Life on The Deben
Wednesday 8 June 2021 from 7:30pm
As part of the National Lottery Open Week on Wednesday 9th June we are hosting a FREE, ticketed screening of local film Life on The Deben, narrated by John McCarthy and featuring some well known local faces as the film follows the river from Debenham to Felixstowe Ferry.
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As part of the National Lottery Open Week on Wednesday 9th June we are hosting a FREE, ticketed screening of local film Life on The Deben, narrated by John McCarthy and featuring some well known local faces as the film follows the river from Debenham to Felixstowe Ferry.
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A SERIES OF ‘IN CONVERSATIONS’
While we are closed and in lockdown, Artistic Director Suzanne Hawkes is conducting a series of ‘in conversations’ interviews with local musicians, which will be posted every Friday at 10am on our Facebook page. They will be available for SEVEN days. The first was with Hattie Bennett of Music in Felixstowe which can be accessed … …
The Story of Doo-Wop
Friday 26 March 2021 from 7:30pm
Join the U.K.s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The TestostaTones as they take you on a musical journey detailing the history of Doo-Wop.
During the early 1950s, quartets sung on street corners, in barbershops and churches in a style which became known as Doo-Wop, paving the way for rock ‘n’ roll. As the groups moved from the streets into recording studios, so the popularity of the genre grew.
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Join the U.K.s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The TestostaTones as they take you on a musical journey detailing the history of Doo-Wop.
During the early 1950s, quartets sung on street corners, in barbershops and churches in a style which became known as Doo-Wop, paving the way for rock ‘n’ roll. As the groups moved from the streets into recording studios, so the popularity of the genre grew.
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Christmas Cinema – It’s A Wonderful Life
Sun 20 Dec2020, 4pm
Join us for an early Xmas celebration – complimentary mince pie and mulled wine, music from Bill Stoddart & Friends plus a full screening of one of The Seasons most iconic films. …
Join us for an early Xmas celebration – complimentary mince pie and mulled wine, music from Bill Stoddart & Friends plus a full screening of one of The Seasons most iconic films. …
A Christmas Carol – as told by Jacob Marley (deceased)
Friday 11th December 2020, 7:30 pm
THIS PRODUCTION HAS NOW SOLD OUT
Jacob Marley is dead and condemned to an eternity of carrying a heavy chain, forged in life; a life to which he can no longer return except to recount the tale of his miserly business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the path that lead to his redemption. Through Marley’s words, we learn how three magical spirits opened Scrooge’s eyes and made him realise the true value of love and forgiveness.
Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this award-winning stage adaptation has been hailed as the “definitive telling of A Christmas Carol” (Redditch Standard), and rated as one of “the top Christmas shows in London, Edinburgh and around the UK” (High 50 Culture). …
THIS PRODUCTION HAS NOW SOLD OUT
Jacob Marley is dead and condemned to an eternity of carrying a heavy chain, forged in life; a life to which he can no longer return except to recount the tale of his miserly business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the path that lead to his redemption. Through Marley’s words, we learn how three magical spirits opened Scrooge’s eyes and made him realise the true value of love and forgiveness.
Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this award-winning stage adaptation has been hailed as the “definitive telling of A Christmas Carol” (Redditch Standard), and rated as one of “the top Christmas shows in London, Edinburgh and around the UK” (High 50 Culture). …
Friday Night Jazz with The Andi Hopgood Trio
Fri 4th December 2020, 7:30PM
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Join local jazz favourite Andi Hopgood and friends for a dose of Friday night live @ Two Sisters …
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Join local jazz favourite Andi Hopgood and friends for a dose of Friday night live @ Two Sisters …
Fagin’s Last Hour
Fri 30 Oct 2020, 7:30PM
Produced and performed by James Hyland, Fagin’s Last Hour is an amazing and engaging retelling of Oliver Twist from Fagin’s perspective.
Hyland gives an incredible performance bursting with energy: his impressive vocals and performance conjure up Fagin who is menacing but also a venerable frightened and desperate man. The audience also meets the quiet and shy Oliver, a nimble and confident Artful Dodger, a dark, frightening and violent Bill Sikes as well as a warm-hearted and confident Nancy and even Bulls Eye the dog. Spellbinding. He shifts roles with ease, keeping the dramatic tension and the play flowing. The set, costume and makeup are excellent, evoking the eerie, claustrophobic atmosphere of a prison cell holding a desperate and frightened Fagin. …
Produced and performed by James Hyland, Fagin’s Last Hour is an amazing and engaging retelling of Oliver Twist from Fagin’s perspective.
Hyland gives an incredible performance bursting with energy: his impressive vocals and performance conjure up Fagin who is menacing but also a venerable frightened and desperate man. The audience also meets the quiet and shy Oliver, a nimble and confident Artful Dodger, a dark, frightening and violent Bill Sikes as well as a warm-hearted and confident Nancy and even Bulls Eye the dog. Spellbinding. He shifts roles with ease, keeping the dramatic tension and the play flowing. The set, costume and makeup are excellent, evoking the eerie, claustrophobic atmosphere of a prison cell holding a desperate and frightened Fagin. …
Triangle Music
Friday 23rd October 7:30pm
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Triangle Music are an acapella folk trio featuring Mim MacMahon, Sue Manley and Sophie Watson who like to tell a good story through their music. The three ladies have been singing together for a good many years and they compose their own material to perform in a quirky and humorous way.
.I was mightily impressed not only by their chisel-sharp a cappella harmonies, but by the way that they act out the song, to frequent giggles and guffaws from their audience. They claim that the answer to every problem is beer. Show me a folkie who disagrees with that.” …
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Triangle Music are an acapella folk trio featuring Mim MacMahon, Sue Manley and Sophie Watson who like to tell a good story through their music. The three ladies have been singing together for a good many years and they compose their own material to perform in a quirky and humorous way.
.I was mightily impressed not only by their chisel-sharp a cappella harmonies, but by the way that they act out the song, to frequent giggles and guffaws from their audience. They claim that the answer to every problem is beer. Show me a folkie who disagrees with that.” …
Folk Evening with Belinda Gillett & Peter Hepworth
Friday 16th October
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Belinda Gillett & Peter Hepworth are both Suffolk based, singer/songwriters.
Belinda has been compared in the past to Sandy Denny and Joan Baez. She creates atmospheric landscapes with her honest songs of love, nature and life. She has played venues up and down the country and is currently recording her fourth release on the Backwater record label.
Influences include Nick Drake, Radiohead, The Sundays and Frightened Rabbit.
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LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
Belinda Gillett & Peter Hepworth are both Suffolk based, singer/songwriters.
Belinda has been compared in the past to Sandy Denny and Joan Baez. She creates atmospheric landscapes with her honest songs of love, nature and life. She has played venues up and down the country and is currently recording her fourth release on the Backwater record label.
Influences include Nick Drake, Radiohead, The Sundays and Frightened Rabbit.
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The Luke Brueck Seeley Quartet
FRIDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2020 AT 7:30pm
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
The Luke Brueck Seeley Quartet is a young group based in East Anglia, with its members hailing from Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Norwich and Ipswich respectively. Featuring Olivia Hughes on trombone, Dom Howard on guitar, George Mooney on electric bass, and Luke Brueck Seeley on drums, the four met at Aldeburgh Young Musicians, a Centre for Advanced Training based at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, and have been playing together for about a year. They are all most interested in and most enjoy playing jazz but also enjoy playing other genres such as progressive metal, classical and funk in their various respective other groups. …
LIVE & LIVE STREAMED
The Luke Brueck Seeley Quartet is a young group based in East Anglia, with its members hailing from Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Norwich and Ipswich respectively. Featuring Olivia Hughes on trombone, Dom Howard on guitar, George Mooney on electric bass, and Luke Brueck Seeley on drums, the four met at Aldeburgh Young Musicians, a Centre for Advanced Training based at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, and have been playing together for about a year. They are all most interested in and most enjoy playing jazz but also enjoy playing other genres such as progressive metal, classical and funk in their various respective other groups. …
HARRY’S BAR CELEBRATES ‘THE FEW’ by Suzanne Hawkes
Tuesday 15th – Saturday 19th & Tuesday 22nd – Saturday 26th 7.30pm (except Sat 2.30pm)
See the Brilliant review from Rachel Sloane
Harry’s Bar is back to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain when ‘so much was owed by so many to so few’
Join some of the heroes of the hour including Douglas Bader, Air Marshal Dowding and Winston Churchill as we take a look at that ‘bright and terrible summer’ when the future of all our freedoms was balanced on the wing tips of a few spitfires and hurricanes, the brave men who flew them, and the women who supported them. With the usual eclectic mix of humour, drama and music performed in a cabaret style. …
See the Brilliant review from Rachel Sloane
Harry’s Bar is back to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain when ‘so much was owed by so many to so few’
Join some of the heroes of the hour including Douglas Bader, Air Marshal Dowding and Winston Churchill as we take a look at that ‘bright and terrible summer’ when the future of all our freedoms was balanced on the wing tips of a few spitfires and hurricanes, the brave men who flew them, and the women who supported them. With the usual eclectic mix of humour, drama and music performed in a cabaret style. …
Yalda Davis – Cellist (and friends)
Tuesday, 8 September 2020 at 07:30
A classical concert featuring cellist Yalda Davis, with Steve Lock (bassoon) and Rachel Chaplin (keyboard) …
A classical concert featuring cellist Yalda Davis, with Steve Lock (bassoon) and Rachel Chaplin (keyboard) …
Jazz with ‘The Good Things’
Friday, 4 September 2020 at 19:30
Two Sisters reopen with our first live face to face jazz featuring The Good Things – a trio of Rob Palmer (Jazz East) on bass, Myke Clifford on sax and Ben Watson on guitar. …
Two Sisters reopen with our first live face to face jazz featuring The Good Things – a trio of Rob Palmer (Jazz East) on bass, Myke Clifford on sax and Ben Watson on guitar. …
Triangle Music Lockdown Sunday
Sunday 23rd August 2.30pm A SUNDAY LOCKDOWN CONCERT via zoom with Sue Manley, Mim MacMahon and Sophie Watson who are Triangle Music – three musicians who have been singing together on-and-off in the Felixstowe/ Ipswich/Woodbridge area of Suffolk since the mid-1980s. They sing in parts, and their songs tell stories. Stories have characters, and the … …
Jazz with The Rosina Hepburn Quintet
Friday March 6th 2020 The Rosina Hepburn Quintet is a swinging jazz band based in London. Past performances have included playing in the Clore Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall on New Year’s Eve, at Ronnie Scott’s, Writtle Jazz Festival, Upton Jazz Festival, Twinwood Festival, Toulouse Lautrec in London (sold out twice), and playing live … …
The story of Doo – Wop
The TestostaTones Saturday 22nd August 7:30 A LOCKDOWN GIG via ZOOM Join the U.K.s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The Testosta-Tones at Two Sisters Arts Centre, Felixstowe on Friday 18th September as they take you on a musical journey detailing the history of Doo-Wop. During the early 1950s, quartets sung on street corners, in barbershops and churches … …
Drama Double Bill: To Hell in a Handbag and The Mermaid’s Song
Thursday 10 & Friday, 11 October 2019 19:30 A drama double bill To Hell in a Handbag Two minor characters from Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpieceThe Importance of Being Earnest – a country rector and a governess, models of Victorian propriety in public. But in private? This is the play behind the play: a tale of … …
J.S. & the Buccaneers
Sunday, 22 September 2019 14:00 Come all ye young sailors who follow the sea, to the converted church of Two Sisters in Trimley for an afternoon of swashbuckling classics! Three of Suffolk’s most experienced musicians bring life to ancient sea shanties and work songs in an afternoon full of pirate garbed galavanting. Dress up and … …
Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band
Friday, 13 September 2019 20:00 An evening of folk music and quirky tales with a selection from Martin’s poems about East Anglia including Green Children, shipbuilding and Black Shuck with Band member’s original music to accompany. …
Paint, Brush and Party – Fabulous Beach Huts
Saturday 31st August 10.30am – 3pm A fun day of painting for all abilities. Run by Angela of Ashford Studios£40 – Bring your own lunch – refreshment drinks will be provided …
Needlefelting Workshop – Mushrooms
Sunday, 11 August 2019 10:00-12:30 Craft workshops @ Two SistersCome and try your hand at making a needlefelt mushroom – no experience required – beginners welcome …
Courage Calls to Courage
19-20th July 2019 by Suzanne HawkesBlack & White Productions A drama with original songs about the struggle for the vote between Millicent Fawcett’s Suffragists and Emmeline Pankhurst’s Suffragettes …
Live Music – ‘Gypsy Jazz’ with The Champion Souza Band
Friday, 7 June 2019 19:30 Jazz East @ The Alex relocates for the summer and will be @ Two Sisters on the first Friday of the month.June 7th – Simon Hurley and The Champion Souza Band with a Spanish/Gypsy vibe …