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Suffolk Poetry Society
Workshop with Gregory Warren Wilson
Sat 3rd Feb, 10.30am-1.00pm.
Fee: £20 for Suffolk Poetry Society members,
£23 for non-members.
The Guildhall, Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5DN (15 places available).
To book your place go the Suffolk Poetry Society website:
https://suffolkpoetrysociety.org/product/gregory-warren-wilson-workshop-why-do-poets-repeat-themselves/
Across the ages poets have used the rhetorical device of repetition in very original and effective ways. This workshop will be looking at poems that use repetition to great effect.
Gregory Warren Wilson has published five collections and a book of 25 fables. He has tutored poetry at the National Gallery and the Courtauld Gallery, for the Arvon Foundation and the Poetry School, London.
Ferini Art Gallery
Circle 67 –
Readings/Castings in January
The Shorter Summer Shakespeare Summer Tour 2024 – Twelfth Night
We started our outdoor Shorter Shakespeare tours in 1984 with around half-an-hour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and gradually seem to have doubled the length to about an hour, in venues such as pub gardens (Geldeston Locks, The Low House, Westhall Racehorse, etc.), Bungay Castle and Castle Meadow in Bramfield.
And we’ve been invited back to France for our fourth visit to the Dordogne in south-west France. We will be based at a converted 18th century barn where there is limited inside accommodation and unlimited space for camping, caravans, etc, with a wide choice of other options.
So, ideally we’re looking for a cast to take part in the usual UK tour from 15 to 21 July, and then on the 26, 27 and 28 July in three very special places in the Dronne Valley. The previous three French tours have been very successful and a great deal of fun!
We’ll read the play and get initial casting ideas at 7.30pm on Monday, 8 January in Bramfield Village Hall. Please come even if you can’t go to France as it’s by no means certain that we will go. Twelfth Night has some of Shakespeare’s best roles – both female and male!
Nell Gwynn
We are delighted to confirm that Circle 67’s Spring 2024 production will be Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale. We had originally planned to perform this play in Spring 2020 but COVID scuppered our plans. However, like the theatres of the Restoration we are back, determined to help you forget the memories of war and pestilence with this vibrant, colourful romp through the life and times of the renowned actress and King Charles the 2nd’s most famous mistress, Nell Gwynn.
There will be three performances spread over the 26/27th April.
The reading/casting is at 7.00pm (prompt start please) on the Monday, 15 January in Bramfield Village Hall. Rehearsals will start the following week.
For further information on either production please contact us via info@circle67.co.uk
Beyond the Image Gallery
Beyond the Image Gallery has a very active Facebook Group, with circa 400 members.
We have decided to publicise all this talent and will be hosting a yearly exhibition of photography by group members.
This year the exhibition will run from Friday, February 2nd until Sunday, February 25th and is open every Sat and Sun from 11 am till 3pm.
Beyond the Image Gallery: 13 Red House Yard, Gislingham Road, Thornham Magna, Eye IP23 8HH.
btigallery.co.uk
Ruth McCabe
Halesworth Harmony
Halesworth Harmony is actively seeking more members to join to learn a programme of songs for a concert in July. The theme of the concert is “Songs of Struggle and Hope”.
Rehearsals are fortnightly on Sundays, usually at The Cut Arts Centre, 10.30-12.30. Dates for the spring term are January 14th and 28th, February 11th and 25th, March 10th and 24th, April 7th and 21st.
For further details or to express an interest in joining the choir, please email: halesworth.harmony@gmail.com. No experience is necessary and your first session is a free taster.
St George’s Theatre
Seagull Theatre
A Seagull Christmas Cabaret
Thursday 14th -Saturday 16th December
2.30pm/7.30pm
£15/£13
A packed show full of songs, dancing and comedy performed by our team of professional Seagull friends and Dame Cherie!
Suitable for all the family and guaranteed to leave you smiling.
theseagull.co.uk