Member Activities

These Shining Lives

By Melanie Marnich

Based on the true story of a group of female workers who, in the 1920s and 30s, suffered radium poisoning from painting the luminous watch dials for the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois.

Marnich’s play focuses on the close relationship which develops between the four women as they support each other through illness and their long fight to take the company to court. The story is honest and uncompromising, but the women’s resilience is inspiring, with plenty of warmth and humour.

The play is suitable for age 12+
Performances – all at Harleston Sancroft Academy:

Friday 25 April 7.30pm
Saturday 26 April 7.30pm
Friday 2 May 7.30pm
Saturday 3 May 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Tickets, priced £12, available from Robinson’s Traditional Stationers, Harleston
or online from www.harlestonplayers.co.uk

Licensed bar

Audio description will be available for the performances on Saturday 3 May
www.harlestonplayers.co.uk

Beginners Bookbinding Morning Workshop.

Friday 28th March 2025
9.30to 1pm

On this half day workshop you will learn basic bookbinding skills, to make a single section note book. You will learn cutting, measuring, gluing and sewing techniques to make an elegant individual book.

Suitable for beginners or anyone wishing to refresh their skills.

All materials and tools supplied.

Website: http://www.wenhastonbindery.co.uk

Hilary Garner and Norma Read, are delightedto be the first show of the season for the  George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham.

They will be exhibiting their vibrant landscape and still life oil paintings for the whole of March 4th – 29th.

Meet the artists Saturday 8th March 11am – 2pm.

The gallery opens Tuesday to Friday 10.30am – 4pm and Saturday 10am – 1pm.

Shore Lines Exhibition at The Studio, Old Hospital Hub, Southwold.  

Ruth McCabe is the first artist selected for the launch of ’The Studio’, the latest arrival in ’South Gen’s’ remarkable “David and Goliath” project which has been transforming the old hospital site in Southwold into a community hub since 2016, after the NHS sold the beautiful Arts and Crafts building to the highest bidder. 

Ruth shares some of the work she has made over the years, which very much relates to the Suffolk coast and in particular to Blackshore, Southwold and the coastal marshes now under threat from ‘Lionlink’. 

The exhibition can be viewed at The Studio (next to The Canteen) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9:30am-4:30pm.  

Website: http://www.ruth-mccabe-artist.co.uk 

(Image – detail of Ruth’s watercolour ‘Black-shore pile up’.) 

Heartwood is a trio of singers and instrumentalists creating new music born from time in wild places. With rich vocal harmonies and inviting lyrics, these singers and instrumentalists create music in collaboration with the natural world and weave songs that welcome people to join in the singing.

Heidi Wilson, Sarina Partridge, and Willy Clemetson first came together as a trio in 2021 during a songwriting intensive on a small island in Lake Superior. Since then, they have been welcomed as artists-in-residence at numerous arts centers and wilderness areas; toured in the USA performing and teaching workshops; written an original musical together, ‘The Well Tree,’ and recorded an album of songs from wild places.

This will be their first tour of the UK as a band, and they are excited to connect with singing communities across the pond!

Fressingfield Sounds is delighted to announce the first recital of 2025. Clare Hammond, one of Britain’s leading pianists, will perform works by Debussy, Fauré and Ravel and contemporaries.

The performance will take place on Saturday 31st May, 7.30pm at Chapel Hall Arts, Cratfield Road, Fressingfield IP21 5QD.

Clare made her Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall last year, has given recitals at the Aldeburgh Festival and has recorded extensively.

Recently, her CD of Études by Hélène de Montgeroult was selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.

Tickets are now on sale, £25 stalls, £23 gallery and £5 for those 25 years and under.
To book, visit www.fressingfieldsounds.org.uk

Music for Passiontide from Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Handel’s Messiah.
Pakefield Singers – conductor Vetta Wise
Saturday April 5th
St Mary’s Church, Halesworth
Soloists Katalin Prentice and Evan Ruth
Organist Christopher Moore
Tickets £15 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/pakefield-singers  and Halesworth Bookshop

For their next concert, Music for Passiontide, Pakefield Singers offer a rare chance to hear Haydn’s serene Stabat Mater, a luminous and reflective re-telling of Mary’s grief at the foot of the Cross in solos, ensembles and richly meditative choruses. In contrast we then explore the stirring and dramatic account of the crucifixion from part two of Handel’s Messiah- ending with the glorious Hallelujah Chorus!

The Wild Murphys
Friday 31 Jan

Join us for an unforgettable night of hand-clapping, toe-tapping music with The Wild Murphys, an award-winning tribute group renowned for their lively covers of Irish songs since 2005.

Experience two electrifying sets, featuring hits from their acclaimed ‘One Night in Dublin’ theatre show, mixed with some timeless country classics, a couple of songs added especially for this tour and of course some great stories from two decades on the road.

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Dave Collison’s Human Jukebox

Saturday 25th January

Dave Collison is a highly experienced singer and entertainer with over 25 years of experience. Best known as an established Roy Orbison tribute artist, as The Human Jukebox Dave sings a wide range of popular golden oldies from the 50s, 60s and 70s, covering artists like Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Dion, Elton John, ELO, Queen, Billy Joel and of course, the Big O.

As the Human Jukebox, Dave will gladly take song requests from the audience. His versatile vocal range, combined with his unique sense of humour and ability to engage with his audience, always ensures an entertaining evening. theseagull.co.uk