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Educating Rita, 7th May 2024 to 11th May 2024, 19:45 to 21:45 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
Follow the journey of Rita, a working-class hairdresser, as she enrols in an Open University course, challenging societal norms and questioning the true meaning of success and fulfilment. Willy Russell’s script is a witty and poignant exploration of self-discovery and the transformative power of education.
Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm.
Tickets £16, £14 plus booking fee.
On Different Wavelengths, 9th May 2024, 13:00 to 13:50 at Museum Street Methodist Church, Black Horse Lane, Ipswich (19.7 miles)
Ipswich-born radio presenter Stephen Foster looks back on his long and successful career, which began in the summer of 1977 and continues to this very day. After cutting his teeth at Hospital Radio Ipswich, Foz landed his dream job at Radio Orwell before spending 30 years at BBC Radio Suffolk. He is currently on Radio Caroline, Suffolk Sound and Hospital Radio Ipswich. Hear one of Suffolk's best-known voices telling his story.
Free entry with a retiring collection. Refreshments from 12.30.
Northern Kentucky University Chamber Choir, 9th May 2024, 13:00 to 14:00 at St John’s College Divinity School, Cambridge, , Cambridge (21.9 miles)
Visiting from the USA, the Northern Kentucky University Chamber Choir perform Beautiful classical, spiritual and sacred music for mixed voices by Parry, Stanford, Tallis, Vaughan-Williams and more. Director Katie Barton
FREE ENTRANCE
Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot on 12th May & Spring Break Car Show, 12th May 2024, 7:00 to 13:00 at Stonha, Car Boot, Pettaugh Road, Stonha, Aspal (16.1 miles)
Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot & Spring Break Car Show on 12th May 2024
Stonham Barns Sunday Car Boot – Flash flooding ruined last weekend but 100% open this Sunday & we have the Spring Break Car Show on at the same time so a big crowd expected & great weather. Covered stalls available still but hurry up & text 07817539168 to reserve one otherwise just turn up on the day and sell from £6.
Our next Bank Holiday is May 26th/27th where we are open Sunday & Monday - text to pre book a covered stall for all Sundays/BH Mondays.
So just turn up and sell from £6 no booking needed, Covered stalls are available to reserve for any Sunday/Bank Holiday Monday by texting 07817539168 and we now have no restrictions for anyone selling plants at the Car Boot. Hoping to see lots more
plant growers & anyone with any gardening items.
Covered stalls are available for any Sunday plus Bank Holidays (next is May 27th), text 07817539168 to reserve one - Guaranteed on the main field close to food and toilets and only £12. Everyone else can just turn up on the day.
Plus starting this Year we will begin the Stonham Barns Thursday Car Boot which will begin once the weather has improved. I expect this will be at the start of July 2024.
We’ll need lots of support to make sure this is a permanent fixture so please let everyone know.
Events run at the same time as the Car Boot so a bigger crowd always expected. The first is Spring Break Car Show on 12th May 2024 followed the Steam & Vintage Show on 19th May 2024 followed by Vauxfest on 23rd June 2024 and Shinka (East Coast Japanese Car Show) on 8th July
We are the best priced & still the friendliest Car Boot in Suffolk so come & sell from only £6 and it’s still free parking & buying & everyone welcome to just turn up and have a look around as there’s so much to do at Stonham.
I've had a few questions about when we actually start. We always used to start at 8am and most people do still turn up at 8/8.30 but, we do get people arriving stupidly early onwards. So, it's really up to you. 7 onwards is sensible. We have enough space for everyone.
Prices have remained the same with selling at £6 for cars. Cars with trailers £8.50, Small Vans £8.50 and large vans £12, Vans with Trailers are also £12. There is NO NEED TO BOOK. Covered Stalls are available for every Sunday/Bank Holiday Monday but these do go very quickly as there are only 20. These ONLY can be pre-booked on 07817539168 (text to pre-book). These offer some shade to sellers as well as a tabletop & protection against wind & rain. These are on the main field and you pull in behind them, set up and sell and pack up and leave at the end of the day. They also guarantee a main field position near to toilets and Drinks/Food.
Everyone else wishing to sell at Stonham can just turn up on the day. We are still the cheapest in Suffolk so you can just turn up from 7am and sell and that’s every Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays from March to October & now Thursdays too (soon). We are also lucky to benefit from regular events at Stonham where the Car Boot crowd is often doubled & that’s on top of a very big buying crowd.
Everyone loves Stonham as its unbeatable when the weather is good. It has a great atmosphere and a knowledgeable friendly crowd made up of all ages. Families young and old, dog friendly and it caters for the disabled.
Again, a big thanks to the majority who follow our strict no harassment policy which is why Stonham Barns Car Boot is always such a friendly place to sell and buy at.
We let Buyers in at the same time as sellers but – please allow me to get everyone into position so please don’t hinder this and please don’t stand behind cars whilst they unload. No one is going to jump in and buy before you as it just isn’t that kind of car boot. The reason we have become so popular is because we don’t have people harassing sellers. If anyone oversteps their mark we will stop buyers entering the field until gone 7am.
We are outdoors only but offer covered stalls. We will always try to open every week irrespective of the weather as we still get buyers and sellers.
Stonham Barns Car Boot every Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays and this year Thursdays too.
07817539168 for much more information on the Car Boot or stonhambarnscarboot@hotmail.co.uk
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Headgate Theatre Studio Sessions - 5th August 1986, 12th May 2024, 20:00 to 22:00 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
The second in our occasional season of Studio sessions is '5th August 1986" a development performance of a new theatre piece by Ryan Curtis and his company.
The 1980’s was a decade of excess, colour and of course great music. The 5th of August 1986 was particularly important for two young people, as this was the day they met, fell in love and started their life together. A life that brought them two children, many challenges and now, in 2024 on the brink of divorce. Seemingly, the only thing that may save their marriage is the top ten chart from the day they met. So please, come join us on a journey to explore the music of that week as they explain what the songs that they loved back then really meant. Hint, its not what you may think!
The doors open at 19.30, when the lucky audience are treated to thirty minutes of fab 80’s hits. Then at 20.00, the story begins. Will their relationship be saved? Does Franky finally Relax, did we all Choose Life, and can Paul Hardcastle work out "what was going on"? Come join us and find out!
Drinks available at the bar. 80’s fancy dress optional and encouraged.
Tickets £8 plus booking fee.
Music in May , 17th May 2024 to 18th May 2024, 19:30 to 21:30 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
Platform Musicals celebrates it's 30th anniversary with a special show featuring highlights from a range of their past productions including "Sweeney Todd", "Call Me Madam, "Promises, Promises" & "Trial By Jury" among many others! Featuring a company of 30 local musical theatre performers, this is birthday party that's not to be missed!
Tickets £15 plus booking fee.
Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm
Macbeth, 22nd May 2024 to 25th May 2024, 19:45 to 22:45 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
Macbeth! Beware Macduff. In this modern-day production, Duncan, his cronies, Macbeth, and his political ambition are transported into the corridors of Westminster. It's not the opposition you need fear, but whoever sits next to you. Shakespeare's Macbeth is timeless, being as relevant today as it was 400 years ago.
Advisory: This play includes scenes of violence, suicide and the use of blood and weapons.
Tickets £15 plus booking fee.
Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm.
Frozen Jr, 31st May 2024 to 1st June 2024, 18:00 to 22:00 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
Donovan's Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts
Warm your hearts with Frozen JR.! This spectacular 60 minute musical is based on the 2013 Disney film and the 2018 Broadway adaptation. Join Anna, Elsa, and all of your favourite characters as they embark on an epic, ice-filled journey of self-discovery, camaraderie and the real meaning of true love.
Presented by arrangement with MTI (Musical Theatre International).
Suitable for all the family.
Performances at 6pm on both days and at 2pm on Saturday.
Tickets £15, £10 plus booking fee.
Maybe Dick , 2nd June 2024, 19:00 to 22:00 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
Herman Melville's tale of revenge and retribution on the high seas is retold in this inventive, comedic adventure! Nantucket, 1841. Ishmael signs on to the Pequod, and witnesses the perils of nature, obsession, punning and physical comedy, as Captain Ahab conducts a reckless pursuit of the savage white whale, Moby Dick.
Suitable for 12+
Tickets £15, £12 plus booking fee.
Fur Coat and No Knickers, 5th June 2024 to 8th June 2024, 19:45 to 22:45 at Headgate Theatre Colchester, Chapel Street North, Colchester (22.6 miles)
The Rejects return to The Headgate Theatre after their recent successes with ‘Abigail’s Party’, ‘Boeing Boeing’, ‘Little Voice’, and ‘Bouncers’. This sidesplitting play is unashamedly politically incorrect. It transports us to riotous antics at the wedding of Deirdre and Mark. The fun begins on the stag night when an inebriated Mark is chained to a lamppost with a blow-up rubber doll. The wedding itself is hysterical too, with half the guests, including the priest, suffering blinding hangovers. If you delight in comic chaos and a night of high-spirited farce this is the play for you.
Contains adult themes and language.
Saturday matinee at 3pm
Tickets £15,£13.50 plus booking fee.
Elvis Remembered Fan Club
An active club enjoying Elvis's career and music. The club produces a bi-monthly newsletter and encourages contributions from its members. If we can get enough members in the Bury St Edmunds area, social events can be organised. Contact the club at tigergirl2uk@aol.com asking for a membership pack to be sent to your address. If you wish to join our club, one year’s subscription is £5, upon which you will receive the latest newsletter and a membership card.
If you'd like more information, you can email the club
Milkmaid/Headway Folk Club meet at The Royal British Legion Club, Guildhall Street (0.3 miles)
Organiser Terry Walden ran the Milkmaid Folk Club in Willingham, Cambridgeshire from 1995-99 and in Wymondham, Norfolk from 1999-2002 and is reviving his former role with this new monthly club. All proceeds from the club go to West Suffolk Headway, an activity/rehabilitation centre in Bury St Edmunds for people who have had their lives shattered by brain injury through such things as accidents, strokes and brain tumours.
If you'd like more information, you can telephone Terry on 01284 705780, email Terry or visit thier website
St Edmundsbury Scale Model Club meet at Committee room of the Horringer Community Centre, The Street, Horringer (1.8 miles)
Second Wednesday of every month 7.30pm to 10pm.
Discuss, build and show plastic models of aircraft, helicopters, tanks, cars, ships, etc. We welcome all those who want to
improve themselves and the hobby.
If you'd like more information, you can telephone Club Secretary on 01284 750235, email Club Secretary or visit thier website
TinyTalk meet at Southgate Community Centre, Caie Walk (0.9 miles)
The UK's favourite baby signing classes
TinyTalk is the leading baby signing organisation in the United Kingdom.
We provide experienced and well-trained baby signing teachers, delivering quality educational and fun baby signing classes for babies.
TinyTalk offer baby signing and singing classes for mums (or dads!) and their babies or toddlers across the UK.
In each 1-hour baby signing class...
· You and your baby will learn a number of baby signs for useful everyday words and phrases - allowing you to talk to your baby for the first time by baby signing
· You'll spend time singing favourite nursery rhymes and action songs
· Apart from learning baby signing, your baby will also have time to play with a variety of toys - whilst the mums relax with coffee and biscuits!
The TinyTalk approach is both professional and relaxed. TinyTalk baby signing classes are structured but they are also great fun. Parents and babies seem to adore what the TinyTalk baby signing classes formula offers!
· All of our baby signing classes are run on a drop in basis and not pre-booked
· We sing familiar, well-known songs while baby signing
· We charge only once per family (not per child)- i.e. that twins, triplets etc. are not penalised!
· The baby signing classes are lots and lots of fun with a structured but relaxed atmosphere
· TinyTalk use British Sign Language signs in our baby signing classes, enabling everyone to not only communicate with their hearing baby, but also start communication with the Deaf Community
· Our baby signing classes are suitable for 0 to 2 year olds. Even newborns are most welcome! Children over 2 years old can also attend at the discretion of the class teacher.
If you'd like more information, you can visit thier website