Friday 25th April 2025 at 7.30pm

Doors & bar open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

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

Roger McGough, President of the Poetry Society not only helped kickstart the musical careers of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, but inspired hundreds, if not thousands of young poets (well, quite a few), on their poetic journeys. 

87 years old and at that awkward age now between birth and death, he puts on a brave face and takes to the stage with a show featuring new poems as well as old favourites. 

The show takes audiences on a journey back to key moments of his life. McGough reflects on his Liverpool childhood just before World War II, with memories and poems including The Full English, The Overall Winner and Learning to Read. Memories of his mum and dad are told through poems The Railing and What Does Your Father Do, and some are a throwback to the ’60s, namely The Beatles and Top of the Pops. 

New verses have been added for Lily the Pink, which take a playful update on the 1968 classic by The Scaffold. As well as laughs, there will be poems about growing old. A Joy to be Old, A Cure for Ageing and Let me Die an Old Man’s Death, which aptly round up the new show. 

Roger will be signing copies of the 2024 release The Collected Poems after the performance. 

“This triumphant anthology stuns with its sheer variety…There is something here for everyone” The Guardian on The Collected Poems 1959-2024 

“McGough is a true original and more than one generation would be much the poorer without him.” The Times 

“The patron saint of poetry.” Carol Ann Duffy 

The performance ends at approx. 9.30pm including an interval. 

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

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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

Monday 26th May, 2pm

Doors open at 1.30pm

Tickets: £12/£15 available HERE

Friday 30th May, 7.00pm

Doors open at 6.30pm

Tickets: £8 available HERE

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.

Saturday 7th June 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £10 (including a free tea or coffee)

Tickets are available HERE

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

Wendy Holden, also sometimes known as Taylor Holden, is an experienced author and novelist with more than thirty books published, fifteen of which are bestsellers. She has also had numerous works transferred to radio and television, and four of her books have been optioned for film.

The Teacher of Auschwitz, Holden’s latest book, tells the remarkable true story of Fredy Hirsch, a young, gay, German Jewish prisoner who defied the Nazis daily at great personal risk to protect the thousands of children in his care.

At the dark heart of the Holocaust, there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons; a place where children sang, staged plays and wrote poetry. Safely inside, but still in the shadow of the chimneys, they were given better food, kept free of vermin, and were even taught meditation to imagine full stomachs and a day without fear. The man who became their guiding light was a young Jewish prisoner named Fredy Hirsch.

The event ends at approximately 12.15pm.

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

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

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

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

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

Friday 11th July 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £15 (including a free tea or coffee)

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

A relaxed morning recital featuring musicians from the Prometheus Orchestra.

Jim O’Toole – violin, Jody Hughes – cello, Jonathan Rutherford – piano, Cliff Whybrow – clarinet

Programme to include:
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in C major (Hob.XV/27)
Robert Schumann Fantaisie-Stücke (Op. 73) for clarinet and piano

The event ends at approximately 12.00 noon.

Friday 11th July, 7.30pm

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets: £15 available HERE

Saturday 12th July 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £10 (including a free tea or coffee)

Tickets are available HERE

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

Mike Warner of A Passion for Seafood, is among many things, a seafood & fisheries consultant, food writer and UK seafood ambassador.

With a deep rooted passion for seafood and fish, he continues to work directly with local fishermen and now has his own fishmonger and wholesale fish merchants shop at Grange Farm, Hasketon.

Join us to hear about his life transition from agriculture to seafood, Suffolk’s fishing industry, explore what our coastline can offer throughout the year; underpinned with a special reference to the Suffolk Heritage Coast and Aldeburgh in particular.

The event ends at approximately 12.15pm.

21st July – 30th August 2025 

Tickets: from £16

Tickets are available HERE

By phoning 01728 343344, or in person at ACT box office 1-5pm from 7th July.

Monday 21st – Saturday 26th July SEE HOW THEY RUN! By Philip King

Monday 28th July – Saturday 9th August GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton

Monday 11th – Saturday 16th August THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE by Alan Ayckbourn

Tuesday 19th – Saturday 30th August WHILE THE SUN SHINES by Terence Rattigan

Friday 5th September 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £15 (including a free tea or coffee)

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

A relaxed morning recital featuring musicians from the Prometheus Orchestra.

The Ward Piano Quartet
Nicholas Ward violin, Kathryn Parry viola, Harriet Bennett cello, Tim Carey piano

Programme:
Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478
Dvorak Piano Quartet no. 2 in E flat major Opus 87

The event ends at approximately 12.00 noon.

Saturday 20th September 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £10 (including a free tea or coffee)

Tickets are available HERE

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

Join beloved printmaker, illustrator, and author Angela Harding to celebrate the arrival of autumn and her new book Falling into Autumn,  part of her seasonal quartet, which takes readers on a journey through the seasons, reflecting Angela’s view as the nature around her transforms and evolves over the months.

Angela will share insights into her creative process, what draws her to the British countryside, and how she translates those observations into her artwork.

This event offers a unique glimpse into the world of an artist inspired by the changing seasons.

Aldeburgh Bookshop will be selling Angela’s books after the talk.

The event ends at approximately 12 noon.

Sunday 28th September 2025 10am – 3pm

Doors open at 10am

Free entry, no booking required

Looking for inspiration for your next holiday? Join Fred. Olsen Travel Agents at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall for their Holiday & Cruise Show, a brilliant day full of exclusive travel offers and endless possibilities! Meet leading holiday and cruise companies ready to help you find the perfect getaway at unbeatable prices.

 Whether you’re dreaming of relaxing on sun-kissed beaches, exploring vibrant cities, or embarking on a luxurious cruise, this is your moment to turn those dreams into reality.

 Don’t miss out on this brilliant opportunity. This fantastic Holiday & Cruise Show is your gateway to discovering travel wonders and creating memories that will last a lifetime. We can’t wait to see you there!

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The event ends at approximately 3pm.

Friday 3rd October 2025 at 7.30pm

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets: £20 (£10 for under 18s & students) 

Tickets are available HERE

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

Reimagining the poetry of Gertrud Kolmar. An Immersive musical journey with Professor Julian Marshall.

Beginning in 2007 with the startling discovery of the truly remarkable yet tragically little-known poet Gertrud Kolmar, who perished in Auschwitz in 1943, composer Julian Marshall set out on what has become a deeply transformative, creative journey. The collective name for this endeavour is now known as The Welten Project. Works from the project have been performed and recorded by some leading singers and players here in the UK.
In this evening’s presentation, Julian will share the story and process of this project and play a specially curated playlist of music.

Julian Marshall: ‘I am especially interested in the idea of music as a living memorial and how this may be linked to ideas of repressed shadow in human experience. It strikes me, more than at any other time in my life, how the potential ‘lessons’, following World War II are very far from either being learned or understood. How and in what way may music and the arts, I wonder, play a more visceral part in leading us into a deeper recognition and a deeper understanding of underlying beliefs and behaviours?’.

Saturday 4th October 2025 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £10 (including a free tea or coffee)

Tickets are available HERE

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

Author and Journalist Simon Barnes talks about his most recent book ‘Spring Is The Only Season’ and some of the ideas involved – love, religion and poetry as well as butterflies, birdsong and climate.

‘Spring is not so much a season as the meaning of life – at least it is to all of us who live in the seasonal lands. I have walked in rainforest, in desert and in the African savannah and that has taught me that there is no greater miracle on earth than the coming of spring.

Spring can be found in birdsong, in the awaking butterflies and in the quickening of the land as the returning light and warmth sparks the growth of plants. Spring can also be found in great festivals of religion, ancient custom and sport. Spring is traditionally the time of love. Spring has been made still more vivid by the greatest artists that ever lived.

And me, I intend to celebrate every  possible aspect of the spring, for, after all, hope springs eternal in the human breast.’

The event ends at approximately 12 noon.