Events

Tuesday 27th October 2026, 10:00 – 10:45, 11:00 – 11:45, 12:00 – 12:45 

Tickets: Pay what you can (suggested £5 per person)

Tickets are available HERE, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Curious about learning an instrument? Come along to our family fun, hands-on Come and Play event and discover the joy of making music together.

Each 45-minute session is led by friendly music staff from Suffolk County Music Service, with small groups (max 15 participants) so everyone gets a chance to try instruments up close. Spend 10 minutes at each station (woodwind, brass, strings & percussion) experimenting with different sounds, then finish by choosing your favourite instrument and learning a simple tune together as a group.

Perfect for beginners, curious minds, and anyone who wants to experience the thrill of playing music for the very first time. No experience needed, just bring your enthusiasm!

Everyone age 4+ welcome.

Session Times:
10am – 10.45am / 11am – 11.45am / 12pm – 12.45pm
Pay what you can (suggested £5 per person). Booking is encouraged as spaces are limited.

Thursday 29th October 2026 10am – 4pm

Doors open at 10.00am

Tickets: Pay what you can

Please select a time slot between 10am – 3pm.

Tickets are available HERE  by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

A family event for Halloween.  From witches’ frogs to coiled snakes, scary spiders and ‘mini-beast’ reptiles, you are invited to a Halloween gathering of fantastic beasts and exotic visitors from around the world.  Come and meet an extraordinary collection of mammals, invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians in a day-long ‘open-house’ with the opportunity to get close up to the animals and learn more about them from Our Animal World’s experts.

There will be a Curiosity Corner of reptile skins, feathers, skeletons, insects in resin, fossils and much more to be explored with our magnifying glasses and microscopes when you’re not getting close to these amazing animals. Dressing up encouraged!

Open to all, but we ask that any under 18s are accompanied by an adult at all time.

www.ouranimalworld.com
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Friday 30th October 2026, 7pm

Tickets: £17 (£12 for under 21’s)

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

Number 17 Friar Street was a modest two storey house of Georgian construction in a lonely corner of a forgotten market town in Norfolk. The house became unexpectedly available at short notice and seemed the perfect location for me to complete a volume of short stories, woefully overdue, to be ready for publication by Christmas. Surely nothing here would distract, disturb or alarm, not a sound would break the evening silence, no footsteps would echo in the cobbled streets, and nothing save the weather would disrupt one’s sleep in the small hours.

“I became aware that there was a mystery attached to No 17 that the townsfolk weren’t keen to talk about. It was only Mabel who was obsessed with finding the truth.
I met Mabel when I arrived to take possession of the house in late September. She was standing in the street staring at an upstairs window deep in thought and quite oblivious to my presence. “Do you know the house?” I asked. Without altering her gaze she replied, “I know something of its history. You mustn’t even think of lodging here.” Smiling condescendingly at her, I said, “Dry rot? Rats? Or a ghost perhaps?” as I turned the key in the lock…”
Scares, shocks, and a spine-chilling twist in the tale await those brave enough to come with us to Friar Street. But there will also be humour, haunting live music & a heart-warming affirmation of undying love and loyalty.

“I can think of no other company that swings back and forth, from tragedy to comedy, with such unapologetic aplomb…bold & brilliantly strange”. David Vass (Diss Express) reviewing our 2025 production, The Tales Our Mother Told.

“A proper ghost story with a suitably claustrophobic lighthouse setting, there are some genuine moments that make you jump, performed by three excellent actors….Pat Whymark’s excellent script gives the actors much to play with. Characterisation is strong, with highly evocative music and projections.” Paul T Davies (Keep Colchester Cool), reviewing our 2024 production, Ghost Of The Toll Point Light.

Running time is 2 hours including 20 min interval.
Age recommendation 15+