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Redeﬁning British Country Music, Sam Coe sheds a new light on the musty, tinged world of traditional country. Raw, gritty and honest. No pretence, just her gutsy truth colliding with the music. Following previous critical acclamation and success as both a solo artist and with her band, The Long Shadows. This year sees Sam Coe heading in a fresh musical direction. At Grapevine we have had a glimpse at where she is going, we want to go there too. She launches her first solo album at Epic Studios in Norwich on 28th November, we’ll be there, why not join us?

CONTENTS THE FOSTER FACTOR • 4

Foz pays tribute to Eddie and the Hot Rods frontman Barrie Masters

Interview • 8

Hayley Goldsmith conducts an interview with Gabby Rivers

Mat Bayfield • 12

Tony Bell remembers his friend Mat

Christmas Shows • 17

All of the region’s Christmas shows listed in one place

Sound city Ipswich• 22

What we need is a lunatic!

THEATRE SPOTLIGHT • 24

Molly Richardson’s look at the season’s offerings in Suffolk and Essex

THE DEADLINE for our December issue: 8th November 2019

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Follow us on Twitter: GrapevineLIVE Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 1st Cambridge r Blue Moon r Bouquet of Dead Crows r 7pm Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Philharmonia Orchestra Cambridge r Junction r CC Smugglers r 7pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Bootleg Boss r 7:30pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Indie Night Peterborough r Cresset r Vision of Elvis r 7:30pm Peterborough r New Theatre r The Rat Pack St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r The Expletives r 9pm Upware r Five Miles From Anywhere r Jack

Gigs in Essex Friday 1st Basildon r Holiday Inn r Catfish Braintree r Boars Head r Redwood Chelmsford r Bassment r The Kubricks +... r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r The Velvet Tree r 9pm Clacton r West Cliff r I’m Still Standing r 7:30pm Colchester r Coda r Monster Mash Up r 7pm Colchester r Hole In The Wall r Words & Music r 9pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Flatpack Futures r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Cushti Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Happy Mondays

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 1st Banham r The Barrel r The Easy Brothers r 9pm Gorleston r King William IV r Peter Stewart Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Talon r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Best of Wham! r 7:30pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Portico Quartet + Luke Abbott r 8pm Norwich r B2 r Kaine + Osmium Guillotine r 7pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Bloodshake Chorus r 7:30pm Norwich r John Innes Ctr r Keel Band r 8pm Norwich r LCR r Disco Wonderland r 10pm Norwich r Open r Collapse The Sky +... r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r The Black Dogs Norwich r Waterfront r Propaganda r 10:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 1st Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Plumhall r £12 r 7:30pm Copdock r Ipswich Hotel r Soultown Chic r £14 r 8pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Georgie Fame r 8pm Hadleigh r Ansell Ctr r Hunter Muskett Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Amy Winehouse Exp. r 8pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Blind Tiger r 8:30pm Ipswich r Regent r RPO r 7:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Basketeers Ipswich r The Railway r Slide r Free r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Albion Mills r 8:45pm Lowestoft r Community Hall r John Ward Band Lowestoft r Marina r Respect r 7:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Calum Gourlay Quartet Stowmarket r Gladstone Arms r WitchCraft Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Kyanos + Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Jax&Co Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Backtrackin Trimley r Two Sisters Arts Ctr r Good Times Band r £10 Woodbridge r Seckford Theatre r Raymond Froggatt & His Band r 1:30pm Woodbridge r Seckford Theatre r Abba Gold r 7:30pm

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StephenFoz Foz has been on the radio in Suffolk for well over 40 years. His on air activities began at Hospital Radio Ipswich in 1977. During his five year spell there he began working at Radio Orwell and when Saxon Radio came on air in 1982 Foz secured a full time job working for both stations. The BBC came calling in 1990 and he’s been at BBC Radio Suffolk ever since.

As the old blues song put it so succinctly – another man done gone. The Southend music scene has lost one of its best known characters – Barrie Masters, lead singer with the legendary Eddie and the Hot Rods. Even though Barrie hadn’t enjoyed the best of health in recent times, his death last month still came as a big shock to music fans throughout the land. Just like their peers Dr Feelgood and The Kursaal Flyers, Eddie and the Hot Rods hailed from the Thames Delta and they too landed a major record deal. The Hot Rods signed to Island Records in the mid-1970s off the back of their live shows which paved the way for the punk explosion that soon followed. Barrie was at the helm and with the exception of Lee Brilleaux there was no better frontman at the time on the British music scene. Barrie and Lee both lived on Canvey. They both knew how to entertain and were admired by numerous punk singers who, at that point, were still learning the game. After a couple of decent but commercially unsuccessful singles – Writing On The Wall and Wooly Bully – Island Records took a leaf out of the book of The Feelgoods’ label United Artists and went for a live recording to capture their Essex signing at their best. The EP Live At The Marquee remains

a seminal ‘in concert’ release. It was garage-rock at his very best and paved the way for the classic Hot Rods’ studio album Teenage Depression. The best was yet to come and in 1977 the second LP, Life On The Line, spawned Do Anything You Wanna Do, one of the best singles of the New Wave era (or any other era come to that). For that release the group was billed simply as The Rods. Why? I couldn’t fathom it out then and more than forty years later it’s a decision I still don’t understand. At around that time Eddie and the Hot Rods headlined a show at the Ipswich Gaumont which also included Squeeze and The Radio Stars on the bill. It’s a concert I’ve always regretted missing and I had to wait many years for my opportunity to see what by then was a very different line-up.

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I did book the 1980s version of the group to play at the Ipswich Corn Exchange but only days before the gig Barrie became ‘unavailable’ and Hot Rods’ guitarist Warren Kennedy brought his own group to town instead! Barrie finally made it back to Ipswich in the following decade when The Hot Rods, with Richard Holgarth now on board, performed at The Railway pub. In more recent times I’ve had the honour of organising three Eddie and the Hot Rods gigs – a storming Christmas show at the Cult Café in Ipswich, a headlining set at the Bures Music Festival and finally a concert at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. On each occasion Barrie had the audience exactly where he wanted them – eating out of the palms of his hands.

Photo: Jeff Higgott Earlier this year Barrie bowed out of live work. The band did a farewell tour featuring members past and present. By all accounts they were magnificent shows providing a fitting finale for a wonderful British band. Rest in peace Barrie.

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Follow us on Twitter: GrapevineLIVE Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 2nd Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Happy Mondays Cambridge r Junction r Clive Carroll r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Among The Citizens +... Peterborough r Key Theatre r Totally Tina! r 7:30pm Peterborough r New Theatre r Shalamar r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Electric Fanny r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 2nd Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Tightrope Bocking r Arts Theatre r Vintage Braintree r Boars Head r Beautiful Dangerous Bures r Lamarsh Lion r Live Music + More Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Carole r 8pm Chelmsford r Hideaways r Republica r 7:30pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r DS4 & Fraiser Catanni Clacton r Princes Theatre r Respect r 7:30pm Colchester r Coda r Cosmic Puffindoors 2 Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Threefall r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Loosen Up Gt Wakering r RBL r Da Management r 8:15pm Halstead r Empire Theatre r Pink Tribute r 7:30pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Dodgy r 7:30pm Wix r The Waggon r Space Rocks r Free r 9pm

Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 2nd Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r U2:2 r 7:30pm Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Some Guys Have All The Luck Norwich r Brickmakers r Definitely Oasis r £15 r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Maddermarket r Blackstar Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Zipped Up Norwich r Waterfront r Meltdown r 10pm Sheringham r Little Theatre r Swing r 7:30pm

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Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 2nd Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Remi Harris r 7:30pm Bury r Hunter Club r Graceland +... r 6pm Bury r The Apex r Georgie Fame Bury r Theatre Royal r Sweet Caroline r 7:30pm Felixstowe r Hand In Hand r MJ Soul r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Roy Orbison & Travelling Wilburys Experience r 7:30pm Hadleigh r RBL r Wannabe Shadows r £5 r 9pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Insane Asylum r 8:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Whitney & Lionel Tribute r 8pm Ipswich r Case is Altered r Eclipse r 8:30pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Jax&Co r 8:30pm Ipswich r Red Lion r Skittlez r 8:30pm Ipswich r Royal George r John (Fanny) Adams r 9pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Alvorada r 7:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r tbc Ipswich r TGA r The Glamtastics r 9pm Ipswich r The Railway r Toot`n`Skamen r £10 r 7pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Sarpa Salpa +... r 7:30pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Ska’d 4 Life r 7pm Leiston r White Horse Hotel r Clare Free r 9pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Bootleg Boss r 7:30pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r Chuck Wills Band r 9pm

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 3rd Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Clare Teal & Big Mini Big Band Cambridge r Blue Moon r State Champion +.. r 7:30pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Funke & the Two Tone Baby Cambridge r The Geldart r Sure Can Play Boys r 1:30pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Oakham Mic Peterborough r Charters Bar r CJ Hatt r 3pm Peterborough r Cresset r Some Guys Have All The Luck St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Leech r 4pm

Gigs in Essex Sunday 3rd Castle Hedingham r Social Club r John (Fanny) Adams r 2pm Chelmsford r Cramphorn Studio r Matt Skelton +... Chelmsford r The Woolpack r Paul Higgs Chelmsford r United Brethren r Rich Young r 4:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr r Alan Barnes Octet & Josie Moon r 7pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Hugh Rainey’s Jazz Band Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Jazz & Soul Sunday r 1pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Shalamar r 7:30pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Georgie Fame r 7:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 3rd Banham r The Barrel r Billy Lubach r 4pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Merv & Maria’s Country Music Norwich r Brickmakers r Lee Vasey Big Band r Free Norwich r Epic Studios r Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Norwich r LCR r Tom Walker r 7pm Norwich r Theatre Royal r Flanders Symphony Orch. r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Shake the Snake Norwich r Waterfront r Henge r 7pm Norwich r Waterfront r Sleeping With Sirens r 7pm

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 3rd Bury r The Apex r BBC Big Band Felixstowe r The Alex r Jazz East r Free r 8pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Adam Harrod r 3pm Ipswich r Isaacs on the Quay r Idresiss r 3pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r FooN (DK) +... r 7pm Lowestoft r Hotel Hatfield r Simon Hurley Quartet

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Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Cobbler Bob r 3pm Snape r Maltings r Prometheus Chamber Concert r 4pm Stowmarket r Gladstone Arms r WitchCraft Sudbury r Bay Horse r Drugstore Cowboys r 4pm Gigs in Essex Monday 4th Colchester r Arts Ctr r Pons Aelius r 7:45pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 4th Norwich r Arts Ctr r Steve Mason + Pictish Trail r £25 r 8pm Norwich r Bedfords r Open Mic / Jazz Jam r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Himalayas r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 4th Bury r The Apex r Nicholas McCarthy r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 5th Cambridge r Junction r Making Tracks r 8pm Peterborough r Cresset r Carole r 7:30pm St Neots r Priory Ctr r Open Stage

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 5th Colchester r Arts Ctr r Steve Mason r 7:30pm Westcliff r RBL r Tannahill Weavers Gigs in r Norfolk r Tuesday 5th Norwich r Brickmakers r Hammer to Fall r 8pm Norwich r LCR r Feeder r 6:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 5th Hadleigh r Cock Inn r Open Mic r 8pm Wingfield r Barns r Rowan Rheingans r £15.40 r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 6th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Steve Hackett r 7:30pm Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Roswell Band r 1pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Django’s Tiger r 8:30pm Peterborough r Cresset r One Night in Dublin r 7:30pm Gigs in Essex Wednesday 6th Braintree r Boars Head r Jam night Harlow r Playhouse r Robert Habermann r 2:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 6th Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Walnut Big Quiz Norwich r Waterfront r Wildwood Kin r 7:30pm

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Gabby Rivers

Singer/Songwriter Suffolk-based Gabby Rivers is a 16-year-old singer/songwriter who oozes confidence when on stage with her red guitar. Gabby was a nominee at the 2019 NMG Awards for the category ’18 & Under Solo’ and already has an impressive list of venues where she has performed: Cambridge Junction, Sound City, Latitude, The Apex and her list of gig dates are getting longer… and she is yet to release her first track!

GR: Mainly alternative/indie music but also R&B and soul music.

HG: Let’s begin with you telling us how you started playing the guitar, writing songs and then performing.

HG: Do you remember your first gig? How nervous were you?

GR: I started playing the guitar when I was 13 after doing open mics, once I learnt the basic chords I started to come up with catchy melodies and that’s when I started writing songs, the first few songs weren’t my strongest but the more writing I did, the better it got. With the performing side of things, I started out doing musical theatre at the age of 8 and I realised I enjoyed singing the most so I then did open mics from the age of 12 onwards and the more gigs and open mics I did, I got more opportunities which was great. HG: Who are your influences? GR: Bands such as Two Door Cinema Club, Florence and the Machine and Vampire Weekend but obviously there is a lot more. HG: Which song do you most like to perform, and why? GR: My original song “Game” this is because it’s a really upbeat song and I feel like the crowd like this one best as the reaction is always good and people can relate to it. HG: Do you play other instruments? GR: Just the guitar, and singing. HG: What types of music do you enjoy listening to when you are hanging out?

HG: What’s your song writing process? Tell us how it works: GR: I come up with a chord progression that is mainly upbeat or catchy and then I first off write the chorus mainly a line that is the main hook of the song and I base the rest of the song around this, so then I do the verses and so on. If I have a strong idea usually a song will take 30 minutes if not it could take up to 2 days.

GR: My first gig was at a pub in Aldeburgh and I was so nervous, I had been practicing with backing tracks for weeks before but it ended up going really well. HG: Are you at college/studying? GR: I am currently studying Music Performance Level 3 at Access to Music in Norwich

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HG: How did you choose your current band members? GR: I met my guitarist Jason at multiple open mics, the drummer Coran I met when he was busking and I asked If he wanted to jam at an open mic night and we then just started working together. And finally my bassist I met through Coran as they went to college together. HG: If you could choose any singer/musician to join you for one gig, who would it be? GR: Either Florence and The Machine or Freddie Mercury. HG: When did you last wish you were invisible?

HG: When you are not making music, what hobbies do you enjoy? GR: I enjoy dancing and acting in my spare time, but also sports such as netball. HG: What’s your party trick? GR: I wouldn’t necessarily say I have a party trick but whenever I am at party people try and play my music which is quite funny at times. HG: What musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be? GR: Florence from Florence and the Machine because her stage presence and vocal range is incredible and has always inspired me. HG: Anything unusual happened at a gig? GR: Something that never happens and is unusual is moshing and crowd surfing, which happened at one of my Cambridge Junction gigs which was pretty cool. HG: When did you last remember a dream? GR: About 2 weeks ago, but I don’t usually remember my dreams. HG: What artist/group would you like to support? GR: Local bands I would love to support would either be Bessie Turner or Gaffa Tape Sandy however big bands I would love to support would be Two Door Cinema Club, Circa Waves or Sam Fender. HG: Do you play/sing solo as well as with the band? GR: I sing solo stuff at smaller gigs but bigger gigs I do with the band

GR: When I was 8 at primary school and had to dress up as a banana for a fair trade assembly because I was the only one that could fit in the costume as I was so tall. HG: How often do you practice? GR: I usually practice 3-4 times a week not including gigs and college. HG: What’s next for you? GR: My next gig is at Wild Paths Festival on 19th October in the library at Norwich, Bury St Edmunds Hunter Club supporting Stretch Soul Gang on Saturday 16th November. Gig announcements are posted on my Instagram @gabbyriversmusic. Last of all my single ‘Game” is being released 25th October and I will release an EP early next year.

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Follow us on Twitter: GrapevineLIVE Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 6th Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Bury r Hunter Club r Stretch Soul Gang +... r 6pm Ipswich r Halberd r Kent Duchaine r 8pm Leiston r Film Theatre r Band of The RBL r £6.50 r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 7th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Jack Savoretti r 7:30pm Cambridge r CUC Wine Bar r Chris Ingham Qt Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Room + ... r 7:30pm Cambridge r The Geldart r El Hombre sin Nombre r 8pm Peterborough r Cresset r Singing Days Concert r 7pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 7th Chelmsford r Clarets Bar r FullHouse + The SharpeeZ r £15 Colchester r Arts Ctr r Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 7th Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r From the Jam r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Praying Mantis r £15 r 8pm Norwich r Open r Worry Dolls r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Norwich r Waterfront r Working Men’s Club r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 7th Bury r Theatre Royal r Chris Ingham Trio r 1pm Ipswich r Corn Exchange r Abbamania r 7:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Karaoke

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 8th Cambridge r Junction r Cambridge Soul Festival r 7pm Peterborough r Cresset r Singing Days Concert r 7pm Peterborough r Cresset r Festival of Remembrance r 7:30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Atari Youth Club r 9pm Stapleford r Granary r Alan Barnes Octet r 7:30pm Upware r Five Miles From Anywhere r So 80s

Gigs in Essex Friday 8th Chelmsford r United Brethren r Beat Patrol r 9pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Ultimate Buble r 7:30pm Clacton r West Cliff r Abbamania r 7:30pm Harlow r Playhouse r 24k Bruno r 7:30pm Hockley r Touchline Live Music r Be Sharp r £12 r 8pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Longy r 7:30pm Gigs in Norfolk Friday 8th Aylsham r The Unicorn r Egypt r 9pm Cromer r Social Club r The Roosters r 9pm Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r Sights & Sounds of WW2 Norwich r Brickmakers r Joe Ringer Band r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Limehouse Lizzy r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Johnny Jump Band Norwich r Waterfront r Mammal Not Fish r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Propaganda r 10:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 8th Bury r Risbygate S&SC r AJ Clarke & Peggy r £14 r 7:30pm Bury r The Apex r Festival of Remembrance r 7pm

Find us on Facebook: GrapevineLIVE Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r From Gold to Rio r 8pm Hadleigh r Cock Inn r Words & Music r 8:30pm Hadleigh r RBL r Scorpio Rising r 9pm Halesworth r The Cut r Purple Zeppelin r 7:30pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Open Mic r 8pm Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r Matt Ford & Chris Ingham Trio r 6:30pm Ipswich r Belstead Arms r The Spin Lights r 8:30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Manic Blackout r 8:30pm Ipswich r Golden Hind r David Cambridge +.. r 8pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Ziggy Ipswich r The Railway r Seventy Seven Eighty Six r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Lucky No7 r 08:45 PM Lowestoft r Triangle Tavern r Clare Free r 8:30pm Metfield r Village Hall r East Coast Blues Band r 7:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Simon Spillett Quartet Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Retro Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 9th Cambridge r Blue Moon r Indiepop All-Dayer Cambridge r Corn Exchange r From the Jam r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Qujaku & Impatv r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Annie Dressner & Luke James Williams Cambridge r Junction r Ye Vagabonds r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Grudge +... r 7:30pm Ely r Cathedral r Britten Sinfonia with The Sixteen r 7:30pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Velocity r 10:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r The Kurmujun r 9pm Gigs in Essex Saturday 9th Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Saints & Sinners Braintree r Arts Theatre r ELO Encounter r 7:30pm Braintree r Boars Head r Hit Parade Braintree r Boars Head r Sons of Boudica Chelmsford r Hideaways r Daft Funk r 9pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Dave Ferra’s Allstar Band Clacton r West Cliff r Barron Knights r 7:30pm Colchester r The Bull r The Kopy Katz Hockley r RBL r Da Management r 8:30pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Special Kinda Madness r 7:30pm St. Osyth r Village Inn r Words & Music r 9pm West Mersea r Mersea Ctr r Better Than Your Boyfriend Wickham Bishops r Village Hall r New Orleans All Stars Wix r The Waggon r Colourblind Hedgehogs r 9pm Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 9th Gorleston r King William IV r The Watchover r 9pm Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Abbamania r 7:30pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Tropical Shakedown r £5 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Counterfeit Brits r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Dreadzone r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Rockin Johnny r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Chicago One Zero Norwich r Waterfront r Dragonforce r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Motörheadache r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Meltdown r 10pm

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Mat Bayfield

Life’s no Rehearsal Tony Bell remembers his friend Mat

Many people knew Mat Bayfield better than I. We didn’t go to school together, didn’t play cricket or football together, I was never in a band with him. In truth I knew Mat for a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, we became friends and his passing has left a hole. I first met Mat backstage at Ipswich Music Day. He and Eric were about to go play in the Grapevine tent as The Broadside Boys, he was looking for water, I helped him find some. Little did I know that day how much that son of a gamekeeper would come to mean to me. Our paths would cross from time to time at gigs, I got to know his songs, became fascinated by his lyrics. He taught me so much about my adopted county through his song

writing. I would take great delight in winding him up by saying that, whilst he had had the good fortune to be born in Suffolk, I had made a conscious choice to live here. Nor will I pretend to know how Mat felt when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. His subsequent very public fight against it became inspirational to many of us. He harnessed the power of positive thinking. “Life’s no rehearsal” became his mantra. He genuinely wanted us to understand what that meant, it wasn’t just a catch phrase. Recently, Mat began a collaboration with producer and musician David Booth and ‘Bayfield Booth’ was born. In truth this was far more about friendship than any commercial arrangement. They asked me to photograph a song-writing session and so I went from a shoot in one of the best-known studios in London one day to a tiny little schoolhouse in Suffolk the next – Mat never let me get above myself!

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We came up with some crazy ideas, one that never quite took off was the FolkEast Live Lounge. In Mat’s mind, if it was good enough for the BBC at Glastonbury why couldn’t we do it in Suffolk at the greatest festival in the shires of Eastfolk! Alongside my friend Julz, I photographed Mat’s wedding to Kelly, despite having told them both that ‘we don’t do weddings’! It was probably the most nerve wracking piece of work I have ever undertaken. We even planned the shoot in Lego - I kid you not! Mat was immensely proud of the results we produced that day. Despite us ‘not doing weddings’ Julz and I were equally honoured to be given the opportunity.

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Mat and I, along with our designated drivers, Kelly and Kathy were frequently the last ones to leave The Froize in the early hours of Monday morning after an evening of folk music on Sunday evening. These were not heavy drinking sessions, we all just enjoyed each other’s company, we’d exchange stories and just talk, laugh and enjoy life – Living Life for The Day. Mat was a very ordinary yet extraordinary man. To have known him was a privilege, to have become his friend, an honour. But my feeling of loss is nothing compared to what his Mum, Dad, children and wife are feeling now, and will continue to feel. My thoughts are with them – Hold on Tight.

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www.GrapevineLIVE.co.uk Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 9th Bungay r Fisher Theatre r Parallel Times r 7:30pm Bury r The Apex r The Blues Band r 7:30pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Magic of Motown r 8pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Counterfeit Sixties r 7:30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Renegade Twelve r 8:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Infrared r 7:30pm Ipswich r County of Suffolk r Elie Rees r 9pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r MJ Soul r £3 Ipswich r Red Lion r Ed Gasket & The Rockers r 9pm Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Red Flag 77 +...r 8:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Black Lightnin’ r 9pm Ipswich r TGA r Red Leaf Ipswich r The Kingfisher r Matt White & The Emulsions r 7pm Ipswich r The Railway r Beautiful Dangerous r 9pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Black Spill r 7pm Needham Market r Three Tuns r Martells r 8:30pm Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Paul James & the Drowned Lovers r £20 r 7:30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Psycho Dehlia Sudbury r Prince of Wales r The Kicks Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Karaoke

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 10th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r The Stylistics r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Luke Daniels r 8pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Stella Hensley & Chris Newman Peterborough r Cresset r UK Pink Floyd Experience r 7:30pm Peterborough r New Theatre r Gilad Atzmon Quartet St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Ray Steel r 4pm Gigs in Essex Sunday 10th Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Lee Mead r 7:30pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r When Rivers Meet r 4:30pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r Let the Music Play r 7:30pm Clacton r West Cliff r Tendring Brass Band r 3pm Harlow r Playhouse r Festival of Remembrance r 7:30pm Manningtree r Winyl r Songwriting Circle r Free r 2pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r George Tidiman’s Salty Town Six Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Last Night of the Autumn Proms

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 10th Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Wired For Sound r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r St Nicholas Chapel r Festival Of Remembrance Norwich r B2 r Twisted East Promotion r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Mister Pink r 3pm Norwich r LCR r Kodaline r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Those Deadbeat Cats Norwich r Waterfront r Electric Eel Shock r 7pm

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 10th Bury r The Apex r Searchers & Hollies Experience Bury r Theatre Royal r MJ HIStory r 7:30pm Chillesford r The Froize r Elmoe & Hoffman r £25 r 7:30pm Felixstowe r The Alex r Jazz East r Free r 8pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Sarah McQuaid r 7:30pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Laura Climpson Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r The Fool’s Moon r 3pm Mellis r Railway Tavern r Hemmingway r 5pm

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Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 11th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Loyle Carner r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Kenny Wayne Shepherd r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r Bella Hardy r £17.50 r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Spector Gigs in Essex Monday 11th Colchester r Arts Ctr r Talisk r 7:45pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 11th Norwich r Arts Ctr r Larkins r £11 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm

Gigs in Suffolk Monday 11th Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Riley Baugus Bury r The Apex r Hot Club of Cowtown r 7:30pm Ipswich r Halberd r Fisk & Amor r £10 r 8:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 12th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Squeeze r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Julia Kent & Daniel Thorne r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Jamie Lenman r 7pm Cambridge r Various Places r Cambridge Int’l Jazz Festival St Neots r Priory Ctr r Luke Daniels

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 12th Clacton r Princes Theatre r Christmas Memories r 2pm Colchester r Abbey Fields Ctr r Queen Of The Night r 7:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr r The Power of Compassion r 7:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r That’ll Be The Day r 8pm Westcliff r RBL r Gigspanner Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 12th Norwich r Arts Ctr r Talisk r £14 r 8pm Norwich r Bedfords r Alex Hitchcock Quartet r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Boombox r 7pm Norwich r LCR r Gerry Cinnamon r 6:30pm Norwich r St Andrews Hall r Benjamin Grosvenor & Thomas Gould r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 12th Bury r The Apex r AKA Trio r 7:30pm Ipswich r Corn Exchange r Hawkwind r 8pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Wednesday 13th Cambridge r Junction r Renegade Brass Band r 7pm Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Zubin Kanga r 1pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Big Joanie Cambridge r The Geldart r Jay B r 8:30pm Ely r Old Dispensary r Alden Patterson & Dashwood r £11 Peterborough r Key Theatre r John Illsley r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jam Night r 7pm Gigs in Essex Wednesday 13th Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Into The Groove r 7:45pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Open Mic r 8pm Colchester r Abbey Fields Ctr r Illegal Eagles r 7:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 13th Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm

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Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 13th Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Folk & Acoustic Session Ipswich r Regent r Australian Pink Floyd r 6:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 14th Cambridge r Blue Moon r Tim Holehouse +... r 8pm Cambridge r Junction r Brand New Heavies r 7pm Cambridge r Junction r The Local Honeys r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Richard Spaven +... r 7:30pm Cambridge r Storeys Field Ctr r Soft Machine r 7pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Skivin’ Ivan & the Slackers Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Austin Gold r 9:30pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r The Quireboys r 8pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 14th Gt Bardfield r Friends Meeting House r John Daddio Clarke Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r James Morrison r 7pm Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 14th Norwich r Arts Ctr r Hot Club of Cowtown r £18 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Blue Lion Band r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Show Of Hands r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Norwich r Waterfront r Purple Jimi r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 14th Bures r Eight Bells r Open Mic r 8pm Bury r The Apex r Delightfully Dusty Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Karaoke Lowestoft r Marina r That’ll Be The Day r 7:30pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 15th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r OMD r 7:30pm Cambridge r Flying Pig r CJ-PSB r 8:30pm Cambridge r Golden Hind r Daoiri Farrell r 8pm Cambridge r Junction r New Model Army r 7pm Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r The Cann Twins +... Cambridge r Portland Arms r Nathan West r 7:30pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Hi On Maiden r 8pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Bad Monkey Driver r 9pm Stapleford r Granary r John Law & David Gordon r 7:30pm Upware r Five Miles From Anywhere r Graham Buxton

Gigs in Essex Friday 15th Chelmsford r Bassment r Shakey’s Sessions Palps r 8pm Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Money for Nothing r 7:45pm Chelmsford r Hideaways r A Band Called Malice r 8pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Rough ‘n’ Ready r 9pm Clacton r West Cliff r Small Fakers r 7:30pm Colchester r Abbey Fields Ctr r Classical Favourites r 7:30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Martin McNeill r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Hit Parade Old Harlow r Cricket Club r Blues Chapter Southend r Chinnery’s r Rough Divide + r 8pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Marillion r 7:30pm

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www.GrapevineLIVE.co.uk Gigs in Norfolk Friday 15th Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Sounds of the Supremes Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r That’ll Be The Day r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Town Hall r Magnard Ensemble r 11am Norwich r Arts Ctr r Monster Truck r £19 r 8pm Norwich r B2 r Beast Anglia Presents r 7pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Uprising r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r The Mersey Beatles r 7pm Norwich r LCR r The Dark Carnival r 10pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Alternative Lobster Norwich r Waterfront r Lightscape r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Stone Foundation r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Propaganda r 10:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Friday 15th Bury r Hunter Club r Greg Abate Bury r Risbygate S&SC r Martin Kaszac & Fara Afifi r £8 Bury r The Apex r The Selecter r 8pm Elmswell r Railway Tavern r Five Mile High r 9pm Halesworth r The Cut r Baluji Shrivastav r 7:30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r The Fretz r 8:30pm Ipswich r Brewers Arms r Clare Free r 8pm Ipswich r Regent r Shakespears Sister r 7pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Elie Rees r 8pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Rock Solid Alibi Ipswich r The Railway r Hurricane Alley + Bonafide r 8pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Matt White & the Emulsions Lowestoft r Marina r RPO Continental Classics r 7:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Nicolas Meier World Group Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Thee Deadtime Philharmonic

Briarbank’s Sunday Jazz Sunday 17th November 1:30pm This month you’ll be treated to a guitar special as guitarists Dominic Ashworth, Simon Hurley and John Parker return to the Briarbank. Playing alongside them will be Owen Morgan on bass and Ron West on drums. Entry is free. 70 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1LB 01473 284000 • www.briarbank.org Follow us on

Follow us on Twitter: GrapevineLIVE Sudbury r Prince of Wales r That 80s Band r £7.50 Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Shattered? Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 16th Cambridge r Flying Pig r Tabasco r 8:30pm Cambridge r Junction r The Fiver r 6:45pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Pearl Jamm r 8pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Vintage Stuff Peterborough r Met Lounge r Los Ramones r 7pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Beerbelly r 9pm

Gigs in Essex Saturday 16th Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Mike Ross Band Braintree r Arts Theatre r Rolling Stones Story r 7:30pm Braintree r Boars Head r Replica Chelmsford r Bassment r The Skafonics r 8pm Chelmsford r Civic Theatre r Joe Brown r 7:45pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Warehouse Blues Band r 9pm Clacton r West Cliff r Freedom! r 7:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr r The Searchers & Hollies Exp r 6pm Colchester r Coda r Ransom +... r 8:30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r The Magic Es +... r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Wully Bully r 9pm Southend r Chinnery’s r The Chords +... r 7pm Wix r The Waggon r The Statins r 9pm Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 16th Gt Yarmouth r California Tavern r The Roosters r 9pm Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r Andy Ottley r 7:30pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Making Tracks r £13.50 r 8pm Norwich r Assembly House r Playford Ball r £15 r 7:30pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Hi On Maiden r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Viktori Norwich r Waterfront r Mad Dog Mcrea r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r The Cuban Brothers & DJ Yoda Norwich r Waterfront r Meltdown r 10pm

Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 16th Bury r The Apex r Bury Bach Choir Halesworth r The Cut r Clare Free r 7:30pm Holbrook r Royal Hospital School r Come & Sing Disney Ipswich r Black Horse r Shoot the Glass r 8:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Stiff in the Morning r 7:30pm Ipswich r County of Suffolk r Tore Down r Free r 9pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Soul Project r 8:30pm Ipswich r Regent r OMD r 7:30pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Alfie Buckley Quartet r £8 r 7:30pm Ipswich r TGA r Lucky No7 Ipswich r The Railway r Moving Targets r 9pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Beneath The Embers r 7:30pm Kesgrave r Social Club r Infrared r 7pm Leiston r White Horse Hotel r Handle With Care Lowestoft r Marina r Ultimate Buble r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Dana & Susan Robinson Needham Market r Three Tuns r Zoom Club r 8:30pm Snape r Maltings r Dom Bouffard r 7pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Mr Spankey & the Hipthrusters Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Farq Trimley r Trimley S&SC r A Saucerful of Floyd r £7 r 9pm

2019 Christmas Show Guide Our challenge every November is to write the introduction to the Christmas Show Guide without falling into the dreaded panto cliché trap – here we go… The statistics say it all, no fewer than fifty-nine Christmas Shows on offer across the region starting this month and carrying on well into the new year. Some mere one-night stands, others with runs so long that those taking part rent houses in the region! The most popular show this season by a country mile is Cinderella with Aladdin and Beauty & The Beast joint second. The show with the longest title is Eastern Angels’ “Famous Four and a Half Go Wild in Thetford Forest” followed closely by Common Ground’s “Sherlock Holmes and The Warlock of Whitechapel” who win the prize for the most performances across the most venues. The longest running show, as ever it seems, is New Wolsey’s rock’n’roll Aladdin extravaganza which runs for an amazing sixty-four days. The Mercury Theatre’s Cinderella is taking place in a purpose-built tent on Abbey Fields – now that is going to be special. What do you think boys and girls? Did we make it through without a cliché? What’s that? Its where – behind us? Oh no it isn’t!

6 Nov - 9 Nov Cinderella, Palace Theatre, Southend southendtheatres.org.uk 12 Nov - 13 Nov Jack & The Beanstalk, Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn kingslynncornexchange.co.uk 13 Nov - 16 Nov Wind in The Willows, Palace Theatre, Southend southendtheatres.org.uk 15 Nov Peter Panties (Adult), Arts Theatre, Braintree braintreeartstheatre.com 21 Nov - 23 Nov Flint Street Nativity, West Cliff, Clacton westcliffclacton.co.uk 27 Nov - 7 Dec Red Riding Hood, ADC Theatre, Cambridge adctheatre.com 28 Nov - 11 Jan Cinderella, Arts Theatre, Cambridge cambridgeartstheatre.com 28 Nov - 1 Feb Aladdin, New Wolsey, Ipswich wolseytheatre.co.uk 29 Nov - 23 Dec A Christmas Carol, Keepers Daughter, Touring Show keepersdaughter.com 29 Nov - 5 Jan Peter Pan, Civic Theatre, Chelmsford chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres 29 Nov - 5 Jan Jack & the Beanstalk, Playhouse, Harlow, harlowplayhouse.co.uk 29 Nov - 12 Jan Rapunzel, The Garage, Norwich thegarage.org.uk 29 Nov - 19 Jan Peter Pan, Theatre Royal, Bury theatreroyal.org 30 Nov - 5 Jan Cinderella, Mercury at Abbey Fields, Colchester mercurytheatre.co.uk

30 Nov - 1 Jan Dick Whittington & His Wonderful Cat, Princess Theatre, Hunstanton princesshunstanton.co.uk 3 Dec - 8 Dec Little Red Riding Hood, Regal Theatre, Stowmarket regalstowmarket.co.uk 4 Dec Dear Santa, Charter Hall, Colchester colchester-events.co.uk 4 Dec - 25 Jan Famous Four and a Half Go Wild in Thetford Forest, Eastern Angles, Touring Show easternangles.co.uk 4 Dec - 8 Dec Treasure Island - The Panto, Headgate, Colchester headgatetheatre.co.uk 5 Dec - 5 Jan Beauty & The Beast, Key Theatre, Peterborough vivacity.org/theatres/vivacity-s-key-theatre 7 Dec Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas Ccountdown, Arts Theatre, Braintree braintreeartstheatre.com 7 Dec - 30 Dec Cinderella, Cresset, Peterborough cresset.co.uk 7 Dec - 1 Jan Dick Whittington & His Cat, Little Theatre, Sheringham sheringhamlittletheatre.com 7 Dec - 1 Jan Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Princes Theatre, Clacton princestheatre.co.uk 10 Dec - 5 Jan Wind in The Willows, ADC Theatre, Cambridge adctheatre.com 10 Dec - 31 Dec Cinderella, Angles Theatre, Wisbech anglestheatre.co.uk 10 Dec - 5 Jan Aladdin, Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn kingslynncornexchange.co.uk

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11 Dec - 5 Jan Wind in The Willows, Junction, Cambridge junction.co.uk 11 Dec - 21 Dec A Circus Carol, Playhouse, Norwich norwichplayhouse.co.uk 12 Dec - 19 Jan Sherlock Holmes & The Warlock of Whitechaple, Common Ground Theatre Company, Touring commongroundtc.co.uk 12 Dec - 1 Jan Snow White, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft marinatheatre.co.uk 12 Dec - 14 Dec Alice in Wonderland, The Seagull, Lowestoft theseagull.co.uk 13 Dec - 4 Jan Robin Hood & The Merry Men, Cliffs Pavilion, Southend southendtheatres.org.uk 13 Dec - 14 Dec Santa in Love, Cramphorn studio, Chelmsford chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres 13 Dec - 24 Dec Great Christmas Cake Off, Playhouse, Harlow harlowplayhouse.co.uk 13 Dec - 5 Jan Dick Whittington, The Maltings, Ely themaltingsely.org.uk 14 Dec - 31 Dec Beauty & The Beast, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich maddermarket.co.uk 14 Dec - 31 Dec The Wizard of Oz, New Theatre, Peterborough newtheatre-peterborough.com 14 Dec - 4 Jan Sleeping Beauty, Quay Theatre, Sudbury quaysudbury.com 14 Dec - 31 Dec Cinderella, Regent, Ipswich ipswichtheatres.co.uk

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14 Dec - 30 Dec Beauty & The Beast, St Georges Theatre, Gt Yarmouth stgeorgestheatre.com 17 Dec - 19 Jan Cinderella, Theatre Royal, Norwich secure.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk 18 Dec - 24 Dec Beauty & The Beast, Arts Theatre, Bocking thebockingartstheatrecomplex.co.uk 19 Dec - 21 Dec Malice in Neverland (Adult), The Seagull, Lowestoft theseagull.co.uk 19 Dec - 22 Dec The Christmas Show, West Cliff, Clacton westcliffclacton.co.uk 20 Dec - 30 Dec Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Arts Centre, Haverhill haverhillartscentre.co.uk 20 Dec - 3 Jan Puss in Boots, Fisher Theatre, Bungay fishertheatre.org

20 Dec - 1 Jan Dick Whittington, Public Hall, Beccles becclespublichall.co.uk

4 Jan Puss in Boots (Adult), Fisher Theatre, Bungay fishertheatre.org

20 Dec - 29 Dec Red Riding Hood, Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge seckfordtheatre.org

8 Jan - 11 Jan Aladdin, Mersea Centre, West Mersea merseacentre.org

20 Dec Santa in Wonderland, The Seagull, Lowestoft theseagull.co.uk

8 Jan - 11 Jan Jack Off The Beanstalk (Adult), St Georges Theatre, Gt Yarmouth stgeorgestheatre.com

21 Dec - 22 Dec Jack & The Beanstalk, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge aru.ac.uk/arts-law-and-social-sciences/ mumford-theatre

16 Jan - 19 Jan Goldilocks & The Three Bears, Film Theatre, Leiston leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk

21 Dec - 5 Jan Dick Whittington, Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe spapavilion.uk 22 Dec - 31 Dec Rumpelstilskin & The Snail of Destiny, Arts Centre, Colchester colchesterartscentre.com

18 Jan - 26 Jan Aladdin, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft marinatheatre.co.uk 18 Feb - 22 Feb Cinderella, Arts Theatre, Braintree braintreeartstheatre.com

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Find us on Facebook: GrapevineLIVE November 2019 Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 17th Cambridge r Junction r Yazz Ahmed r 7pm Cambridge r Corn Exchange r John Mayall r 7:30pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Low Roar r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Colin r 3pm St Neots r Priory Ctr r Dana & Susan Robinson Gigs in Essex Sunday 17th Gigs in Essex Tuesday 19th Chelmsford r Clarets Bar r Mini Fest r £15 Colchester r Arts Ctr r Twelfth Day r 7:30pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r Isabel Oliver r 4:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Sophie Ellis-Bextor r 8pm Clacton r West Cliff r Time To Shine r 7:30pm Westcliff r RBL r Mile Roses Colchester r Arts Ctr r Julian Costello Quartet r 6pm Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Hugh Crozier’s Incomparables Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Shakespears Sister r 7pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Sons of Pitches r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 17th Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r The Drifters r 7:30pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Norfolk Symphony Orch Norwich r Brickmakers r Ragnarok Metal Fest r £15 Norwich r Epic Studios r Big Fish Little Fish r 2pm Norwich r LCR r Mahalia r 7pm Norwich r Open r Hooten Hallers r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Hedge Monkeys

Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 17th Bury r The Apex r Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers r 7:30pm Darsham r All Saints Church r CelloAid r 3pm Felixstowe r The Alex r Jazz East r Free r 8pm Ipswich r Briarbank Brewery r Jazz on Sunday r 1:30pm Ipswich r California Club r John Etheridge Blue Spirits Trio Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Chelsea Francis Ipswich r Ipswich School r Chorus! r £15 r 3pm Ipswich r Isaacs on the Quay r MJSoul r 3pm Ipswich r Red Lion r Andy Ottley r 3pm Ipswich r Regent r Sixties Gold r 7:30pm Ipswich r The Railway r Icebreakers r 2:30pm Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Pangaea r 3pm Lowestoft r The Blues Bar r STiGMa r 3pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Chuck Wills Band r 4pm Sudbury r Quay Theatre r Pure Floyd r 7:30pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 18th Cambridge r Blue Moon r Jemma Freeman & the Cosmic Something +.. r 7:30pm Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Hawkwind r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Talisk r 8pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Ninth Wave r 7pm

Gigs in Essex Monday 18th Colchester r Arts Ctr r The Trials of Cato r 7:45pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Australian Pink Floyd r 7:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 18th Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Christmas Memories r 2pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Sports Team + support r £12.50 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Professor Green r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Monday 18th Bury r The Apex r Academy of Ancient Music r 7:30pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 19th Cambridge r Junction r Glenn Hughes r 7pm

Gigs in Norfolk Tuesday 19th Norwich r Brickmakers r Gin City r 8pm Norwich r Waterfront r Jamie Lenman r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Tuesday 19th Lavenham r St Peter & St Paul Church r The Stylistics

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 19th Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Kevin Flanagan Jazz Trio Cambridge r Portland Arms r ARU Showcase r 7:30pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Late Risers r 8:30pm Stapleford r Granary r Steve Swallow & Christian Muthspiel Gigs in Essex Wednesday 20th Braintree r Boars Head r Jam Night Southend r Palace Theatre r John Mayall r 8pm Wix r The Waggon r Blackwater Band r 8:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 20th Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Reel Big Fish r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r LCR r The Amazons r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Walnut Big Quiz Norwich r Waterfront r Glenn Hughes r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 20th Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Ipswich r Regent r Squeeze r 7:30pm Lavenham r St Peter & St Paul Church r Lindisfarne

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 21st Cambridge r CUC Wine Bar r Harry Bolt Quartet Cambridge r Flying Pig r Django’s Tiger r 9pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Roller Trio +... r 7:30pm Cambridge r The Geldart r Pillars of Creation r 8pm Peterborough r Cresset r Carpenters Story r 7:30pm

Gigs in Essex Thursday 21st Castle Hedingham r Bell Inn r Open Mic r 8pm Gt Bardfield r Friends Meeting House r Brooks Williams Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r The Stylistics r 8pm Southend r Palace Theatre r Showaddywaddy r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 21st Gt Yarmouth r Vauxhall Holiday Park r Skamouth Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Rock For Heroes r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Loaded Dice r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r My Life Story r 7:30pm Norwich r LCR r Scouting For Girls r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Norwich r Waterfront r Marsicans r 7:30pm

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Sound City Ipswich Sound City Ipswich took place last month. This was the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first multi venue festival and music industry conference. The conference discussions included talks on the importance of venues, how to release music and get paid for it and a guide to record labels. Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Trust is passionate about keeping entry level music venues open. The once healthy Student Union circuit has disappeared and there are only about 500 venues nationally putting on emerging artists, he told us. But it is not, as most of us think, because people are not going out to listen to live music. Venues are closing because of external pressures: gentrification, poor practices and costs. One venue mentioned that their rent had risen by 400%.

It is a scary world out there if you are trying to run a venue but MVT have a range of resources which you can access freely at musicvenuetrust.com/resources I found the discussion around PPL, PRS and The MU very enlightening, it was good to hear representatives of each organisation explain what they are about. Interesting too to discover that what most artists do is forget to sign up! And what have the record labels ever done for us would be a fair way to paraphrase one of the questions asked of the panel on labels. In truth, some bands donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a label if they have the business acumen to do it themselves but not all are so lucky.

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But my favourite quote of the day came again from that man Mark Davyd when discussing running a venue: “You need a lunatic!” Someone with the passion to make it happen, to put up with the external pressures, someone who understands the industry and how has a vision. I guess the search is now on for Ipswich’s lunatic! Beyond the conference there was, as you’d expect, live music. Four stages hosted a varied selection of acts both local and national. There was an outdoor stage on the Cornhill, the Corn Exchange itself and the Manor Ballroom just down the road. We took a short walk to The Smokehouse for their first session of the night but couldn’t get in the door, it was full, proving that small venues can work.

Apparently a ‘venue for Ipswich’ campaign was started thirty-seven years ago in 1982. That we are still talking about a 250 capacity venue materialising speaks volumes. Sound City Ipswich was an eye opener and an opportunity to see some great bands. What needs to happen now is action, but it remains unclear who will step forward as the lunatic and where that lunatic will find the resources.

November 2019

www.GrapevineLIVE.co.uk Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 21st Ipswich r Regent r Snow Patrol r 7pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Karaoke Lowestoft r Marina r Neil Sands r 2pm Needham Market r Community Ctr r Open Mic r 8pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Friday 22nd Cambridge r Portland Arms r Witch Tripper +... r 7:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Honch Deluxe r 9pm Upware r Five Miles From Anywhere r Funk Oddessey

Gigs in Essex Friday 22nd Basildon r Holiday Inn r Elles Bailey Braintree r Boars Head r Scam 69 Brightlingsea r Kings Head r Hoaxx Chelmsford r United Brethren r Delta Ladies r 9pm Colchester r Arts Ctr r The Specials Ltd r 7pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Vorte r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Old Street Rockers r 9pm Hockley r Touchline Live Music r Small Fakers r £15 r 8pm Southend r Chinnery’s r Changes Two Bowie & Too Rex Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Scouting for Girls r 7pm

Gigs in Norfolk Friday 22nd Banham r The Barrel r The Butchers Dog r 9pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Banco De Gaia r £13.50 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Claire Barker Band r 8pm Norwich r Christ Church Ctr r Reg Meuross

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Gigs in Suffolk Friday 22nd Botesdale r Greyhound r Clare Free r Free r 9pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Styg r 8:30pm Ipswich r Corn Exchange r Peter Andre r 7:30pm Ipswich r Regent r Fastlove r 7:30pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Genesis Visible Touch r £17.50 r 7:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Bruce Aldred Ipswich r The Railway r Colourblind Hedgehogs r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Joel Fisk & The Breakdown Lowestoft r Marina r Illegal Eagles r 7:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Paul Higgs Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Tilly Moses Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Spiral Scratch Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Soul Project

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 23rd Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Marius Neset Quintet Cambridge r Portland Arms r The Sounds Of Oasis r 7:30pm Peterborough r Charters Bar r Third Stone from the Sun Peterborough r Cresset r Thank You For The Music r 7:30pm

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Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 23rd Hunstanton r Princess Theatre r Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r Alexander Armstrong r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Raw Edge r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Will Allinson r 8:30pm Norwich r Open r The Renedeans +... r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Johns Blues Crew Norwich r Waterfront r Rhombus + Auger r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r The Bluetones r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Meltdown r 10pm Sheringham r Little Theatre r The Acoustic Show r 7:30pm Sheringham r St Peters Church r Choral Society Concert Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 23rd

Bildeston r Kings Head r Brothers Grim r 9pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Ultimate Buble r 7:30pm Hadleigh r RBL r Skittlez r 9pm Hadleigh r St Mary’s Church r Mendelssohn’s Elijah r £15 Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Funk Odyssey r 8pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Re-hash r 8:30pm Ipswich r California Club r The Flasbacks r 7:30pm Ipswich r County of Suffolk r Izzy r 9pm Ipswich r G’boro Labour Club r George Michael Tribute r £5 Ipswich r Manor Social Club r Straighten Up r £12 r 7pm Ipswich r Steamboat Tavern r Earth Mother F**ker r 8pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r tbc Ipswich r TGA r Eclipse Band Ipswich r The Railway r Medicine Hat r Free r 9pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r David Ian Roberts r 7:30pm Leiston r Film Theatre r ds:uk r £15 r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Marina r Beatlemania r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Seagull r Yesterday Once More Needham Market r Three Tuns r Superzeros r 8:30pm Snape r Maltings r Verdi Requiem r 7:30pm Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Tannahill Weavers r 7:30pm Sudbury r Bay Horse r Five Mile High Sudbury r Delphi Ctr r Abba Gold r 7:45pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Bouncing Off Concrete Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Quiz Night

November 2019 25 Gigs in Cambridgeshire Sunday 24th Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Schools Big Band Concert Peterborough r Charters Bar r Division r 3pm Peterborough r Cresset r Red Hot Chilli Pipers r 7:30pm Peterborough r Key Theatre r The Lock In r 3pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jacen Bruce r 4pm Stapleford r Granary r Leon Greening Trio r 11am Gigs in Essex Sunday 24th Chelmsford r United Brethren r Elie Rees r 4:30pm Clacton r Princes Theatre r The Stylistics r 7:30pm Clacton r West Cliff r James Bond Concert Spectacular Marks Tey r Parish Hall r Yerba Buena Celebration Band

Gigs in Norfolk Sunday 24th Gt Yarmouth r St Georges r Fado r 8pm Kings Lynn r Corn Exchange r One Night of Queen r 7:30pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Nightlift r 3pm Norwich r LCR r Yungblud r 7pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Pyevarotti Sheringham r Little Theatre r Tom Harris Quartet r 7:30pm Swanton Novers r Village Hall r Tannahill Weavers r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Sunday 24th Bildeston r Kings Head r Kevin Nightingale r 1pm Bramford r Social Club r Roy’s Jam Session r 1pm Chillesford r The Froize r Lucy Ward r £20 r 7:30pm Felixstowe r Hand In Hand r Clare Free r 5pm Felixstowe r The Alex r Jazz East r Free r 8pm Haverhill r Arts Ctr r Holly at Christmas r 7:30pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Heartbeat r 3pm Ipswich r Regent r Respect r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Marina r FastLove r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Stanford Arms r Jason & Dougie r 3pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Monday 25th Cambridge r Junction r Whitney r 7pm Stapleford r Granary r Blazin’ Fiddles r 7:30pm Gigs in Essex Monday 25th Colchester r Arts Ctr r Glymjack r 7:45pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Carole r 8pm

Gigs in Norfolk Monday 25th Norwich r Brickmakers r Open Stage r 8pm

Gigs in Cambridgeshire Tuesday 26th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Emeli Sandé r 7:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Billy Bragg Cambridge r Junction r Twelfth Day r 8pm Cambridge r NCI Club r Penelope Isles r 7:30pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Dirty Hit Tour r 7pm Peterborough r Cresset r Johnny Cash Christmas Special St Neots r Priory Ctr r Round the Room

Gigs in Essex Tuesday 26th Brentwood r Old Brentwoods Club r Carlton Jazz Buffet Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Lionel r 8pm Westcliff r RBL r Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer

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Norwich r Brickmakers r Boombox r 7pm Norwich r Waterfront r A r 7:30pm

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Bury r The Apex r Graham Parker r 7:30pm

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Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Ukulele Orch. of Great Britain Cambridge r Junction r Billy Bragg Cambridge r Mumford Theatre r Daniella Rossi r 1pm Cambridge r Portland Arms r Strawberry Fair Benefit Cambridge r The Geldart r Jazz Club r 8:30pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Jam Night r 7pm Gigs in Essex Wednesday 27th

Chelmsford r United Brethren r We are Fossils r 8:30pm Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Omar & the QCBA Quartet Southend r Cliffs Pavilion r Steve Hackett r 7pm Gigs in Norfolk Wednesday 27th

Banham r The Barrel r Open Mic r 8:30pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r Tav Falco & The Panther Burns r £17 Norwich r Epic Studios r The Blow Monkeys r 7:30pm Norwich r Gate House r Irish Folk r 8:30pm Norwich r LCR r Primal Scream r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Norfolk Blues Society Norwich r Waterfront r Beabadoobee +... r 7:30pm Gigs in Suffolk Wednesday 27th

Bildeston r Kings Head r Open Mic r 8:30pm Bury r The Apex r Gigspanner r £22 r 7:30pm Edwardstone r White Horse r Jam Session r 8:30pm Ipswich r Regent r Queen of the Night r 7:30pm Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Bob + support r £12 r 7:30pm Gigs in Cambridgeshire Thursday 28th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Adam Ant r 7:30pm Cambridge r Flying Pig r DodoBones r 8:30pm Cambridge r Junction r Billy Bragg Cambridge r The Geldart r Black Coffee r 8pm Peterborough r Cresset r That’ll Be The Day r 7:30pm Gigs in Essex Thursday 28th Braintree r Arts Theatre r Rave On r 7:30pm Colchester r Charter Hall r The Drifters r 6:30pm

Gigs in Norfolk Thursday 28th Dereham r Golf Club r Tim Kliphuis + Gypsy Jazz Trio Norwich r Brickmakers r A Blondie Moment r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Sam Coe r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Open Mic Norwich r Waterfront r Jarrod Dickenson r 7:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Thursday 28th Bury r The Apex r Hugh Cornwell Electric r 8pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Karaoke Leiston r Film Theatre r Dominic Kirwan r £25 r 7:30pm Lowestoft r Marina r Simply reRed r 7:30pm

Cambridge r Blue Moon r Sarpa Salpa +... r 7:30pm Cambridge r Corn Exchange r What’s Love Got To Do With It? Cambridge r Golden Hind r Fred’s House r 8pm Cambridge r Junction r Dodgy r 7pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Piston Groovy r 9pm Upware r Five Miles From Anywhere r Indie Tones

Gigs in Essex Friday 29th Basildon r Holiday Inn r Frankie Connolly Band Braintree r Boars Head r Wrong Jovi Brightlingsea r No1 Harbour Square r Words & Music r 9pm Chelmsford r Bassment r Asylum Takeover r 8:30pm Chelmsford r United Brethren r DodoBones r 9pm Clacton r West Cliff r Simply reRed r 7:30pm Colchester r Coda r Hobo Chang r 8:30pm Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Osmium Guillotine r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Psycho Dehlia r 9pm Old Harlow r Cricket Club r Marigolds All Stars Southend r Chinnery’s r Tyber & Peter (Dualers) r 8pm Walton on the Naze r The Victory r The Onion Band r 9pm Gigs in Norfolk Friday 29th Buxton r Black Lion r The Roosters r 9pm Norwich r B2 r Punk Weekender r £14 r 1pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Beautiful Dangerous r 8pm Norwich r Epic Studios r Dave Pearce 90s Dance Anthems Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Counterfeit Brits Norwich r Waterfront r Crows r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Ride r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r Propaganda r 10:30pm

Gigs in Suffolk Friday 29th Bramfield r Queens Head r Kristie Read r 8:30pm Brandeston r The Queen r Clare Free r 8pm Bury r Hunter Club r Soul Night Halesworth r The Cut r Shindig with Vix & The Kicks r 7:30pm Ipswich r Black Horse r Stiff in the Morning r 8:30pm Ipswich r Corn Exchange r T.Rextasy r 7:30pm Ipswich r Regent r Emeli Sandé r 7:30pm Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r Urban Myth Ipswich r The Railway r Roquefort r 9pm Ipswich r The Salutation r Jax&Co r 8:45pm Lowestoft r Marina r ABBA Forever r 7:30pm Stoke by Nayland r SbN Hotel r Tom Green Septet Stowmarket r John Peel Ctr r Mike Peters r £20 r 7:30pm Stratford St Andrew r Riverside Ctr r Carolyn Robson & Moira Craig r £6 r 8pm Sudbury r Prince of Wales r The Good The Bad The Ugly & Jim Sudbury r Quay Theatre r That 80s Christmas Rock Show Trimley r Trimley S&SC r Styg Gigs in Cambridgeshire Saturday 30th Cambridge r Corn Exchange r Philharmonia Orchestra Cambridge r Junction r The Comet is Coming r 8pm

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Cambridge r Portland Arms r Last Gang In Town r 8pm Peterborough r Brewery Tap r Brown Suga Peterborough r Charters Bar r Dizzy Miss Lizzys r 10:30pm Peterborough r Cresset r Whitney r 7:30pm Peterborough r Met Lounge r Stipe r 8pm St Neots r Pig’n’Falcon r Junkyard Preachers r 9pm Gigs in Essex Saturday 30th

Billericay r Barleylands S&SC r Zoe Schwarz & Blue Commotion Braintree r Boars Head r Yellowhouse Clacton r West Cliff r Through The Decades r 7:30pm Colchester r Arts Ctr r Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Colchester r Queen St Brewhouse r Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers r 8pm Colchester r The Bull r Scooby r 9pm Halstead r The Dorrington r 90s Night Southend r Chinnery’s r Faux Fighters UK r 7:30pm West Mersea r Mersea Ctr r Meanstreak r 8:30pm Wix r The Waggon r The Stents r 9pm Gigs in Norfolk Saturday 30th

Gt Yarmouth r Kings Arms r Stone Free r 8pm Norwich r Arts Ctr r London Calling r £14 r 8pm Norwich r Brickmakers r Bloodshake Chorus r 8pm Norwich r Gate House r Vic Salter r 8:30pm Norwich r LCR r Lewis Capaldi r 7:30pm Norwich r Open r Noble Jacks r 7:30pm Norwich r Walnut Tree Shades r Basketcase Norwich r Waterfront r Scarlet r 6:30pm Norwich r Waterfront r UK Foo Fighters r 7pm Norwich r Waterfront r Meltdown r 10pm Gigs in Suffolk Saturday 30th

Bury r The Apex r Suffolk Sinfonia r 7:30pm Felixstowe r Spa Pavilion r Some Guys Have All The Luck Ipswich r Black Horse r Dead Horse r 8:30pm Ipswich r California Club r Shut Up Shirley r 7:30pm Ipswich r Corn Exchange r Ipswich Symphony Orch r £15.50 Ipswich r County of Suffolk r Janine r 8:30pm Ipswich r Gainsborough Labour Club r Andy Ottley r 8:30pm Ipswich r St Mary-le-Tower r John Petters r 7pm Ipswich r St Peters by the Waterfront r Paul Simon Choir Ipswich r Swan & Hedgehog r All or Nothing Ipswich r TGA r Hoppi & the Hopefuls Ipswich r The Railway r Soap Your Auntie r 9pm Ipswich r The Smokehouse r Elephant Jane +... r 6pm Leiston r White Horse Hotel r Roach Lowestoft r Seagull r Sixties Explosion r 7:30pm Needham Market r Three Tuns r Soul Project r 8:30pm Stoke by Nayland r St Marys Church r Nayland Choir r £10 Sudbury r Bay Horse r Jump Mother Crab Sudbury r Prince of Wales r Contraband Wickham Market r RBL r Rodders r 8:30pm

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14-16 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Market Square r 7:30pm 15-16 Nov r Peterborough r Cresset r Footloose 15 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Marlowe Showcase 15 Nov r Peterborough r Undercroft r Dil Dhadakne Do 15 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Nick Helm r 8pm 16 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Robin Ince r 8pm 17 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r The Snow Dragon 17 Nov r Peterborough r Key r Surreal Words r 7pm 18-23 Nov r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Prism r 12am 18-20 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r You’re Dead & I’m Eating Pic N’ Mix r 9:30pm 19-23 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Beautiful Thing r 7pm 19-23 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Nell Gwynn r 7:45pm 19 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Becoming Electra: A Queer Mitzvah r 11pm 20-23 Nov r Peterborough r Key r One Man, Two Guvnors r 12am 20-23 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Bloody Chamber r 11pm 21 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Step Sonic r 7:30pm 21-23 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r ANerdyFangirl394 r 9:30pm 22 Nov r Peterborough r Undercroft r Room at the Top of the House r 12am 22 Nov r Peterborough r Cresset r Ben Elton r 7:30pm 22 Nov r Cambridge r Corn Ex r James Acaster r 8pm 22 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Spontaneous Potter r 8pm 23 Nov r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Henning Wehn r 8pm 23 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Vir Das r 8pm 24 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Woodland Tales with Grandad 25-30 Nov r Peterborough r New Theatre r Fame 25 Nov r Cambridge r Corn Ex r Lenny Henry r 7:30pm 26-30 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Thrill Me 26-27 Nov r Cambridge r Mumford r A Little Space r 7:30pm 26-30 Nov r Cambridge r Corpus Playroom r Disco Pigs 27 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Red Riding Hood 27 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Travis Alabanza r 7:30pm 27 Nov r Peterborough r Cresset r Jonathan Pie r 7:30pm 28-11 Jan r Cambridge r Arts Theatre r Cinderella 28 Nov r Cambridge r W.Rd Concert Hall r Ardal O’Hanlon 28 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Views from the ‘Bridge 28-30 Nov r Cambridge r ADC r Second Generation: Integrated 29 Nov r Cambridge r Junction r Jordan Brookes r 8pm 29 Nov r Peterborough r Cresset r Comedy Club r 8pm 29 Nov r Cambridge r Portland Arms r Comedy Club

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Molly Richardson

We are deep into the swing of the autumn season, and I hope you’ve been making the most of the wealth of great theatre around. As the pantomime season begins to take over the counties (Oh yes it is!) and thrive, in addition to our annual panto pullout, I wanted to continue on from last month’s feature and highlight a few more of the best picks, this time focusing on what Suffolk and Essex have on offer. Ipswich is fortunate in having a particularly vast and varied choice, though one of the local favourites has to be Ipswich Regent’s traditional take on Cinderella (14-31 Dec), this year starring Adam Garcia and Hannah Spearritt, with more to be announced, so you won’t want to miss out on tickets to this year’s ball. Another local favourite is the infamous New Wolsey Theatre’s rock ’n’ roll panto which continues to be as popular as ever, and this year sees Peter Rowe’s take on Aladdin (28 Nov-1 Feb) with over 20 songs performed by the talented troupe of actor-musicians. Whichever way you sway, both are bound to bring joy to families.

However there are plenty more great offerings across Suffolk, as the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds prepare to take flight with Peter Pan (29 Nov-19 Jan), promising a magical evening of fun and adventure. Stowmarket Operatic and Dramatic Society (SODS) have worked hard to put on another great annual panto and this year is the turn of a modern take on Little Red Riding Hood (3-8th December). The Dennis Lowe Theatre Company bring the rags to riches tale of a young man and his cat on an exciting quest for fame and fortune with Dick Whittington at the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe (21 Dec-5 Jan). If you like your Christmas show to be a little different, Eastern Angles proudly present The Famous Four & A Half Go Wild in Thetford Forest as this year’s crazy offering. This new musical comedy spoof will get you into the festive spirit at the Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich (4 Dec-4 Jan) and also touring to the Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge and Key Theatre, Peterborough in January. As for Essex, The Mercury at Abbey Fields in Colchester are playing host to the charming tale of Cinderella (30 Nov-5 Jan). It’s been supersized to fill the venue, which can only mean more glitter, glamour and songs. The Civic Theatre, Chelmsford proudly present the high-flying family show Peter Pan (29 Nov-5 Jan) featuring dynamic dance routines, stunning costumes, an abundance of comedy, plenty of audience participation and heaps of fairy dust! The Harlow Playhouse give us the gigantic Jack and the Beanstalk

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(29 Nov-5 Jan), so Fe Fi Fo Fum let’s hope you’re ready for lots of fun.

Alternatively, why not take Christmas to the seaside with Princes Theatre, Clacton’s offering of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (7 Dec-1 Jan) starring Graham Cole (The Bill), Graeme Matthews (Britain’s Got Talent) and Russell Grant, with more star casting to be announced. Meanwhile, over at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, and Kev Orkian are among the first stars announced for Robin Hood and The Merry Men (13 Dec-4 Jan) which is guaranteed to be a dance spectacle, filled with lots of laughs along the way.

Once again, this is only a scrape on the surface of the pantos in the region – so I hope you’ve got your tickets to the ball wherever yours may be before the tickets turn to dust; and get ready to spread that festive cheer loudly for all to hear.

November 2019

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