Wed 10 June to Sat 1 August
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Welcome
From Wed 10 June Black And White Productions presents
SHAKESPEARE IN SUFFOLK
There’s rarely a slow week at the New Wolsey Theatre with a year round programme of work that stretches from contemporary theatre to pantomime with pretty much everything in between, and the annual Open Season is no exception.
Sat 13 June SUFFOLK SOUL SINGERS
Wed 17 June New Art Club co-produced with Dance4 and Nottingham Playhouse, presents
HERCULES
A new play by Suzanne Hawkes
A Dance Cabaret for all Ages
There’s a range of musicals to rival
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(including some plays that haven’t even been written yet), the chance to celebrate the creativity of children and young people from across Suffolk, work with professional performance makers for and with the community and much more. You’ll see a short series of ‘Moving Stories’ performances, films and events made by DanceEast, Gecko, Pacitti Company and Unscene Suffolk that examine notions of belonging as a Deaf or disabled person within the wider community. These four companies use their trademark styles and forms to ensure the voices, stories and talents of those often ignored or marginalised, are placed centre stage. So come and find us at the New Wolsey Theatre, New Wolsey Studio, St Peters Church, Christchurch Mansion and the High Street Exhibition Gallery to see the terrific range of performances and events on offer for 2015!
Rob Salmon Associate Director New Wolsey Theatre
If you would like to take part next year, contact Marcus at: creativelearning@wolseytheatre.co.uk
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Its 1596 and Shakespeare’s Company, The Chamberlains Men, are on tour. For Will it’s been a rough year. They’ve been evicted from their theatre in London, his actors are squabbling, his wife’s on his case, his son is ill, and plague threatens all their livelihoods. Not to mention they are suspected of harbouring spies, Catholics, and worst of all... Playwrights! Suffolk beckons - a place for new material, new beginnings and settling old scores.
St Peters by the Waterfront • 7.45pm Wed 10 to Fri 12 June
Christchurch Mansion • 6pm
Sun 14, Sat 20 & Sun 21 June Part of RSC Open stages
Back for a third year by popular demand, Suffolk Soul Singers community choir presents an evening of soul and gospel inspired music, packed with rich vocal harmonies and supported by a live band of professional musicians. Performing soul classics and contemporary hits guaranteed to get you dancing, Suffolk Soul Singers is a 35 strong community choir in Ipswich led by Andi Hopgood.
If you love soul music, you’ll love this show!
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm suffolksoulsingers.org.uk
ONE extraordinary superhero, 12 impossible tasks…it’s the story of Hercules as you’ve never seen it before! Hercules is best known for his incredible strength. But who knew the guy could dance? THIS story of Hercules is told through hilarious dance routines and amazing speciality acts. It’s a modern cabaret the whole family will enjoy. You get a pantomime, a comic take on history and a party all rolled into one side splitting adventure.
New Wolsey Theatre 11am & 7.45pm
Herculestour.co.uk @HerculesTheTour /NewArtClubHerculesTour Originally commissioned by: Dance4 as part of Big Dance 2012 East Midlands, supported by the Foundation for Community Dance. Co-produced for touring by Dance4, New Art Club and Nottingham Playhouse. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. With thanks to DanceEast.
Fri 19 June
Fri 19 June
Fleece Jazz as part of Ipswich Jazz Festival presents
Michael Colin Storey presents
CLARE TEAL
THE MERRY TRAVELLER
Wed 24 to Sat 27 June
Fri 26 & Sat 27 June
Appeal Theatre Group presents
Kesgrave Amateur Theatre society presents
BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED
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by Gail Young
Clare Teal performs jazz standards, including music by her heroes, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day and Peggy Lee as well as more contemporary covers and original material. Beautiful melodies, fabulous arrangements and all interspersed with Clare’s warm and witty story telling. A night of wonderful music to open the Ipswich Jazz Festival. Multi-award winning Clare is backed by a superb trio led by Jason Rebello. You will experience a dazzling evening of exquisite melodies sung by one of the UK’s greatest interpreters of song.
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm fleecejazz.org.uk/clareteal
|P5 The Merry Traveller is a play set in Parsons Green in sixteenth Century England. Through poetic dialogue the tale of The Merry Traveller’s adventures are told. With a backdrop of a warring King Henry VIII and a lawless Parson of Parsons Green renowned for his smuggling, this is a tale of love, humour and corruption. Suitable for adults and children alike.
New Wolsey Studio • 7.45pm
Sun 28 June Come & Sing Gilbert and Sullivan’s
HMS PINAFORE Do you fancy yourself as “The Ruler of the Queen’s Navee”?
Perhaps you want to be a sailor or even a “Sister or a Cousin or an Aunt”? Sing along with the award winning Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society in this nautical romp. We’ll provide the music in the programme, all you need to do is turn up and tune up your tonsils. You can practise with the company from 7pm, but if you’re confident you know it or just want to come to the performance, arrive for 8pm.
New Wolsey Theatre • 8pm
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favourite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not so bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm
This tragi-comedy follows Irene and her two daughters as they begin a long journey in which the girls lose their mum in spirit but not in body. As the family struggle to come to terms with her Alzheimers, Irene’s past passion for romantic fiction blurs with reality as she discusses how to write her memory book with her imaginary friend Barbara Cartland, disclosing long-lost family secrets. Playwright Gail Young follows up her internationally acclaimed hit play Cheshire Cats with this touching look at what some experts call ‘the long goodbye’.
New Wolsey Studio • 7.45pm KatsOnStage.co.uk
Matinee Sat 27 June 2.30pm
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This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Joseph Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music International Theatre of New York
This amateur production of “Bothered and Bewildered” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD
Tue 30 June to Fri 3 July
Thu 2 to Sat 4 July
Wed 8 to Sat 11 July
Fri 10 & Sat 11 July
YOUTH PERFORM! 2015 presents
Horizon Theatre presents
The Gallery Players presents
Magma Dance presents
Mystery at the Museum
BRIDGING THE GAP
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by Frank McGuinness
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.30pm
An Irishman, an Englishman and an American - Edward, Michael and Adam - have been kidnapped and are being held hostage in Lebanon. Thrown together in a single cell, struggling to survive and hang on to their sanity, they discover their greatest weapon against their captors is humour. In an effort to alleviate their boredom, the cell mates share their failings, their ambitions and their paranoia. The banter flows as they tell stories, laugh at and with each other, write imaginary letters home, drink imaginary martinis, shoot imaginary films, play a fantastical game of tennis and throw a big party for each other.
Tickets £5
New Wolsey Studio • 7.45pm
Things have been going missing at the Museum! The Woolly Mammoth has wandered off, the Grecian Urns are nowhere to be seen and King Tut’s beard is a thing of the past. Detective Davies and his assistant Arthur need to get to the bottom of it before there’s nothing left. School and Youth Groups from all over Suffolk come together to bring the exhibitions to life and solve the mystery.
Book by Mark O’Donell and Thomas Meehan Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad auditions for a spot on “The Corny Collins Show” and wins. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion. Perhaps her new status as a teen sensation is enough to topple Corny’s reigning dance queen and bring racial integration to the show. Hairspray is a feel-good factor musical with strong messages about tolerance of difference.
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm Matinee Sat 11 July 2.30pm
galleryplayers.co.uk
Audio Described Performance Sat 11 July • 2.30pm with a pre-show touch tour at 1.30pm
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Joseph Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music International Theatre of New York
Two nights of dance, musical theatre and poetry, this will be a unique first collaboration of its kind. Showcasing the talents of Suffolk artists, building bridges by creating opportunities for positive social interaction, bringing together the diversity within the region through the universal language of performance. These two nights will prove to be completely different, visually refreshing and inspiring.
New Wolsey Studio • 7.45pm
Wed 15 to Sat 18 July
Wed 22 to Sat 25 July
The Co-op Juniors Theatre Company presents an amateur youth group production by arrangement with the Really Useful Group Ltd
The Children’s Theatre Company presents
Moving Stories examines notions of belonging as a Deaf or disabled person within the wider community. These four companies use their trademark styles and forms to ensure the voices, stories and talents of those often ignored of marginalised are placed centre-stage.
coming up this summer…
Fri 17 & Sat 18 July Unscene Suffolk and the New Wolsey Theatre presents
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Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Charles Hart Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on the novel ‘Le Fantôme de ‘l’Opéra’ by Gaston Leroux
This powerful love story, still entrancing audiences worldwide, makes its debut at the New Wolsey Theatre in an exciting new youth production with a stunning set and live orchestra. The sensational score includes Music of the Night, Think of Me, Angel of Music, All I Ask of You, Masquerade and the title song. After staging Les Miserables, an awardwinning production of Cats, and Oliver! last year, the Co-op Juniors Theatre Company now present this global musical phenomenon. Can you resist The Phantom’s invitation to his underground lair at the Paris Opera House?
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm Matinees Fri 17 July • 4pm Sat 18 July • 2.30pm
BSL Interpreted performance Sat 18 July • 2.30pm
THROUGH THE MAGNIFYING GLASS
Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Could it be? YES IT COULD! Something’s coming, something good… Following sell out success with Les Miserables and Grease the award winning CTC now present the greatest love story ever told! From the first notes to the final breath, West Side Story will capture your heart and soul as two young lovers struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice. Their heart wrenching story is an enthralling musical masterpiece, bursting with vibrant dance routines and unforgettable songs including Maria, Tonight, I Feel Pretty, Somewhere and America.
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.45pm Matinees Fri 24 July • 4pm Sat 25 July • 2.30pm
thectc.co.uk theCTC_Ipswich An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York
Join us for tea and cabaret, as Unscene Suffolk uses a Magnifying Glass to illuminate our stories and histories. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece, Through the Magnifying Glass weaves together the serious, surreal and downright silly, as our journeys and experience inspire a powerful multi-sensory performance. Unscene Suffolk is a community company of adults with visual impairment, whose performances are accessible to blind and sighted audiences.
HEG • 7.30pm
Matinee Sat 18 July • 4pm
Audio Described within the script Guide dogs are welcome BSL Interpreted performance Sat 18 July • 4pm Funded by Esmee Fairbairn and Arts Council England. Supported by the New Wolsey Theatre and Sensing Change.
JULY 2015 & special guests
MOVING MOUNTAINS Highly regarded around the world, Ipswich based Pacitti Company bring together a diverse group of local participants, all with something to say. Moving Stories: Moving Mountains is a new devised work exploring issues of disability and power. Starting with British | P 9 Sign Language and hand bell ringing, the project creates a new hybrid language to reclaim sites where disabled people have faced discrimination or harassment. Moving Mountains will be shown at various public locations around Ipswich as live performance interventions, and also as a multi-channel video installation.
pacitticompany.com & presents
Within WE ARE IPSWICH partners DanceEast and Gecko are working with Deaf and disabled children and young people from the Ipswich area, to elicit ideas, explore movement and develop theatrical skills. They will create vibrant and original dance films, reflecting the participants ideas, talents and voices. These films will be premiered at DanceEast and the New Wolsey Theatre this summer.
danceeast.co.uk
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BIG IDEAS 7: WRITE ABOUT NOW Just 5 Days to make the play, 5 days to change the future of theatre for young people, by young people, with young people – forever.
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Up close
Accessible seating which can also be removed for a wheelchair user
Jam is a new night for young performance makers to share their work, theatre, dance, music, poetry, mime*, sword swallowing** and more. A night of contemporary culture from the artists of the future today. (*probably no mime) (**hopefully sword swallowing)
New Wolsey Studio • 8pm • £2
For more info on our accessible performances, please visit:
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New Wolsey Theatre Big Ideas brings professional theatre makers into the room with 15 participants from the New Wolsey Young Company and Youth Theatre to share their practice and explore new ideas. This year participants will work with acclaimed playwright Danusia Iwaszko to develop their own ideas as playwrights, concluding in a performance of staged and script in hand readings on the New Wolsey stage. Danusia Iwaszko is a playwright who has had more than 20 professional productions of her work staged locally, nationally and around the world. She was attached writer with the National Theatre where her play One Glass Wall (published by Oberon) was short-listed for the Pearson Prize. She regularly teaches playwrighting in theatres, universities and prisons.
New Wolsey Theatre • 7.30pm Matinee • 2.30pm
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Performance Schedule 2015 Date Performance TIME Venue PG 2 Wed 10 to Fri 12 Jun SHAKESPEARE IN SUFFOLK 7.45pm ST 3 Sat 13 Jun SUFFOLK SOUL SINGERS 7.45pm Sun 14 Jun SHAKESPEARE IN SUFFOLK 6pm 2 CC 3 Wed 17 Jun HERCULES 11am & 7.45pm 4 Fri 19 Jun CLARE TEAL 7.45pm THE MERRY TRAVELLER 7.45pm 4 Sat 20 & Sun 21 Jun SHAKESPEARE IN SUFFOLK 6pm 2 CC 5 Wed 24 Jun THE DROWSY CHAPERONE 7.45pm 5 Thu 25 Jun THE DROWSY CHAPERONE 7.45pm 5 Fri THE DROWSY CHAPERONE 7.45pm 26 Jun 5 BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED 7.45pm 5 Sat THE DROWSY CHAPERONE 2.30pm & 7.45pm 27 Jun 5 BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED 7.45pm 4 Sun 28 Jun COME AND SING HMS PINAFORE 8pm 6 Tue 30 Jun Mystery at the Museum 7.30pm 6 Wed 1 Jul Mystery at the Museum 7.30pm 6 Thu 2 Jul Mystery at the Museum 7.30pm 6 SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME 7.45pm 6 Fri Mystery at the Museum 7.30pm 3 Jul 6 SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME 7.45pm 6 Sat 4 Jul SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME 7.45pm 7 Wed 8 Jul HAIRSPRAY 7.45pm 7 Thu 9 Jul HAIRSPRAY 7.45pm 7 Fri 10 Jul HAIRSPRAY 7.45pm 7 BRIDGING THE GAP 7.45pm 7 HAIRSPRAY 2.30pm & 7.45pm Sat 11 Jul 7 BRIDGING THE GAP 7.45pm 8 Wed 15 Jul THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 7.45pm 8 Thu 16 Jul THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 7.45pm 8 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 4pm & 7.45pm Fri 17 Jul Through the MAGNIFYING Glass 7.30pm 9 HEG 8 Sat 18 Jul THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2.30pm & 7.45pm Through the MAGNIFYING Glass 4pm & 7.30pm HEG 9 8 Wed 22 Jul WEST SIDE STORY 7.45pm 8 Thu 23 Jul WEST SIDE STORY 7.45pm 8 Fri 24 Jul WEST SIDE STORY 4pm & 7.45pm 10 JAM: No2 8pm 8 Sat 25 Jul WEST SIDE STORY 2.30pm & 7.45pm 10 Sat 1 Aug Big Ideas 7: Write About Now 2.30pm & 7.30pm New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich IP1 2AS ST St Peters by the Waterfront IP1 1XF
New Wolsey Studio, St Georges Street, IP1 3NF
5 minutes walk from the New Wolsey Theatre
Wed 10 June to Sat 1 August
CC Christchurch Mansion IP4 2BE HEG High Street Exhibition Gallery IP1 3QH
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