Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
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Saturday 3rd May 2025 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
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Saturday 3rd May 2025
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.
Written by Hannah Kumari
Directed by Mandeep Glover
Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty and grew up to be a revolutionary. This Spring, Eastern Angles sheds light on her extraordinary story in Sophia.
Sophia’s father was the last Maharajah of Punjab, dethroned by the British as a child and exiled to England. The family made a home in Elveden in Suffolk, until bankruptcy and a new mistress swayed the dispossessed Maharajah to make a secret new life abroad and plot to take back his kingdom.
Back in England, the young Princess faces years of loss and mourning before embarking on a lifechanging journey to her family’s homeland in India. Returning with a bold new sense of bravery, Sophia uses her status to become a beacon in the fight for women’s suffrage and Indian independence.
This epic new drama tells the story of an unknown lioness of women’s suffrage and her part in some of the defining moments of British Indian history.
The performance ends at around 9.30pm
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Sunday 4th May 2025 2.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 2pm) Tickets: £15 Tickets available HERE By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings
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Sunday 4th May 2025
2.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 2pm)
Tickets: £15
Tickets available HERE
By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
The Vibettes are delighted to bring their lively, uplifting show ‘Sing For Victory!’ to The Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall, as they record these VDiscs- Just for you!
Paying homage to the songs and sweethearts of the wartime years, The Vibettes bring up-tempo swing beats and rousing patriotic melodies as we salute the songs that boosted morale to help win the war.
Delivering warm, uplifting character performances and those close vocal harmonies so reminiscent of the era, The Vibettes celebrate the sound of beloved artists such as Vera Lynn, The Andrews Sisters, Anne Shelton, Glenn Miller, Gracie Fields, Flanagan & Alan and many more!
Featuring songs such as ‘In The Mood’, ‘Run Rabbit Run’, ‘A wing & A Prayer’, ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, ‘One Meat Ball’, ‘ The Washing on the Siegfried Line’, ‘Sentimental Journey’ and many, many more!. With audience participation and a few laughs on the way, you’ll be swept away in a wonderful afternoons entertainment that will have you singing along and boogie-woogieing in your seats.
Seating will be at tables.
Time
(Sunday) 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
08may6:00 pm7:15 pmGood Again? A Cycling Concert TourA viola da gamba recital with a difference


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Thursday 8th May 2025 6pm (Doors & Bar open at 5.30pm) Tickets: £15 Tickets available HERE By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings
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Thursday 8th May 2025
6pm (Doors & Bar open at 5.30pm)
Tickets: £15
Tickets available HERE
By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
Sarah Small viola da gamba
Viola da gamba player Sarah Small is on a mission to demonstrate how touring can be done differently.
Disillusioned by the lack of support for sustainable touring within the arts, along with concerns about the impact and cost of audience travel from rural areas to venues in cities, she’s taking matters into her own hands and cycling from venue to venue to share her programme Good Again? with audiences far and wide.
Centred around the title work Good Againe by Tobias Hume, this programme for solo viola da gamba features music expressing the feelings of grief, contemplation, and hope felt by many of us during these unstable times, along with tales from the road that remind us of the beauty in slow travel. The programme includes Marais’ Les Voix Humaines (the human voice), Forqueray’s La Girouette (the weather vane), Sainte-Colombe’s Les Pleurs (the tears) and Hume’s galvanising The Spirit of Gambo.
Sarah also plays a specially commissioned piece by composer Lillie Harris, pondering our wish to return to what was before and whether the future can, in fact, be brighter.
The seating is unallocated. The performance is 75 minutes with no interval.
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Saturday 10th May - Sunday 11th May 2025 Saturday 10 May, 3pm: ‘Savitri’ & ‘The Wandering Scholar’ by Gustav Holst / Tickets £40 available HERE Sunday
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Saturday 10th May – Sunday 11th May 2025
Saturday 10 May, 3pm: ‘Savitri’ & ‘The Wandering Scholar’ by Gustav Holst / Tickets £40 available HERE
Sunday 11 May, 12 noon: Open Rehearsal led by Dame Felicity Palmer / Tickets £20 available HERE
Sunday 11 May, 5pm: A recital of works focusing on Imogen Holst / Tickets £40 available HERE
‘Tomorrow shall be my dancing day’
Cameratina is hosting a weekend celebrating the music of Gustav and Imogen Holst.
Gustav needs no introduction, although his operas are less well -known. Conversely, Imogen, his daughter, is only now becoming established as a fine composer in her own right.
Susanna Stranders of the Royal Opera House has created the programme, working with Dame Felicity Palmer, who has not only recorded works by Gustav Holst but also worked alongside Imogen Holst.
Four young opera singers will explore the Holsts’ music, performing two of Gustav’s short operas, Savitri and The Wandering Scholar. This will be a matinee.
The singers will also support Dame Felicity in a Recital of works by Imogen and her contemporaries. The performances will be accompanied throughout by the Ellipsis Ensemble.
The operas will be co-directed by Dame Felicity and Nick Fowler.
Dame Felicity will also lead an Open Rehearsal, giving the audience a ‘behind-the-scenes’ insight into the delightful subtleties of Imogen’s music.
Artists:
Further information is at www.cameratina.org
Tickets available through the links above, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
Time
10 (Saturday) 3:00 pm - 11 (Sunday) 7:00 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
17may10:00 am1:00 pmSpring Makers MarketFine Suffolk food, drink & crafts


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Saturday 17th May 2025, 10am - 1pm Free entry Come to our Spring Farmers Market, for fine Suffolk produce and crafts. This is a friendly market offering an excellent range of high-quality
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Saturday 17th May 2025, 10am – 1pm
Free entry
Come to our Spring Farmers Market, for fine Suffolk produce and crafts.
This is a friendly market offering an excellent range of high-quality local produce and products.
Stall holders
If you are interested in booking a stall, please contact manager@aldeburghjubileehall.co.uk.
We are open to producers who operate within a 25-mile radius of Aldeburgh.
No re-sellers please, only primary producers.
Spaces will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, and producers may be put on a waiting list dependant on other confirmed stall holders and what they offer.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Sunday 18th May, 4pm Doors open at 3.30pm Tickets: £15.50 (free for under 12s) available HERE Join the Suffolk Chamber Orchestra for a captivating afternoon of classical music by the sea. This
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Sunday 18th May, 4pm
Doors open at 3.30pm
Tickets: £15.50 (free for under 12s) available HERE
Join the Suffolk Chamber Orchestra for a captivating afternoon of classical music by the sea.
This fresh, dynamic and exciting new ensemble presents an afternoon of timeless masterpieces, featuring Benjamin Britten’s lively Simple Symphony, Elgar’s elegant Serenade for Strings, and Mozart’s joyful Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
This concert marks their debut at the Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh, set next to the stunning Suffolk coastline – this is an ensemble you won’t want to miss.
A real must for music lovers of all ages!
1 hour concert with no interval
Tickets available through the link above, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
Time
(Sunday) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
24may7:30 pm9:30 pmThe Horn FactoryBig Band jazz from East Anglia’s finest


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Saturday 24th May 2025 7.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 7pm) Tickets: £15 Tickets available HERE By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings
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Saturday 24th May 2025
7.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 7pm)
Tickets: £15
Tickets available HERE
By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
There is nothing quite like the sound of a Big Band.
Horn Factory perform an impressive and extensive range of contemporary big band jazz by composers such as Buddy Rich, , Maynard Ferguson, James Morrison, Bobby Shew, Thelonious Monk, Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea and many more!
An evening of fast moving, hard hitting, toe tapping jazz from a spectacular 18-piece big band that features soloists and ensemble players from around East Anglia.
The seating is a mix of tables at the front and tiered seating
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Monday 26th May, 2pm Doors open at 1.30pm Tickets: £12/£15 available HERE IS IT MAGIC… OR IS IT SCIENCE? A show for all the family fusing the mystery of magic
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Monday 26th May, 2pm
Doors open at 1.30pm
Tickets: £12/£15 available HERE
IS IT MAGIC… OR IS IT SCIENCE?
A show for all the family fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop action packed interactive magical science show with experiments and magic to capture the imagination. Join Top Secret as they go on a High Voltage Adventure! A fast moving colourful magical science show filled with mystery, suspense, and lots and lots of mess…
Suitable for all ages.
Show is approximately 100 minutes long including an interval.
Time
(Monday) 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Friday 30th May, 7.00pm Doors open at 6.30pm Tickets: £8 available HERE An evening of local folk acts curated by Suffolk’s favourite Shakespeare band, including: Bold and Saucy Wrongs, a
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Friday 30th May, 7.00pm
Doors open at 6.30pm
Tickets: £8 available HERE
An evening of local folk acts curated by Suffolk’s favourite Shakespeare band, including:
Bold and Saucy Wrongs, a multi-instrumental folk quartet who compose and perform raucous, heartfelt belters inspired by the works of Shakespeare.
The Orwellermen, a rollicking sea shanty crew whose performances are brimming with energy. Soon to be seen at the Falmouth International and Harwich Sea Shanty Festivals.
Carys, a singer songwriter from Suffolk with an enthusiastic, evocative stage presence, and a natural charm that has won her many admirers, not only within the folk/rock scene, but also far beyond it.
The Suffolk Harp Companions, a friendly group who meet monthly to play together and share their love of the harp with guidance from harp teacher Clare Bakewell.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Saturday 31st May, 7.30pm Doors open at 7pm Tickets £15 available HERE A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 BY LUCAS HNATH At the end of Ibsen’s classic, ground breaking 1879 play, A Doll’s House
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Saturday 31st May, 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets £15 available HERE
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
BY LUCAS HNATH
At the end of Ibsen’s classic, ground breaking 1879 play, A Doll’s House Nora walks out on her marriage, home and young children.
Playwright Lucas Hnath builds on Ibsen’s seminal work by imagining what happens when Nora returns years later with an urgent request.
Old School Theatre Company presents Hnath’s rich, stand alone sequel, eloquently exploring traditional gender roles and social class still inherent in today’s society.
A Doll’s House, Part 2 received its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London in 2022.
Tickets available through the links above, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
june


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Saturday 7th June 2025 7.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 7pm) Tickets: £20 Tickets available HERE By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings
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Saturday 7th June 2025
7.30pm (Doors & Bar open at 7pm)
Tickets: £20
Tickets available HERE
By phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
“One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians” The Observer
Saxophonist Art Themen has been an engaging and inventive presence on the British jazz circuit for over 60 years. This living legend has played in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey as well as on recordings with Joe Cocker, Jack Bruce and even Bing Crosby. Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians and shortlisted for the Jazz Instrumentalist of the year in the recent Parliamentary Jazz Awards, he remains as brilliant and inimitable as ever, with his trio featuring organist Pete Whittaker, formerly of The Nigel Price Organ Trio, and drummer George Double who has worked as sideman to Shirley Bassey and Jack Jones. The band’s groove-led re-imaginings of quirky curiosities from the jazz canon are a perfect vehicle for the twinkly mischief of this genuine grandee of British jazz and have delighted crowds at major London jazz venues including Ronnie Scotts, and across the UK. The Trio’s third album Live In Soho is released on Ubuntu Music and captures a magical night at PizzaExpressLive in Dean Street in August 2023.
For tonight’s concert, the trio are joined by pianist Jim Watson. Jim is co-promoter of Jazz@Jubilee and has worked with Sting, the BBC Big Band, the BBC’s ‘Strictly’ band and of course…Wet, Wet, Wet.
“A perfectly melded unit… A masterclass in tenor technique” Jazz Journal
“One of the most distinguished trios on Britain’s scene today” Jazz Rag
“the total performance a joy” Jazzwise
Watch the trio in action here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdANh6fOqvI
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Monday 16th June 2025 at 10.30am Doors open at 10am Tickets: £15, £12.50; under 30s half price Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE A fascinating morning
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Monday 16th June 2025 at 10.30am
Doors open at 10am
Tickets: £15, £12.50; under 30s half price
Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
A fascinating morning of expert discussion and creative writing inspired by the idea of North, and the music of Helen Grime and Gavin Higgins that brings it to life.
… I come
From a land of poems trudged across the fells
Like coffins … (Katie Hale, from Offcomer)
In a special conversation chaired by Northumbria University historian Professor Julian Wright, Gavin Higgins will be joined by artists including poet Katrina Porteous and singer Claire Booth to discuss the way words and music have come together in this new song book, and to continue the conversation about our contemporary sense of northern-ness and the notions of living at the margins.
In Gavin Higgins’ new work Speak of the North, poetry and music are woven with the sound of the folk violin – the Hardanger fiddle which once inspired the Norwegian composer Grieg in his exploration of the sound world of historic Norway. Inspired by the way Grieg deepened his appreciation of landscape and history through folk resonance, Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn asked Gavin to develop a new English song book, one that resonates in its own folk-inspired sound world, seeking out the rhythm and beauty of a contemporary English north and bringing that to life in words and music.
With its beautifully curated selection of contemporary poetry, the song book explores “northern-ness” as we might find it at the borders of England, in the derelict farms or mines of the Pennines, or the lonely heart of northern towns. This is a world where our minds are drawn to the border, to places where our own solitariness aches for space and music.
Claire Booth soprano
Gavin Higgins composer
Katrina Porteous poet
Prof Julian Wright historian
Time
(Monday) 10:30 am
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Friday 20th June 2025 at 11am Doors open at 10.30am Tickets: £23, £17.50; under 30s half price Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
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Friday 20th June 2025 at 11am
Doors open at 10.30am
Tickets: £23, £17.50; under 30s half price
Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
The Berio Sequenza is a tour de force for the solo flute, while his playful and virtuosic Ricorrenze is a brilliant work for the whole quintet.
Boulez dedicated his “Dialogue d’ombre double” to Berio on his 60th birthday. The clarinetist records a tape which is played back in performance while they add a live element too.
We are delighted to feature a new commission for this occasion and ensemble from the leading composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Ensemble Renard comprises five of the country’s most outstanding young musicians. Together, they exist to explore a wide range of timbral possibilities within modern day chamber performance. Ensemble Renard’s frequent collaboration with composers and guest instrumentalists allows them to showcase a prismatic variety of colours.
Ensemble Renard:
Ellie Blamires flute
Patrick Bolton bassoon
Francesca Cox oboe
James Gilbert clarinet
George Strivens French horn
Main image: Ensemble Renard
Time
(Friday) 11:00 am
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Thursday 26th June 2025 at 10.30am Doors open at 10am Tickets: £15, £12.50; under 30s half price Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
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Thursday 26th June 2025 at 10.30am
Doors open at 10am
Tickets: £15, £12.50; under 30s half price
Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
Our Featured Artist will lead a fascinating study of topics such as stage anxiety, interpretation from a non-musical point of view, and other matters to do with performance. A lovely opportunity to get closer to the music and to hear insights from a leading international artist.
Light refreshments will be available to purchase on arrival.
Main image: Leila Josefowicz © Tom Zimberoff
Time
(Thursday) 10:30 am
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall


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Friday 27th June 2025 at 11am Doors open at 10.30am Tickets: £23, £17.50; under 30s half price Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
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Friday 27th June 2025 at 11am
Doors open at 10.30am
Tickets: £23, £17.50; under 30s half price
Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE
This is a delightful recital of the new record from these accomplished artists. It contains world-premiere recordings of featured artist Daniel Kidane’s recent cycle Songs of Illumination and Festival legend Imogen Holst’s Four Songs.
The programme is completed by Britten’s 1953 Winter Words, one of his most moving cycles with its setting of Thomas Hardy. Its cumulative power builds to the poignant final song, A Time There Was.
Daniel Kidane says: “It is really special to go into the marshes and think of Britten and William Blake. I admire Britten and Holst’s music a lot, and it is an honour to be at their festival. And now I will be here too. Like them, my songs have lush harmonies, and all three of us composers are interested in how the voice works – so it is a good combination”.
Nick Pritchard tenor
Ian Tindale piano
Time
(Friday) 11:00 am
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
july
11jul7:30 pm9:30 pmOrchestra of SamplesAudiovisual spectacular by the ethno-sampling mavericks


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Friday 11th July, 7.30pm Doors open at 7pm Tickets: £15 available HERE Described as “ingenious and compelling” by The Times, ‘Orchestra of Samples’ is a unique musical journey without
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Friday 11th July, 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets: £15 available HERE
Described as “ingenious and compelling” by The Times, ‘Orchestra of Samples’ is a unique musical journey without borders by ethno-sampling mavericks Addictive TV, bringing together musicians and instruments from around the world.
For over a decade, artists Addictive TV filmed recording sessions with hundreds of musicians internationally, all improvising, then sampled them to create new music of extraordinary fusions. Connecting cultures through music, the performance showcases a huge variety of instruments, many traditional, some rare and others newly-invented.
From Senegal to Kazakhstan, Colombia to India, immerse yourself in mesmerising rhythmic dialogues with sampled musicians on screen and live musicians on stage, including special local guests.
Time
(Friday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall