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ARTSeast Magazine Units 10a & 11, Red House Yard Gislingham Road, Thornham Magna Eye, Suffolk IP23 SHH www.artseast.co.uk Welcome to the Winter edition of www.falconpublications.co.uk ARTSeast Magazine. follow us­falconpublications@artseastmag In this issue we take a look at some of the Publishers most exciting new exhibitions, shows and Gary Enderby & Sarah Veness performances in our area. In the heart Editorial of Sudbury, Gainsborough’s House has Sarah Veness sarah@artseast.co.uk reopened to the public with a stunning 01379 773348 transformation to showcase their collection.

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and X-Factor winner Matt Cardle ahead of his performance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his platinum-selling debut album at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds.

In our news pages, we round up some of the best exhibitions, shows, concerts and events across the region.

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Contents 6 Visual Arts News 9 Artist Profile: Paula Hallam 12 Arts & Crafts Directory 13 Landscape Rebels 17 The Making of Masters and Monarchs

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23 Art Books Round-Up 24 Theatre & Film News 27 Competition:

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29 Cromer Pier Christmas Show 31 Christmas at Norwich Cathedral 32 Competition: The South 33 Music News 35 What’s On News 36 Treasure Hoards at Lynn Museum 37 Retro Games at Time & Tide Museum

38 Haughley Park’s Spectacle of Light

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Major Contemporary Art Society Acquisition for Norwich Castle Eight photographic C-prints by Ibrahim Mahama that consider the internal migration of workers in Ghana and the extractive mining industry in the south of the country have been acquired by the Contemporary Art Society’s Collections Fund at Frieze; the suite of photographs will enter the collection at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. Ibrahim Mahama explores themes of commodity, migration,

Anglian Potters Christmas Exhibition

and globalisation. The

Anglian Potters are back in Cambridge for their famous Christmas

photographic C-prints, all from 2019, depict the

Exhibition from November 19th to December 11th offering handmade work – ideal for a unique Christmas present (or for indulging

tattooed arms of long-term collaborators Mahama has worked

yourself in these difficult times!) Whether you’re looking for studio

with in Ghana. Some are overlaid on historic colonial maps of

pottery, handmade tableware, sculpture, or a work of art, you’ll find

key locations, cities, and villages across the country. Others are

it here. Visitors can see all the pieces on display at All Saints Church

photographed against decaying leather train seats, salvaged

on Jesus Lane. The potters are continuing their annual charity

from the Gold Coast Railway. Tattooing family names or

tradition by donating unique handmade decorations for the charity

locations of birth on forearms is a common practice throughout

Christmas tree. This year, all proceeds will go to the Motor Neurone

rural Ghana, due to a lack of basic identification papers like

Disease Association in memory of Peter Warren, long-time Anglian

birth certificates or driver licences.

Potters member and editor of the Newsletter.

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Dale Devereux Barker: 100 Prints. 100 Days 100 Prints. 100 Days is a new show of work by printmaker Dale Devereux Barker on display at Bircham Gallery, Holt from January 7th - February 1st. Dale’s work is a celebration of colour and form with warmly engaging subject matter. The events of everyday life are transformed into colourful images loaded with humour and feeling.

This new suite of linocuts comes off the back of another body of prints titled, ‘100 Prints of Solitude’ made during the covid lockdown in January 2021. Both series of work were deliberately constrained to a given size format of a 12x12cm linoblock. 100 days allowed more time for deliberation, introspection, and experimentation. ‘But what of ideas and themes?’ says Dale. ‘A year in anyone’s life is filled with events large and small and a million thoughts are mulled over. I look back at this sequence now and see the passing of my father, a world post Covid ‘normality’, the embrace of new artists influencing me (particularly Keith Vaughn), a delight in the colour possibilities of ‘offset‘ printing, a revisit to the anarchy of Chine Collé and a reminder to surprise myself by printing blocks upside down upon themselves and risk ruining everything.’ www.birchamgallery.co.uk

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Art in Exile Firstsite, Colchester presents a special year-long exhibition

by Iranian rug maker, Mehdi Jalalaghdamian. Art in Exile is the start of an ongoing programme funded by the gallery’s Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 award. Currently living in temporary accommodation in Bournemouth after being recently moved from Colchester, Mehdi is seeking asylum in the UK. Art in Exile features three rugs, made during Mehdi’s time as a refugee in Stockholm, Sweden. Each rug illustrates a part of his journey from Iran to the UK. Displayed in Firstsite’s Mosaic Gallery, the largest of the three rugs (150cm x 174cm) is titled Tragedy of Refugees and took 18-months to make,

The World of Graham Clarke

with Mehdi working alone for eight hours a day to complete

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1973: Graham Clarke’s

it, whilst living in temporary accommodation. The rug includes

etching ‘Dance by the Light of the Moon’ was exhibited and

woven depictions of high-profile images featured in the media,

the edition of 50 copies sold out, launching his career as

alongside depictions of Mehdi’s lived experience as an asylum

one of Britain’s most popular and best- selling printmakers.

seeker. Accompanying the exhibition are several films showing

Responding to the comedy of everyday life, Clarke’s images

the creation of the Tragedy of Refugees, along with the

bring his own brand of humour and romance, past and

detailed hand-drawn design Mehdi used to make the rug, plus

present, viewed through the eyes of the common man. From

various tools used in traditional rug making. firstsite.uk

November 12th-January 7th, the exhibition at The Corn Hall, Diss will display a selection from the five hundred images he has made over the years, with subjects ranging from his love of boats and the sea, an affectionate view of Europe and beyond, comic misinterpretations of British history and domestic scenes of Kentish and Cornish life. Graham Clarke says; ‘My work is to entertain - I love to see a smile. I am quite content to be old-fashioned both in ideas and working methods. My knowledge of technology is that of 200 years ago, just like my

Photo:Frankie Shaftain-Fenner

etching presses.’ www.thecornhall.co.uk

Picture Books For All The Hold’s autumn exhibition, Picture Books For All, explores the history of Ipswich-based printers W.S. Cowell Ltd. Running until January 8th, a visually rich selection of books, prints, original artwork and journals will chart the local, national and international importance of W.S. Cowell. The free Suffolk Archives exhibition on Ipswich Waterfront will also look at where Cowell sits in the history of modernism in Britain and examines their

W.S. Cowell archive including Eric Ravilious’ original drawings

significant contribution to literature and society through design.

and prints from the Royal Museums Greenwich collections,

Founded in 1818, W.S. Cowell were general printers that

Edward Ardizonne’s original illustrations from the Tim and Lucy

reinvented themselves as progressive art printers during the late

book series and first editions of many favourite titles such as

1930s and 1940s. Picture Books For All features rare books and

Orlando the Marmalade Cat, Barbar the Elephant and the Puffin

artwork from specialist collections, and hidden gems from the

Picture Book series. www.suffolkarchives.co.uk

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Artist Profile: Paula Hallam

Contemporary painter Paula Hallam is drawn by the magic of Norfolk

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Top Right: Marshland Light Bottom Left: Far Horizons Bottom Right: Waiting to Return

Norfolk has, for centuries, inspired artists with its big skies,

‘I love the North Norfolk coast heading from the east towards

sweeping beaches and beautiful views.

Hunstanton,’ says Paula. ‘The Wash is just majestic and

For artist Paula Hallam it was love at first sight.

I’ve also recently discovered the Brecklands area which is

‘Ten years ago, I came on holiday to Norfolk looking for inspiration for my painting,’ says Paula. ‘We arrived late in the day and I could smell the fresh air almost as soon as we crossed into the county. I remember standing on the seafront at Cromer. The moon was rising behind the Pier and it was

beguiling. I also love the area around Cley-next-the-Sea. I love to visit an hour or so before dusk when the changing light is so beautiful. One thing I love the most is the sound that the sea makes as the waves wash over the flints on the beach. It’s a very distinctive sound.’

just magical.’

The connection to nature is very important to Paula.

Since that first visit, Paula has returned many times and has

‘In today’s modern world, our connection to the planet

many favourite spots across the county.

is becoming lost,’ says Paula. ‘Painting the landscape is

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Top Left: Glaven Indigo Bottom Left: Norfolk Nocturne No 1 Bottom Right: Paula on location

something that helps you forge that connection with it. I’m

with abstraction. Now I paint both abstracts and landscapes

interested in the use of art as a vehicle for expressing emotions

with some paintings crossing between the two genres.’

and how the line between the pictorial and abstract can be blurred. Working mainly in acrylics, I construct complex layers of translucent paint to arrive at a desired destination.’

Lockdown proved a pivotal time for Paula.

‘Used to sketching on location, I found myself trapped in the house like everyone else,’ she says. ‘I don’t enjoy working from pictures so I started trying something new - experimenting

Paula is hoping to move to Norfolk permanently in 2023.

‘I’m looking to build relationships with local galleries to show my work,’ says Paula. ‘I’ve just had an exhibition at the Westacre Gallery and would love to show there again.’

To view Paula’s work go to :

www.paulahallam.co.uk

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Landscape Rebels

This new exhibition at Christchurch Mansion explores the effects of climate change

Photo: Tom Owens, Welcome to the Funny Farm

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‘Walton Bridges’, JMW Turner, oil on canvas, 1806, 92.7 x 123.8cm © Norfolk Museums

Decorated pearl shell © Colchester + Ipswich Museums

Claude Monet, Flood Waters © The National Gallery A new exhibition at Ipswich’s Christchurch Mansion

plus a private donor, this nationally important painting was

connecting art and culture with the climate crisis will explore

saved for East Anglia in 2019 to be enjoyed by all.

how human impacts are changing our landscape.

Turner’s renowned piece will be joined by Claude Monet’s

Landscape Rebels runs until April 16th thanks to support

The Thames below Westminster and Flood Waters on loan

from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council

from the National Gallery, along with many artworks from

England, Friends of Ipswich Museums, Kerseys Solicitors and

the Ipswich Collection, including new acquisition Shingle

Suffolk County Council.

Street Legend by Julia Heseltine in 2022 thanks to funding

The centrepiece of this exhibition will be Turner’s masterpiece Walton Bridges, saved by Norfolk Museums Service with the support of Colchester and Ipswich Museums.

Thanks to major grants obtained from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Art Fund, the Friends of Ipswich Museums

from the Friends of Ipswich Museum. Other artists on display includes works by Anna Airy and Connie Winn.

Local stories are also being told through contemporary works as part of the exhibition, including a series of black and white photographs by Ipswich-based photographer Tom Owen as

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Julia Heseltine Shingle Street Legend oil on board, 2004 656 x 805mm © Colchester + Ipswich Museums

Needle case depicting caribou © Colchester + Ipswich Museums

Green turtle © Colchester + Ipswich Museums

a collection entitled ‘Welcome to the Funny Farm’, depicting people enjoying their allotments around Ipswich.

From Suffolk to Alaska and Australia, objects from the Ipswich collection will highlight the impact of climate change and encourage visitors to consider what changes they can make to help the environment and create positive change for the future.

‘Bringing together Constable, Turner and Monet with contemporary works from local photographers and artists is a

Councillor Carole Jones, Ipswich Borough Council’s Portfolio

wonderful mix of interpretations of our changing landscape –

Holder for Planning and Museums, says:

an exhibition that is not to be missed.’

‘Following the success of our award-winning Power of Stories,

There is free admission for the duration of the exhibition at

Landscape Rebels is the next exhibition on display for all to

Christchurch Mansion. Find out more at:

enjoy at Christchurch Mansion’s Wolsey Art Gallery.

www.landscape-rebels.co.uk

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Runes, Moons and Sorcery

Exhibition opens Saturday 19th November 12 noon to 5pm continues to 31st December, 2022 Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm or by appointment (closed 25th, 26th, 27th December) Paintings and drawings: Mark Burrell, Peter Rodulfo, Paul Rumsey Ceramics: Ursula Ströh-Rubens Sculpture: Mark Goldsworthy

*Saturday 12 noon 10th December meet Neil Devlin, Magical Entertainer at Chappel Galleries

Mark Burrell The Puppet Maestro Oil on canvas panel 2018 60x50cm Peter Rodulfo Looking for a Crown Acrylic on canvas 2016-22 81x101cm

Paul Rumsey Tree of Figures Charcoal 1997 75x57cm

Ursula Ströh-Rubens Smoked ceramics

Mark Goldsworthy Moongazer Ancaster 2017 68x18x19cm

Chappel Galleries, Colchester Road, Chappel, Essex CO6 2DE T: 01206 240326 E: info@chappelgalleries.co.uk www.chappelgalleries.co.uk

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Top Left: The Thames at Windsor

by John Constable © Brandler Galleries Bottom Left: Annie MacDonald’s Mother

by Queen Victoria © Brandler Galleries Bottom Centre: Alabaster Angel from the Altar Surround in St Paul’s Cathedral © Brandler Galleries Bottom Right: Portrait of Sarah Langston

by Thomas Gainsborough © Brandler Galleries

The National Horseracing Museum brings masterpieces to Newmarket.

The Making of Masters and Monarchs exhibition is a

by master forgers. This exhibition, in the Thompson Gallery

unique opportunity to explore ‘making’ in new ways.

at the National Horseracing Museum, runs from Saturday

The exhibition, in collaboration with Brandler Galleries,

November 19th to Sunday February 26th.

brings together an eclectic mix of artworks to look at the relationships between art, originality, wealth, patronage and the monarchy.

Entrance to the exhibition is included in general admission, giving you access to all areas including the National Horseracing Museum, Palace House, and the Rothschild

The exhibition is a whirlwind tour through time and talent;

Yard where you can meet retired racehorses embarking on

from the worlds of Turner and Constable to Hockney and

a new career.

Warhol. Portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds will hang next to rarely-seen paintings by King Charles III and Queen Victoria. Highlights include treasures rescued from a bomb- damaged St Paul’s Cathedral and intriguing works

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John Theodore Heins (1697-1756) Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1731.

Oil paint on canvas. © Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk.

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) The Descent from the Cross. After Peter Paul Rubens, 1766-1770.

Oil on canvas. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Gainsborough’s House Reopens to the Public

Following a transformational redevelopment, Thomas Gainsborough’s childhood home is ready to welcome us back to something quite special...

Gainsborough’s house, the childhood home of one of Britain’s

create a new vision that encompasses the re-interpretation

most important artists, will reopen to the public on November

of its collections and re-invigoration of its exhibition and

21st following a transformational development to create an

activity programme. The scheme, designed by the acclaimed

international centre for Thomas Gainsborough, and the largest

architectural firm ZMMA, comprises a new three-storey

gallery in Suffolk.

building, designed in locally made brick and flint, housing

Located in the heart of Sudbury, a market town and Britain’s centre for the silk weaving industry, the museum and its site have been expanded and entirely reconfigured to open up access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), comprising over 40 oil paintings and 400 prints and drawings, made throughout his career.

a new entrance, three innovative galleries and spaces for learning and an events programme. A Landscape Studio gives spectacular views across Sudbury to the surrounding landscape that Gainsborough painted and features a Camera Obscura. The museum site includes the existing Weavers Lane Cottages, which have been reorganised to highlight the historical print workshop to be used by artists. An open, glass-faced cafe and terrace overlook the walled garden with

The £10 million project with lead support from The National

its new serpentine crinkle-crankle boundary wall at the centre

Lottery Heritage Fund has allowed Gainsborough’s House to

of which resides a 400-year-old mulberry tree.

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View of the Gainsborough Gallery at Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk © David Levene / Gainsborough’s House

For the first time, the museum will be able to tell the

To celebrate the artistic heritage of the surrounding

full story of Gainsborough’s life and work, alongside his

landscape, the permanent displays will also portray

family and social context, as well as hosting international

Gainsborough’s influence on landscape artists, particularly

exhibitions that showcase the widespread influence of

John Constable (1776-1837). With works on long term loan

the artist’s work on his contemporaries and succeeding

from the Constable family’s collection, Gainsborough’s House

generations.

will provide the only gallery setting where visitors can see the

At the centre of the site, a Sudbury-woven, silk-lined gallery devoted to the masterworks of Gainsborough, will act as a bridge leading visitors from the contemporary architecture of the new building through the garden to the original townhouse, where the permanent displays will present works

landscapes of Constable in the vicinity of ‘Constable Country’.

Meanwhile, highlights from the largest collection of Cedric Morris (1889-1982), gifted to Gainsborough’s House by Maggi Hambling and Robert Davey 2017, will reinforce the artist and plantsman’s connection to Suffolk.

by Gainsborough drawn from the inspirational collection

Opening times, as of November 21st, will be 10am-5pm

including portraits, landscapes, works on paper, rare books,

Monday to Saturday and 11am-5pm on Sunday.

letters, manuscripts, a printing press and his paint bladders.

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Singer and X-Factor winner Matt Cardle is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his platinum-selling debut album at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds.

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After winning X-Factor in 2010, Matt Cardle’s BRIT-nominated debut album ‘Letters’ met with critical acclaim upon its release in 2011. It includes the Gary Barlow penned ‘Run For Your Life’, the singles ‘Amazing’ and ‘Starlight’ plus the No.1 million-selling single ‘When We Collide’, which he first performed to over 19 million people on The X Factor.

Now Matt is celebrating the 10th anniversary of this album (a year late due to the pandemic) with a special show at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on December 19th. This anniversary show will see the debut album performed in full for the very first time with a full live band. Additionally, there will be songs from Matt’s three other studio albums and some festive treats thrown in for good measure!

Q. How important is fame to you? Do you enjoy being recognised?

It’s a by-product of doing something that I want to do.

Sometimes it can be stressful, particularly if something personal is going on in my own life. People I meet on those days still expect me to be Mr Nice Guy and it’s not always possible. We all have bad days. We all have days when it’s hard to have a laugh and a joke. However, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’m having the time of my life.

Q. Do you have a local connection?

I grew up nearby in Colchester, although I was born in Southampton. I’ve done shows at The Apex before.

The atmosphere and the sound inside that place are mind-blowing. The ‘Intimate & Live Tour’ - which included a show in Bury – is the most fun I’ve ever had on tour. I love both the smaller theatres and the big arenas for different reasons, but you adjust the show you’re doing accordingly.

Q. Did you always want to be a performer?

I grew up wanting to be a marine biologist! I loved the sea, particularly sharks. I also wanted to be a professional skateboarder but I couldn’t commit to it as I was in and out of bands. Then, eventually, I found myself on The X Factor and I’ve been very lucky not to have had to think about a career change since.

Q. Which artists inspired and influenced you?

Growing up, I would listen to a lot of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Elton John and Michael Jackson as a young kid. By ten or eleven, I used to go out and play touch rugby and I was listening to Rage Against The Machine and Pearl Jam by that stage! I’m lucky that my music tastes are so varied.

Q. Who would you love to do a musical collaboration with?

I’ve had the incredible fortune of collaborating with Melanie C and I’m happy to class her as a friend. I’m a huge fan of Hannah Reid from London Grammar. It would be awesome to work with her in any capacity.

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Matt Cardle is at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds on December 19th.

See www.theapex.co.uk or call 01284 758000 for tickets or more information.

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The Visual Arts Guide 2023 The annual guide to the visual arts across Norfolk & Suffolk

If you would like to feature your art gallery, art shop or exhibition in the new 2023 guide, then please contact Gary at ARTSeast on

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Here we take a look at some of the best newly-released art books out there for you to enjoy… by the time of day or the time of night, becoming a strong image long remembered and one that I wish to illustrate. I hope you enjoy this journey through 24 hours of my collected memories of the nature that surrounds me.”

patchwork of travel, history, memoir and culture - an unforgettable look into how we have made fabric, and how it has made us.

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group RRP: £25

Looking to Sea

by Lily Le Brun

Wild Light by Angela Harding With over 70 original illustrations, printmaker Angela Harding invites you to look at how the light changes the world around us, and how that changes us in its turn.

“I, like many other people, find great inspiration in the way mornings, evenings or bright midday light changes the way we see the things around us. The bouncing light of a cloud-filled storm sky can change a seascape through a palette of blues, greys, and turquoises. The cool summer moonlight that crosses my back garden sends long shadows that change the mood of the garden from homely to unfamiliar. And whether it’s the low light of an English February afternoon or the sharp, bright mid-morning light of the Cornish seaside, the light and dark we experience affects our moods.

“But life is busy, and I am guilty as anyone of being too preoccupied by daily life to just stop and look. This book is a collection of illustrations from those moments when I have stopped and looked; when a particular encounter with nature has been highlighted

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

by Victoria Finlay A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.

Bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe in a vibrant exploration of cloth through the ages.

She beats the inner bark of trees into cloth in Papua New Guinea, fails to handspin cotton in Guatemala, visits tweed weavers at their homes in Harris, and has lessons in patchwork-making in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. And through it all she uncovers the hidden histories of fabric: how and why people have made it, worn it, invented it and made symbols of it.

Interlaced with Victoria’s own story of grief and recovery, Fabric is a lush

Publisher: Profile Books RRP: £10.99

Looking to Sea considers ten pivotal artworks, from Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach, one of the first modernist paintings in Britain, to Paul Nash’s work bearing the scars of his experience in the trenches and Martin Parr’s photographs of seaside resorts in the 1980s, which raised controversial questions of class. Each of the startlingly different pieces, created between 1912 and 2015, opens a window onto big ideas, from modernism and the sublime, the impact of the world wars and colonialism, to issues crucial to our world today like the environment and nationhood.

In this astonishingly perceptive portrait of the twentieth century, art critic Lily Le Brun brings a fresh eye to a vast idea, offering readers an imaginative new way of seeing our island nation.

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton RRP: £25

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Peaky Blinders come to Norwich

From January 17th-21st Rambert Dance present Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby at Norwich Theatre Royal.

Written by the creator of the global hit television series Steven Knight, with choreography by Benoit Swan Pouffer, this new dance event delves into the story of Tommy Shelby and the Peaky Blinders. Dazzling, athletic dance and stunning dramatisation with an iconic eclectic Peaky soundtrack and a live on-stage band.

Strictly Stars perform Firedance

Tommy and the Peakys fought together at Flanders and the show

Strictly Stars Karen Hauer, Gorka Marquez and their scintillating

opens in the trenches. Bound by this experience, a truly personal

cast light up the stage at the Ipswich Regent on March 9th

story unfolds as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that

with FIREDANCE, featuring fresh flavours and super-charged

determine their fate and Tommy is intoxicated by the mysterious

choreography. Join both stars, sizzling dancers and mesmerising

Grace. This production is in association with the Birmingham

fire specialists in a captivating dance-off inspired by the timeless

Hippodrome and co-produced with The Lowry.

movie blockbusters Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Carmen

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and West Side Story. Soundtracked by a sensational live band, expect to hear an eclectic mix of Latin, Rock and Pop music from

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artists such as Camilla Cabello, Jason Derulo, Gregory Porter, Gypsy Kings, J.Lo, Marc Anthony and many more. Born in Venezuela and having grown up in New York from the age of 10, Karen Hauer is the longest serving professional dancer on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. Gorka’s flair for dancing started from a very young age. Most famously known for his appearance on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Gorka Marquez has continuously displayed outstanding talent and charisma since first gracing the Strictly dancefloor in 2016. ipswichtheatres.co.uk

Bowjangles Presents: Dracula in Space Forget everything you think you know about string quartets; Bowjangles is an irreverent, anarchic group of genre spanners, bringing music, theatre and comedy together in a way you’ve never seen before; they dance whilst they play, they sing whilst they play, they leap, tumble, juggle and joke whilst they play. Drac returns to the Westacre Theatre stage on January 28th as the intrepid foursome are blasting off into outer space to meet a mysterious benefactor whose proposition seems a little too good to be true. But what happens when their lead violinist starts to act a little strangely? The award winning, internationally acclaimed quartet - who seem to have taken ‘hands, face, space’ a little too literally - proudly present their new sci-fi horror musical comedy. (WARNING: Contains scenes of graphic violins) www.westacretheatre.com

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Rags to Riches at Norwich Puppet Theatre Experience some true festive magic at Norwich Puppet Theatre this Christmas, with their spectacular new puppet pantomime, Cinderella. The show promises original music and songs, stunning marionette puppetry, and a heart-warming story of strength overcoming adversity. This sparkling new multimedia production is an ideal treat for all the family, although you definitely don’t need to have a child in tow, and there are morning, afternoon and evening performances to choose from. The show also boasts a star-studded production team and the puppetry talents of performers who have worked on The Muppets, Rainbow, Star Wars and more. Expect glittering costumes, dynamic puppetry and mischievous storytelling.

Performances December 17-31st. Tickets just £10.

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Common Ground presents A Murder at St Muttley’s While on a Christmas visit to his cousin, Sister Immaculata Biggles, in the secluded convent of St Muttley’s, renowned detective Hercule Poudrot meets Bishop Humbedee, who has arrived to celebrate mass. Next day, he is nowhere to be found, and with no-one to lead their carol service, the desperate sisters of St Muttley engage the services of Poudrot and his intrepid sidekick Hustings to find the missing cleric. What dark secrets will they uncover in the neighbouring village of Ditcham? What is the macabre history shared by it’s inhabitants? What other goings

Luke Wright returns to Sudbury On February 9th The Quay Theatre, Sudbury plays host to acclaimed poet Luke Wright as he presents his show The Remains of Logan Dankworth. Logan Dankworth, columnist and Twitter warrior, grew up romanticising the political turmoil of the 1980s. Now, as the EU Referendum looms he is determined to be in the fray of the biggest political battle for years. Meanwhile, Logan’s wife Megan wants to leave London to better raise their daughter. As tensions rise at home and across the nation, something is set to be lost forever. The third of Luke Wright’s trilogy of political verse plays looks at trust, fatherhood and family in the age of Brexit. The show was a big hit with audiences and reviewers at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. The second half of the show will see Luke perform some favourites, full of wit and extraordinary poignancy.

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on - are going on? Another classic festive comedy thriller, brought to you by Suffolk-based Common Ground Theatre Company, the team behind many genre spoof Xmas shows, most recently last year’s Sherlock Holmes Meets Count Dracula! Head to Diss Corn Hall on January 7th to solve the mystery!

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Award-winning West End Smash Hit comes to Norwich Double Olivier award-winning West End and Broadway

‘piercingly beautiful’ (Independent) production brought

smash hit Girl from The North Country comes to Norwich

vividly to life by an extraordinary company of actors and

Theatre Royal from February 28th-March 4th as part of a

musicians.

major international tour.

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It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they realise nothing is what it seems. But as they search for a future, and hide from the past, they find themselves facing unspoken truths about the present.

Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) boldly reimagines the legendary songs of Bob Dylan, like you’ve never heard them before. A heart-breaking and universal story about family and love, brought vividly to life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.

Now audiences in Norwich have the chance to experience this ‘magnificent’ (Standard), ‘astonishing’ (Guardian) and

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Christmas Cromer Pier Show Recently the subject of acclaimed documentary Seaside

pandemic. Described as spectacular and unbelievable,

Special, the Cromer Pier Show is the only End of the Pier

expect mind-blowing illusions, breath-taking escapes and

show of its kind in the world.

stunts, magic, mentalism, and escapology.

Running from November 26th-December 30th, The

Musician and Actor Chloe Edwards-Wood whose professional

Cromer Pier Christmas Show will warm your hearts and

credits include Dream Coats & Petticoats and Cilla The

get you well and truly in the Christmas spirit with a heap

Musical, takes to the stage. Her love of vintage music

of festive fun. Expect all the usual West End production

inspired the start of her band Peachy Beat who now play UK

values including their jaw-dropping eight-metre video

wide. Norfolk soprano singing sensation Hayley Moss is

wall delivering sensational special effects to a whole new

back with her incredible vocal range and versatility. Hayley

level, alongside their much-loved traditional scene sets and

is partnered with Singer and Actor Ben Killingback. Ben

dazzling bespoke costumes.

graduated from the London College of Music in 2017

Cast members already confirmed are good old Norfolk boy Olly Day returning for his 13th year at the helm. Olly is firmly

and has been sailing the seven seas performing onboard Silversea Cruises.

established as one of East Anglia’s finest and best-loved

Of course, expect all the usual glitz, sequins, and sparkle

performers, renowned for his unmistakeable warm humour

from the Cromer Pier Show ensemble.

with a local twist. Be prepared to be amazed by the masters of illusion, Amethyst. You may remember them performing in the Nigel Hogg production of Strictly Christmas during the

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COMING THIS

CHRISTMAS

You know the story two kids, a gingerbread house, a talking tree, a witch that eats people...

Wait, what?!

This year, join us for a hilarious local twist on the classic fairytale.

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll never look at Gummy Bears the same way again.

fEAST Theatre and Wells Maltings present...

AGE 5+

HANSEL & GRETEL

16 - 28 Dec 2022 BOOK NOW

01328 710885 wellsmaltings.org.uk

Staithe Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea

The Puppini Sisters Thu 8 Dec

The Easy Rollers Sun 11 Dec

Le Gateau Chocolat & Jonny Woo: A Night at the Musicals Fri 16 & Sat 17 Dec

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Christmas at Norwich Cathedral

Christmas is a special time at Norwich Cathedral with a series

Join Norwich Cathedral Choir, Norwich Baroque and a cast of

of events. On December 2nd, celebrate the beginning of

internationally acclaimed soloists for the annual performance

Advent at a free open evening. There will be a short service

of Handel’s much-loved oratorio, in the beautiful candlelit

featuring farm animals to bless the outdoor crib and carols

surroundings of the Cathedral’s nave on December 10th at

with Norwich Cathedral Choir. There will be festive activities

7pm. Tickets available from the website.

for children plus the gift shop will be open with lots of ideas for the perfect presents and you will also be able to enjoy some tasty festive treats in The Refectory.

From December 2nd-January 5th, remember a loved one by placing a star on the Tree of Remembrance beside the Cathedral’s outdoor crib outside the Hostry. Donations will go to Norwich-based homelessness charity St Martins.

On December 16th, join Norwich Cathedral Choir for a feast of festive music, both sacred and secular, with carols for choir and audience, not forgetting the great 12 Days of Christmas sing-along!

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Win tickets to see The South at The Apex Calling all fans of The Beautiful South! When this great British pop institution split in 2007, some members of the band didn’t feel ready to hang up their microphones or instruments just yet. And so The South was born. This impressive 9-piece band featuring former members of The Beautiful South, including singer Alison Wheeler and lifelong sax player Gaz Birtles - comes to the Apex, Bury St Edmunds on February 19th.

With Gaz now on vocal duties along with Alison they play the songs made famous by The Beautiful South – ‘A Little Time’, ‘Perfect 10’, ‘Rotterdam’, ‘Old Red Eyes Is Back’, ‘Good as Gold’, ‘Don’t Marry Her’, plus many more, along with a few choice South originals.

All performed live, these songs span an impressive 20 year career starting way back in 1989!

Competition

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National Brass Band Champions in Norwich

The East Anglian Brass Band Association is delighted to announce that its 84th Annual Spring Concert will be performed by the 2022 National Brass Band Champion Band, Foden’s Band at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich on May 7th 2023 at 3pm. Foden’s Band from Cheshire recently retained the title they had also won in 2021.

Celebrate the New Year at Saffron Hall Join the BBC Concert Orchestra for a sparkling New Year’s concert at Saffron Hall to round off the festive period on January 2nd. A programme of Viennese exuberance and elegance, it begins with the sublime clarinet concerto Mozart wrote in Vienna and concludes with a second half packed with the music forever associated with that city, the refined waltzes, whirling The concert, the day after the Coronation of HM King Charles III,

dances and vivacious operettas of the Strauss family and their

will celebrate the Coronation and feature music suitable for the

contemporaries. A joyous start to the New Year, and a celebration

occasion. The concert is part of the Association’s ‘Brass To The Fore

of one of the world’s great musical cities.

Project’ promoting brass bands, their music and encouraging brass

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musicians of all ages in the region. The project is supported by Norwich Freemen’s Charity and the Geoffrey Watling Charity.

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Experience Masters of Chant Heading to the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich on January 27th, Masters Of Chant perform some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Queen, The Beatles, AC/DC and Michael Jackson. Hand-picked professional musicians and choristers cleverly take the traditional monophonic ‘gregorian’ sound and combine it with contemporary rock and pop.

Experience these hits as you have never heard ’em before, with this critically-acclaimed audio/visual show.

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East Anglian Brass Band Association presents a

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SO MUCH MORE THAN A MUSEUM! NHRM occupies a 5-acre site in the heart of Newmarket and provides a wonderful day out for all ages.

National Champions 2021 and 2022 Sunday 7th May 2023 St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, 3.00pm Box office 07934 169721 Email administration@eabba.org.uk Charity number 1062760

Using the latest interactive and audio-visual displays you can find out about the history of horseracing, enjoy some of the country’s best examples of sporting art, meet former racehorses, have a go on the racehorse simulator and watch the sparks fly as a farrier works in the forge.

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30 Years of a Blackthorpe Barn Christmas

New Festival EA Sustain promotes localism EA Sustain is the first festival of its kind - an environmental

festival bringing together policy experts, entrepreneurs and artists in order to maintain climate consciousness. Taking place at Firstsite, Colchester on January 14th-15th, its programming falls under three

Snuggled in the heart of Rougham Estate, just outside Bury

main categories;

St Edmunds, historic Blackthorpe Barn is home to a Christmas

Environment, Culture and Entrepreneurship, all tentpoles of rural sustainability. The festival is the brainchild of environmentalist and founder of EA Festival Joanne Ooi. ‘EA Sustain is not just about environmental facts, science and policy but content and events that can nurture the preconditions of a flourishing and self-sufficient economy in East Anglia.’ The Festival

event that ignites the Christmas spirit for thousands. The beautiful Country Christmas shop is full of stunning decorations and gifts and is also home to craft weekends running in November and December until December 12th. Celebrating 30 years this year, the Christmas craft weekends are always much anticipated. They showcase some of the country’s most talented artists and craft-makers. One strict rule is that the craft makers must be present at the event to chat with the visitors to share their inspiration. There are woven and knitwear designs and textiles, ceramics, glassware, metalware, wood creations, natural beauty products, leather items, jewellery, books, baskets and so much more. Many exhibitors change each weekend so there

also hosts workshops and welcomes an esteemed line up of guest

are new crafts to be explored each visit. You could also pick up a

speakers. It also celebrates music, art and literature as these art

famous Rougham Estate Christmas Tree - they have taken pride

forms celebrate and bring home the beauty of nature.

of place outside 10 Downing Street in recent years.

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Christmas Magic at Stapleford Granary Over five festive days from Saturday December 10th to Wednesday December 14th, Stapleford Granary will be filled with candlelit concerts, market stalls, mulled wine and seasonal treats in their beautiful cafe. They’ve got glorious Yuletide music from the Middle Ages (GreenMatthews’ Gaudete!), Bach, Handel and Purcell performed by some of Europe’s finest early music practitioners plus festive favourites and classy arrangements from Onyx Brass. For their youngest audiences, Theatre of Widdershins Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom combines exquisite puppetry and storytelling and there’s plenty to inspire at their Christmas Market in the magical setting of the Granary’s courtyard on December 10th.

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The Sedgeford Hoard, 32 gold Iron-Age coins found inside a cow bone at Sedgeford, Norfolk, About 50 BC. © Norfolk Museums Service

Celebrating Norfolk’s Buried Treasure Running until June 11th next year, a selection of stunning

The coins may have been placed inside the bone and buried

archaeological hoards, all discovered in West Norfolk, will be

as an offering to the gods. Or they may have been hidden and

displayed at Lynn Museum.

buried, to be retrieved in the future.

The exhibition entitled Hoards: Archaeological Treasures from

The Fincham Coin Hoard dates back to the Anglo-Saxon and

West Norfolk places a significant number of objects on view

Viking period, around 1300 years ago. Struck about 150 miles

for the first time including a group of Bronze Age artefacts from

away in Frisia, modern-day Holland, these small silver coins

the beach at Holme-next-the-Sea found close to the site of the

known as sceattas (pronounced “shatters”) are the earliest form

remarkably preserved timber monument known as Seahenge.

of penny and circulated in England from around 710-750AD.

Also going on display for the first time are some very rare early

The coins are in good condition, suggesting they hadn’t been in

coins from Fincham.

circulation long before they were hidden.

Hoards – a store of money or valued objects – have long

The exhibition also includes the Dersingham Hoard, a large

fascinated experts and the public alike with the intriguing

collection of silver shillings found in a silver cup. Discovered

questions they raise: why were these objects buried; and did

in July 1984, this hoard was likely buried in 1643 when King’s

their owners ever mean to retrieve these precious items? West

Lynn was under siege, during the English Civil War.

Norfolk is particularly rich in hoards, making this exhibition a

Oliver Bone, Curator of the Lynn Museum said; ‘This has been

perfect opportunity to discover more about the theories behind

a wonderful opportunity to bring together some spectacular

these spectacular discoveries.

groups of archaeological discoveries from our part of Norfolk,

One of the star exhibits is the Sedgeford Hoard, a collection

many on show for the first time. The finds offer a sweep of

of 32 gold coins, found in August 2003 at Sedgeford, Norfolk

history from back in the Bronze Age right through to the time of

during an archaeological dig. What’s truly fascinating about

the English Civil War.

these coins is that 20 were discovered inside a cow bone.

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Retro Games - A Gaming Journey from Arcade to ZX Spectrum Gaming has been a feature of our lives for over forty years

Students, East Coast College Media Studies Students and the

– now a new exhibition at Great Yarmouth’s Time and Tide

curatorial team at Great Yarmouth Museums.

Museum, curated by young people, takes a fascinating look at this rich history in a show full of the sights and sounds of gaming life.

The exhibition is a journey through time, starting off in a retro arcade with games like Pac Man and Space Invaders. Visitors then travel through to a 1970s living room with playable

Retro Games charts the rise of computer gaming through the

Pong on a black and white TV set. Other room recreations

boom of the 1980s to the present day. Starting with the early

include a 1980s living room and a 1990s children’s bedroom

days of games arcades in the 70s, just like those found on

complete with a PlayStation, SNES and MegaDrive, both with

the seafront of Great Yarmouth, the show moves through the

a playable TV. Moving through to the 2000s visitors will have

decades of gaming development taking in the consoles and

the chance to play an Xbox, Wii, Gamecube and dancemat.

characters which have become household names.

Alongside the interactive areas, displays feature classic

Visitors will get to see key pieces of vintage hardware set

hardware such as the Atari VCS ‘Woody’ and 1980s home

in retro room interiors, including the chance to play games

consoles and computers such as NES, Master System, the BBC

using vintage and contemporary technology to create an

Micro, Commodore 64 and Amiga 500. With other displays

immersive experience.

looking at the development of removable media, controllers,

The show is the result of a creative collaboration between young people involved in the museum’s Kick the Dust youth engagement programme – funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund –East Norfolk Sixth Form level 4 Games Design

game magazines and the top selling analogue games of the decades, Retro Games will appeal to gamers across the generations.

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Spectacle of Light returns to Haughley Park!

Following two successful years The Spectacle of Light is

mention Carpet of Colour, Light Beams, Moroccan Lanterns

back again for its third year from February 3rd- 26th with its

and more.

fabulous new light installations and Alice in Wonderland theme.

Set in 250 acres of beautiful Suffolk parkland, Haughley Park is a privately owned country estate with a sweeping driveway, landscaped gardens and stunning Jacobean manor house at its heart, a beautiful environment all lit up under the stars.

Discover the night-time wonder of these glorious gardens brought to life as you follow a beautiful new Spectacle of Light and sound around the magical trail. This year’s theme is based around Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Follow

Sip delicious mulled wine and hot chocolate as you meander along this beautiful trail. Stop in the Barn Courtyard and tuck into some scrumptious hot food and bitesize desserts.

Nic Beeby, the Spectacle’s designer and producer said ‘This beautiful after-dark experience is for all the family from Grandparents to the youngest members, even the dog if brought on a short lead!’

Take advantage of the EarlyBird ticket offer and book now, saving 20% off full price tickets.

the White Rabbit through the keyhole and around the trail

Go to to www.haughleypark.co.uk or call the booking

meeting some of the magical characters like the Queen of

line on 01242 705555 between 10.00am and 6.00pm,

Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat.

Monday-Saturday. Offer closes January 3rd.

See the amazing new art installations of Pixel Rods, Surreal Croquet with Flamingos and the amazing Field of Fire! Not to

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The Magical After-Dark Adventure For All The Family!

Follow the White Rabbit along the new illuminated trail around Haughley Park’s stunning grounds and meet some of the characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Book tickets online or by phone on 01242 705 555 HaughleyPark.co.uk/Spectacle

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