Category: Articles

Ypres skating
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5 December 2013

Enchanting Market Forces

Sometimes the hassle and bustle of preparing for Christmas can just seem too much, even for those who enjoy all the card-writing, present-giving, meal-planning razzmatazz. A Christmas shopping trip to Europe is the ideal way to turn a chore into a holiday.   Beginning in Germany, the idea of market stalls that specialise in everything to do with Christmas has spread across mainland Europe. Britain […]

L-R Jofre Alsina, Nicola Hawkins, CiCi Howells
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28 November 2013

Dick Whittington at The New Wolsey Theatre,

Singing, dancing, laughing, playing, acting and having fun. That’s the amazing cast of ten talented musician/actors appearing in Dick Whittington, at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich. When the first Rock’n’Roll pantomime opened in Suffolk, courtesy of the team at the New Wolsey, thirteen years ago, we didn’t know what had hit us.  Yes, there was the traditional dame, the fairy, a love story, a baddie, […]

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21 November 2013

Presentation Skills and Public Speaking Workshop

Following the success of the Open Media training day in  October 2013, Rachel Sloane Partnerships Ltd is pleased to announce they are holding a bespoke presentation skills workshop on 13 January 2014.  This workshop is open to delegates from businesses, charities and organsiations and will include individual coaching, presentation practice and feedback. It is aimed at business owners, managers, employees or charity volunteers who wish […]

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4 November 2013

Grounded in the Great War

Although it may be nearly one hundred years since the “War to End All Wars” started, through films, songs, poems and novels it seems very familiar.   Many films and television programmes are being made in preparation for the anniversary, in 2014, of the outbreak of war. One Suffolk company has never been busier, providing the uniforms, props and advice to make such programmes as […]

The case on holiday!
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1 November 2013

Review of “Third Week in August”, Framlingham Amateur Dramatic Society

30th October – 2nd November 2013. Anyone who is a fan of caravan holidays will enjoy the latest production by Framlingham  Amateur Dramatic Society (FADS), but anyone who has had one such vacation and vowed never to return, will probably enjoy Third Week in August, by Peter Gordon, even more.   Overlooking the beach, the grassy cliff-top caravan site is where Neville (played by Peter […]

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3 October 2013

Review of British Paraorchestra, Ipswich School Festival of Music

26 September 2013. The fourth annual Ipswich School Festival of Music opened in the Great School hall with an orchestra that most of us had last seen on the TV at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in 2012, and The British Paraorchestra has, since their first visit to Suffolk for the Snape Proms in 2012, gained a well-deserved reputation, releasing a Christmas CD last […]

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1 October 2013

Anglia Business Spotlight (formerly Stir it and Stump It)

Ipswich and Suffolk Small Business Association Invitation: Thursday October 17th 2013 6.30pm-9.30pm at Belstead Brook Hotel, Ipswich (refreshments included). Stir It and Stump It has been one of ISSBA’s flagship events for many years and was always one of our most popular – this year however this we have decided to give the event a dramatic makeover and re-named it The Anglia Business Spotlight. We […]

Approaching The Rock on board the cruise ship, Balmoral
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30 September 2013

The Rock in the Sea

Most people approach Gibraltar from mainland Spain but with the recent border dispute making that a slow and tedious business, arriving by sea is far easier – and more dramatic. Escorted by leaping dolphins, playing and racing in the wake of your cruise ship, from sixty miles away the enormous rock that is the British territory of Gibraltar, soars up from the sea.   As […]

Our House Cast
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19 September 2013

Review of Our House, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

The pop group Madness were at the height of chart fame in the late 1970's and 1980's and it is easy  to forget just how good their music is. The high energy numbers like Our House and I Like Driving in My Car are sure-fire sing-along numbers, but more thoughtful numbers, that were never such big hits, are long forgotten by most people. That isn't […]

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17 September 2013

Media Training Workshops (Radio and TV)

Media Training Workshops (Radio and TV) The Suffolk Food Hall, Wherstead, Ipswich, IP9 2AB Tuesday 29th October 2013   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 (10am to 1pm) focussing on radio interviews and the afternoon (2pm to 5pm) […]