Simon Loxley A Geography of Horror
Saturday 24th June 2023 3:30pm – 4:30pm
A Geography of Horror examines how M R James’s ghost stories make use of the Suffolk landscape. His influence on the genre of supernatural fiction is colossal and can still be felt today in films, television and books. A major Suffolk writer, his work was strongest when he drew upon the county that he loved and knew so well. Simon Loxley will trace the footsteps of James’ characters as they find secrets in old books, unearth strange treasures, open…
A Geography of Horror examines how M R James’s ghost stories make use of the Suffolk landscape. His influence on the genre of supernatural fiction is colossal and can still be felt today in films, television and books. A major Suffolk writer, his work was strongest when he drew upon the county that he loved and knew so well. Simon Loxley will trace the footsteps of James’ characters as they find secrets in old books, unearth strange treasures, open…
Darren Bruce The Skinned Man
Saturday 24 June 2023, 2:00PM – 3:00PM
The Skinned Man, in which DS Annie Bryce investigates a series of horrendous murders, is the first novel by award-winning retired Detective Sergeant Darren Bruce. He has 26 years service, the majority of his experience as a detective investigating major crime in Essex and Suffolk…
The Skinned Man, in which DS Annie Bryce investigates a series of horrendous murders, is the first novel by award-winning retired Detective Sergeant Darren Bruce. He has 26 years service, the majority of his experience as a detective investigating major crime in Essex and Suffolk…
Slow Puncture: Living Well with Dementia
Saturday 24 Jun 2023, 10:30AM – 11:30AM
Peter Berry was diagnosed with early onset dementia eight years ago, when he was fifty. Before his diagnosis, Peter ran a successful timber business. He and Deb Bunt have written two books about his experience. When he’s not delivering presentations, Peter spends his days cycling around the Suffolk countryside, being the embodiment of his own doctrine of living well with dementia. Deb is a retired family practitioner…
Peter Berry was diagnosed with early onset dementia eight years ago, when he was fifty. Before his diagnosis, Peter ran a successful timber business. He and Deb Bunt have written two books about his experience. When he’s not delivering presentations, Peter spends his days cycling around the Suffolk countryside, being the embodiment of his own doctrine of living well with dementia. Deb is a retired family practitioner…
Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band
Friday 23 June 2023 7pm
Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band return to Felixstowe Book Festival with new offerings as well as poems and music that have proved popular with audiences in previous years.
In 2009, Martin Newell was commissioned to cover the station hoardings at Colchester Hythe Station with poetry about the area – the city’s former ‘engine room’ – with its rich industrial past. This year, for the first time, he’ll be performing some of the poems live as part of the Hosepipe Band’s current show.
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Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band return to Felixstowe Book Festival with new offerings as well as poems and music that have proved popular with audiences in previous years.
In 2009, Martin Newell was commissioned to cover the station hoardings at Colchester Hythe Station with poetry about the area – the city’s former ‘engine room’ – with its rich industrial past. This year, for the first time, he’ll be performing some of the poems live as part of the Hosepipe Band’s current show.
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Have I Got Tunes For You – The Music of Sir Patrick Moore
Saturday 17th June 7:30pm
Christopher Beaumont plays the music of his long-term friend astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in the year he would have turned 100
Interspersed with anecdotes of the great man’s life -Christopher plays original compositions on the xylophone accompanied by his brother on the keyboards…
Christopher Beaumont plays the music of his long-term friend astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in the year he would have turned 100
Interspersed with anecdotes of the great man’s life -Christopher plays original compositions on the xylophone accompanied by his brother on the keyboards…
Rob Barratt – Afternoon Comedy Improv workshop & Evening Gig
Sat 3 Jun 2023, 3pm & 7:30pm
An afternoon of comedy improv with an experienced performer – and then an evening of comedy from the man himself
Rob Barrett is a Dudley-born comic poet and singer from North Cornwall who writes all his own material. His act combines clever word-play with satire, verse, song and audience participation. He deals with such important topics as second homes, squid, distressed furniture, data-driven education, Neanderthal politics and my relationship with potatoes but beneath the humour serious issues lurk. Recommended 16+.
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An afternoon of comedy improv with an experienced performer – and then an evening of comedy from the man himself
Rob Barrett is a Dudley-born comic poet and singer from North Cornwall who writes all his own material. His act combines clever word-play with satire, verse, song and audience participation. He deals with such important topics as second homes, squid, distressed furniture, data-driven education, Neanderthal politics and my relationship with potatoes but beneath the humour serious issues lurk. Recommended 16+.
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The Matt Carter Octet
Friday 2 June 7:30pm
The Matt Carter Octet is one of the most exciting young bands on today’s jazz scene. They’re on an album launch tour of the UK, and will be bringing music from their new album Read Between the Lines to Two Sisters Arts Centre for one night only! The album was recorded at Livingstone Studios in north London in 2022, after a successful UK wide tour last summer. Now completed, they’ll play all ten tracks in their entirety as well as other material from their expanding repertoire…
The Matt Carter Octet is one of the most exciting young bands on today’s jazz scene. They’re on an album launch tour of the UK, and will be bringing music from their new album Read Between the Lines to Two Sisters Arts Centre for one night only! The album was recorded at Livingstone Studios in north London in 2022, after a successful UK wide tour last summer. Now completed, they’ll play all ten tracks in their entirety as well as other material from their expanding repertoire…
Albion Mills plays THE BEATLES
Saturday 27 May 2023, 7:30pm
Albion Mills (Pink Floyd ) return with their take on The Beatles best album sounds…
Albion Mills (Pink Floyd ) return with their take on The Beatles best album sounds…
Giles Shenton – MY DOG’S GOT NO NOSE
Saturday 20 May 2023, 7:30pm
My Dog’s Got No Nose
A one-man play by Ron Aldridge
Produced by GSP
Starring Giles Shenton Directed by Simon Downing
Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat) returns with a “thought provoking” and “cleverly constructed, wonderful piece of theatre” about a man preparing to fulfil his lifelong ambition to be a stand-up comedian, “puts one in mind of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads”
You join the man as he prepares backstage for his first ever stand-up comedy gig. Something he has waited over 30 years for. Find out how he got to this point in his lifebut be warnedthe man and the performance are not quite what they seem!…
My Dog’s Got No Nose
A one-man play by Ron Aldridge
Produced by GSP
Starring Giles Shenton Directed by Simon Downing
Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat) returns with a “thought provoking” and “cleverly constructed, wonderful piece of theatre” about a man preparing to fulfil his lifelong ambition to be a stand-up comedian, “puts one in mind of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads”
You join the man as he prepares backstage for his first ever stand-up comedy gig. Something he has waited over 30 years for. Find out how he got to this point in his lifebut be warnedthe man and the performance are not quite what they seem!…
Bearfoot Soul & A Light Left On
Friday 12 May 2023, 7:30pm
Bearfoot Soul is Matt White
A World-Class Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Showman, Matt White, a singer-songwriter and performer with 25+ years live music performance and entertainment industry experience.
He will be showcasing his new album Gravity & Time
A Light Left On are a folk band comprising Singer-Songwriter David J Brown & full time gorilla absurdist Simon Smith Daye…
Bearfoot Soul is Matt White
A World-Class Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Showman, Matt White, a singer-songwriter and performer with 25+ years live music performance and entertainment industry experience.
He will be showcasing his new album Gravity & Time
A Light Left On are a folk band comprising Singer-Songwriter David J Brown & full time gorilla absurdist Simon Smith Daye…
King Lear
Thursday 11 May 2023, 7:30pm
Oddbodies present an adapted version of KING LEAR
An inventive, irreverent, and highly accessible solo adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays Armed with only a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, the tragic trajectory of Lear’s demise is presented to you from the point of view of his long suffering and ever-loyal fool. The bastard Edmund, haughty Goneril, poor deluded Gloucester, oily Oswald, sweet Cordelia, mad Tom – all the characters from this sad and sorry tale are brought to glorious life before your very eyes. Blindness, betrayal, delusion, deceit, love, loyalty, lust and greed – it’s all here in this fast paced, funny, poignant and ultimately heartbreaking production…
Oddbodies present an adapted version of KING LEAR
An inventive, irreverent, and highly accessible solo adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays Armed with only a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, the tragic trajectory of Lear’s demise is presented to you from the point of view of his long suffering and ever-loyal fool. The bastard Edmund, haughty Goneril, poor deluded Gloucester, oily Oswald, sweet Cordelia, mad Tom – all the characters from this sad and sorry tale are brought to glorious life before your very eyes. Blindness, betrayal, delusion, deceit, love, loyalty, lust and greed – it’s all here in this fast paced, funny, poignant and ultimately heartbreaking production…
Jazz – The Moondancers
Friday 5 May 2023, 7:30pm
Legendary guitarist John Parker is back with a new line up – The Moondancers
Natasha Hodge (vocals)
Vernon Leyton (Bass)
Tony Radford (sax)
John Parker (Gtr)
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Legendary guitarist John Parker is back with a new line up – The Moondancers
Natasha Hodge (vocals)
Vernon Leyton (Bass)
Tony Radford (sax)
John Parker (Gtr)
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Steve Gifford
Saturday 29 April 2023, 7:30pm
Steve Gifford is a highly regarded and prolific country blues and folk singer songwriter.
He recently moved to Ramsgate and is currently touring with a series of gigs along the South coast.
Previously this journeyman was regularly playing in America and Canada but his travels have been curtailed due to the lockdown.
He currently plays solo and brings his unique guitar picking style of acoustic…
Steve Gifford is a highly regarded and prolific country blues and folk singer songwriter.
He recently moved to Ramsgate and is currently touring with a series of gigs along the South coast.
Previously this journeyman was regularly playing in America and Canada but his travels have been curtailed due to the lockdown.
He currently plays solo and brings his unique guitar picking style of acoustic…
The Klinker Club
Friday 28 April 2023, 7:30pm
An evening of alternative music and comedy from the legendary Hughie Metcalf and friends.
Expect adult content and loud drumming!!…
An evening of alternative music and comedy from the legendary Hughie Metcalf and friends.
Expect adult content and loud drumming!!…
Blake Morrison & The Hosepipe Band
Friday 21st April 2023 7:30pm
THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET & OTHER POEMS
Blake Morrison is perhaps best known for his memoirs And when did you last see your father? and Things my mother never told me, but he started his career as a poet and his collection Shingle Street is the starting point for this collaboration with The Hosepipe Band whose original music accompanies Blake’s reading…
THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET & OTHER POEMS
Blake Morrison is perhaps best known for his memoirs And when did you last see your father? and Things my mother never told me, but he started his career as a poet and his collection Shingle Street is the starting point for this collaboration with The Hosepipe Band whose original music accompanies Blake’s reading…