 Rachel
Sloane reviews events across Suffolk.
Rachel reviews large professional productions
as well as smaller groups
and clubs - including local village hall productions..
She was a presenter and producer for BBC Radio Suffolk for 17
years and previously worked for Radio Orwell and Saxon
Radio. If you would like Rachel to review your production you
can
email her by following this link. Her website is
www.rachelsloane.co.uk
In the Summer of 2008 Rachel was instrumental in setting-up
onesuffolk writers, an amateur
stage reviewers group. The onesuffolk writers are responsible for
many of our reviews.
Our archive of 2008
Reviews. |
A chorus of
disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval, by
Alan Ayckbourn, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
A Christmas
Carol
Kesgrave Community Hall,
Ipswich, November 2009
A Funny
Valentine
The Chet Baker Story. Wolsey
Theatre, March 2009
A Midsummer Night's
Dream
Suffolk Youth Theatre, May
2009
Abigail's Party
December 2009 Black Ram
Theatre Company, touring Suffolk venues. See
www.blackramtheatre.com for details
Aladdin
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich,
December 2009
An Evening With John
Simpson
Theatre Royal, Bury St
Edmunds, October 2009
Ann Widdecombe
At the Fisher Theatre
Bungay, February 2008
Artworks - Delightful
Companions Concert
Artworks – The Delightful
Companions Concert, Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham
Baby Girl
Baby Girl performed by
students at West Suffolk College, March 2009
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson at the Spa
Pavilion, Felixstowe, February 19 2009
Bedroom Stories
BEDROOM STORIES (PULSE) Sir
John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, June 2009
Billy Liar
Billy Liar The New Wolsey
Theatre, April 2009
Britain's Best
Mates
Britain’s Best Mates
(PULSE) New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Bully
Bully (PULSE) New Wolsey
Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
butterflies
DanceEast. December
2009
Can Any Mother Help Me?
Can Any Mother Help Me? The
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. March 2009
Chess
Chess, Irving Stage
Company, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds , Tuesday 24 March
2009.
Chimps
Chimps at the New wolsey
Theatre 20th April to 16th May 2009
Cinderella
Cinderella - Woolpit
Village Panto. An excellent show full of entertainment and
fun.
Cinderella
Rock 'n' Roll panto at the
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich until 31st January 2009.
Cowards
Curiosities
The Lesser Spotted Noel
Coward” by Mouth to Mouth Theatre Company at the Ogilvie Hall,
Thorpeness, June 2009
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare.
Theatre Set-Up at The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, July
2009.
Dan Leno
Dan Leno, The King’s
Jester. Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds. May 2009
Dance Triple Bill
DANCE TRIPLE BILL (PULSE)
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Dark Tales
DARK TALES Common Ground
Theatre Company Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge, September
2009
David Lodge
Review of David Lodge at
Suffolk Book League – 10 June 2009
Desperate to be
Doris
DESPERATE TO BE DORIS New
Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, October 09
Dreams Of
Violence
DREAMS OF VIOLENCE Theatre
Royal, Bury St Edmunds, October 2009
Egusi Soup
Egusi Soup Sir John Mills
Theatre, Ipswich, October 2009
Emma
Ickworth House, March 6th
2009
Epiphany
Epiphany, New Wolsey
Theatre, June 2009
Eternal Light
The Rambert Dance Company,
Snape Maltings Concert Hall on 27th and 28th February
2009
Fame
St Joseph's School
Production, Spa Pavilion Felixstowe
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers, Seagull Rep
at the Halesworth Cut, September 2009
Flashdance
Flashdance The Ipswich
Regent, April 2009
Follies
Follies Gallery Players,
New Wolsey Theatre, July 2009
French
Impressions
French Impressions. Wolsey
Orchestra featuring Clare Presland February 7th 2009, Ipswich Corn
Exchange
Getting Here
Getting Here performed by
Eastern Angles at Isaac's bar Ipswich, July 2009
Guys and Dolls
by Frank Loesser, Jo
Swerling and Abe Burrows Based on a story and characters by Damon
Runyon Irving Stage Company Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Tuesday
March 10 2010
Ha Ha Hamlet
Review of Ha Ha Hamlet,
Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge – 20 February 2009
Hachfest 2009: The Best
Yet!
‘Hachfest’ is over for
another year…and what a year it has been. An amazing weekend was
had by all, a weekend sure never to be forgotten!
Handel's
Messiah
This performance of
Handel’s best-known oratorio was a stunner for several reasons. The
music itself, the quality and exuberance of the singing, the
evident enthusiasm of all participants, and Glen
Dempsey.
Harmonie Municipale de Clermont
and Sudbury Choral Society
Harmonie Municipale de
Clermont and Sudbury Choral Society concert, Sunday June 14th
2009
Haroun and the Sea of
Stories
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich,
December 2009
He's Much To
Blame
He's Much to Blame by
Thomas Holcroft, a comedy in five acts, directed by Colin Blumenau.
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, Saturday 5 September
2009.
Horse
HORSE (PULSE) New Wolsey
Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Hot Mikado
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich,
November 2009
Ipswich Arts Festival Literary
Events
A round up of the literary
events at this year's IP-Art festival by Christine
Shaw
Is Everyone OK?
Is Everyone Ok? Performed
by Nabokov, Sir John Mills Theatre, June 2009-06-12
Its A Wonderful
Life
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE The
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, September 2009
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk,
written by Carolyn Pettman and Giles Meehan, produced by The
Springfield Follies at Kesgrave Community Centre.
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk at
the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Jaleo flamenco
Jaleo (Flamenco), Theatre
Royal, Bury St Edmunds May 30 2009
Jude Simpson
JUDE SIMPSON – MAKING HAPPY
(PULSE) New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Life Begins...
LIFE BEGINS… Sir John Mills
Theatre, Ipswich September 2009
Little Women
Seagull Theatre, January
2010
Lo'Jo
Lo’Jo at the Caribbean
Club, Ipswich hosted by Peppery Productions, June
2009.
Look Back in
Anger
Look Back in Anger A
Northern Stage Production written by John Osbourne at the Theatre
Royal, Bury St Edmunds. April 2009
Lord of the
flies
Lord of the Flies - Pilot
theatre's producton of the William Golding novel, New Wolsey
Theatre, March 2009
Lost In The Wind
Lost in the Wind (PULSE)
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, May 2009
Lovedrunk
LOVEDRUNK (PULSE) New
Wolsey Studio, Ipswich
Lucky Sods
Lucky Sods by John Godber.
Hull Truck Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 10th
February 2009
Macbeth
Seagull Rep, November
09
Mansfield Park &
Ride
Sir John Mills Theatre,
Ipswich, December 2009
Mark Morris Dance
Company
Mark Morris Dance Group,
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 20/21 November 2009.
Martin Simpson
Trio
Halesworth Cut, May
2009
Mississippi
Mississippi (PULSE) New
Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Mother Goose comes to
Woodbridge
Woodbridge based, amateur
theatre company 'The Company of Four' present Mother Goose at The
Riverside Theatre.
Never Forget
NEVER FORGET National Tour
Regent Theatre, Ipswich, September 2009
No. 5
No. 5 (PULSE) New Wolsey
Studio, Ipswich, May 2009
Noises Off
Noises Off - New Wolsey,
Ipswich
Northanger
Abbey
Black Ram Theatre at The
Quay, Sudbury, May 2009
October
Revolutions
The October Revolutions
(PULSE) New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Oh What a Shitty War
OH! WHAT A SH*TTY WAR
(PULSE) New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Old Prosper on the Road
Again
Old Prosper on the Road
Again performed by Nick Murray Brown at Woolpit Village Hall May
2009
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest. Black Ram Theatre Company, Quay Theatre, Sudbury. October
2009
Out Westgate
Out Westgate (PULSE) New
Wolsey Studio, Ipswich, June 2009
Rat in the Skull
Seagull Rep, Lowestoft,
June 2009
Relatively
Speaking
Relatively Speaking, The
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Tuesday 31st March – Saturday 4th
April 2009
Return to
Akenfield
Return to Akenfield
performed by Eastern Angles. March 2009.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe by
Bucklesham Players, 10 January 2009
Ruckus
Ruckus by first year
Performing Arts students at West Suffolk College. March
2009
Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers
The 31st Production of
SYPT
Shakers
Hull Truck Theatre Company,
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds. November 2009
Shirley
Valentine
Seckford Theatre - December
2009
Shirley
Valentine
Seagull Rep, Lowestoft,
July2009
Show of Hands
St Nicholas Centre,
Ipswich. 27 November 2009
Sinister
Sinister, Cherry Trees
School, The Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Thursday 6th & Friday
7th March 2009
Songs From a Hotel
Bedroom
New Wolsey Theatre, Pulse
Festival, May 2009
Spyski!
SPYSKI! The New Wolsey,
Ipswich, March 2009
Steel
Magnolias
Black Ram Theatre Company
at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury. July 2009
Suffolk Young People's Youth
Theatre
SYPT Interview with cast
members
Tarantula in Petrol
Blue
“Tarantula in Petrol Blue”
by Aldeburgh Music, a world premiere at Snape Maltings Concert
Hall, 21st-24th February 2009.
The Adventures of Wound Man and
Shirley
The Adventures of Wound Man
and Shirley New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, June 2009
The Caravan
The Caravan (PULSE) New
Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, June 2009
The Comedy of
Errors
The Comedy of Errors.
Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, June
2009
The Dice House
The Dice House, The New
Wolsey Studio, May 7th 2009
The Dumb Waiter
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich,
november 2009
The Fisherman and the
Turtle
The Cut, Halesworth, June
2009
The Generation
Gap
The Generation gap Full
House Theatre Company Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge
The History of the
Pomegranate
The History of the
Pomegranate (PULSE Festival) John Mills Theatre, June
2009
The Hounding of David
Oluwale
The Hounding of David
Oluwale The New Wolsey Theatre, March 2009
The Long Way Home
Touring East Anglia until
May 22
The Monkey's
Paw and other ghoulish tales
The Monkey's Paw and other
ghoulish tales - Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
The Murder of Maria
Marten
The Murder of Maria Marten
or The Red Barn performed by The Irving Stage Company at The
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers, New
Wolsey Theatre Ipswich. January 6, 2009
The Roses of Eyam
Seckford Theatre,
Woodbridge, May 2009
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women, David
Stuttard (after Euripedes) E0.45 Theatre, The Vinegar Bowl, Bury St
Edmunds, March 2009
There's One in Every
Unit
There’s One in Every Unit
by Kevin Scully, performed by Felixstowe Amateur Operatic and 16-18
April 2009 at St Mary’s Church Hall, Walton, Suffolk.
Thoroughly Modern
Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie,
Appeal Theatre Group, New Wolsey Theatre, July 2009
Three Men in a
Boat
Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome K. Jerome, performed at Thurston Community Centre as part of
the Theatre Royal Rural Tour, April 2009.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night. William
Shakespeare. Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, March
2009.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night. Black Ram
Theatre Company, Quay Theatre, Sudbury. February 2009
Twelfth
Night
Twelfth Night, Wingfield
Barns, July 2009
Vincent in
Brixton
Icarus Theatre Company,
Seckford Theatre Woodbridge, April 2009
Whiter Than
Snow
Whiter Than Snow, Wolsey
Theatre March 2009 |
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