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Nice to see the world starting up again.  Roughcast Theatre (of the very excellent Midsummer Night's Dream) present a rehearsed reading of A Christmas Carol at the Fisher Theatre Bungay tomorrow night and

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 Barns the weekend after.

Very sorry to hear that Common Ground Theatre have cancelled their spring/summer tour of The Hound Within The Heart.  One of the not large cast has withdrawn because of a family health crisis.  We were planning to see Hound at

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 Barns:(  The company's autumn show will be A Sidecar Named Despair!

Starting Monday Roughcast Theatre have an eight date Suffolk tour of the comedy Hobson's Choice.  near the coast venues are Hoxne,

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  (nearly SOLD OUT) and the Halesworth Cut.

An actress in the Keeper's Daughter's production of Romeo and Juliet at

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Barn's last summer has been added to Ladies in Suffolk.

In the manner of the school playground as the audience arrives at Romeo or Juliet they are asked to pick sides and wear the appropriate tie, red for Capulet (Juliet) and blue for Montague (Romeo).  Sunday in

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by sheer weight of numbers the Capulets would have easily won a punch up.

We first saw the Keeper's Daughter's Romeo and Juliet crikey seven years ago at Hartismere School Eye.  Like Dr Who it keeps regenerating and yesterday's afternoon show at the

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 Barns had a confident young cast who often played with the expectation of what a play should be, we particularly liked the audience joining in with the dancing.  No doubt R&J will regenerate somewhere near you soonish ... on our way home the Stradbroke Spar had shelves that need to be filled.

At the second attempt (the Beast from the East knacked the preceding attempt) Alfie the Labrador pursues a theatrical career in Once Upon a Labrador at the

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Barns tonight.  Next Saturday it's Richard Digance with some chap called Eric. ♫

Not surprisingly with this weather tomorrow's farmer's market at the Snape Maltings cancelled and Once Upon a Labrador at the

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 Barns postponed to Saturday 5 May.  But as of Tuesday Slice of Life's four person Comedy Night tomorrow is still happening unlike when the Framlingham Crown attempted a comedy night.

Radio Stradbroke fund raiser tomorrow night in Syleham and

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 village hall (a new venue to us) with rock/indie/covers band Red Glass and a cheap bar ... sounds brilliant.

Friday night the Open Space Theatre Company will be performing Ibsen's A Doll's House in the

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 Barns but regrettably we'll be in the Fisher Theatre Bungay snapping the Noel Coward comedy Hay Fever.

The show at

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 College including work by artist siblings Thom and Ania Hobson continues until Sunday week.

Last night of The Gatekeeper's Daughter's Dracula tour in Debenham tonight but thankfully it's likely to go out on the road around near the coast again ... they do do a fine job they do.  It was a slightly unsettling experience in the dressing room after the show in

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 last night seeing the cast out of make up, they're all younger than you think:)  More pix on that there FacePack.

British artist Russell Coulson (on the far right) has lived in Australia and this certainly shows in the colours at his first UK exhibition running until Saturday 18th September at the

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 Barns.  Perhaps most immediately engaging of his work are portraits of the great and the good ... well the famous at least.  He told us he tries to just do it creating like a child does.  Russell is giving workshops this week explaining his techniques, contact 01379 384505  More pix on Facebook.

The Hacheston flower festival runs today and tomorrow, Culture of the Countryside starts today at the

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 Barns (Daisy Cooper's mum is showing there next month) and it's the FESPA summer fete in Walberswick tomorrow which we much enjoyed last year.

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de le Pole Arms  des' dinners 59

Not particularly cold but one those winter days when it rains all day and is dark at three for The Brewer and NaTCH to visit this somewhat remote and recently reopened pub.  It has been made over in gastro pub style but still has public/saloon bars, a surprisingly large restaurant at the rear, friendly staff and draught Adnams, Adnams Explorer and slightly over chilled Adnams Old which we still enjoyed ... soon to have ESB beer.  When we said we'd sit in the armchairs the barman (landlord?) volunteered Comfortable just like home.  Not at all like my house The Brewer replied except neither of us have carpet.  AfAR s from Hugh (in Dublin drinking that filthy Guinness stuff), Spadge (collecting Lotus élan from Biggin Hill) and John B (who won his case).  (first visit  subsequent lunch  previous lunch)