reydon, Southwold.

ARTSeast Magazine DBH 21-22, Diss Business Park, Hopper Way, Diss, Norfolk IP22 4GT www.artseast.co.uk www.falconpublications.co.uk follow us @artseastmag artseastmagazine Publishers Gary Enderby & Sarah Veness Editorial Sarah Veness sarah@artseast.co.uk 01379 773348 07803 328258 Advertising Gary Enderby gary@artseast.co.uk 01379 773347 07722 163703 Social Media Manager Sam Enderby

A warm welcome to the June/July issue of

For our coffee and a chat feature, we caught up with

ARTSeast Magazine.

theatre director Lucy Bailey ahead of her production

With summer in full swing, our beautiful region really

of Agatha Christie’s Love From a Stranger at Norwich

comes into its own with an amazing array of festivals

Theatre Royal in July.

to suit all tastes.

As ever, we have some great prizes on offer including

In this issue we take a look at the latest exhibition at

tickets to see Alistair McGowan as you’ve never seen

The Munnings Art Museum celebrating Sir Alfred

him before at The Auden Theatre, Holt plus the

Munnings’ stint as president of the Royal Academy,

chance to win a ticket to the excellent Maui Waui

look forward to many amazing and eclectic festivals

Festival in Theberton, Suffolk in August.

taking part all over the region in these summer

For now, I’ll leave you to have a read and plan your

months, welcome the GoGoHares to Norwich and

summer of fun. We may see you at one of these

chat to popular North Norfolk artist Samuel Thomas.

many awesome events.

Our news pages are chock-a-block full of excellent exhibitions, theatre productions, festivals and events which are taking place across both counties.

Accounts Julia Aitken accounts@artseast.co.uk 01379 773349 Design Copy Concept ian@copy-concept.co.uk 01379 608358 Distribution Melvyn Veness Kevin Stubley Published by Falcon Publications

Cover Image:Majestic Hare (Norwich GoGoHares) Picture credit: Mark Ivan Benfield.

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Editor’s Welcome

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Holt Festival

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Artist Profile: Samuel Thomas

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Alistair McGowan Competition

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Arts Council: The Big Sing

11 The Munnings Art Museum: RA250 Exhibition

14 Visual Arts News 17 GoGoHares 18 Arts & Crafts Directory 20 Tower Street Print Project 22 Theatre & Film News 24 Coffee & a Chat: Lucy Bailey

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41 What’s On News 43 Festivals Feature 46 Wimpole History Festival

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Studio Open May 26, 27, 28, June 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10 28, Langham Road, Blakeney NR25 7PJ Riverside Art & Glass exhibits contemporary art in an a rac ve gallery space in the village of Wroxham, the heart of the Norfolk Broads 24 Norwich Road, Wroxham, Norfolk, NR12 8RX Tel. 01603 784000

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Artist ProďŹ le: Samuel Thomas

Artist Samuel Thomas talks about the Joy & Wonder that radiate from his Norfolk-inspired paintings.

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April Showers

Norwich A Fine City

‘In my life and in my artworks I am a perfectionist, an idealist and a

some of my paintings are subtle and in touch with reality. As opposed to

romantic, but aren’t we all in terms of what we want from our lives?

other paintings which incorporate geometric patterns and vibrant

These key ideas weave through my paintings, as the artworks mirror the

colours to involve our senses and to amplify the landscape making it

way that I see the world. My artworks are colourful celebrations of the

come alive translating how nature can make us feel free, boundless,

joy we attain from life itself – often shown in ‘life-affirming’ paintings

excited and energised. The reason I do this is because I want to

which capture those perfect moments out in nature. They are loud

celebrate these ordinary ‘simple pleasures’ like walks by the seaside

statements that say ‘This is Perfection’.

I paint Norfolk Landscapes in my unique style that is deliberately stylised and naive as it echoes back to the nostalgia of the 1920’s ‘Come to the seaside’ railway posters, but with a contemporary pop-art twist.

and transform them back to the audience as ‘extra-ordinary’ and outlandish. Why? - It’s because during these ‘quiet and reflective moments’ in life - we gain mental clarity and huge amounts of joy from these seemingly ‘simple pleasures’.

I paint this way to illuminate the joy and wonder that Norfolk brings to

People can view my artwork on my website or at the Garden House

the locals and the visiting tourists alike. After 10 years of painting I now

Gallery in Cromer, as well as other stockists shown on my website. All of

work in a number of styles which continually evolve as I thrive on

my large original paintings are available as affordable limited edition

challenging my creative nature. Recently I have also been exhibiting in

prints that start from £95 each, and I have a diverse range of greeting

galleries down in Brighton to share my work with a larger audience.

Predominantly I am inspired by the Norfolk Coast and countryside, and I paint in a way that aims to embody the emotional and mental clarity we benefit from being out in nature itself. Sometimes the natural environment provides a reflective, relaxed and calming space, and thus

cards. I also undertake commissioned paintings for customers to capture a favourite place or view, Marks & Spencer have also commissioned artwork. I have recently improved my website so it is easier for customers to browse and purchase limited edition prints and greeting cards direct to their homes.’

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What a Go!

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy, The Munnings Art Museum has dedicated a fascinating new exhibition to one of its most revered presidents.

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Augereau with George Curzon c1909 and 1956. Sir Alfred Munnings.

My Wife, My Horse and Myself. Sir Alfred Munnings.

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Mrs J V Rank 1940. Sir Alfred Munnings.

2018 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy. In recognition of this, the Museum is celebrating Sir Alfred Munnings’ links with the Academy - from his first acceptances for the Summer Exhibition in 1899 at the age of just 19 and, following in the footsteps of the Academy’s founder Sir Joshua Reynolds, to his election as President of the RA in 1944.

At that time the RA was an important and influential national institution. Munnings appointment as its president was an acknowledgement of his prestige as an artist. This was further recognised in 1956 by the rare honour of a retrospective exhibition in his own lifetime. It was quite a journey for the son of a Suffolk miller.

Now at the pinnacle of his career, Munnings’ power, prestige and position in society was widely recognised by the honours he was accorded including a knighthood in 1944 and a KCVO two years later. The Museum displays will include important letters, artefacts and photos that illustrate the range and

breadth of his influence at this time.

In 1949, Munnings reinstated the Royal Academy Summer Banquet, which had been put on hold during the war, and used this to announce his retirement in a contentious speech railing against the modernist art of the time. A traditionalist, he believed that a painting should be beautiful and inspiring, not confusing and confounding as he found cubist work by the likes of Picasso.

The Museum has in its collection some of the more than 300 paintings that Munnings’ exhibited at the RA. Those on display will be woven through the permanent collection and accompanied by quotes from Humphrey Brooke, one of the original Monuments Men and Secretary of the RA (1952-1958) who helped put together the 1956 Retrospective exhibition for his friend.

Highlights include Augereau with Groom George Curzon, a painting reworked over 50 years, My Wife, My Horse and Myself and Mrs JV Rank. They also include the famous painting King George V on Jock

which is on loan from Ipswich Borough Council.

The exhibition also includes ephemera and personal items from the museum’s archives which relate specifically to him becoming president . These include letters and telegrams of congratulations from people including Dame Laura Knight and the artist C.R. Nevinson.

There is also a letter of congratulations from the Norwich School of Art where Munnings trained.

Running alongside the RA exhibition, is an exhibition entitled Munnings and the River which offers the rare opportunity to explore the artist’s work as a landscape painter. Featuring almost 50 original oil and watercolour paintings, plus drawings, photographs and personal items, visitors will enjoy Munnings’ deft use of the brush to recreate shimmering light on the moving surface of water

Both Munnings and the Royal Academy and Munnings and the River run until October 31st. www.munningsmuseum.org.uk

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News

Visual Arts

Celebrating Art in Cambridge Cambridge Open Studios will feature an exciting range of exhibitions by 350 artists at 221 locations in the city and surrounding areas. Artists will open their doors to the public over four weekends in July (7/8, 14/15, 21/22 and 28/29). Among the huge range of specialisms will be fine art, photography, pottery, glass making, sculpture, illustration, textiles, jewellery and furniture making. Not all artists will exhibit every weekend so it is important to check the website, or refer to the famous yellow guide. These guides will be

Art for all at Wells Maltings

widely available in local outlets including libraries, tourist

The first-ever sculpture trail in Wells-next-the-Sea will

information sites, galleries and

launch on Saturday June 23rd and run until

selected shops. New for 2018 is

September. The Wells Heritage Art Trail celebrates the

a partnership between

town’s rich and varied history, featuring 17 new

Cambridge Open Studios and

artworks by 26 artists, all for sale. Taking around an

ofo bikes. The partnership came about to help visitors hop between studios

hour-and-a-half to complete, it will begin at the new

in central Cambridge without any traffic and parking problems using the

£5m Wells Maltings arts, heritage and community hub

handy bicycles for hire. With a code printed in the COS yellow guidebook,

on Staithe Street, where trail maps will be available.

visitors will be able to claim five free one hour of bike rides – just the ticket

Wells Maltings will house a state-of-the-art theatre and

for travelling between city centre locations. Cambridge Open Studios now

cinema, heritage centre, Visitor Information Centre,

has an app to help visitors find exactly what they’re looking for and plan

café/bar, shop, art gallery, community spaces and

their days out. You can search by the artist’s name, medium (painting,

more. The venue’s first indoor art exhibition,

pottery, glass etc.), and location. There’s also a button that suggests studios

CONNECTION: OPEN 2018, will also open this summer,

to visit nearby. The app will be available to download by mid-June for Apple

celebrating the best East Anglian art.

and Android.

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Waveney and Blyth Arts An arts organisation will celebrate the unique landscapes of the Waveney and Blyth valleys with a packed season of events. Waveney & Blyth Arts will host more than 25 events across the district throughout 2018. From talks to exhibitions and walks to a sculpture trail, there is an exciting programme of events celebrating rivers and the creatures, plants and people that live in and around them. First up, Ferini Art Gallery in Pakefield will host an exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures on the theme of River Dwellers from June 22nd-July 22nd featuring work from members including Fern Spring, Kate Batchelor, Ruth Wharrier, Margaret Parsons, Claire Dowson and Mark Baker amongst others. On June 30th, Mark Cocker, naturalist, prize-winning author and speaker, will give his own take on rivers at Southwold Arts Centre as part of Southwold Arts Festival. Mark will share his passion for rivers and their inhabitants, complemented by extracts from Translated by Reeds, an evocative song cycle commissioned in 2012 from composer Karen Wimhurst and poet Joanna Guthrie, performed by Halesworth Community Choir. Other events include an annual poetry competition, a creative writing workshop and walks around local landscapes as well as many more events that celebrate the area where the Northfolk and Southfolk meet and intermingle.www.waveneyandblytharts.com

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Annual Aldeburgh Exhibition Thompson’s Gallery in Aldeburgh is holding its 36th Annual Exhibition, filling the gallery with fantastic pieces from both established and new artists. Works include those by Elisabeth Frink, Peggy Sommerville, Mary Potter, Harry Becker, Edward Seago and Michael Scott amongst others to represent the Modern British element of the show. They are also showing Peter Wileman, Helen Tabor, James Harrigan, Terence Clark, Rachel Shaw-Ashton and James Harrigan and many other talented contemporary artists such as Ania Hobson, who is shortlisted for the prestigious BP Portrait Award this year. Their Annual Summer Exhibition promotes the very best of British art from the 20th and 21st Century. Highlights include work by the Cornwall sculptor Richard Holliday, who is new to the gallery, and creates wonderful sculptures in Ancaster limestone and also some charming Aldeburgh observations by Tessa Newcomb and tender acrylic paintings by the Swedish artist Brita Granström.

www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk

The War Against the Plastic Tide An alarming 91 per cent of plastic ever created has not been recycled, meaning it will haunt our natural environment for over 400 years until it biodegrades. In doing so, micro-plastics enter our food chain and if current trends continue, plastic will outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050. To raise awareness and promote change Seaview Gallery in Walberswick is bringing together eight acclaimed coastal artists from East Anglia in a special fundraising exhibition - running from July 21st-September 2nd - for marine conservation. Alongside works for sale by James Dodds, Laurence Edwards, Kate Giles, Tim Fargher, Andrew Pringle, Helen Napper, Fiona Petheram and Karen Downing, visitors are invited to silently bid on selected artworks kindly donated by a number of the artists.

Proceeds from the auction and sales from plastic free merchandising, including bespoke tote bags and reusable beeswax cling film, will be donated to The Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading charity for the protection of our seas, shores and wildlife.

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Natalie Knowles: The Portraits Artist Natalie Knowles is exhibiting fourteen hyper-realistic pen and pencil portraits, tours de force of mark-making, produced when she was aged 15-17. The Portraits will be on display at Anteros Art Foundation from August 7th-23rd . Predominantly completed in 2000, these portraits strive to capture the zeitgeist of a new millennium through the eyes of a young adult. Natalie studied work by Goya and Mengs to produce her own portraits of contemporary behemoths Peter Cushing, David Beckham, and George Lucas. 'It is with a mixture of trepidation and excitement that I am exhibiting the portraits in 2018,’ says Natalie. ‘For the first time ever all fourteen will be presented in chronological order in one room. They will tell the story of the summer of 2000 when my artistic career began.' Natalie Knowles is now an award winning artist and illustrator. She is a Member of the Association of Illustrators and has an MA in Sequential Design / Illustration.

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Visit Cambridgeshire’s Artists in their Studios this July

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‘Hare’ your way around Norwich The GoGoHares will be hare before you know it, as we say in Norfolk With trail maps in hand, or app downloaded,

represent 2018 – moongazer sculptures which will

interest. There are some special connections to the

people all across Norfolk will be planning their

be placed around the county of Norfolk. Locations

local area like Boudicc’Hare, GoGo Hareatio Nelson

routes around the city and county hare trails this

include the Broads, Great Yarmouth,

and Mr Cel-HARE-brate Norfolk! Many of the hares

summer.

Wymondham, Dereham, Cromer, Holt, Aylsham,

have a twitter feed and if you use Instagram you

Norfolk children’s charity Break has again partnered up with Wild in Art after the incredible success of the Gorillas in 2013 and Dragons in

Hemsby, Harleston, Fakenham, North Walsham

can share your images using the #GGH18 which

and Wroxham.

upload onto the gogohares website.

With 68 hares in total representing the year Break

The trail will start on Sunday 24th June and run

2015, for what should be a really exciting set of

was founded by Geoffrey and Judith Davison, the

through to Saturday 8th September. The leverets

trails. This year is a particularly important one for

summer should give families and visitors a really

will be joining the main trail on 2nd July and

Break as it celebrates 50 years, and what better

special time together discovering new locations,

return to their owners after 2nd September. There

way to do this than to have a sculpture trail

having fun, sharing pictures and meeting other

will be a last chance to see all the large sculptures

featuring a hare, a creature found around the

trail hunters!

Norfolk countryside, quietly going about its business, just like Break.

This year we have also had over 160 schools, clubs and groups sign up for the learning programme,

called Hare today Gone Tomorrow on 7 – 10th October, after which 50 sculptures will be auctioned off on 11th October, raising valuable funds for Norfolk children’s charity Break.

Break’s chief executive Hilary Richards said; ‘We

giving so many people the opportunity to create a

passionately believe every child and young person

beautiful leveret that forms another trail around

needs a home where they feel safe and loved, so

the city of Norwich. The small hares are located in

trail on the gogohares.co.uk website, pick up a trail

they can grow in confidence and look to the future

clusters around intu Chapelfield, Castle Mall,

map at local tourist attractions or download the

with hope, and that’s what we strive to achieve

Norwich Cathedral, The Forum and other

gogohares app for £1.99, and begin ticking off the

every day.’

independent shops, and their locations can be

hares one by one!

This year is a little different as the team wanted the

found on the app or via the website.

You can find out all you need to know about the

For more information on the trail and the charity

city trail, comprising of 50 ears up sculptures to be

There is something for everyone on the trails

achievable in a day, so almost all are within the city

including super hero characters, a time traveller,

@GoGoHares2018 on Facebook, Twitter and

walls. However to get a wider range of people

book characters, food themes, hares disguised as

Instagram. #GGH18

involved in the trails there are also 18 – to

other animals and some highlighting local

visit: www.gogohares.co.uk and follow

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Spotlight on Tower Street

Based in the heart of Ipswich is a printmaking project The Tower Street Print Project delivers courses and workshops from their studio in Tower Street ideally-located next to the town’s Tower Ramparts bus station. It’s a friendly, relaxed place where people are free to explore their creative side in a supportive and nurturing environment.

and design and time to get on the presses.

‘Students are thrilled at the end of the course when they have produced a 3 or 4 colour Reduction linocut to be proud of,’ says Alison. ‘Students then have the opportunity to go on to further courses or come along to our open studio sessions where they

‘We have a wide range of students,’

can use our facilities and work independently, with some

says Alison Smyth who runs the

technical support, to develop their own practice.’

project alongside her printmaker husband Al. ‘It’s the perfect place for beginners to find their feet and have the chance to create something beautiful but also for those who have some skills, to further develop their practice.

‘We are a very hands-on studio and like people to get stuck in and have a go.’

Their summer programme offers a range of courses suited to both beginners and those with previous experience, all with the aim of helping students develop their own personal practice.

June sees the chance for students to undertake a popular five week linocutting course on Saturday mornings, to learn the Reduction method. With small classes, you are guaranteed plenty of one to one tuition, a chance to experiment with colour

In fact, the project has found that many students come back time and time again. ‘It’s fantastic,’ says Alison. ‘They are able to bring their own ideas and develop them further.’

There’s also a four-week introductory ‘Explore Printmaking’ course starting on June 14th. Explore Printmaking offers students the opportunity to experiment with monoprinting, linocutting, woodblock printing, collagraph and Drypoint Etching in an intensive course that covers all main printmaking techniques, allowing students to decide what they might like to specialise in or experiment with further on other courses.

In July, they are offering a new type of linocutting course entitled Kitchen Cottons. It offers the opportunity to create coordinating tea towels and aprons of your own design.

‘This course lets you create something bold, bright and personal for your home. It’s a bit of fun but essentially you finish up with

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On July 12th, there is a one-day Introduction to Printmaking course from 10am-4pm. ‘We find that this course is particularly popular with artists from other mediums such as watercolour, oil and pastel artists as well as those who produce stained glass or sewing,’ says Alison. ‘People can come along and dabble with Drypoint Etching and Linocutting to extend their range of skills.’

July also offers the chance to try a brand new course focusing on Linocut Lettering. This one day workshop will appeal to people who love words and typography as well as wanting to have a go at printmaking. Students will have the opportunity to create and produce their own letter forms. ‘We have found that many people who have worked in the print business are very excited

could come to a printmaking studio,’ says Alison. ‘For example, we provide free workshops for volunteers of charities and we offer discounted portfolio development classes for schools to give students a chance to work with a professional artist and printmaking studio and enhance their arts practice.’

Moving forward, the Tower Street Print Project, who opened for business in September last year, hopes to build partnerships with other local arts organisation to widen opportunities. To provide students with access to screen printing, they are currently working in association with Cut Editions who have begun to offer screen printing workshops at their studio in Halesworth.

about working with ink and letters again,’ says Alison. ‘Lots of

‘We’ve started to build and develop a thriving printmaking

younger designers are also keen to look at printmaking to add

community in Ipswich and we’d love to build on this,’ says

another dimension to their commercial work.’

Alison. ‘Everyone is very welcome, regardless of their skill level

Run by a community interest (not for profit) arts organisation, the project ploughs money back into the community.

‘When people pay for a course they are helping us to provide workshops and courses for people who are less able to afford

or age. We are very passionate about what we do and love to pass on that love and passion to others. Our prices are also very reasonable and most importantly, we have fun!’

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News

Theatre & Film

Eastern Angles: Polstead The murder in the Red Barn is one of those stories that sticks in the mind. It has all the elements of a classic period drama Maria Marten killed by her lover William Corder, his subsequent trial and hanging, public outrage and fascination with the twists

Brand new Musical debuts in Norwich

and turns of the plot. Now, Eastern Angles are bringing this

The six wives of Henry VIII are heading to Norwich Playhouse for five

infamous tale to the stage with their latest production, ‘Polstead’.

feisty days of SIX, a brand new British musical. This hotly anticipated

On tour during July and August, the new version by Beth Flintoff

show combines history, heartbreak and a pop soundtrack to create a

will approach the story from a new perspective, putting Maria

sexy and sassy production. Norwich Playhouse will host the full

and her female friends and family at the centre of the action.

professional premiere of SIX from July 11th-15th, giving local

This stunning production will visit a series of pop-up venues on

audiences the opportunity to enjoy this startlingly funny musical

Ipswich Waterfront, The Undercroft in Peterborough, Semer Tithe

before it hits the West End in September. Don’t miss out!

Barn and at Debach airfield.

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Shakespeare at the Cathedral The UK’s premier all male theatre company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, return to Norwich Cathedral this summer to perform Shakespeare’s spellbinding masterpiece, The Tempest, amidst the beautiful open air surroundings of the Cathedral Cloisters. Twelve years ago, Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his brother washes up on a distant and mystical island with his baby daughter, Miranda. A place where his magical powers reign supreme and the only inhabitants of the island, the sprite Ariel and brutish Caliban, answer his every command. In this strange new kingdom,

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he is left to brood. Now his enemies, his brother Antonio, who supplanted him as Duke, and Alonso, King of Naples, whilst sailing home are blown, by fortune, off course towards him. Prospero raises a tempestuous storm that shipwrecks them. Scattered across the island the boat’s passengers are tested and tormented as they are magically drawn towards their fate. Left to plot his revenge for years Prospero finally has the chance to exact it. But will he? This play of soaring poetry, high comedy and tender love, Shakespeare’s late, great gem, examines the power of true love, our capacity for vengeance and what it takes to forgive. Performed in the open air with Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. www.cathedral.org.uk/shakespeare

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Lowestoft welcomes Rhythm of the Dance

Legacy Dance Company UK Premieres 2018 Show

A stunning live show, that celebrates Irish culture through

changed over the last 100 years? That is the theme of the brand-

music and dance, will soon be performed at the Marina

new dance show being premiered by LEGACY Dance Company UK at

Theatre in Lowestoft. The ever popular Rhythm of the

Norwich Playhouse on June 22nd-23rd. The Evolution Of

Dance show returns on July 18th at 7pm. With a

Man[sculinity] will take the audience on a two-hour journey

wonderful, gifted young cast of dancers, musicians and

through the ages mixing dance styles and music. It is the latest

three Irish tenors, featuring live performances from the

chapter for the company, which was initially formed from the male

entire troupe, this is a show that has won critical acclaim

dance talent selected to star opposite members of the world-

across four continents of the world in 51 countries to over

renowned Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures in Lord of the Flies

What does it mean to be male and how has everyone’s view of men

5 million fans. This two-hour dance and music

around four years ago. Since then, Norwich-based choreographer

extravaganza contains a wealth of Irish talent and is an

Cat Chapman has run Legacy, made up of male dancers aged 10 to

inspiring epic, reliving the journey of the Irish Celts

21, through a mix of live performances, workshops with some of

throughout history.

the globe’s top choreographers and leading companies from the

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dance and musical theatre worlds, and the chance to hone their skills in sessions every weekend.

Dame Jenni Murray Celebrates Woman

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Visit the Corn Hall, Diss on June 16th to hear the history of Britain, as you never have before - through the achievements of twenty-one women whose lives enthral, intrigue and inspire. They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world.

In this personal selection, Dame Jenni Murray draws together the lives of 21 women – including Boudicca, Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Mary Seacole, Nancy Astor, Margaret Thatcher and Nicola Sturgeon - to shed light upon a variety of social, political, religious and cultural aspects of British history, adding in the occasional anecdote from her own distinguished life along the way. Jenni Murray is a journalist and broadcaster who has presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour since 1987. She regularly contributes to various newspapers and magazines, and is the author of several books, including Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter.

This fantastic evening of talk and questions will reinvigorate the stories behind the names we all know and reveal the fascinating tales behind those less familiar.

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Coffee & a Chat Agatha Christie’s work will be brought to life this July at Norwich Theatre Royal.

Here we talk to director Lucy Bailey and the author’s great-grandson James Prichard about the touring production of Love From a Stranger…

In Agatha Christie there’s always a

countryside. The rest of the play is

a theatre adaptation which was not

mystery to be solved, isn’t there? In her

occupied by one overarching question:

performed and then Frank Vosper, a

stories and plays, somebody is done

how much of a mistake will the marriage

rising star of the stage and screen, spied

away with and the task – which usually

turn out to be?

a great lead role for himself and worked

falls to a sleuth – is to work out whodunit.

In Love From a Stranger many of the familiar elements of a Christie mystery are absent, which makes it all the more mystifying. To see for yourself, head to Norwich Theatre Royal from July 27th21st when the touring production of the play comes to the city.

Lucy Bailey, the theatre director who has had many successes with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe, had not heard of the play when she was first approached by the theatrical production company Fiery Angel about staging something by

up a sharper version. It was a hit in the West End in 1936, then had a shorter run in New York. Alas, on the ocean liner home in March 1937, Vosper contrived one night to topple through a porthole and drown in the Atlantic. An open verdict was returned at the inquest.

Agatha Christie. They offered her a couple

While sundry radio and film versions

of options. ‘What attracted me was the

followed, Love From a Stranger has rather

room comedy featuring that reliable

dark undercurrents and how relevant it is,

fallen into obscurity. If you discount the

staple, a meddling spinster aunt. Two

how we don’t know people and what

remarkable endurance record of The

young women have won a huge sum in

erotic addiction and compulsion blinds

Mousetrap, for a long time the same has

the sweepstake. Mavis plans to travel,

us in our lives,’ says Lucy. ‘The successful

been true of Christie’s standing as a

while Cecily is finally free to marry her

liar is what’s so fascinating to Christie.

dramatist. Then last year Lucy Bailey had

slightly dull fiancé, who is expected back

The story could happen any time. We are

a breakthrough. Her production of

from his administrative job in the Sudan.

updating it to the late fifties, but it could

Witness for the Prosecution opened in

So, they are letting their flat.

be set now. People go with their lovers to

the atmospheric setting of the London

isolated places to have a romance. It

County Hall chamber. Hailed by critics,

absolutely is current.’

her site-specific staging is still luring rapt

The play initially seems to be a drawing

But then a strange man, introducing himself as Bruce Lovell, comes to inspect

audiences to the south bank of the

it. Cecily instantly falls for him, the fiancé

The play actually started out as a short

is swiftly ditched, and by the next scene

story. “Philomel Cottage” was published

Cecily and Bruce are man and wife and

in 1934 as part of the collection The

‘What Lucy has done with Witness has

settling in a remote corner of the

Listerdale Mystery. Agatha Christie wrote

opened up the eyes of the theatre world,’

Thames.

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Lucy Bailey (Director) in rehearsal for Love from a Stranger

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says James Prichard, the author’s great

moustachioed Kenneth Branagh. They

would be listening to every conversation

grandson who remembers his great

looked very different from all those Poirot

around her. She has an incredibly unfair

grandmother as a kindly old woman who

dramas starring David Suchet.

reputation for creating cardboard cut-out

died when he was still in short trousers.

He took over the running of Agatha Christie Ltd from his father Mathew in 2015. ‘There is now an air of confidence that modern audiences will enjoy these brilliant productions,’ he continues. ‘Five years ago all you heard about was Sherlock and we were saying, ‘What do we have to do?’ Agatha Christie is having a moment and the respect for her work is

‘The Poirot series was an extraordinary thing for 20, 25 years,’ says Prichard. ‘But what the end of that and the Marple series allowed us to do was try something else.’ Not everything has

characters. She realised what makes people tick. She explored it to the extremes. In her view all of us could really be a murderer. What she’s exploring is what tips people to that point.

worked. In 2015 audiences didn’t take to

‘I refer to her as a genius because I think

the BBC’s rather too perky Partners in

she was one. We’ve got recordings of her

Crime series starring David Walliams and

dictating the books. It’s like an

Jessica Raine.

audiobook. She could speak these books fully formed from her head without

coming back in a way I don’t think I’ve

Love From a Stranger comes from the

experienced. I’ve spent quite a lot of my

other end of the spectrum. To research it,

lifetime apologising for her. But there is a

and find her way around the labyrinth of

In other words, she was the Mozart of

reappraisal.’

That reappraisal has been driven by some starry television adaptations over the last few years: the BBC’s Christmas adaptations of And Then There Were None and Witness for the Prosecution, and soon on our screens, a new adaptation of Ordeal By Innocence. And

pausing, without making mistakes.’

psychopathy, Lucy Bailey immersed

murder. But with this gripping drama she

herself in the grizzliest literature and the

keeps audiences guessing. Bailey’s

most gruesome films and TV dramas.

prediction is that “audiences go to the

‘The way Agatha Christie explores the

pub talking about it. Christie wants

mind of someone who has the capacity to

audiences to speculate.” Love From a

deceive is truly exciting,’ she says. ‘She

Stranger is not a whodunit, but a

must have done so much reading about

whodunwhat.

it. I don’t know how she did it.’

Love From A Stranger runs at

then there was the stellar new film

So how did she do it? ‘She was incredibly

Norwich Theatre Royal from July

version of Murder on the Orient Express,

interested in people,’ says James

17th-21st. For tickets go to

directed by and starring an elaborately

Prichard. ‘If she was in a restaurant she

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presents the highly anticipated new British musical

Shakespeare Festival ‘The Tempest’

Friday 13 & Saturday 14 July, 7pm. Tickets £18 - £20.

Book online cathedral.org.uk/shakespeare or at the Norwich Theatre Royal box office (01603 630000).

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A Cultural Gem

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Holt Festival promises an outstanding programme of theatre, music, comedy, literature, talks, children’s and visual arts events‌

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Gloria Campaner

Jasper Carrott

The full tenth anniversary programme for Holt Festival 2018, North Norfolk’s award winning, international feast of the arts running from July 21st-29th has been announced.

Stash Kirkbride has taken the helm as Artistic Director, and has delivered a programme that combines the best of national and international talents with some of the cream of our own Norfolk performers. Major new announcements include a Norfolk Day special appearance by the county’s best loved, most popular and rudest (!) comedy duo The Nimmo Twins and two major exhibitions which put Holt firmly on the international art map.

Music has always been a mainstay of the festival and this year’s line-up doesn’t disappoint. Internationally renowned Italian concert pianist Gloria Campaner comes to Holt for two exclusive concerts. Other classical highlights include a concert by one of the UK’s leading tenors James Gilchrist, accompanied by Matt Wadsworth; and Norwich soprano Lisa Cassidy appears in a oneoff performance of La Voix Humaine by Francis Poulenc. Music of a very different kind comes from chart topper Leo Sayer and the high energy showmanship rock, funk, blues and more of Tankus The Henge. Making a special appearance at Theatre in the Woods is the Tom Baxter Band and the musical tradition of Zimbabwe is celebrated in Music of Our Ancestors by the powerful vocals and instrumental prowess of Anna Mudeka.

Long-time collaborator with Steven Berkoff, accomplished actor

Linda Marlowe brings Berkoff’s Women, her Josie Lawrence directed, acclaimed theatrical exploration of sensuality, revenge, pathos, heart-breaking loneliness and riotous humour to Holt.

Bob Kingdom brilliantly brings the trailblazing writer of classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood to life in The Truman Capote Talk Show. He also performs his other great characterisation, Dylan Thomas: Return Journey at Holt. In another Norfolk Day event, one of Norfolk’s best-known theatre impresario’s makes a rare stage appearance. Chief Executive of Norwich Theatre Royal for 25 years, producer of West End hit The Woman in Black and many touring shows, Peter Wilson performs TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, the poet’s last great work. It will be followed by a Q&A chaired by Dame Margaret Hodge.

Acclaimed forensic mind reader Colin Cloud brings his show PSYCHO(Logical) to Holt prior to a month at the Edinburgh Festival. Former Home secretary and award-winning author Alan Johnson will discuss his life and career with ITV broadcaster Becky Jago while Lord ‘Paddy’ Ashdown, leader of the Liberal

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John Hurt - As Artist Kefalonia 2000

Linda Marlowe

Democrats for eleven years will be in conversation with BBC Radio

the world of the late screen legend’s paintings. Sir John Hurt

Norfolk’s Nick Conrad. The leading party political spectrum is

painted all his life, at the age of 17 he attended The Grimsby Art

completed by Anne Widdecombe, Conservative MP for Maidstone

School and in 1959 won a scholarship to St. Martin's School of Art

from 1997-2010, who will be talking about her life and views

(now Central Saint Martin’s) in London. Most of the paintings in

with Nina Nannar, ITV News Arts Editor. Multi-award winning

the exhibition have been loaned by his wife, Lady Anwen Hurt.

journalist and BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson will be in conversation with BBC TV’s Susie Fowler-Watt. For the final talk of the Festival, BBC Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner will be discussing the themes and ideas behind his second novel, ‘Ultimatum’ with Alex Dunlop, Defence Reporter, BBC TV News (East).

As well as the previously mentioned treat from Norfolk’s notorious Nimmo Twins there are laughs a plenty to be enjoyed. Australian cabaret sensation Pamela Shaw comes direct from New York.

There’s a night of stand-up comedy featuring four of the top comics on the London circuit – Francis Foster, Helen Bauer, Phil Nichol and Paul F Taylor, as well as a much anticipated appearance from Jasper Carrott, following his enforced cancellation due to essential heart surgery last year.

There has always been an exciting visual arts programme in the festival, but this year Festival Fine Art Director James Glennie has conjured up two amazing world exclusives, among a busy programme. John Hurt as Artist is the first exhibition anywhere in

Blithe Spirit features original artworks by Sir Stanley Spencer, Philip Wilson Steer, Margaret Mellis, John Piper, Sir George Clausen, Sir John Arnesby Brown and many others inspired by Walberswick, Southwold and The Blyth Estuary. The exhibition will also feature a group of unpublished love letters from George Orwell to his secret lover Eleanor Jacques of Southwold which have never before been seen in public.

There’s plenty for the kids and families. Norwich Puppet Theatre brings The Steadfast Tin Soldier, a playful retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s poetic story for 3-8 year olds. Young people 8-16 are invited to join Sheringham Little Theatre’s day long workshop to create A Play In A Day, culminating in a showcase performance for family and friends. There’s also daily storytelling from Amy Finnegan for the under 7’s and Comedy Club 4 Kids is just what is says in the title.

Tickets are available via 01603 598699 and www.holtfestival.org

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Making a New Impression Most well-known for his impressive impersonation and comedy skills, Alistair McGowan is heading to the region this summer with a show of quite a different kind.

As the name suggests, his Introductions to Classical Piano tour which comes to the Auden Theatre, Holt on August 18th - showcases Alistair’s skills as a pianist. After the success of his recent piano album, Alistair McGowan: The Piano (released through Sony Classical), this brand new show brings together all his talents.

He will play tracks from the album and some other short classics piano pieces: from Gershwin to Grieg, Mompou to Mendelssohn, Satie to Schubert. In between the pieces, he will talk a little about the history of each piece, the composer and his own connection to the music. Expect a lot of beautiful music (with the odd mistake!), some interesting stories and a sprinkling of his trademark impressions.

Alistair only went back to the piano in 2014, after playing for two years as a child, giving up at the age of 9. He did dabble for a couple of years in his mid-thirties but gave up again when The Big Impression, his award-winning BBC1 programme came along.

He is currently back on our screens until mid July in Sky One’s impressions-based comedy show The Week That Wasn’t and is on tour later this year with Jasper Carrott. www.audentheatre.co.uk

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Was this the biggest singing event that Norfolk has ever seen?!

On Thursday 3rd May, around 9000 children and their teachers

Alison Corfield, Norfolk Music Hub Lead, said: “The Big Sing was

came to the Norfolk Showground to sing together. Over 100

something that I had been considering for a long time and

schools were involved and had travelled from all parts of the

while we always knew that this event would be popular, we

County, with some schools bringing every pupil.

were absolutely blown away by the response from schools.

The huge event was organised by Norfolk Music Hub and

We've had a phenomenal day and the sun made a welcome

supported by Educator Solutions, Norfolk County Council and

appearance to add to the festival vibe! Everyone enjoyed

Arts Council England. It featured a live backing band from

singing, dancing and having the most wonderful time together.

Access Creative College, a ten-piece gospel choir and was led by TV choirmaster Mark De-Lisser.

Through preparing for The Big Sing, schools worked so hard and incorporated singing into their daily routines. An event like this

They also welcomed some very special guests to the stage to

just really shows what the power of singing can do and how

inspire the young singers. Alexandra Burke surprised the crowd

important it is for pupils' development, wellbeing and also as

with her appearance, singing Hallelujah and Bad Boys. Her

part of the wider educational context. These children will

performance was followed by Kirsten Joy, vocalist for Clean

remember The Big Sing for the rest of their lives and it has

Bandit, who sang their chart-topping single Symphony.

hopefully ignited a life-long love of singing for them. The

The Norfolk Showground arena was also packed with over 2000 of the children’s parents and families who had come to watch.

The schools had been preparing the list of songs in the classroom for several months leading up to the event. The theme was unity and the songs were chosen for their positive messages, including Happy by Pharrell Williams, Shine by Take That, and Wonder by Emeli Sande. There were also choreographed dance moves and sign language incorporated in some of the songs.

teachers all looked like they were having an absolute ball too!”

Among the schools taking part was Wayland Junior Academy.

Harriet Beckett, Deputy Principal, said: "We are very excited to bring our whole school. We believe that this opportunity was too great to limit it to just one cohort of children thus wanted to include everyone. Children and staff worked incredibly hard in preparation for the event and it’s so exciting to join thousands of others and sing our hearts out!"

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From August 1st-31st Snape Concert Hall resounds with the sound of the world’s best classical, jazz, blues, folk and pop.

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Ukulele Orchestra Takács String Quartet

The Dime Notes

The 2018 Snape Proms season has been announced, featuring some of the best artists from the worlds of classical music, jazz, blues, folk and pop performing in Suffolk’s world renowned concert hall. As always, thousands of Prom tickets will go on sale at just £6.50.

The Snape Proms begin with the return of the all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain who, as well as their reinterpretations of popular classics, invite the audience to bring their own ukuleles and join in. Snape Maltings also welcomes back Proms favourites the John Wilson Orchestra, and BBC 2 Radio’s evergreen music show Friday Night is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

From the world of jazz and blues, experience the ‘genuine cool’ of Georgie Fame and the BBC Big Band, the blues-drenched New Orleans sound of The Dime Notes and the mind-blowing collaboration between Courtney Pine and soul pioneer Omar.

Newcomer Hailey Tuck performs music from her chart-topping debut album, Paul Jones’ all-star quintet The Blues Band hosts an evening to celebrate rhythm and blues, and

the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra is teaming up, for its 30th birthday, with Strictly Come Dancing singer Lance Ellington for a night of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter. The Proms season ends with an intimate solo performance from South Africa’s legendary jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.

The Folk and Roots line-up features exBellowhead frontman Jon Boden with his new group The Remnant Kings, Altan’s captivating sounds of Donegal, Nashville’s Gretchen Peters, and celebrated American baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire with Appalachian folk classics including I wonder as I wander.

The classical programme has a huge amount to offer this year, including the Snape Maltings debut of Daniel Barenboim and his pioneering West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony from memory by the Aurora Orchestra, awardwinning classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić performing music from Bach to The Beatles.

Pianist Christian Blackshaw brings a new collaboration with principal players of the Berliner Philharmoniker and one of the

world’s greatest quartets, the Takács String Quartet, performs music by Mozart, Dvořák and Mendelssohn.

Young musicians also have a strong presence, with performances from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Suffolk Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, as well as three concerts featuring the Britten-Pears Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop including a family concert with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.

For the Snape Proms the seats at the front of Snape Maltings Concert Hall are removed and approximately 4,000 Prom tickets are sold at £6.50, giving audiences the chance to get the closest view of the action. A further 20 for each event are held back for sale on the first day of General Booking, and for each event 20 £6.50 Prom tickets go on sale on the morning of the event.

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Music News Guitar Master Claude Bourbon in Bungay For the chance to see acclaimed guitarist Claude

Ely Hosts Top Folk and Roots Names

Bourbon, head to the Fisher

Ely Folk Festival is the local festival with a big heart as it hosts

Theatre, Bungay on July 13th.

some of the best folk and roots music acts around in a family

Ready for a unique and

friendly environment on the edge of the wonderful cathedral city

talented take on a wide range

of Ely. Festival headliners include the fantastic Scottish band

of musical traditions? Claude

Skipinnish; Steve Knightley from Show of Hands; folk rock royalty

Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar

Lindisfarne; and the wonderful Northumbrian piper Kathryn

performances that take blues, Spanish, and Middle Eastern stylings into

Tickell with The Darkening. Add to this Ezio, The Willows,

uncharted territories. Claude’s inimitable style incorporates all five

bluesman Johnny Dickinson, indie rock duo The Black Feathers,

digits on each hand dancing independently but in unison, plucking,

the very talented Sam Kelly, Jamie Smith’s Mabon…and lots

picking and strumming at such speed and precision that his fingers

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age of 12 get free entry. Well behaved dogs are welcome too!

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Southburgh Festival Celebrates 10 Years It will be a joyous double celebration at this years Southburgh festival of world music as they combine reaching their 10th anniversary with the Rebirth of organiser Anna Mudeka’s homeland Zimbabwe with the focus very much upon its music and culture alongside a vast array of entertainment from local and regional acts to Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, and North America.

Naturally in a time of celebration and planning for a new future, Zimbabwe looms large in Anna’s thoughts and this is reflected in many of the acts on the main stage who are playing this year’s festival which is held over the weekend of July 27th29th at Burton Manor Barns, Southburgh, near Dereham in Norfolk. Alongside the fantastic music line up, there are an abundance of workshops including yoga, singing, dancing, drumming, children’s imagination workshop, forest school, Marimba and circus.

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June-July 2018

Musical Feast for Wymondham Wymondham Music Festival returns from Friday, June 22nd-July 1st.

Favourites like Town Busking Day and the Jazz Picnic with DixieMix are back, along with a new free open-air event, Sounds of Summer at Becketswell. Sounds of Summer is being organised by Wymondham College student, Suzie Heylings, with support from Wymondham Town Team and a grant from the John Jarrold Trust. The line up features Victoria Louise, who was a finalist on The Voice 2016, along with alternative rock and indie pop band Red Wine Talk and singer songwriter Jordan Baker, both from Norwich and Fingers Crossed, a five-piece rock band from Wymondham High School. Concerts at Wymondham Abbey include soprano Jess Robinson, Jazz at the Abbey, with Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble and lunchtime recitals featuring Rob Goodrich (organ) and Katie Schutte (violin), Julian Haggett (organ) on June 27th and Matt Wadsworth (lute) on June 29th, both promoted with Wymondham U3A, the Annual Music Lecture, Silent Films with Bruce Vogt, piano and Cavick String Quartet. The Festival also stages three concerts for local young musicians.

The Apex: Bratislava Hot Serenaders Back by popular demand, the outstanding Bratislava Hot Serenaders play The Apex, Bury St Edmunds on July 15th. This 21-piece ensemble includes multi reed players, three violins and the beautiful Serenaders Sisters. Led by brilliant trumpet player Juraj Bartos, the Serenaders play the music of Paul Whiteman, Ellington, The Goldkette Orchestra, early Basie and the famous Jack Hylton and Carroll Gibbons orchestras.

Playing the music that dazzled pre-war Europe, they transport audiences with brilliant musicianship and period dress.

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Rocking Reepham The Reepham Music Festival is one of the best loved events in the Norfolk summer calendar.

From humble beginnings in 2007, it has grown into a two-day extravaganza that has been sold out for the past six years running. And this year’s festival – which takes place over the weekend of August 11th-12th - is set to be the biggest one ever. Reepham 18’s headliners are soulful pop legends Roachford, who will wow the crowd from the brand-new ‘Hansells’ stage on Rookery Meadow. Joining Roachford on the line-up are Tragedy, a US-based combo of ‘disco metalheads’ whose infectious Bee Gees-meets-hard rock mash-up has to be seen (and heard) to be believed, Dorset folk-punk favourites Black Water County, top tribute act Mainly Madness and popular Norfolk funk-reggae quartet Mammal Not Fish. But they’re just a small handful of the bands and musicians who will be delighting the Reepham 18 audience across three magical musical days, with performances taking place at Rookery Meadow, St. Mary’s church and – on Sunday 12th - Whitwell & Reepham railway station.

There will also be plenty of delicious food and drink on offer, and entertainment for the kids.

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The Magical World of Maui Waui This fantastic festival is one of Suffolk’s best kept secrets…

Maui Waui is a three day festival of international music, performance and arts.

Now in it 6th year, it is fast becoming one of the most exciting festivals in East Anglia, pulling in accomplished as well as undiscovered bands and performers from all around the globe.

Maui Waui focuses on an all-welcoming family feel with lots to do for children – who get in for free up to the age of 13! For the adults it hosts world class bands, full circus shows in a dedicated circus tent, small upbeat bands and acoustic acts, plus cabaret and comedy. If you have not been before, come along and explore their world - you will not be disappointed!

New for 2018 is the World Music Café Stage – an exciting new stage to showcase world music from around the globe, expect late night Flamenco shows, traditional Reggae and live African music. There are six stages at Maui Waui from the Main Stage in the Big Top

(Electro Swing, Folk, Funk, Soul & Reggae) to the ‘Crime Scene’ DJ dance tent (Electro, Techno, Trance) and our famous Flavour Parlour Stage which showcases some of the best budding music in the UK! Creativity, art and extravagant décor is at the heart of Maui Waui.

Months of creative work go into the event, both before the event and on site, ensuring that its six venues and many attractions really look the part. This attention to detail is what really sets this event apart from other small festivals, along with the colourful and vibrant folk who attend, all of which makes for an electric atmosphere on the site.

The festival is proud to have a green policy. They recycle 80 % of all rubbish on site, use Solar energy to power their lighting and have

ethical trading and food standards, ensuring vendors charge reasonable prices.

So head to Maui Waui to find out what all the fuss is about. www.mauiwauievents.co.uk

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There’s no Place like Trunchonbury…

Returning for its 5th year, the festival that has been dubbed ‘North Norfolk’s

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friendliest event’, is returning home to the Village of Trunch, the place where it

Felixstowe Book Festival returns for a sixth year with an

all started. Tucked away in a pretty paddock, the theme of this year’s festival is

exciting programme of events from June 27th - July 1st.

the ‘Wizard of Oz’ and the Trunchonbury team really do believe ‘There Is No

Highlights of the Festival include sessions with Sir Vince

Place Like Home’. Geared very much towards entertainment for the whole

Cable, actors Timothy Bentinck (David Archer), Stephen

family, the festival has plenty for everyone. On the main stage are some of the

McGann and Michael Pennington, Dame Jenni Murray,

finest bands from around the region and a few showstoppers from further

Blake Morrison, Esther Freud and Louis de Bernieres. New

afield including Funk Reggae 8-piece Backbeat Soundsystem, The

for this year is a programme of free pop up events which

Correspondents and Wayne Beauchamp and Those Deadbeat Cats. The JR’s

will take place at venues around the town including a

Children’s field has a huge array of events from story-telling, crafting, creepy

beach hut and a shipping container. There are also a series

crawlies, discos and tons more for toddlers upwards. The Disco Shed is back for

of workshops for adults and young people focusing on a

miniscule discos, ‘Blakeys’ the Bus that is really a Bar will be open for business

diverse range of subjects including storytelling, mental

every day and there’s a wide selection of food stalls in the on-site village that

wellbeing, making books, animation, Full details are

cater for even the pickiest of eaters. The Performing Arts Stage brings you

available on the Festival website.

everything from dance workshops and comedy to drum lessons and recycled

www.felixstowebookfestival.co.uk

art. In the evening this transforms into the ever popular dance tent. Also returning to Trunchonbury will be the Healing Tent with a raft of Holistic Healers on hand to sooth away aches and pains.

www.trunchonburyfestival.com

Award-winning Circus Shows in Norwich Some of the best circus shows from around the world are coming to Norwich this summer to mark 250 years of circus. Chapelfield Summer Circus big top will be in Chapelfield Gardens from July 11th15th. Fauna is a multi-award winning show with Five international performers who balance, tumble, jump and fly, transforming their bodies into spiders, lemurs, tree frogs and birds of paradise to highlight the similarities between human movement and animal behaviour. Inspired by Roald Dahl’s The Twits, Lost in Translation’s show The Hogswallops blends thrillingly spectacular circus skills, physical comedy and slapstick for all the family, this is a fantastic family show. Leading Australian company Casus bring their breakthrough show Knee Deep which sees four performers explore the boundaries of strength and fragility. Late nights on Friday and Saturday will find circus thrills strictly for adults. Circus Cabaret Lates will feature spectacular line-ups showcasing showmanship, circus, variety, humour and music from renowned and celebrated performers from around the world. Over the weekend a programme of daytime outdoor circus fun will include drop-in workshops and circus skills instruction for all ages. The final performance on July 15th sees Norwich’s Oak Circus Centre present a Community Cabaret. Students alongside circus professionals will demonstrate their skills in thrills, spills, daring trapeze, juggling and more. www.circusnorwich.co.uk

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King’s Lynn Festival offers a packed programme. World-famous orchestras will open and close the 68th King’s Lynn Festival which offers a packed two-week feast of music and the arts from July 15th-28th.

The Festival, renowned for its top quality and broad appeal, will welcome the Hallé Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra as well as the BBC Big Band with singer Claire Martin, guitarist Craig Ogden teaming up with jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth, and impersonator Alistair McGowan whose career has taken a new direction as a pianist.

Adding to the programme’s variety are leading British folk singer Eddi Reader, and Los Pacaminos with Paul Young. Andrew GrahamDixon will give two talks, one on his latest project, the artwork of the Royal Collection, and historian Suzannah Lipscomb will talk on Witchcraft.

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The principal exhibition, Lynn from All Angles, in the Fermoy Gallery, will feature the work of two artists. Jon Harris from Cambridge has long-enjoyed capturing views of Lynn and its waterfront and Walter Dexter, a prolific artist keen to show the beauty of the town which was his home for many years until his death in 1958.

There will also be an exhibition of photographs by the late Jim Tuck, a longtime supporter of the festival who chronicled many festival events over the last 40 years.

There will be a special treat for Strictly Come Dancing fans when 2017 finalist Giovanni Pernice ends his 56-date national tour at the festival on July 18th. Giovanni will also hold a masterclass for local dance enthusiasts.

The festival will also include pop-up concerts, films and walks.

Classical music provides the cornerstones of the programme and this year’s Early Music Day on July 21st will feature another internationally-renowned ensemble The Sixteen and the festival’s artist-in-residence, renowned Polish cellist Marcin Zdunik. The Hallé Orchestra will launch the festival with works including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Vaughan Williams’ Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 and The Wasps. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Victor Aviat, will present the final concert, an all-Tchaikovsky programme featuring Marcin Zdunik, a professor at the Hanseatic city of Gdańsk Music Academy.

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Southwold Arts Festival celebrates its fifth year! The fifth annual ‘Southwold Arts Festival’ takes place this month from 23rd-30th June providing eight days of magnificent entertainment. Spread over eight days and forty events, it will provide the very best in music, comedy and talks.

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The festival opens with the hugely popular street parade, this year on the theme of the sea, with bands, stalls and entertainers which includes the formal opening of the festival by the festival’s popular patron Emma Freud. The opening concert will feature the legendary Rhythm and Blues artist Georgie Fame, followed in the days ahead by Piano Circus, Jazz at the Movies and Folk at the Pavilion.

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Artistic director Ambrose Miller has chosen a Sounds East theme showcasing music and musicians from Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Poland including the exciting traditional music played by virtuoso Slovakian violinists, brothers Vladimir and Anton, who were special guests in last year’s Friday Night is Music Night recorded at Lynn. Other leading names from the classical music world include pianist Llŷr Williams who impressed on his first visit 10 years ago, and the Chiaroscuro Quartet who will present the Ruth Fermoy Memorial Concert in memory of the Festival’s founder.

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Comedy will be provided by celebrated writer and broadcaster Barry Cryer, and there will be a one-man show on the life of Kenneth Williams by

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13 Years of Latitude. Latitude Festival takes place from July 12th-15th in the stunning grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk.

Recently awarded Best Major Festival by UK Festival Awards, Latitude returns with an all-new look for 2018 – a refreshed programme and emboldened vision retaining everything you loved about the festival, but also moving in an exciting new direction that looks to the future.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Solange performs her first–ever festival headline slot at Latitude in a UK exclusive, Alt-J return to headline again and The Killers, fresh from the success of chart-topping comeback album Wonderful Wonderful, headline Latitude for the first time.

An eclectic host of acts await Latitude revelers. Stages will be alive with the sounds of The Killers The Vaccines, Wolf Alice, Rag’n’Bone Man, James, Mogwai, Jon Hopkins, The Charlatans,

Colin Elmer. This year, there is a wonderful range of talks by Archers and Dr Who actor Terry Molloy; naturalist and broadcaster Mack Cocker and the former BBC reporter and royal correspondent Michael Cole. There will be the ever popular young musician showcases, and a visit from Andy McConnell of the BBC Antiques Roadshow, who will talk about the story of wine and how drinking vessels have featured in art.

The festival week will come to a close with a truly memorable evening of fine Michael Cole music with Mica Paris, who has entertained audiences across the world with her exceptional blend of jazz, blues and contemporary music. www.southwoldartsfestival.co.uk

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Benjamin Clementine, Jessie Ware, Alvvays, tUnE-yArDs, The Breeders, Fickle Friends, Bomba Estéreo, Clark performing latest album Death Peak Live, Parquet Courts, Ibeyi, IDLES, Hinds, Fickle Friends and many more.

Latitude has never been just about the music – it’s a culturally enriching experience and this year’s comedy, theatre and arts roster is set to be the festival’s most diverse and forward-thinking yet. Two exciting comedy headliners are both performing at Latitude for the first time, award-winning stand-up and star of BBC Radio 4’s Utopia, Bridget Christie makes a rare festival appearance, while national treasure Harry Hill brings a career’s worth of comedy gold to our stage. Elsewhere on the comedy bill, catch the only comedian co-signed

by Drake and Stormzy, Mo Gilligan; Tim Key's new blend of poeticals, talking, spotlights, cables, old school wistfulness, Megadate; viralvideo star and news satirist Jonathan Pie; brand new BBC Radio 4 panel show Where’s the F in News; Mock The Week regular James Acaster and rising star Lauren Pattison.

Sadler’s Wells return to Henham Park, whilst the theatre bill includes a spectacular headline performance by an international sensation: Recirquel Contemporary Circus: Paris de Nuit will transport the audience to the roaring 30s. Other highlights include Bryony Kimmings previewing her first solo show in 10 years, I’m A Phoenix, Bitch, Lyric Hammersmith presenting How To Fail At Being Perfect, their wise and witty look at through the eyes of forever children, with an all youth cast, and Scottish Dance Theatre, who present Fleur Darkin’s Velvet Petal.

Latitude will become the first major festival to do away with ‘fast food’ with the Arena now catered entirely by Street Food organised

by London’s Street Feast. Explore buzzing street food arenas across the site where festivalgoers can re-fuel, wind down and eat the world without leaving Henham Park.

Families looking for quality time together need go no further than Latitude’s Enchanted Garden, which hosts VR workshops with top industry creatives, screen printing T-shirts, trapeze and circus skills, and the brilliant Family Socials which pack weekend mornings with family-friendly comedy, live music, dance and theatre. Meanwhile the Kids Area has live shows including AnimAlphabet the Musical, West End Kids, and Comedy4Kids, alongside puppetry, live music, award-winning children’s authors and illustrators on hand to inspire, music tuition, bush-crafts, fun with food and the Wild Science tent. Teens who want to be among their own can head to the Inbetweeners Area with its music, digital, media and fashion workshops, the Access to Music Live Stage including industry Q&A’s, how-tos on gaming, coding and VR. Daredevils can brave the Greenpeace treetop adventures, zip wires and climbing nets. www.latitudefestival.com

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Looking Back to Look Forward In June, the Wimpole Estate, just outside Cambridge, is home to a fantastic family festival celebrating history

Following on from its hugely successful first year, the Wimpole History Festival runs from June 22nd-24th, celebrating the rich panorama of history in all its guises, giving it a contemporary vibe and richly displaying just why it is so relevant. The year 2018 shows the enduring power and relevance of history. The three centenaries of the end of World War One, the RAF and Women’s Suffrage are celebrated this year, whilst current affairs continue to make history: Brexit, Trump’s America, Putin’s Russia and their global implications are just a few current preoccupations.

Wimpole Estate, just south-west of Cambridge, will provide the stunning backdrop to the Wimpole History Festival which is designed to be both fun and enlightening, giving crucial context to current events, whilst showcasing regional, national and international stories. The Festival will cover a sweep of history from the Vikings to the present day. In addition there will be events that take you to the heart of the National Trust, the invaluable work it does and its hidden treasures.

A weekend of history and heritage, the unknown and the inspiring, mindbending and horizonexpanding for the whole family.

Highlights include a keynote speech by David Olusoga who looks back to look forward, Sarah Churchill illustrating how Trump’s behaviour in America is nothing new and Bridget Kendall contemplating spies, nerve agents and Vladimir Putin with Peter Pomerantsev whose work Nothing is True and Everything is Possible blew the lid off Putin’s Russia. Brexit is placed in its historical context, and its potential new position in the world is debated by David Abulafia, Dr Julie Smith and Philip Murphy while Christopher Andrew, official historian of MI5, discusses spying in all its hidden and startling guises detailing how intelligence has shaped the course of history, with Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6.

Alice Roberts is in search of the Iron Age ancestors we call the Celts, Piers Brendon and Lizzie Collingham examine the British Empire, the good, the bad, the ugly, along with its continued legacy and Dame Jenni Murray presents the history of Britain through 21 women. Miranda Kaufman and Danell Jones look into racial attitudes in British history from unexpected perspectives: Tudor and Edwardian while Sarah Dunant presents a special audience edition of BBC Radio 4’s monthly pro- gramme, When Greeks Flew Kites.

Festival Director, Cathy Moore, says: ‘I am so excited about the 2018 Wimpole History Festival programme. History has an enduring appeal and history set against the magnificent backdrop of the Wimpole Estate is irresistible. We are building upon last year’s inaugural success to present a roll-call of historians who will help us retrace and piece together our shared histories. This is the power of history: to boggle minds, provide keys and answers. It holds such importance in our lives whilst retaining the power to entertain us on every level.”

National Trust Regional Director, East of England, Paul Forecast, said: “Together with the Cambridge Literary Festival, the National Trust has built on the overwhelmingly positive response from our visitors at last year’s Festival. This year proves to be even better. We continue to welcome millions of people at places like Wimpole to share incredible stories of the past and be inspired. A visit to this year’s Festival will delight and captivate the whole family, spark ideas and show the power and relevance of history.”

The Festival will be opened by Christopher de Hamel on the power of medieval manuscripts. David Olusoga and Mary Beard will close the festival as they examine history through the lens of global culture. Come to an inspiring long summer weekend for all! www.wimpolehistoryfestival.com

WIMPOLE HISTORY FESTIVAL 22–24 June 2018 Highlights include

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