Theatre Film News

Grin like the Cheshire Cat with Red Rose Chain After the success of Twelfth Night at Home this summer, Red Rose Chain are bringing you a magical treat this Christmas with their reimagined online production of Alice in Wonderland. Christmas is looking a little different this year - but don’t worry as this will be Red Rose Chain’s biggest ever show! West End star Joanna Sawyer (WICKED) will star as Alice, alongside a cast of 20 other Red Rose Chain legends, brought together on screen using green screen technology. Tickets are priced from a donation of £10 and grants one device access to this totally unique theatrical experience this Christmas. The show will be available to stream from December 18th - January 3rd. So gather your family together, set up your tea party at home and get ready to follow the White Rabbit on a topsy-turvy adventure into Wonderland! www.redrosechain.com/alice-in-wonderland Ocean Film Festival World Tour sets sail for the UK! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a brand-new collection of mesmerising ocean-themed films to UK shores this November, in its first ever virtual edition! The online film evenings involve a collection of astounding short films telling stories of seafaring adventure, carefree characters and mind-blowing marine life from the depths of the big blue. Witness wild nautical voyages, captivating coastal scenery and stunning cinematography from the comfort of your sofa – without getting your feet wet! “It’s time to celebrate the world’s incredible oceans, and we’re thrilled to be presenting the Ocean Film Festival 2020 in this exciting new format!” says tour director Nell Teasdale. “From rowing 4,000 miles across the Atlantic to surfing the spectacular cold-water waves of British Columbia, this inspirational collection of films is guaranteed to whet your appetite for an ocean adventure!” The virtual event takes place from November 17th-19th. www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk

Stellar cast for New Wolsey digital world premiere The Barn Theatre in Cirencester, the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich are bringing the digital world premiere of Henry Filloux-Bennett’s online play What A Carve Up!, based on Jonathan Coe’s critically acclaimed satirical novel this Autumn. Starring Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Jonathan Bailey, Samuel Barnett, Robert Bathurst and Griff Rhys Jones among others, the murder mystery will run from October 31st to November 29th. The production, directed by Tamara Harvey (Home, I’m Darling), chronicles the events leading up to the ‘Winshaw Murders’. Filled with murder, mayhem and madness, the murder mystery turns a satirical eye on what it is like to be a member of one of the most corrupt, powerful and toxic families in the country. Tickets can be purchased at whatacarveup.com with audience members receiving a screening link which will activate at their booked performance time for a 48-hour period. A premium option, consisting of a physical programme and pre-theatre dining recipe card, will be available for UK residents. A portion of the proceeds raised will be donated to a freelance fund to support the creative workforce that the theatres would not be able to survive without.

Shake Festival presents The Tempest SHAKE Festival is delighted to announce a star-studded reading of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, which will be performed on Zoom on November 19th at 7.30pm. Geraldine James as Prospero and Rebecca Hall as Ariel lead a cast of young stars of TV and film, including Lauryn Canny, Amesh Edireweera, upper foyer and front balcony of the building, complete with

Antonio Aakeel and Aidan Cheng. Olivier Award nominee Robert Hands reads Sebastian, and Wendy Morgan, Tim Fitzhigham and David Sibley are also amongst the excellent cast. The reading will be directed by Jenny Hall, who once played Miranda in The Tempest at the Festival is a new multi-disciplinary festival of Shakespeare, inaugurated in Suffolk in 2019, when it featured Dame Harriet Walter, Professor Grace Ioppolo and playwright Ian Kelly, among others. www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-tempest-shake-festival New cinema opens in King’s Lynn A brand new cinema has been opened at the iconic Alive Corn Exchange in King’s Lynn. It has been built in the space in the

National Theatre, directed by her father Sir Peter Hall. SHAKE wheelchair provision. A new staircase and lift leads to the cinema foyer on the first floor.’The formerly under-used upstairs space has been converted into a two-screen cinema,’ says Cllr Brain Long, Chair of the Alive West Norfolk board and Leader of the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West

Norfolk. ‘There will be special screenings for parent and babies, parent and toddlers, Silver Screenings (for over 60 year olds) and family screenings at the weekend. It’s another great reason to come in to town.’ www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk

A Right Royal Christmas Norwich Theatre Royal is hosting a special season of festive shows for the whole family this Christmas. There are three shows in total - Panto in a Pickle! (December 16th-24th), A Circus Carol (December 16th-23rd) and She Go Does It Under the Christmas Tree…with Friends (December 16th-23rd). After 19 years at the centre of Theatre Royal Christmases, Norwich’s favourite pantomime Dame, Richard Gauntlett, stars in a brand new show for the whole family that captures panto fun in a madcap adventure though six of your favourite stories, Panto in a Pickle! Following its sell-out success at Norwich Playhouse last Christmas, Lost in Translation’s A Circus Carol is back, telling the well known Dickens story with a twist. Muchloved Norfolk comedian Karl Minn’s She Go Does It Under the Christmas Tree…with Friends completes the season with a festive look back at what a year 2020 has been in our fair county of Norfolk. www.norwichtheatre.org

OPEN DAILY

Colorcraft The Art & Craft Shop in Saffron Walden

For all your Art materials, Winsor & Newton, Daler Rowney, Sennelier, Proarte stockists, Paints, papers, boards, pens, pastels, canvas etc.... For all your Knitting, Crochet, Embroidery, Tapestry supplies, DMC, Anchor, Appletons, Sirdar, King Cole, Patons, Kits, Canvas, Aida, wool, thread, needles, patterns, felt, ribbon etc.... For all your modelling materials, plaster, glue, Balsa wood, construction card, Mount board, Doll’s house brick paper etc.... For all Mum’s homework and junior project requirements, pipe cleaners, poster paints, feathers, pom poms, glue, card, peel-offs, fat quarters, blank cards etc.... Useful stuff – Useful staff!

Where is this Emporium? Where it has been for over fifty years.

Colorcraft, 1-2 Emson Close, Saffron Walden CB10 1HL Open: 10am-4pm Tues-Fri. 10am-5pm Saturday. (Closed 1-2pm lunch) Telephone: 01799 522607 Email: colorcraftsw@hotmail.co.uk wwwcolorcraftsw.com

The Narrative of Trees – with the Arborealists From 12 November 2020 to 30 January 2021