Category: Articles

Tom 103
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24 April 2014

Review of Tom! at the New Wolsey Theatre

  What did I know about Tom Jones life? Very little, before I went to see Tom!  at the New Wolsey Theatre.  The Welsh company Theatr na nOg’s play was a perfect production to bring to Ipswich, to the theatre that is increasingly making actor/musician shows their speciality.   I now know that Tom Jones (played by Kit Orton, who has a powerful voice and […]

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22 April 2014

An evening with….three athletic stars

To celebrate the arrival of the Women's Tour of Britain in Felixstowe, come and meet three British sporting heroes! The Alex in Felixstowe is hosting a special "Evening with…" event on Tuesday 29th April, featuring Helen Wyman, Louise Jukes and Jasmin Taylor – and tickets are available now. Rachel Sloane, broadcaster, writer and Felixstowe resident, will chair the evening and lead the question-time session.    Helen Wyman is […]

Nine Daies Wonder
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21 April 2014

Review of “Nine Daies Wonder”

Snape Maltings Concert Hall. 21 April 2014 It isn’t often you go to a world famous concert hall and are met in the car park by musicians and black-faced Morris dancers with bells on their legs and sticks in their hands!   That was the “warm-up act” at Snape Maltings Concert Hall when Aldeburgh Music put on the premier of Nine Daies Wonder, the story […]

FADS Ghost train
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5 April 2014

Review of Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley, performed by Framlingham Amateur Dramatic Society

1-4 April, Headmaster Porter Theatre, Framlingham College Although I always enjoy meeting up with the FADS team I must admit the play they had chosen for their spring production didn’t really inspire me. Written in 1923, it has been staged thousands of times and I had seen it performed professionally and by amateurs.  Unless FADS Director, Anthony Lawrence, had completely rethought the production and used […]

Cast of Threepenny Opera (3)
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18 March 2014

Review of The Three Penny Opera, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

12-22 March 2014   When you are still thinking about a night at the theatre several days later, it is a sure sign that it must have been a pretty special production.   Initially it didn't sound promising: a musical that had only one song that was familiar enough to sing along to, written by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill in 1938. […]

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10 March 2014

Open Media training workshop – Monday 9 June 2014.

Media Training Workshops (Radio and TV) at the The Suffolk Food Hall, Wherstead, Ipswich, IP9 2AB on Monday 9 June 2014. This is a bespoke media training course led by experienced broadcaster, Rachel Sloane, and will include individual coaching, interview practice and feedback. The day will be split into two sessions, with the morning (9.30am to 1pm) focussing on radio interviews and the afternoon (2pm to 5pm) […]

Mark Murphy, presenter of Mid Morning show on BBC Radio Suffolk
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17 February 2014

The Business Card Challenge on BBC Radio Suffolk

Help BBC Radio Suffolk raise money for a Suffolk Family Carers mobile carers centre.   Mark Murphy , Morning show presenter says, "How do you fancy an executive box in the Cobbold stand at Portman Road for the Ipswich Town game against Wigan Athletic on Saturday March 15th? It's for 8 people, you'll get sandwiches, tea, coffee and a signed shirt! It's the perfect way […]

Rachel at BBC Radio Suffolk
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17 February 2014

The Inside Story of the Radio Phone-in…..

They are a bit like Marmite. You either love radio phone-ins … or hate them. Listening to a phone-in can be riveting, so much so that, when you arrive at your destination, you have to remain by your car radio and listen to the very end. Equally, callers to a phone-in can confirm all your preconceptions about the ignorance or prejudices of some of the […]

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11 February 2014

Spring Cleaning 2014 style

Spring Cleaning 2014 style.   In my experience, few things give a better sense of achievement than a couple of hours turning out a cupboard, deciding what needs to be kept and what can be safely be discarded. It may be a shed with tools tidily stored or a kitchen unit with dusty herbs discarded. This is sad to admit, but I usually have to […]

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9 January 2014

The Pleasures of British TV – Musings from Thailand

January 2014 will bring new TV shows onto our screens – and some old favourites will return. It is only when you are overseas and get the chance to watch local television that you are reminded that, no matter how many times we may moan about the quality of British television, we are very lucky with the choice of programmes available to watch in the […]