To receive the free updated monthly email version of this guide, click: Subscribe and add your first and last names and title
East Anglia Music and Arts - Guide to events
Live link screenings are listed only for Colchester. For other cinemas that screen live performances and for broadcast schedules click: Live broadcasts
Music
Tuesday 12 March
Friends of the Moot Hall Organ Gillian Ward-Russell (organ) A metorological journey, Lemens, Chopin, 1pm details at Moot Hall Colchester, map
Wednesday 13 March
Lion Walk Church Eduardo Sanchez (flute) Ian Ray (piano), 1pm details, Colchester, map
Thursday 14 March
Kingfisher Ensemble Beethoven, Schubert, Dochnanyi & Dancla, 1.10pm details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saffron Hall An Evening with Welsh National Opera, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Friday 15 March
Woodbridge Church Evocative Words and Music - has been CANCELLED, map
Saturday 16 March
Aldeburgh Music Club The Amazing Mr Handel, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Colchester Choral Society Elgar: Dream of Gerontius with Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Daniel Joy, Edward Grint, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Eye Bach Choir Mendelssohn: Elijah with the Kingfisher Orchestra., 7.30pm details at Eye Church, map
Saffron Hall Waltham Singers- Puccini, Schostakovich, Verdi, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Suffolk Sinfonia Bax Rachmaninov Beethoven, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 17 March
Kingfisher Ensemble Trios, Quartets & Quintets for String Trio, Flute & Oboe, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Music at Rushmere Jenny Haxell, soprano, Peter Willsher, piano, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Tallis Chamber Orchestra Society Vaughan Williams: Violin Concerto in D - also Panufnik, Grieg, Nielsen: Kenneth Sillito Director & Soloist, 7.30pm details at St Peters Church, Westleton, map
Monday 18 March
Bury St Edmunds Concert Club Kokopellis Wind Quartet, 7.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 20 March
Lion Walk Church Cavendish Ensemble, 1pm details, Colchester, map
Music in Felixstowe Ward Piano Quintet, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 23 March
Kirbye Voices Tippett, William Harris and other music appropriate for Lent, 7pm details at St Mary's Church, Newmarket, map
Quire Colchester Come Mr. Tally Man, 7.30pm details at West Bergholt Church, map
Saffron Walden Choral Society Choral classics, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Trianon Music Group Salmon Chanted Evening - Soprano and tenor, 7.30pm details at St Leonard's Church, Horringer, map
Sunday 24 March
Kingfisher Sinfonietta Elgar, Haydn, Wagner, Beethoven, 3pm details at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, map
Music at Rushmere Peter Crompton, piano, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Saffron Hall Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Purcell, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music Zelkova Quartet Mozart - Mendelssohn - Dvorak, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Wednesday 27 March
Lion Walk Church Trio Passione, Jessie Ridley (violin) Jeremy Hughes (cello) Ian Ray (piano), play Schubert Trio no 1 in B flatmajor Op 99, 1pm details, Colchester, map
Saturday 30 March
Community Light Orchestra Light Classical Music, soloists, 'Stacks of Sax', 7.30pm details at St John's Church, Ipswich, map
Ipswich Chamber Choir Bach: Mass in B minor, 7pm details at St Mary-le-Tower, map
Kelvedon Singers I Was Glad. a Concert of sacred music - Schubert's Mass in E flat major, 6.30pm details at St Albright Church, Stanway, map
Kirbye Voices Tippett, William Harris, 7pm details at St Peter's Church, Hepworth, map
Stour Choral Society Dvorak: Stabat Mater, 2.30pm details at Mistley Church, map
Woodbridge Choral Society A Celebration of Song including Rutter, Gershwin, Jana Rowland, Spirituals and opera choruses, 7.30pm details at St Mary's Woodbridge, map
Sunday 31 March
Music at Rushmere Triangle folk trio, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Music in Felixstowe Quartetto Familia, 3pm details at St Peter and Paul Church, map
Wednesday 3 April
Quire African and Gospel Music, 7.30pm details at Boxted Church, map
Saturday 6 April
Bury Bach Choir Bach: St Matthew Passion, 6.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Ipswich Choral Society Mozart: Requiem, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saffron Hall lestyn Davies, countertenor- Dowland, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
St Botolph's Music Society Schumann, Handel, Beethoven details, Colchester, map
Witham Choral Society Opera favourites details at Witham Public Hall, map
Sunday 7 April
Aquarius Singers Sacred Music - retiring collection, 3pm at Trinity Methodist Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Essex Chamber Orchestra Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 7.30pm details at Felsted School, map
Music at Rushmere Zephyr wind ensemble, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Saffron Walden Choral Society The Hallé conducted by Sir Mark Elder, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Sudbury Choral Society Handel: Messiah (parts 1 and 2), 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Suffolk Villages Festival Bach’s Legacy, 6pm details at Boxford Church, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts Cello sonatas, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Saturday 13 April
Clacton Choral Society Gounod: St Cecilia Mass, 7.30pm details at St James's Church, map
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Mozart and Mahler, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Haverhill Singers A John Rutter evening, 7.30pm details at Old Independent Church, map
Sunday 14 April
Kingfisher Ensemble Trio Recital for Violin, Clarinet & Piano, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Lavenham Sinfonia Haydn: Symphony No.26 , Beethoven: Symphony No.7, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Music at Rushmere Daniel Law, piano, 3pm details at St Andrew's Church, Rushmere, Ipswich, map
Saffron Hall BBC Big Band: Nat King Cole 100, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Wednesday 17 April
Music in Felixstowe A Quarter to Sax, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Friday 19 April
Aldeburgh Voices Bach: St John Passion with The Suffolk Ensemble, James Gilchrist Evangelist, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 20 April
Snape Maltings Snape Fauré: Requiem and Bach: Partita with Tenebrae, Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Gould (violin), 7.30pm details, map
Saturday 27 April
Lexden Choral Society Haydn: Creation details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Music in Felixstowe Come and Sing the Faure Requiem Rehearsal 12:30, 3pm details at St Peter and Paul Church, map
Quattro Amici Evening of Song, 7.30pm details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Trianon Music Group Jubilant Sounds by Ronald Corp (world premiere) - and other music, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 28 April
Saffron Hall BBC Symphony Orchestra & Alexander McCall Smith Sunday 28 Apr 2019 Bbc Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Mccall Smith The author portrays well known characters with some of his favourite music, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts Classical saxophone and piano, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Friday 3 May
Ipswich School Music Spring Concert, 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Pasadena Roof Orchestra, 7.30pm details, map
Saturday 4 May
Prometheus Orchestra Vaughan Williams, Tallis, Damase, Mendelssohn, 7pm details at St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe, map
Sunday 5 May
Prometheus Orchestra Vaughan Williams, Damase, Mendelssohn, 4pm details at Orford Church, map
University of Essex Choir Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, 6pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 8 May
Saffron Hall Sir Bryn Terfel, bass - selection of English and Welsh songs, Lieder and opera arias, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Saturday 11 May
Aquarius Singers , 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Ingham, map
Beccles Choral Society Verdi: Requiem, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Pimlott Foundation Harpsichord In Concert, 3pm details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra Music inpired by nature, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Trianon Music Group Mistley with Manningtree Community Concert, 7.30pm details at Mistley Church, map
Sunday 12 May
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra with London Voices -Ana Sokolovic , Ravel, Dvorák, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Wethersfield Chamber Concerts Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano, 4pm details at Wethersfield Church, Wethersfield, Braintreee, map
Saturday 18 May
Aldeburgh Music Club A Night with the Choir (to include Elgar: Sea Pictures, 7.30pm details at Orford Church, map
Britten Sinfonia Beethoven Symphonies No.7 & No.8, 7.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Colchester Chamber Choir The Romantic Soul: Berlioz, Clara Schumann, Wolf, Fauré and Stenhammar, 7pm details at St Botolph's, map
Community Light Orchestra Concert details at St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe, map
Eye Bach Choir 21st century composers, 7.30pm details at Eye Town Hall, map
Ipswich Bach Choir Haydn: The Creation, 7.30pm details at St Andrew's Church, Felixstowe
Kirbye Voices Bury St Edmunds Choral Evensong details at Norwich Cathedral, map
Kirbye Voices In aid of church funds details at St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe, map
Kirbye Voices In aid of church funds details at St John the Baptist Church, Felixstowe, map
Tiptree Choral Society Handel: Dixit Dominus and Haydn: Mass in Time of War - Paukenmesse details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Wolsey Orchestra Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, soloist: Erdem Misirlioglu, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 19 May
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No.4, 4pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Monday 27 May
Suffolk Villages Festival Venetian Splendour Venetian Splendour, 6pm details at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, map
Wednesday 29 May
Music in Felixstowe Mozart's Muses: Fiona Jessica Wilson, soprano, 11.30am details at Orwell Hotel, map
Saturday 1 June
Colchester Symphony Orchestra Russian Programme, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, map
Sunday 9 June
Lavenham Sinfonia Weber, Nielen, Brahms, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Pimlott Foundation Summer Concert details at Old House, Great Horkesley, map
Saffron Hall The Sixteen - Monteverdi: Vespers, 3pm details, Saffron Walden, map
West Bergholt Concert Band , 2.30pm details at Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 15 June
Bury Bach Choir Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Lexden Choral Society Colchester Summer concet details at Lexden Church, map
Saturday 22 June
Saffron Hall Emanuel Ax, piano, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Suffolk Sinfonia , 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 23 June
Kingfisher Ensemble PianoTrios, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Sudbury Choral Society Light concert on the theme of childhood., 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Saturday 29 June
Essex Symphony Orchestra Glinka, Lalo, Tchaikovsky, 7.30pm details at Chelmsford Cathedral, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Summer concert, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Sunday 30 June
Concerts at Cratfield Endellion String Quartet, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra Film music, 3pm details at Saffron Hall, map
Thursday 4 July
Kirbye Voices Concert, 7.30pm details at Guildhall, Bury Sy Edmunds, map
Saturday 6 July
Clacton Choral Society Clacton Choral goes to the Proms, 5pm details at St James's Church, map
Haverhill Singers Summer Concert, 3pm details at St Mary's Haverhill, map
Kirbye Voices Bury St Edmunds Concert at hartest, 7pm details
Phoenix Singers Mozart: Requiem, Magic Flute overture, Clarinet concerto, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Saffron Hall Verdi: Requiem - Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus and Saffron Walden Choral Society, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
St Botolph's Music Society Hervey Benham Young Soloists details, Colchester, map
Sunday 7 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Summer Concert details at Ashlar House, map
Kelvedon Singers Summer concert, 7.30pm details at Euston Hall, Thetford, map
Saturday 13 July
Aquarius Singers proceeds to Wateraid, 6pm at All Saints Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Night at the Movies details at Ely Cathedral, map
West Bergholt Concert Band That’s Entertainment – Movies & Musicals, 7.30pm details at Tiptree Church, map
Sunday 14 July
Concerts at Cratfield Gould Piano Trio with Robert Plane (clarinet), 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Sunday 21 July
Kingfisher Ensemble A Summer Serenade - with Strings and Wind, 2.45pm details at Lion Walk Church, Colchester, map
Snape Maltings Snape Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School, 4pm details, map
Snape Maltings Snape Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School: Tchaikovsky, Britten, Stravinsky, 4pm details, map
Friday 26 July
Saffron Hall National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain & Nicola Benedetti, 7.30pm details, Saffron Walden, map
Sunday 11 August
Concerts at Cratfield Sounds Baroque, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Sunday 8 September
Concerts at Cratfield Castalian String Quartet, Cratfield’s Young Artists Concert, 3pm details at Cratfield Church, map
Saturday 14 September
Trianon Music Group Sixty Years of Music Making, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 22 September
Lavenham Sinfonia Bach, Vivaldi, Heinichen, Handel, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Saturday 5 October
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Sacconi String Quartet, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Saturday 12 October
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Dvorak: “New World” Symphony, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 20 October
Kelvedon Singers Coggeshall Autumn concert, 7.30pm details at St Mary the Virgin church, map
Stour Valley Arts and Music Aurora Ensemble, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 9 November
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio Busch Piano Trio, 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Lexden Choral Society Remembrance and Thanksgiving details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Sunday 10 November
Stour Valley Arts and Music Trio con Brio Copenhagen, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 16 November
Bury Bach Choir Mozart, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Community Light Orchestra Concert details at River of Life Church, Felixstowe, map
Trianon Music Group Felixstowe Community Concert - a Victorian evening, 7.30pm details at Trinity Methodist Church, Felixstowe, map
Sunday 17 November
Sudbury Choral Society Magnificat by CPE Bach, Solemn Vespers by Mozart,, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Saturday 23 November
Hadleigh Choral Society Mendelssohn: Elijah, 7.30pm details at St John's Church, Epping, map
West Bergholt Concert Band The Great Composers, 7.30pm details at St Botolph's, Colchester, map
Saturday 30 November
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Autumn Concert, 7.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Suffolk Sinfonia , 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 7 December
Tiptree Choral Society Christmas programme details at St Luke's church Tiptree, map
Saturday 14 December
Phoenix Singers Britten: St Nicholas and Christmas Music, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Thursday 19 December
Kirbye Voices Concert, 7pm details at St Peter's Church, Bury St Edmunds, map
Saturday 21 December
Kirbye Voices Bury St Edmunds Concert at West Stow, 7.30pm details
Saturday 25 January
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Fibonacci Sequence (trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & piano), 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Sunday 26 January
Stour Valley Arts and Music Jamal Aliyev, cello, 4pm details at Constable Hall, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 15 February
Ipswich Chamber Music Society Coull String Quartet with Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) and Andrew Leach (piano), 7.30pm details at Ipswich School, map
Sunday 1 March
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Ipswich Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, 2.30pm details at Ipswich Corn Exchange, map
Saturday 7 March
Bury Bach Choir Handel: Messiah, 7.30pm details at The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, map
Sunday 8 March
Stour Valley Arts and Music Carducci Quartet, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Sunday 29 March
Stour Valley Arts and Music Kammerphilharmonie Europa, 4pm details at East Bergholt Church, map
Saturday 4 April
Phoenix Singers Bach: St John Passion, 7pm details at Framlingham Church, map
Sunday 5 April
Stour Choral Society Spring concert details at Mistley Church, map
Sudbury Choral Society Faure: Requiem, Poulenc: Gloria, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Saturday 9 May
Community Light Orchestra details at Hadleigh Church, map
Saturday 23 May
Bury Bach Choir Verdi: Requiem, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Saturday 27 June
Stour Choral Society , 6.15pm details at Old Hall Chapel, East Bergholt, map
Saturday 4 July
Phoenix Singers A Night at the Opera, 7pm details at Framlingham College, map
Sunday 12 July
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Summer concert details at Ashlar House, map
Saturday 14 November
Bury Bach Choir Beethoven: Mass in C, 7.30pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Thursday 16 May
2019 Festival May 16 to 26 - For full programme see festival website details
Rick Wakeman, piano, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Friday 17 May
Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan screened version of the West End production, 12pm details at Abbygate Cinema, map
Sara Dowling sings Judy Garland, 8pm details at Hunter Club, map
Homity Guitar, whistle and song, at Risbygate Sports Club, 8pm details at Risbygate Sports Club, map
Saturday 18 May
Street Theatre in the garden, 11am details at Bury St Edmunds Abbey, map
Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband- screening of live West End production, 12pm details at Abbygate Cinema, map
Hervey at the Court of George II - a one man show, 7pm details at Ickworth House, Horringer, map
Clare Teal and her BIG Mini Big Band - the jazz vocalist and Radio Two presenter, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Sunday 19 May
Osar wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest - screening of West End performance, 12pm details at Abbygate Cinema, map
Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler, symphony no 4 and Tchaikovsky, piano concerto no 1, 4pm details at The Apex, map
Cathedral Choir - Bairstow, Fawcett, Hawes and Palestrina., 5pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Bury Folk Collective, 7.30pm details at United Reform Church, Bury St Edmunds,, map
Monday 20 May
Beowulf - Armonico Consort and Academy Singers, a musical drama for soprano, choir, harp, keyboards and children’s choir, 7pm details at The Apex, map
Tallis Scholars -Renaissance music, 7pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Earl Okin: comedy and song, 7.30pm details at Hunter Club, map
Tuesday 21 May
George Harliono, piano - Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Chopin., 1pm details at The Apex, map
Swan Lake - Ballet Theatre UK, 7pm, to 22 May details at Theatre Royal, map
Dr John Cooper Clarke - poet, movie star, rock star, TV and radio presenter, 8pm details at The Apex, map
James Thomas, organ - and plainsong, 10pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
Wednesday 22 May
Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace -jazz, 7.30pm details at Hunter Club, map
Nigel Kennedy, violin: Bach to Gershwin, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Chris Wood - folk, 8pm details at Risbygate Sports Club, map
Thursday 23 May
Mark Crooks, (clarinet and sax) & Chris Ingham (piano) jazzy spin on melodies from musicals, 1pm details at The Apex, map
Hexachordia: early music trio, 6.30pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, map
John Lill, piano, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Friday 24 May
Artworks 20th Anniversary Exhibition East Anglian artists, 10.30am, to 29 May details at Guildhall, Bury Sy Edmunds, map
Quintet-a-Tete - jazz, 1pm details at The Apex, map
English Piano Trio, 1.10pm details at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, map
George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Picante: Latin Jazz, 8pm details at Hunter Club, map
Saturday 25 May
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, 7.30pm details at St Mary's Church Bury, map
Kate Rusby - folk, 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Sunday 26 May
Duo Diez - guitar and violin, 1pm details at Unitarian Meeting House, map
Chineke - Europe's first orchestra with a majority of black and minority ethnic musicians., 7.30pm details at The Apex, map
Friday 7 June
Friends' Lunch with Mark Padmore & Thomas Larcher, 12pm details at Snape Maltings, map
The Hunting Gun. The first opera by Thomas Larcher; at 5 pm on Sunday, 5.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 8 June
Poetry and Music: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Mark Padmore( tenor), Andrew West( piano). Lavinia Greenlaw (poet), 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Paul Lewis (piano), 7pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 9 June
Tenebrae - singers, 8pm details at Blythburgh Church, map
Monday 10 June
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 11 June
Albion Quartet, 3pm details at Orford Church, map
Knussen Chamber Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 12 June
Icon, opera for soprano, actor and ensemble, 5.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Steven Hough (piano), 8pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 13 June
Songs and poetry of the sea - Mark Padmore( tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Julius Drake (piano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 14 June
Secret Theatre - chamber pieces by Birtwistle, Knussen and Matthews, 4.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Vox Luminis - Choral motets by JS Bach and his ancestors, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 15 June
BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sarah Tynan (soprano), 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 16 June
Britten and Bridge with Adrian Brendel (cello) Joanna MacGregor (piano) Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), 4pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Vox Luminis - Britten, Handel, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Monday 17 June
Aldeburgh Voices and Jesse Flowers - Modern madrigals and two masterpieces for the solo guitar., 4pm details at Orford Church, map
Schubert 1828 Mark Padmore tenor, Roderick Williams baritone, Roger Vignoles piano, Richard Watkins horn, Trio Isimsiz, Quatuor Diotima ,Chamber Choir of London, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Tuesday 18 June
Vox Luminis - Music for the Coronation and Funeral of Queen Mary, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Wednesday 19 June
Alisa Weilerstein (cello) - Bach cello Suites, 7.30pm details at Blythburgh Church, map
Thursday 20 June
Ardeo Quartet, 3pm details at Orford Church, map
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 21 June
Karim Said (piano), 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Barbara Hannigan and Ludwig Orchestra, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 22 June
Poetry and Music -Britten: Winter Words with Mark Padmore (tenor), 2.30pm details at Aldeburgh Church, map
Nicholas Daniel ( oboe) and Friends - Britten Oboe Quartet, Adam Walker flute, 5pm details at Aldeburgh Church, map
Barbara Hannigan and the Ludwig Orchestra, 8pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Sunday 23 June
Barbara Hannigan: Edith Sitwell and Walton's Façade Poetry music and song, 11am details at Snape Maltings, map
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 5 July
Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart, an operatic tale of misguided loyalty, passion and fate, 7.30pm details, map
Sunday 14 July
Musical Tea Party, 3.30pm details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Friday 23 August
2019 Festival 23 to 26 August 2019, 7.30pm details
Tuesday 12 March
Theatre Royal Bury Chess The Musical Irving Stage Company, 7.30pm, to 16 Mar details, map
Friday 15 March
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Ain’t Misbehavin’, a Made in Colchester production, 7.30pm, to 30 Mar details, map
Wednesday 20 March
Headgate Theatre, Colchester The Pajama Game, 7.45pm, to 23 Mar details, map
Tuesday 26 March
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Rockstar Olly Medlicott - an original musical telling the story of a band's meteoric rise from obscurity; OD Productions, 7.45pm, to 30 Mar details, map
Saturday 30 March
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link Wagner: Die Walküre, 5pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Tuesday 2 April
English Touring Opera Verdi: Macbeth and on 5 April, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Royal Opera House - live link Verdi: La Forza Del Destino, 6.15pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Wednesday 3 April
English Touring Opera Mozart: Idomineo and on 6 April, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
Thursday 4 April
English Touring Opera Rossini: Elizabeth I, 7.30pm details at Cambridge Arts Theatre, map
London Palladium - live link The King and I, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map
Thursday 11 April
English Touring Opera Rossini: Elisabetta, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Friday 12 April
English Touring Opera Verdi: Macbeth, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Saturday 13 April
English Touring Opera Family Opera: Paradise Planet, 3pm details at Snape Maltings, map
English Touring Opera Mozart: Idomeneo, 7.30pm details at Snape Maltings, map
Thursday 25 April
English Touring Opera Rossini: Elizabeth I, 7.30pm details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Friday 26 April
English Touring Opera Verdi: Macbeth, 7.30pm details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Saturday 27 April
English Touring Opera Mozart: Idomineo, 7.30pm details at Theatre Royal Norwich, map
Tuesday 30 April
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society The Sound of Music, 7.30pm, to 11 May details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Avenue Q, 8pm, to 4 May details, map
Royal Opera House - live link Faust, 6.45pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Friday 3 May
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich An Honest Gentleman - a musical play about an East Anglian highwayman by Stuff of Dreams, 7.30pm, to 4 May details at Christchurch Mansion, map
Saturday 11 May
Metropolitan Opera New York - live link Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmèlites, 5pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 26 June
Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society The Addams Family, 7.30pm, to 29 Jun details at New Wolsey Theatre, map
Sunday 15 September
Saffron Opera Group Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, 2.30pm details at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, map
Friday 27 September
Colchester Operatic Society Lionel Bart: Oliver!, 7.30pm, to 12 Oct details at Mercury Theatre, map
Tuesday 22 October
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Calendar Girls from theWesEnd, 7.30pm, to 26 Oct details, map
Monday 4 November
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich Annie - from London's West End, 7.30pm, to 9 Nov details, map
Saturday 6 April
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Giovanni Pernice – Dance Is Life, 7.30pm details, map
Thursday 11 April
Theatre Royal Bury Ballet Central 2019, 7.30pm details, map
Wednesday 1 May
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Transitions Dance Company: The 2019 Triple Bill, 7.30pm details, map
Thursday 9 May
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Solo For Two - Jean Abreu Dance, 7.30pm details, map
Thursday 16 May
Royal Ballet - live link Flight Pattern/Within The Golden Hour/New Work, 7.15pm details at Odeon Colchester, map
Tuesday 21 May
Theatre Royal Bury Swan Lake - Ballet Theatre UK, 7.30pm, to 22 May details, map
Tuesday 11 June
Royal Ballet - live link Romeo And Juliet, 7.15pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Friday 21 June
Theatre Royal Bury Romeo & Juliet - Ballet Cymru, 7.30pm, to 22 Jun details, map
Thursday 14 March
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Orlando, Dyad Productions – performer Rebecca Vaughan and writer/director Elton Townend Jones, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, 7.30pm details, map
Wednesday 20 March
Eastern Angles Theatre Company The Tide Jetty Various times, to 1 Jun details at Various locations - see web site
Thursday 21 March
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 7.30pm, to 22 Mar details, map
Friday 22 March
The Quay Theatre Do You Think That's Wise? The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier - Julian Dutto, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Tuesday 26 March
Theatre Royal Bury The Remains of The Day - based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, 7.30pm, to 30 Mar details, map
Wednesday 27 March
Dedham Players Emma Michael Bloom's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, 7.45pm, to 30 Mar details at Dedham Assembly Rooms, map
Thursday 28 March
The Quay Theatre Orlando - based on Virginia Woolf's novel - Dyad Productions, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Saturday 30 March
Stuff of Dreams Theatre Co An Honest Gentleman - an East Anglian highwayman, 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, Sudbury, map
Monday 1 April
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich The Picture of Dorian Gray - adaptaton of Oscar Wilde's novel, to 6 Apr details, map
Tuesday 2 April
Theatre Royal Bury Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing - Northern Broadsides & New Vic Theatre, 7.30pm, to 6 Apr details, map
Wednesday 3 April
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis, 7.30pm, to 6 Apr details, map
Friday 5 April
The Quay Theatre Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Tuesday 9 April
Theatre Royal Bury Jack and The Beanstalk - Full House Theatre in Partnership with Luton Culture - various times, 7.30pm, to 10 Apr details, map
Wednesday 10 April
Colchester Theatre Group Arthur Miller: All My Sons, 7.45pm, to 13 Apr details at Headgate Theatre, Colchester, map
Thursday 11 April
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester The Mystery Of Raddlesham Mumps. poet and broadcaster, Murray Lachlan Young, presents his new family performance., 7.30pm, to 12 Apr details, map
National Theatre - live link All About Eve, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Friday 12 April
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Heart of Darkness - adptation of Joseph Conrad's novel, 7.45pm, to 13 Apr details, map
Wednesday 17 April
Royal Shakespeare Company - live link Shakespeare: As You Like It, 7pm details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Thursday 18 April
Theatre Royal Bury The Wind In The Willows - Theatre Royal Bury Young Company, 7pm, to 20 Apr details, map
Friday 19 April
Headgate Theatre, Colchester INK on the Road - a selection of the best new short plays directly from The INK Festival., 7.45pm, to 20 Apr details, map
Tuesday 23 April
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich The 39 Steps - adaptation of John Buchan's novel, 7.45pm, to 4 May details, map
Theatre Royal Bury Oliver Goldsmith: She Stoops To Conquer - London academy of music & dramatic art, 7.30pm, to 24 Apr details, map
Thursday 25 April
Bury Theatre Workshop The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard., to 27 Apr details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
National Theatre - live link All About Eve, 7pm details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map and at Firstsite
Theatre Royal Bury Checkov: The Cherry Orchard - London academy of music & dramatic art, 7.30pm, to 26 Apr details, map
Friday 26 April
The Quay Theatre Cecil Beaton: Gainsborough's Girls from The Tower Theatre, London, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Wednesday 1 May
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Shakers by John Godber & Jane Thornto, Reject Theatre Co, 7.45pm, to 4 May details, map
Monday 6 May
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Shakespeare: Macbeth Protocol Theatre, 7.30pm, to 11 May details, map
Sunday 12 May
Regent Theatre Ipswich Ipswich The Kingdom Choir, 7.30pm details, map
Tuesday 14 May
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Burning Bridges, 7.45pm, to 15 May details, map
National Theatre - live link Arthur Miller: All My Sons, 7pm details at Odeon Colchester, map and at Firstsite and at Lakeside Theatre
Wednesday 15 May
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Terence Rattigan: The Browning Version, 7.45pm, to 18 May details, map
Thursday 16 May
Theatre Royal Bury The Trials of Oscar Wilde - European Arts Co & Mappa Mundi Theatre (with Theatr Mwidan), 7.30pm details, map
Wednesday 22 May
Mercury Theatre, Colchester Sherlock Holmes – The Sign of Four, adpted frm Conan Doyle's story; Blackeyed Theatre, 7.30pm, to 23 May details, map
Tuesday 28 May
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester The Pillowman, 7.45pm, to 29 May details, map
Friday 31 May
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester Re:write, five original pieces from the Theatre Arts Society, 7.30pm details, map
Tuesday 4 June
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester The Homecoming, 7.45pm, to 5 Jun details, map
Wednesday 5 June
Bury Theatre Workshop Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest, 7.30pm, to 8 Jun details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Royal Shakespeare Company - live link Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Friday 7 June
Headgate Theatre, Colchester Shakespeare's Daughter and the Vicar by Mario Wells, Cameo Players, 7.45pm, to 8 Jun details, map
Saturday 22 June
National Theatre - live link Small Island and on 2 July, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map
Wednesday 26 June
Lakeside Theatre, Colchester All Hail Macbeth Backstory of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s play, 7.30pm details, map
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility outside, 7.30pm details at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, map
Thursday 27 June
National Theatre - live link Small Island, 7pm details at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester, map
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility at Eye Castle, IP23 7AP, 7pm details
Tuesday 2 July
Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Noël Coward: Blithe Spirit, 7.30pm, to 6 Jul details at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, map
Tuesday 9 July
Bury Theatre Workshop Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the Abbey gardens- bring picnic, blanket/chair, to 13 Jul details at Bury St Edmunds Abbey, map
Sunday 14 July
Stanley Hall Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.30pm details, Halstead, map
Wednesday 17 July
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility At Cudmore Grove Country Park East Mersea, CO5 8UE, 3pm details
Thursday 18 July
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility The Red House, Aldeburgh, IP15 5PZ, 5pm details
Wednesday 31 July
Royal Shakespeare Company - live link Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, 7pm details at Firstsite, Colchester, map and at Lakeside Theatre
Friday 16 August
Pantaloons Theatre Sense and Sensibility at Ickworth, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5QE, 6.30pm details
Thursday 26 September
Bury Theatre Workshop Can't Pay? Won't Pay! by Dario Fo, to 28 Sep details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Friday 18 October
The Quay Theatre The Witching Hour - unsettling tales, production: Don't Go Into the Cellar, 7.30pm details, Sudbury, map
Thursday 7 November
Bury Theatre Workshop Ibsen: The Lady from the Sea, 7.30pm, to 10 Nov details at Unitarian Meeting House, Bury St Edmunds, map
Wednesday 20 March
Dedham Films The King Of Thieves directed by James Marsh, 7.30pm details at Assembly Rooms, map
Wednesday 17 April
Dedham Films Bohemian Rhapsody directed by Bryan Singer, 7.30pm details at Assembly Rooms, map
Wednesday 15 May
Dedham Films The Wife with Glenn Close, 7.30pm details at Assembly Rooms, map
Saturday 7 December
Clacton Choral Society Christmas Concert, 7.30pm details at St James's Church, map
Lexden Choral Society Colchester Christmas Celebration details at Lexden Church, map
Sunday 8 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Christmas concert details at All Saints Church, map
Kelvedon Singers Christmas concert, 7.30pm details at Boxted Church, map
Tuesday 10 December
Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra Christmas Concert details at All Saints Church, map
Saturday 14 December
Bury Bach Choir Christmas music, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
West Bergholt Concert Band Christmas Concert, 7.30pm details at Coggeshall Church, map
Sunday 15 December
Sudbury Choral Society A seasonal celebration, carols and Alexander L’Estrange’s ‘Wassail’., 7.30pm details at St Peter's Church, map
Saturday 19 December
Bury Bach Choir Christmas Music, 7.30pm details at Lavenham Church, map
Friday 29 November
Theatre Royal Bury Peter Pan, 7.30pm, to 19 Jan details, map
Saturday 23 March
Munnings Art Museum Munnings: the 1918 Canadian war paintings 23 March to 3 November, 7.30pm details at Munnings Museum, Dedham, map
Tuesday 9 April
Firstsite, Colchester Rembrandt Exhibition on Screenfrom the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 7.30pm details, map
Tuesday 4 June
Firstsite, Colchester Van Gogh & Japan Exhibition on Screen, 7.30pm details, map
