Music
Saturday 7 December
Cantus Firmus, 6.30pm, Messy Messiah - with Bury Cathedral's In Harmony Trust details at St John's Church, Ipswich, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, CSO Wind details at St Botolph's, map
Woodbridge Choral Society, 7.30pm, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach details at Woodbridge Church, map
Sunday 8 December
Saffron Hall, 3pm, Pasadena Roof Orchestra at Christmas details, Saffron Walden, map
Tuesday 10 December
Colchester Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, Recital by Ian Ray details at Moot Hall Colchester, map
Saturday 14 December
Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 7.30pm, Variety - charity concert details at Knodishall Village Hall, Saxmundham IP17 1UD
St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Mozart details, Colchester, map
Wednesday 18 December
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, Emily Bennett with the Champagne Trio details at Orwell Hotel, map
Friday 20 December
Saffron Hall, 7.30pm, The Sixteen details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 21 December
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 6pm, Handel: Messiah details, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 31 December
Berliner Philarmoniker Orchestra - live link, 4pm, New Year's Eve Concert details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 1 January
Music in Felixstowe, 3pm, Vennese concert with the Festival Orchestra details at Orwell Hotel, map
Prometheus Orchestra, - Nathan Williamson And Prometheus String Ensemble, 3pm, Beethoven details at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold (ip18 6jg)
Saturday 4 January
Saffron Hall, 7.30pm, BBC Concert Orchestra - New Year’s Celebration details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 11 January
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Russian Programme details at St Botolph's, map
Wednesday 15 January
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, Mike Hatchard,- pianist, singer, entertainer. details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 18 January
Colchester Chamber Choir, 7pm, Magnificat: Bach/Vivaldi by candlelight with period instruments details at Coggeshall Church, map
Ipswich Bach Choir, with Ipswich Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm, Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, conducted by Patrick McCarthy details at Ipswich School, map
Sunday 19 January
Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm, String Quintets details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Saffron Hall, 3pm, Absolute Beethoven? BBC Symphony Orchestra and Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 25 January
Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm, Fibonacci Sequence (trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & piano) details at Ipswich School, map
Sunday 26 January
Music in Felixstowe, 4pm, Ward Quartet by Candlelight details at St Nicholas's, Felixstowe Ferry, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music, 4pm, Jamal Aliyev, cello details at Constable Hall, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 1 February
Edmund Octet, 7.30pm, Gilbert and Sullivan evening, with the octet and friends details at All Saints Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 8 February
Wolsey Orchestra, 7.30pm, Russian music details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 9 February
Newmarket Chamber Orchestra, 4pm, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart details at All Saints Church, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra, with Granta Chorale, 3pm, Film classics details at Saffron Hall, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music, 4pm, Young Musicans' Concert details at Constable Hall, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 15 February
Ipswich Chamber Music Society, 7.30pm, Coull String Quartet with Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) and Andrew Leach (piano) details at Ipswich School, map
Prometheus Orchestra, 7pm, Beethoven: piano concertos and wind octet Beethoven Wind Octet Beethoven 3rd Piano Concerto details at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, map
University of Essex Choir, withLondon Mozart Players, 7pm, Fauré: Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine with the London Mozart Players details at Chelmsford Cathedral, map
Sunday 16 February
The Tallis Scholars, 3pm, Tallis, Pärt, Byrd, Croce details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Prometheus Orchestra, 4pm, Beethoven: piano concertos and wind sextet details at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, map
Monday 17 February
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club, 7.30pm, Metamorphoses: clarinet, viola and piano trio Monday 16 March 2020 7:30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 19 February
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, Anna Noakes, flute and Christine Whiffen, harpsichord details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 22 February
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio, 7.30pm, Mozart, Debussy, Tchaikovsky details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 23 February
Music in Felixstowe, 7pm, Old Time Music Hall details at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club, map
Saturday 29 February
Ipswich Chamber Choir, 7pm, James MacMillan: Seven Last Words From The Cross details at St Mary-le-Tower, map
Pimlott Foundation, 5pm, Ebonit Quartet (saxophones) details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Sunday 1 March
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra, 2.30pm, Family Concert details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Tuesday 3 March
New Wolsey Theatre at various times, Alan Ayckbourn: Absurd Person Singular, to 7 Mar details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 7 March
Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Verdi: Requiem details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm, Gala Concert, Night Gardens of Spain details, Colchester, map
Sunday 8 March
Stour Valley Arts and Music, 4pm, Carducci Quartet details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 14 March
Sonoro chamber choir & Granta Chorale, 7.30pm, Choral Inspirations details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Colchester Choral Society, 7.30pm, Haydn: The Creation details at St Botolph's, map
Sunday 15 March
Bury St Edmunds Concer Band, 7.30pm, A Night At The West End details at Theatre Royal Bury, map
Regent Theatre Ipswich, 7.30pm, California Dreamin' details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Suffolk Villages Festival, 6pm, Sacred Music from17thC Germany and France- Psalmody & London Viols details at Boxford Church, map
Monday 16 March
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club, 7.30pm, Alena Walentin (flute) details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 20 March
Community Light Orchestra, 7.30pm, Featuring Felixstowe Harmonies, in support of Felixstowe Christians against Poverty details at River of Life Church, Carr Road, Felixstowe
Saturday 21 March
Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio, 7.30pm, Schumann, Brahms details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Aldeburgh Music Club, 7.30pm, Bach And Vivaldi: A Celebration details at Snape Maltings, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Mozart Programme details at St Botolph's, map
Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm, Brahms, Dvorak details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tiptree Choral Society, Dvorak Mass in D and Stainer's Crucifixion details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Wednesday 25 March
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, Quartetto Familia with Wendy Gudgin, viola details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 28 March
Eye Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony and Dvorak,:Te Deum with the English Arts Chorale and accompanied by the Prague Conservatoire details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Hadleigh Choral Society, Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Duruflé: Requiem details at Hadleigh Church, map
Saffron Hall, 7.30pm, Curlew River with Ian Bostridge with Britten Sinfonia Voices details, Saffron Walden, map
Stour Choral Society, 2.30pm, Handel: Messiah. details at Mistley Church, map
Woodbridge Choral Society, 7.30pm, Mendelsohn: Elijah details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 29 March
La Serenissima, period instrument ensemble, 3pm, Vivaldi details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music, 4pm, Kammerphilharmonie Europa details at East Bergholt Church, map
Wednesday 1 April
Anglia Baroque, A lunchtime concert details at Walsham-le-Willows church
Saturday 4 April
Clacton Choral Society, 7.30pm, Handel’s Messiah (Parts II and III) details at St James's Church, map
Ipswich Choral Society, 4pm, Stainer: Crucifixion - a workshop and performance details at St Mary's Church Harkstead, map
Phoenix Singers, 7pm, Bach: St John Passion details at Framlingham Church, map
Saffron Walden Choral Society, with Chameleon Arts Orchestra, 7.30pm, Bach: Magnificat details at Saffron Hall, map
Witham Choral Society, Haydn: Creation details at Witham Public Hall, map
Sunday 5 April
Sudbury Choral Society, 7.30pm, Faure: Requiem, Poulenc: Gloria details at St Peter's Church, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm, Giuseppe Guarrera, Piano details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Saturday 11 April
Aldeburgh Voices, 2pm, James MacMillan: Stabat Mater details at Orford Church, map
Sunday 12 April
Snape Maltings, Britren Sinfonia, 3pm, Bach: St Matthew Passion details, map
Sunday 19 April
Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm, Mahler, Gounod, Dvorak details at Lavenham Church, map
Music in Felixstowe, 3pm, Come And Sing Handel’s Messiah details at St John the Baptist Church, map, 1 pm for singers' rehearsal
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm, Savitri Grier, Violin; Yundu Wang, Piano details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Wednesday 22 April
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, The Ward Piano Trio - Mendelssohn, Beethoven details at Orwell Hotel, map
Friday 24 April
Snape Maltings, 7.30pm, Mitsuko Uchida, piano plays Mozart, Beethoven details, map
Saturday 25 April
Trianon Music Group, 7.30pm, Beethoven, Elgar, Brahms details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 26 April
il pomo d’oro with Franco Fagioli, countertenor, 3pm, Handel, Vinci details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Kelvedon Singers, Spring Concert details at Kersey Parish Church, Suffolk
Saturday 2 May
London Philharmonic Orchestra, 7.30pm, Bach, Busoni with Igor Levit, piano and Sir Antinio Pappano, conductor details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Edmund Octet, 7.30pm, Cabaret night, with Classic Femme. Tickets from Suffolk Wildlife Trust details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Ipswich Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Spring concert details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
University of Essex Choir, with London Handel Orchestra, 7.30pm, Bach: Mass in B Minor details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 9 May
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Beethoven and Brahms details at St Botolph's, map
Community Light Orchestra details at Hadleigh Church, map
Sunday 10 May
Pimlott Foundation, 5pm, Soirée with Emiliano Ramniceanu, piano details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm, Ben Goldscheider, Horn; Richard Uttley, Piano details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Saturday 16 May
Britten Sinfonia, with Alison Balsom (trumpet), 7.30pm, Purcell, Scarlatti, Birtwistle, Ligeti details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Bury Bach Choir, 7pm, Handel: Messiah details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Ipswich Chamber Choir, 6.30pm, Music inspired by the British folk song details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, map
St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm, Hervey Benham Memorial Trust Concert details, Colchester, map
Wolsey Orchestra, 7.30pm, Mendelssohn, Grieg, MacCunn, Shostakovich details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 17 May
Clacton Choral Society, 6.30pm, Choral Evensong details at St James's Church, map
Friday 22 May
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, Bond An Unauthorised Parody written and Performed by Gavin Robertson details at Theatre Royal Bury, map
Saturday 23 May
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Greg Byron Stand Up Poet, Gavin Robertson details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 24 May
Saffron Hall, 3pm, John Lill, piano plays Beethoven sonatas details, Saffron Walden, map
Monday 25 May
Suffolk Villages Festival, 6pm, Handel: Theodora- soloists, Psalmody & Essex Baroque Orchestra details at Hadleigh Church, map
Saturday 30 May
Cantus Firmus, A pilgrimage of song details at Chevington to Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
Friday 12 June
Berliner Philarmoniker Orchestra - live link, 6.30pm, Season Finale- Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Saturday 13 June
Ipswich Choral Society, with Holbrook Choral Society and RHS School Holbrook, 7.30pm, Verdi: Requiem; details at Royal Hospital School, map
Pimlott Foundation, Summer Concert, to 14 Jun details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Sunday 14 June
Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm, Beethoven: violin Concerto details at Lavenham Church, map
Saturday 20 June
Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm, Beethoven, Brahms details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 21 June
Tiptree Choral Society, Prom in the Barn details at Layer Marney
Saturday 27 June
Bishop’s Stortford & Barnet Choral Societies, 7.30pm, Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Summer Concert details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Stour Choral Society, 6.15pm, Concert details at Old Hall Chapel, East Bergholt, map
Sunday 28 June
Tiptree Choral Society, 7.30pm, Children's Prom in the Barn details at Layer Marney
Saturday 4 July
Pasadena Roof Orchestra, 7.30pm, Summer concert details at Ickworth House, Horringer, map
Phoenix Singers, 7pm, A Night at the Opera details at Framlingham College, map
Sunday 5 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, Summer concert details at Ashlar House, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra, 3pm, Peter and the Flu with Frank Burnet, narrstor and author of the text details at Saffron Hall, map
Saturday 11 July
Saffron Walden Choral Society, 7.30pm, Karl Orff: Carmina Burana, details at Saffron Hall, map
St Botolph's Music Society, 7.30pm, Brahms details, Colchester, map
Thursday 16 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, 6pm, "Carnival of the Animals” theme with children singing details at All Saints Church, map
Friday 21 August
Aurora Orchestra, 7.30pm, Beethoven Symphony No.7 (from memory) details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Sunday 20 September
Lavenham Sinfonia, 7pm, Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 details at Lavenham Church, map
Saturday 10 October
Prometheus Orchestra, 7.30pm, Beethoven details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 7 November
Tiptree Choral Society, Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man. and 'War Story', music with a narrator. details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Saturday 14 November
Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Beethoven: Mass in C details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Saturday 21 November
Hadleigh Choral Society, Dvorák: Requiem details at Hadleigh Church, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Autumn Concert details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Saturday 28 November
Ipswich Choral Society, 7.30pm, Autumn concert details
Suffolk Villages Festival
Friday 28 August
, 2020 Festival, to 31 Aug details at St Mary's Church Harkstead, Ipswich, map
Opera/musical
Wednesday 4 December
Glyndebourne Touring Opera, 7.15pm, Verdi: Rigoletto and 7 Dec details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Friday 6 December
Glyndebourne Touring Opera, 7.15pm, Handel: Rinaldo details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Saturday 7 December
Adelphi Theatre,London - live Link, 7pm, Kinky Boots , The Musical details at Odeon Colchester, map
National Theatre - live link, 7pm, Les Miserables - Staged Concert (Recorded) details at Odeon Colchester, map
Wednesday 11 December
Wide Eye Productions, 7.30pm, Tunswick! A comedy musical;, to 13 Dec details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Wednesday 18 December
Lakeside Theatre Colchester, 7pm, 42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical - filmed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane details, map
Monday 30 December
London Pakkadium -LL, 4pm, The King and I details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Saturday 11 January
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm, Alban Berg: Wozzeck details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Friday 24 January
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, to 25 Jan details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 28 January
Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society, 7.30pm and matinee, Made in Dagenham, to 1 Feb details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Wednesday 29 January
Royal Opera House - live link, 7.45pm, Puccini: La Bohème details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 2 Feb at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Saturday 1 February
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm, Bernstein: Porgy and Bess details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Sunday 2 February
Royal Opera House - live link, 2pm, Puccini: La Bohème details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Tuesday 4 February
Adelpi Theatre London - Live Link, 7.30pm, Kinky Boots: The Musical details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 19 February
Regent Theatre Ipswich, 7.30pm, Puccini: La Bohème - Opera & Ballet International, an Ellen Kent production with Elena Dee the Korean soprano Opera & Ballet International , an Ellen Kent production with Elena Dee and Alyona Kistenyova details, map
Saturday 29 February
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.40pm, Handel: Agrippina details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Thursday 5 March
Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia, 7.30pm, The Nutcracker details at Regent Theatre, Ipswich, map
Theatre Royal Bury, - Total Productions, 7.30pm, Streisand.the Music.the Lady.the Legend - details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 12 March
English Touring Opera, Mozart: Così fan tutte, to 13 Mar details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 14 March
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Handel: Giulio Cesare details at Snape Maltings, map
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.40pm, Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Regent Theatre Ipswich, 7.30pm, Puccini: Madama Butterfly details, map
Tuesday 17 March
Royal Opera House - live link, 7.15pm, Berthoven: Fidelio details at Odeon Colchester, map, and on 1 April at 2 pm
Tuesday 31 March
Irving Stage Company, 7.30pm, Chicago, to 4 Apr at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 11 April
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm, Puccini: Tosca details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Tuesday 21 April
Royal Opera House - live link, 7pm, Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 26 April at 2 pm
Saturday 9 May
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link, 5.55pm, Donizetti: Maria Stuarda details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Tuesday 12 May
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, Annie, to 16 May details at Theatre Royal Bury, map
Thursday 18 June
Royal Opera House - live link, 7.45pm, Richard Strauss: Elektra details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Sunday 13 September
Saffron Opera Group, 2.30pm, Wagner: Tannhäuser details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Ballet/dance
Tuesday 10 December
Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm, Coppelia details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite and at Odeon Colchester and at Firstsite and at Odeon Colchester and at Firstsite and at Odeon Colchester
Friday 6 March
Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia, 7.30pm, Sleeping Beauty - Opera & Ballet International details at Regent Theatre, Ipswich, map
Saturday 7 March
Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia, 7.30pm, Swan Lake details at Regent Theatre, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 25 March
Ballet Theatre UK, 7pm and matinee, Giselle, to 26 Mar details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 1 April
Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm, Swan Lake details at Odeon Colchester, map
Tuesday 21 April
Royal Opera House - live link, 7pm, Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci details at Odeon Colchester, map
Saturday 2 May
Co-op Juniors Theatre Co, Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats, to 24 May details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 28 May
Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm, The Dante Project, details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 31 May at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Theatre
Wednesday 4 December
Branagh Theatre Company - live link, 7pm, Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map and at Firstsite
National Theatre - live link, 2pm, Noel Coward: Present Laughter details at Odeon Colchester, map
Thursday 5 December
Branagh Theatre Company - live link, 7pm, Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale details at Odeon Colchester, map
Friday 13 December
Seckford Theatre Woodbridge, - Common Ground, 7.30pm, Sherlock Homes & The Warlock Of Whitechapel, to 14 Dec details, map
Monday 16 December
The Minories Galleries, 7.30pm, Waiting for Bacon by Danae Brook, a play about the outrageous times of the painter, to 17 Dec details at The Minories art gallery, Colchester, map
Thursday 19 December
Common Ground Theatre, 7.30pm, Sherlock Holmes & The Warlock of Whitechapel by Pat Whymark & Julia Harrie, to 21 Dec details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Friday 3 January
National Theatre - live link, 6.10pm, Fleabag details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 8 January
Common Ground Theatre Co, 7.30pm, Sherlock Holmes & The Warlock Of Whitechapel, to 18 Jan details at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, 7.45pm and matinee, The Famous Four & A Half Go Wild In Thetford Forest, to 18 Jan details at Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge, map
Thursday 16 January
Stage Write, 7.30pm, Jacky! By Paul T. Davies details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Tuesday 4 February
Adelphi Theatre f London- filmed, 7.30pm, Kinky Boots - The Musical, to 9 Feb details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Tuesday 18 February
Theatre Royal Bury, 6.30pm, The Little Prince, based on the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 20 February
Eastern Angles and Matthew Linley Creative Projects iwith the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 7.45pm, The Ballad Of Maria Marten - story of a Suffolk murder, to 22 Feb details at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, 7.45pm, The Ballad Of Maria Marten. retelling of Suffolk’s real-life murder mystery, to 22 Feb details at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
National Theatre - live link, 7pm, Cyrano De Bergerac details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Saturday 22 February
Theatre Royal Bury, Immersion Theatre, 5pm, Rapunzel, tongue-in-cheek retelling of the fairy story, to 23 Feb details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Monday 24 February
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm and matinee, Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense, one man show, to 26 Feb details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 27 February
Eclipse Theatre & Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 7.30pm, The Gift,, to 29 Feb details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 4 March
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, In Loyal Company, true story of missing World War II soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan. details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 10 March
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Quality Street, J M Barrie's farce -Northern Broadsides, to 14 Mar details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 17 March
New Wolsey Theatre, - Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in partnership with the National Theatre., 7.30pm, Shakespeare: Macbeth, to 21 Mar details, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 18 March
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Harpy, One woman performance by Sue Pollard details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 25 March
New Wolsey Theatre at various times, Oliver Twist A New Adaptation From Charles Dickens By Bryony Lavery, to 4 Apr details, Ipswich, map
Monday 30 March
Gallery Players, 7.45pm and matinee, Shakespeare: Macbeth, to 4 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, map
Thursday 9 April
Theatre Royal Bury Young Company, 7pm, Oliver Twist -, to 11 Apr details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Monday 13 April
Middle Ground Theatre Co at various times, Agatha Christie: A Murder Is Announced Adapted For The Stage By Leslie Darbon, to 18 Apr at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 14 April
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, after D H Lawrence's novel -Titled Wig Productions, to 18 Apr details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 21 April
New Wolsey Theatre at various times, Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, to 25 Apr details, Ipswich, map
Theatre Royal Bury, - Out of Joint, 7.30pm, The Glee Club,, to 25 May details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 28 April
London Classic Theatre, 7.30pm, Alan Ayckbourn: Absurd Person Singular -, to 2 May details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 21 May
National Theatre - live link, 7pm, The Welkin details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Thursday 11 June
Theatre Royal Bury, - Oddsocks Productions, 7.30pm, Shakespeare: The Comedy Of Errors -, to 13 Jun details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 17 June
Bury Theatre Workshop, 7.30pm, Tom Jones, based on Henry Fielding's novel, to 20 Jun details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 30 June
Theatre Royal Bury, Irving Stage Company, 7.30pm, Agatha Christie: Murder On The Nile -, to 4 Jul details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 21 July
Bury Theatre Workshop, Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, to 25 Jul details at Bury St Edmunds Abbey, in the Gardens, map
Thursday 10 September
Bury Theatre Workshop, Ibsen: A Doll's House, to 12 Sep details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 9 October
Bury Theatre Workshop, Edith In The Dark -about the children's authot Edith Nesbit, to 10 Oct details at Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 12 November
Bury Theatre Workshop, The Curious Savage - a comedy, to 14 Nov details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Film
Wednesday 11 December
Dedham Films, 7.30pm, The Man Who Invented Christmas details at Assembly Rooms, map
Wednesday 15 January
Dedham Films, 7.30pm, Downton Abbey 2019 details at Assembly Rooms, map
Christmas music
Saturday 7 December
Clacton Choral Society, 4pm, Christmas Concert details at St James's Church, map
Haverhill Singers, 7.30pm, Christmas concert details at St Mary's Haverhill, map
Ipswich Chamber Choir, 7pm, Advent Cantata - JS Bach and a programme of Christmas music details at St Mary-le-Tower, map
Lexden Choral Society, 7.30pm, Christmas Celebration details at Lexden Church, map
Pimlott Foundation, 6pm, Christmas Market & Concert Christmas Market starts at 4PM, concert at 6PM details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Tiptree Choral Society, 7.30pm, Christmas programme details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Sunday 8 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, Christmas concert details at Snetterton Church Norfolk
Colchester Choral Society, 7.30pm, Here Comes Christmas! details at St Botolph's, map
Kelvedon Singers, 6.30pm, Christmas Concert details at Boxted Church, map
Suffolk Villages Festival, 6pm, Czech Baroque Christmas: music by Heinrich Biber and his Contemporaries- Psalmody & Essex Baroque Orchestra details at Hadleigh Town Hall (Grand Hall), map
Monday 9 December
Witham Singers, 7.30pm, Christmas around the world details at United Reform Church, map
Tuesday 10 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, Christmas Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society, 7.30pm, Sounds like Christmas!, to 13 Dec details at St Peter's by the Waterfront, map
Wednesday 11 December
Dorian singers, 7.30pm, A Christmas Cracker with special guests, Drum and Brass details at Trinity Methodist Church, Felixstowe, map
Selwyn College Chapel Choir, 7.30pm, Carols From Cambridge- conducted by Sarah MacDonald. details at St Mary's Church Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 13 December
Wix Church, 7pm, A Magical Musical retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Booking: 01255 870072 details at Wix Church, Bradfield Rd, Wix, Manningtree CO11 2SH
Eye Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Christmas With Castleton Brass details at Eye Town Hall, map
Tiptree Choral Society, Carols details at Tollesbury Chapel
Saturday 14 December
Braintree Male Voice Choir, 7.30pm, Christmas Together with Midnight Oil; and with Lyons Hall School at 3 pm details at Braintree Arts Theatre, map
Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Christmas music details at Lavenham Church, map
Hadleigh Choral Society, Christmas 2019 details at Hadleigh Church, map
Phoenix Singers, 7pm, Britten: St Nicholas and Christmas Music details at Framlingham Church, map
West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm, Christmas Concert details at Coggeshall Church, map
Sunday 15 December
Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 3pm, Christmas music details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Sudbury Choral Society, 2.45pm, A seasonal celebration, carols and Alexander L’Estrange’s ‘Wassail’. details at St Peter's Church, map
Tuesday 17 December
Essex Concert Band, 7.30pm, Christmas Concert details at Rowhedge Village Hall, map
Thursday 19 December
Kirbye Voices, 7pm, Concert Christmas Carols with Kirbye Voices & Friends details at St Peter's Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 20 December
Aldeburgh Voices, 7.30pm, Bach: Christmas Oratorio, parts 1-3 and 6 details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 21 December
Kirbye Voices, 7.30pm, Christmas Carols with Kirbye Voices & Friends at West Stow details at St Mary's Church, West Stow, IP28 6ET
Christmas shows
Thursday 28 November
New Wolsey Theatre at various times, Aladdin, to 1 Feb details, Ipswich, map
Saturday 30 November
Mercury Theatre Cochester, Cinderella, to 5 Jan details at at Abbey Field, Colchester, map
Wednesday 4 December
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7pm, Treasure Island by Ben Crocer, Headgate Theatre Productions, to 7 Dec details, map, Matinées Sat 7th 3pm & Sun 8th 2pm
Monday 9 December
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm, Dickens: A Christmas Carol' Robert MacCall tells the story details, map
Wednesday 11 December
Lakeside Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm, Little Red Riding-Hood- University of Essex student panto details, map
Saturday 14 December
Regent Theatre Ipswich at various times, Cinderella, to 31 Dec details, map
Friday 20 December
Deben Players, 6.30pm, Red Riding Hood!, to 28 Dec details at Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge, map
Talk
Thursday 6 February
New Wolsey Theatre, 7.45pm, The Mountbattens - their lives and loves, presented By ihe author Andrew Lownie details, Ipswich, map
Arts
Tuesday 14 January
Firstsite Colchester, -from Royal Academy, 7.30pm, Lucian Freud – A Self Portrait: Exhibition on Screen details, map
Tuesday 7 April
Firstsite Colchester, 7.30pm, Easter in Art: Exhibition on Screen details, map
