Live entertainment for everyone!

Thank you for making the New Wolsey Theatre your home for live entertainment. It’s been joyous to see the theatre full again. This Autumn Season is crammed with something for everyone! Our major production in September is The Red Lion, which brings football and theatre together on stage – it’s gripping, funny, sensitive and was a 5-star smash-hit in the West End. Also on offer this season are big classic dramas, shows for young people, live music, stand-up comedy, gig theatre, and fresh takes on shows with premieres by East Anglian theatre makers. And, of course, our iconic Rock ’n’ Roll pantomime is back, Dick Whittington and his Cat. Have a good browse, look out for our brilliant Season Ticket deal and please get in touch with us as we'd love to tell you more.

Making and presenting shows is not all we do. We believe that creativity and connection enhance lives. We work with young people, schools, colleges, communities, social change organisations and freelancers across Ipswich and the region. We're incredibly proud of our weekly Warm Space project which welcomed people into a warm and creative environment, giving them food, support and companionship during a difficult winter. We’re getting to know our communities better so that together we can imagine a brighter future for us all. Do support this incredible work. Every ticket you buy, and more significantly each donation you make, plays a vital part in us achieving that.

I look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Douglas Rintoul Chief Executive/Artistic Director

Feel Me is a new, interactive, mainly nonverbal theatre show coproduced by The Paper Birds, UK leaders in devised verbatim theatre, and the New Wolsey Theatre.

Feel Me asks, via your mobile phone, who and what you care about from the stories unfolding live on stage in front of you.

THU 22 JUN – 1:30PM

FRI 23 JUN – 1:30PM & 7:30PM

SAT 24 JUN – 7:30PM

Tickets: £12.00 & £18.00

Teachers' CPD (free with visitin CPD and schools book here: enorthrop@wolseytheatre.co.uk

Tickets on sale: wolseytheatre.co.uk gripping locker-room drama.

It’s the small-time. The semi-pro. The nonleague. In a world far removed from the wealth and media of football, this club is struggling to make ends meet. So, when a gifted young player arrives out of nowhere, it’s the opportunity everyone’s been waiting for. For the kit man this brilliant player will restore the declining

THU 7 – SAT 23 SEP

THU 7 SEP 7:30PM

FRI 8 SEP 7:30PM

SAT 9 SEP 7:30PM

TUE 12 SEP 7:00PM

WED 13 SEP 2:30PM

WED 13 SEP 7:30PM

THU 14 SEP 7:30PM

FRI 15 SEP 7:30PM manager is determined to make him his own. Exploring issues of trust, loyalty and conflict across three generations, this is a new production of the touching, funny and powerful locker-room drama from multi-award-winning writer Patrick Marber. In a play that resonates in contemporary British society, The Red Lion goes beyond the pitch to look at hope, obsessions and the desperation of humanity to be a part of something.

SAT 16 SEP 2:30PM

SAT 16 SEP 7:30PM

TUE 19 SEP 7:00PM

WED 20 SEP 2:30PM

WED 20 SEP 7:30PM

THU 21 SEP 7:30PM Post-Show Talk

FRI 22 SEP 7:30PM

SAT 23 SEP 2:30PM

SAT 23 SEP 7:30PM

A true story celebrating the epic success of the women’s game.

The Dagenham Invincibles were the greatest women's football team of World War One and heralded as "The Unbeaten Women Champions of the Country." But in 1919, the factory girls hung up their boots and their triumphs faded into obscurity.

TUE 26 – SAT 30 SEP

TUE 26 SEP 7:00PM

WED 27 SEP 2:30PM

WED 27 SEP 7:30PM

THU 28 SEP 7:30PM Post-Show Talk

In 2023 their war-cry is heard in the roar of the Lionesses as they embark on their World Cup journey evoking the Invincibles’ joyous spirit. For local teenager Maya, it's the event of the summer as she cheers for England from the family sofa and unearths long-lost footballing secrets.

Written by Amanda Whittington, this world-premiere play is packed with nail-biting excitement, laughter, music, drama and celebration.

FRI 29 SEP 7:30PM

SAT 30 SEP 2:30PM

SAT 30 SEP 7:30PM

Tickets

A ferocious black comedy and landmark of twentieth-century theatre.

In her suburban living room, Beverly prepares for the arrival of her guests. She and husband Laurence will play host to neighbours Angela, Tony and Sue. As the alcohol flows and the ‘nibbles’ are handed round, Mike Leigh’s ruthless, achingly funny examination of 1970s British life begins…

TUE 3 – SAT 7 OCT

TUE 3 OCT 7:00PM

WED 4 OCT 2:30PM

WED 4 OCT 7:30PM

THU 5 OCT 7:30PM Post-Show Talk

AGES 14+

Abigail’s Party premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in 1977. A record 16 million people watched it as the Play for Today, underlining its status as a true modern classic and national treasure.

“It’s remarkable that after so many years, and so many notable revivals, Cabot’s production finds new perspectives on such a familiar play”

The Stage,

Directed by Michael Cabot.

FRI 6 OCT 7:30PM

SAT 7 OCT 2:30PM

SAT 7 OCT 7:30PM

Contains strong language.

New Old Friends in association with MAST Mayflower Studios presents

An ace of a show which you’re sure to (fifteen) love.

Lord Knows, the chair of The Whombledun International Invitational Tennis Tournament, has died and his son, Hugh, is suspicious. The police won’t take the case so Hugh calls in Perry & Penny Pink, private investigators.

What transpires has all the hallmarks of multi-award-winning New Old Friends particular brand of theatrical hilarity: a cast of four performers play countless characters with quick-fire changes and quicker wits. Expect mirth, murder and mayhem, with a side of tennis.

Based on a story from the awardwinning podcast.

TUE 10 – WED 11 OCT

TUE 10 OCT 7:30PM

WED 11 OCT 7:30PM

Content warning: Mild bad language, innuendo and murder.