Music
Saturday 4 January
André Rieu, 7.45pm, 70 years young details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
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
Trianon Music Group, 7.30pm, A musical train journey details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Tuesday 14 January
Colchester Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, David Poulter (Royal Hospital School, Holbrook) details at Moot Hall Colchester, 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
Suffolk Singers, 7.30pm, Cold Hands, Warm Hearts, fund raising concert fo Families in Need details at Woodbridge Community Hall, map
Sunday 19 January
Saffron Hall, 3pm, Absolute Beethoven? BBC Symphony Orchestra and Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro details, Saffron Walden, map
St Mary-le-Tower Church, 5pm, Epiphany Carol Service details, Ipswich, 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
Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm, String Quintets details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
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
Colchester Chamber Choir, 7pm, Like The Stars In The Sky, choral music for Farleigh Hospice, tickets at the door. details at Coggeshall Church, map
Stowmarket Chorale, 10am, Singing day workshop Verdi: Requiem details at Woolpit Village Hall
Wolsey Orchestra, 7.30pm, Russian music details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 9 February
Kingfisher Ensemble, 3pm, String Quintet, Flute, Oboe & Piano details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
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
Tuesday 11 February
Colchester Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, William Baldry (St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich) details at Moot Hall Colchester, map
Wednesday 12 February
Colchester Operatic Society, 7.45pm, Dare to be different, to 15 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 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, with London 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
Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 2.45pm, String Orchestra details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, 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
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm, Sondheim & Me, Joanna Eden & George Double Trio details, map
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
Tuesday 10 March
Colchester Moot Hall Organ, 1pm, Ian Ray (Hon Borough Organist) details at Moot Hall Colchester, 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
Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 2.45pm, String Orchestra and Piano details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, 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
Stowmarket Chorale, 7.30pm, Fauré: Requiem details at United Reform Church, 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
Sunday 22 March
Kingfisher Ensemble, 3pm, String Quintet details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra, 4pm, Mother's Day Family Concert details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Wednesday 25 March
Music in Felixstowe, 11.30am, Quartetto Familia with Wendy Gudgin, viola details at Orwell Hotel, map
Thursday 26 March
Thomas Mills High School, 7pm, 40th Anniversary Concert details at Snape Maltings, 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
Suffolk Singers, 1.10pm, Lunchtime Recital details at Ely Cathedral, Lady Chapel, 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
West Bergholt Concert Band, 3pm, A sentimental Journey details at West Cliff Theatre, Clacton, 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 - Scriabin, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven, Lizst details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts, 4pm, Giuseppe Guarrera, Piano details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Tuesday 7 April
Snape Maltings, 3pm, Suffolk Youth Music Festival Concert: Karl Orff\: Carmina Burana details, map
Saturday 11 April
The Sixteen, 7.30pm, Victoria, Jpsquin, Allegri, Anerio details at Snape Maltings, map
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
Wednesday 15 April
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm, Piano Divas/The Music's On Me, Wendy Kirkland Quartet details, map
Sunday 19 April
Kingfisher Ensemble, 2.45pm, Piano Trios details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
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, Jamal Aliyev, Cello; Jâms Coleman Piano, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, David Popper, Tchaikovsky, Cesar Franck details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
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
Kingfisher Sinfonietta, 3pm, Dvorak: Romance and Beethoven: Symphony no.1 details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Wednesday 29 April
Dyad Productions, 7.30pm, I, Elizabeth, the queen aged 25, in 1568. Written & performed by Rebecca Vaughan details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, map
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, Dvorak: Stabat Mater details at St Michael's Church, Martlesham Heath
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
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
Eye Bach Choir, 7.30pm, tba details at Eye Church, 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
Prometheus Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, 4pm, Beethoven, Martinu details at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, map
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
Sunday 7 June
West Bergholt Concert Band, 2.30pm, Concert details at Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, map
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
Friday 26 June
Colchester Choral Society, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance, exerpts details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
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
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, American programme. Copland,Gershein,Bernstein, Barber details at St Botolph's, map
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
West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm, concert details at Coggeshall Church, map
Thursday 16 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra, 6pm, "Carnival of the Animals” theme with children singing details at All Saints Church, map
Thursday 6 August
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, 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 17 October
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, with Ben Vonberg- Clark, tenor, 7.30pm, Benjsmin Britten details at St Botolph's, 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
West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm, Concert details
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
Suffolk Sinfonia, 7.30pm, Sibelius, Rodrigo details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 28 November
Ipswich Choral Society, 7.30pm, Autumn concert details
Saturday 5 December
Colchester Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, CSO wind details at St Botolph's, map
Sunday 6 December
Clacton Choral Society, 7pm, Rutter: Feel the Spirit and Bullard: A Light in the Stable details at St James's Church, map
Saturday 12 December
Phoenix Singers, 7pm, Bach: Christmas Oratorio details at Framlingham Church, map
Suffolk Villages Festival
Friday 28 August
, 2020 Festival, to 31 Aug details at St Mary's Church Harkstead, Ipswich, map
Opera/musical
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 Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
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
Adelphi Theatre -Live Link, 7pm, Kinky Boots The Musical details at Odeon 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 details, map
Friday 21 February
Children’s Theatre Company, 7pm, Bugsy Malone, to 22 Feb details at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
Monday 24 February
New Wolsey Theatre at various times, Once, to 29 Feb details, Ipswich, 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, 7.30pm, Mozart: Così fan tutte, to 13 Mar details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 13 March
KATS Youth Theatre, 1pm, Olivia! by Malcolm Sircom, to 14 Mar details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map, and at 5pm
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, Beethoven: Fidelio details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 22 March at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Tuesday 31 March
Irving Stage Company, 7.30pm, Chicago, to 4 Apr at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 3 April
Enchanted Entertainment, 6pm and matinee, The Wizard of Oz - pantomime version details at Regent Theatre, Ipswich, 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
Tuesday 28 April
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Mozart: Così fan tutte details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Wednesday 29 April
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Mozart: Così fan tutte details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Thursday 30 April
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Handel: Giulio Cesare details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Friday 1 May
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Mozart: Così fan tutte details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Saturday 2 May
English Touring Opera, 7.30pm, Handel: Giulio Cesare details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
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 Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 21 June at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Sunday 13 September
Saffron Opera Group, 2.30pm, Wagner: Tannhäuser details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Ballet/dance
Thursday 16 January
Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm, The Sleeping Beauty details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, and on 19 Jan at 2 pm and at Odeon Colchester
Friday 31 January
DanceEast, 7.30pm, Enowate | Dickson Mbi Enowate | Dickson Mbi details at Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich, map
Tuesday 25 February
Royal Ballet - live link, 7.15pm, The Cellist/Dances at a Gathering details at Firstsite, Colchester, map, aalso on 1 March at 5.55.pm 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 Firstsite, Colchester, map and at Odeon Colchester
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 (World Premiere) details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Theatre
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
Sunday 12 January
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7pm, Beneath the Skin / This is Me details at Studio, map
Wednesday 15 January
Colchester Theatre Group, 7.45pm, Our Little Secret/Numbers, to 18 Jan details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Thursday 16 January
Stage Write, 7.30pm, Jacky! By Paul T. Davies details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Friday 17 January
The Quay Theatre Sudbury, 7.30pm, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, based on R L Stevenson's novel, adapted and performed by James Hyland details, map
Saturday 18 January
National Theatre - live link, 1pm, Hansard by Simon Wood details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 22 January
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, Darker Shores by Michael Punter, to 25 Jan details, map
Thursday 23 January
The Quay Theatre Sudbury, 7.30pm, Dead Men's Eyes, supernatural story performed by R M Lloyd Parry details, map
Wednesday 29 January
Conservatoire EAST, West Suffolk College, 7.30pm, Noel Coward: Blithe Spirit, to 1 Feb details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 31 January
University Centre, Colchester, 7.30pm, She Said, He Said, They Said. an evening of musical theatre, to 1 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Tuesday 4 February
Adelphi Theatre London- filmed, 7.30pm, Kinky Boots - The Musical, to 9 Feb details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Paper Lantern, 7.30pm, Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton, to 8 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Friday 7 February
The Quay Theatre Sudbury, 7.30pm, Spitfire Solo, written and performed by Nicholas Collett details, map
Thursday 13 February
The Quay Theatre Sudbury, 7.30pm, Buzzing, a comedy drama details, 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 Theatre Company, with Matthew Linley Creative Projects and 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
National Theatre - live link, 7pm, Cyrano De Bergerac details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Friday 21 February
Theatretrain, Colchester, 7pm, A Night at the Musicals - young actors/ singers, to 22 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
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
Protocol Theatre, 7.45pm, Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, to 29 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
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
Project Liber, 7pm, Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner, to 29 Feb details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Eclipse Theatre & Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 7.30pm, The Gift,, to 29 Feb details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 3 March
Sudbury Dramatic Society, 7.45pm, For Services Rendered, to 7 Mar details at The Quay Theatre, 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
Gecko and Mind the Gap co-production, 7pm and matinee, A Little Space, to 11 Mar details at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, map
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Quality Street, J M Barrie's farce -Northern Broadsides, to 14 Mar details, Bury St Edmunds, map
Thursday 12 March
Joshua Beaumont Company, 7.30pm, Undermined a play about the 1984 miners' strike details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, 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
The Rejects Theatre Company, 7.45pm and matinee, Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh, to 21 Mar details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
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
Friday 27 March
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, 7.30pm, Red Skies, a fictional meeting in Suffolk between Arthur Ransome and George Orwell details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, map
Monday 30 March
Gallery Players, 7.45pm and matinee, Shakespeare: Macbeth, to 4 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, map
Gallery Players, 7.45pm and matinee, Shakespeare Macbeth, to 4 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, map
Wednesday 1 April
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm, The Diary of Anne Frank, dramatised by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, to 4 Apr details, map
Tuesday 7 April
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.30pm, Strictly Sherlock by Jonathan Goodwin (based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle) details, map
Thursday 9 April
Theatre Royal Bury Young Company, 7pm, Oliver Twist -, to 11 Apr details at Theatre Royal Bury, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 11 April
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 8pm, Voices In Her Head Trish Dunn, the American comic/ventriloquist details, 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
Thursday 16 April
Quay Productions, 7.30pm, Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, with the original novel's 1939 ending, adapted as a new version of the play in 2015, to 18 Apr details at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury, map
Monday 20 April
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, 7.45pm, Red Skies, a fictional meeting between Arthur Ransome and George Orwell, to 25 Apr details at Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, 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
Wednesday 22 April
Dedham Players, 7.30pm, 50 Glorious Years, a medley of sketches, songs, poems and prose, to 25 Apr details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, 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
Wednesday 29 April
Headgate Theatre Colchester, 7.45pm and matinee, Jumpy by April de Angelis, to 2 May details, 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
Sunday 12 July
Stanley Hall, 12.30pm, Shakespeare: Macbeth details, Halstead, 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 15 January
Dedham Films, 7.30pm, Downton Abbey 2019 details at Assembly Rooms, map
Christmas music
Saturday 28 November
Stour Choral Society, Christmas concert details
Saturday 12 December
West Bergholt Concert Band, 7.30pm, Christmas Concert details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Wednesday 16 December
Phoenix Singers, 7pm, Community Carol Concert details at Framlingham Church, map
Saturday 19 December
Bury Bach Choir, 7.30pm, Christmas Music details at Lavenham Church, map
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
Friday 27 November
Theatre Royal Bury, 7.30pm, Cinderella, to 17 Jan details, Bury St Edmunds, 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
