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Theatre & Film News Poignant drama comes to Diss
Fisher hosts new one-man play Bungay’s Fisher Theatre hosts Chinese Boxing - a new one man play by Mark Kitto - on November 18th. An evening lecture to the Bungay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Common Ground
takes an unexpected leap into the past and brings to life the
Theatre Company
Boxer Uprising of 1900, an epic clash between China and
presents The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at The Cornhall, Diss on November 4th. Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and adapted by Pat Whymark, it is a fantastical tale of new beginnings, featuring Julian Harries as the Ridiculous Man, with Pat Whymark and Emily Bennett providing live musical accompaniment. It tells the story of a man who, much like Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, has a dream which saves his life, brings him
the West that echoes across the century. Will China and the
back from the edge of despair, reconnects him to society and
West ever understand each other? Sir Claude MacDonald,
restores his faith in humanity. It’s a poignant, funny and
formerly Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to Peking,
cathartic piece, particularly appropriate for this present
will do his best to help. Image courtesy of the London
moment in time.www.thecornhall.co.uk
Illustrated News. www.fishertheatre.org
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping choir These activist singers from New York bring their joyful, radical music for the Earth to Colchester (Nov 3rd) and Norwich (Nov 4th) Arts Centres as the opening dates of their UK tour. They also have a third date in the region at the veg growing polytunnel of the Syrian Refugees in Essex (Nov 5th)! The tour will culminate in Glasgow to coincide with the international climate change conference for Climate Change COP26. Climate change and global warming is arguably the greatest challenge we face today, and the Stop Shopping Choir have been at the forefront of climate change activism and anti-consumerist direct action for over two decades. He is banned from every Starbucks outlet on the planet, while the show is a breathtaking, joyful and heartbreaking celebration of the Earth, a cloudburst of melody, rhythm and message. www.revbilly.com
