Events

Saturday 11th May 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £22

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

If there is one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the English folk scene, it’s Eliza Carthy MBE.  Beloved of staunch traditionalists and iconoclasts alike, Eliza’s music effortlessly crosses boundaries of genre and style. Whether solo or fronting a big band, performing a centuries-old ballad or a self-written song, have influenced a whole generation of young musicians. 

The daughter of folk legends Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Eliza was championed from an early age by John Peel, Andy Kershaw and Billy Bragg. Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize, and winner of innumerable other accolades over her thirty-year career, Eliza has performed and recorded around the world with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Patrick Wolf, and Jarvis Cocker. 

Tonight she goes solo, showcasing her powerful, nuanced voice, fiercely beautiful fiddle-playing and effervescent on-stage presence.  Describing herself simply as a modern English musician, she is one of the most impressive, engaging, and important performers of her generation. 

‘Unarguably the queen of English Folk’
The Observer 

‘Not the Messiah, but a very naughty girl’
Stewart Lee 

The event ends approx. 9.30pm (inc. interval)

Friday 17th May 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £15

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Poet, novelist, songwriter, instrumentalist and singer, Louis de Bernieres has always combined words and music.  In a special evening he performs his own songs alongside his poems.  A natural story-teller, his poems and song lyrics are packed with the same memorable turns of phrase and whimsical flights of imagination as his fiction –  “every [song] a novella in its own right” as described in a Folk/Tumble review.  Playing a variety of instruments – as he says, “making sense of anything with frets and strings, including of course the mandolin” – it promises an evening of richly evocative music-making. 

“…a double album made with relish and passion. Bernières’ voice cuts through darkly arresting vignettes full of evocative lyrics. Powerful stuff…” Mojo Magazine 

The event finishes at approx. 9.45pm, including one interval

Saturday 18th May 2024

7.30pm

Tickets: £18

Tickets available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Marie Jones writer
Jake Smith director 

Venture across the Irish Sea to County Kerry. Local lads Jake and Charlie are working as extras on a Hollywood epic movie that has taken over their small village in rural Ireland. Switching from plucky Irish extra to know-it-all American movie star with a flick of the wrist, Jake and Charlie take on all fifteen characters to tell the story of the impact this movie has on their local community. The result is a sad, hilarious and irresistible play that pushes the boundaries of storytelling.

Inspired by the cinematic stylings of Wes Anderson, Eastern Angles are also adding newly composed music and video projection to the multi-award winning play. A hit in Dublin, Edinburgh and London’s West End, Stones In His Pockets is a chance for audiences to laugh, cry and revel in the power of theatricality.

“Marie Jones pulls off an ingenious theatrical trick that has political kick” Time Out 

Age Guidance 14+

The performance ends approx. 2hr and 20 mins including an interval. 

Saturday 25th May 2024 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £22

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Multi award-winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Claire Martin OBE presents a celebration of some of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. 

Arranged and curated by Claire, this concert celebrates the music of the twentieth century’s quintessential jazz vocalists – whose legacy and influence continues to define a classic era of music.  She packs the evening with stylish reworkings of Great American Songbook  classics from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Shirley Horn, Carmen McRae and more, as well as sneak previews from her forthcoming album Almost in Your Arms. 

Versatile, charismatic and a passionate advocate for jazz in all its forms, Claire Martin is a tour de force on the UK jazz scene gaining many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards eight times during her career. A professional singer since the age of 19, she has since released 18 CDs with on the prestigious Linn label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stephane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Richard Rodney Bennett and Jim Mullen. 

Claire co-presented BBC Radio 3’s flagship jazz program Jazz Line Up from 2000 to 2017 and interviewed many of her musical heroes such as Pat Metheny and the late Michael Brecker.  She was awarded an OBE for her services to jazz in 2011. 

She ranks amongst the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet Jazz Times USA 

A consummate jazz singer with old-school virtues … she wins plaudits everywhere she works 

The Guardian 

The performance ends approx. 9.30pm including an interval. 

Wednesday 29th May 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Doors open at 10.00am

Tickets: free entry, but register your interest HERE

Let’s make some noise this half-term!

Join award-winning singer, choir leader, and educator Tom Appleton this half term at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall for a vocal workshop suitable for singers of all ages and abilities.

With music to suit all tastes, high-quality vocal warm-ups, Tom’s infectious enthusiasm and humour, and support from pianist Jonathan Rutherford this promises to be a family-friendly event not to be missed.

The two-hour workshop is free to attend and will culminate in an informal presentation – to which friends and family are very welcome to come – at 12.10pm.

Open to all, but we ask that any under 18s are accompanied by an adult at all times (who are welcome to sing or watch!).

This event is generously supported by funding from East Suffolk Council.

Thursday 30th May 2024 at 3.00pm

Doors open at 2.30pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 (18 and under)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

WiFi Wars is the live comedy family gaming show where you all play along.  Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! 

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show Dara Ó’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer. 

As featured in Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, The Times’ Hot List and Metro’s Top Ten London Geek Nights Out. 

Watch the YouTube trailer here  

Recommended for ages 6+ (matinee)

Website: www.wifiwars.co.uk 

Twitter: @WiFiWarsUK 

The event lasts approximately 90 minutes including an interval

Thursday 30th May 2024 at 7.00pm

Doors open at 6.30pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 (18 and under)

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

WiFi Wars is the live comedy family gaming show where you all play along.  Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes! 

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show Dara Ó’Briain’s Go 8 Bit) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer. 

As featured in Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, The Times’ Hot List and Metro’s Top Ten London Geek Nights Out. 

Watch the YouTube trailer here  

Recommended for ages 12+ (evening performance)

Website: www.wifiwars.co.uk 

Twitter: @WiFiWarsUK 

The event lasts approximately 90 minutes including an interval