Creatively connecting people with place along the Norfolk/Suffolk border
Writer, Rosie Andersen, and illustrator, Paul Jackson will be ‘In Conversation’ at Halesworth Bookshop for an evening book signing event on Friday 21st October.
They will be talking about their work and their collaboration, including the latest title, The Swan and the Golden Hare.
Halesworth Community Choir’s next set of rehearsals starts on Sunday, October 16th, 10.30-12.30, in the Dance Studio at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth IP19 8BY.
Further rehearsals will be in the auditorium of The Cut on Oct 30th; Nov 13th, 20th, 27th; and Dec 4th.
We’ll be rehearsing for a seasonal concert (a mix of songs and readings) to be performed twice: Saturday December 10th, 7.30pm, at The Hub in Huntingfield; and Sunday December 11th, 5.00pm, at Hoxne church.
We always welcome new members – everything is taught by ear and no experience is necessary. If you’re interested, come along to the rehearsal on October 16th – *YOUR FIRST SESSION IS FREE*
For further details, please email: halesworth.community.choir@gmail.com
Do you love to sing?
Join the award-winning Voice Project Choir this autumn and winter, in person or online, and take part in a unique choral performance in Norwich in January 2023.
Everyone is welcome. No previous singing experience is necessary, and you don’t need to read music.
Rehearsals start in October and there is a free taster session first so you can find out more before committing to the whole project.
Free taster sessions
11 October, 7.30-9.30pm Friends Meeting House, Norwich
12 October, 7-8pm online via Zoom
Find all the details at https://www.voiceproject.co.uk/
Have fun creating your own unique Christmas cards with Grace Adam.
Friday 23rd September 7.30pm
Come along tonight to pick up your free ticket from 7.15pm.
Tonight we are hosting a one off “Pay what you think” performance of the exciting new play by Natalie Songer. Satellites is a time travelling epic solo performance which takes in a massive span of time to explore themes of heritage, loss and space travel.
Come and join Pakefield Singers in a splendid day of singing as we explore Mozart’s glorious Requiem together. The day will be led by the dynamic choral conductor Vetta Wise, accompanied by Tim Patient at the organ. The day will be held at St. Mark’s Church, Oulton Broad.
All are very welcome, whether you belong to a choir or not, have sung the Requiem before or not recently or not at all. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided. Scores available if you do not have your own. All this for the price of £14!
Applications are now being accepted, so book now to reserve your place by phoning 01502 722906 or contacting pakefieldsingers@gmail.com.
Wood’n Boats
Friday 9 September – Thursday 6 October 2022
The Yare Gallery, 26 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2RG
This features the new work of two East Anglian artists – paintings by James Dodds and sculptures by Roger Hardy. There will also be films showing James creating a painting, the restoration of a wooden boat by Norfolk’s own Rescue Wooden Boats, and a film of a fisherman out on his boat. There is also have a small collection of photographs of Glyn Knowles with his wooden crab boat, Liberty 111.
More details at https://www.yare.org.uk/woodnboats
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
It is 1935, and the Durrell family – Larry, Leslie, Margo and Gerry, their widowed mother and Roger the dog – flee dismal Bournemouth and arrive on the sun-soaked shores of Corfu to start a new Life.
For eleven-year-old Gerry the island’s exotic fauna inspires a lifelong fascination with the animal kingdom. But things rarely go smoothly …
Add into the mix his wonderfully eccentric family and a colourful cast of Greek peasants, hapless tutors, lugubrious servants, pretentious artists and romantic suitors, and the scene is set for a whirlwind Greek adventure that sparkles with wit and fun!
With a wonderful array of puppets, from tortoises, scorpions and water snakes to dogs, magpies and even a donkey, we invite you to embrace the inevitable chaos and throw yourself into the enchanting world of the Durrells.
Performances in October 2022 at Archbishop Sancroft High School, Harleston
Friday 21 October 7.30pm
Saturday 22 October 7.30pm
Thursday 27 October 7.30pm
Friday 28 October 7.30pm
Saturday 29 October 2.30pm and 7.30pm
All tickets £12 (except 29 October matinee – £10)
from Robinson’s Traditional Stationers, Harleston
or online www.harlestonplayers.co.uk
There’s still time to catch the Easterly Artists’ exciting pop – up art exhibition ‘Letting in the Light’, in the old Ladbrokes building at 5 – 7 St Peter’s St, Lowestoft NR32 1QA.
Open daily 10am – 5pm, Fri 9 – Sun 18 Sept; free entry.
The new show explores one of the most important elements in any artist’s toolbox – light: what is it; how it changes; how you can play with it and how it affects both the artist’s view of what they’re creating and the viewer’s perception of what they’re seeing?
All Easterly Artists members are practising artists living or working within a 20 – mile radius of Ness Point, the UK’s most easterly location.
Letting in the Light – Easterly Artists
(Image – Malcolm Cudmore’s ‘Aldeburgh’.)
Residents of Halesworth may know Lansbury Road opposite the Co-op, but maybe few are aware of the man who gave his name to that road.
George Lansbury, one time leader of the Labour party, grandfather of Angela Lansbury, was a passionate politician who went to prison for his support for women’s suffrage. He went to prison again for helping the poor of East London.
The play is a vibrant and warm-hearted depiction of the Poplar Rates Revolt in 1921, the conditions that led to it and the community who were involved. The themes of poverty, civil disobedience, democracy and representation have a particularly powerful resonance today.
Do join us at 7.00 pm at the Cut, Halesworth on 20th October. Contact the Box Office at the Cut for tickets and enquiries. 0330 303 3211. boxoffice@thecut.org.uk.
