Both lonely for different reasons, Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s Slovakian tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness and Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. Over a lunar month, sparks fly and a deep connection begins to grow. However, the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage begins to overshadow their newfound passion.
Event District: East Suffolk
Scrapper
A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she’s forced to confront reality.
A Christmas Carol
Based on Charles Dickens’s own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive storytelling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving.
Summer of Soul
Over the course of six weeks during the summer of 1969, thousands of people attend the Harlem Cultural Festival to celebrate Black history, culture, music, and fashion in this documentary directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
Non, Je ne Regrette Rien – The Life and Music of Edith Piaf
Marking the 60th anniversary of her death, the show is a celebration and biographical revue of the music and life of France’s greatest star.
It showcases the songs and heartrending tale of Edith’s life, career and loves. How she became France’s “Little Sparrow” and the fellow artists, including Charles Aznavour and Yves Montand, who shared her world. From singing in the streets of Paris, to discovery, fame and heartbreak, rediscover Edith’s best-loved songs: “La Vie en Rose”, “Mon Dieu”, “Hymn to Love”, “Milord”, “Autumn Leaves”, and many others.
A celebration of nostalgia and romance, in homage to the life and talent of an extraordinary woman, still revered as the quintessential French Chanteuse.
Aftersun
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t…
The Quiet Girl
A nine-year-old girl from a dysfunctional family goes to live with distant relatives for the summer. Living with a middle-aged farm couple, she discovers a new way of living.
King Lear
Armed with only a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, this inventive, irreverent and highly accessible one-man is presented to you from the point of view of LEAR’s 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 in this fast paced, funny, poignant and ultimately heartbreaking production.
Adapted & performed by Paul Morel and directed by John Mowat with all of Oddbodies’ trademark physical ingenuity and visual flair, this is an unmissable reworking of one of Shakespeare’s most brilliant plays.
James McDermott: Manatomy
Join Suffolk Libraries for the opening of their Queer Book Club with James McDermott – see a screening of his poetry film ‘Manatomy’ (commissioned by INN CROWD), a reading of his new work and an exclusive Q&A.
Elves
A poor shoemaker lays out his last piece of leather, and goes sadly to bed. In the night, two unruly elves appear and the shoemaker’s life is transformed.
A show about the power of kindness. Packed with puppets, music and footwear.
55 mins, Age 3+