We are very excited to be turning Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall into a wonderful world of festive skating as part of the Aldeburgh Dickensian Christmas Festival which takes place throughout town on Saturday 7 December. Our Festive Skating Rink will be open on Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December so there will be plenty of opportunity for everyone to enjoy a skating session (or more) and perhaps combine it with some Christmas shopping and a snack, lunch or supper in one of the many excellent restaurants and cafés in our town.

Why not get a group of family and friends together and make it part of your pre-Christmas celebrations?

There will be Christmas music, a snow machine, polar bear and penguin skating aids for the little ones and our festive bar will be offering mulled wine, wine, beer, soft drinks, hot chocolate and seasonal treats.

Our Festive Skating Rink is suitable for ages 4+ and children of 12 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Skates will be provided as part of the ticket price. We recommend that you arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your ticketed skating session as sessions cannot be extended for those arriving late.

Please note that this rink is not real ice as this simply is not possible within the confines of the Hall.

This event is being sold in half-hour sessions as follows :

Friday 6 December
First session – 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm
Last session – 8.30 pm to 9.00 pm

Tickets: Adults – £7  Children under 16 – £5

BUY TICKETS FROM THE BOX OFFICE HERE

Saturday 7 December
First session – 11.00 am to 11.30 am
Last session – 9.30 pm to 10.00 pm

Tickets: Adults – £7  Children under 16 – £5

BUY TICKETS FROM THE BOX OFFICE HERE

Sunday 8 December
First session 11.00 am to 11.30 am
Last session 3.30 pm to 4.00 pm

Tickets: Adults – £7  Children under 16 – £5

BUY TICKETS FROM THE BOX OFFICE HERE

Tickets are also available in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh IP15 5AU (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

Theatre on the Coast 

presents

THE SNOW QUEEN

A new adaptation with music and dance from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Gerda and Kai are the closest friends but when Kai is stolen away by the Snow Queen, Gerda sets out on a dangerous journey to rescue him from the Queen’s frozen castle and bring him home again. Expect sleighs, bandits, helpful reindeer, a wise old crow and the most magical story of loyalty, bravery and love.  Choreography by Olivier award winning Natasha Cox (‘Jerry Springer’ the Opera). Music by Suffolk composers and songwriters including up and coming star Ben Goble.

EVENT TIMES

Gala Night in aid of The Alde & Ore Estuary Trust
Friday 27 December
Doors 6.30pm – Performance 7.30pm
Tickets: Adults – £21  Children under 16 – £14
The ticket prices for this performance include festive drinks and nibbles and a donation to the Save Our Suffolk Estuary fundraising campaign, which supports the upgrade of vital flood defences of the River Alde & Ore to protect the area’s economy, homes and landscape from floods.
For more information visit the Trust’s website at www.aoetrust.org

BUY TICKETS FOR THE GALA NIGHT FROM THE BOX OFFICE HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh IP15 5AU (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

Subsequent Performances
Saturday 28 December
Doors 2pm – Performance 3pm
Doors 6.30pm – Performance 7.30pm
Tickets: Adults – £16  Children under 16 – £11

Sunday 29 December
Doors 2pm – Performance 3pm
Doors 6.30pm – Performance 7.30pm
Tickets: Adults – £16  Children under 16 – £11

Monday 30 December
Doors 2pm – Performance 3pm
Doors 6.30pm – Performance 7.30pm
Tickets: Adults – £16  Children under 16 – £11

Tuesday 31 December
Doors 2pm – Performance 3pm
Tickets: Adults – £16  Children under 16 – £11

BUY TICKETS FOR THESE SHOWS FROM THE BOX OFFICE HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh IP15 5AU (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

COMMON GROUND THEATRE COMPANY

present

SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE WARLOCK OF WHITECHAPEL

by

Pat Whymark & Julian Harries

Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd January – 4pm and 7.30pm

Friday 3rd January – 4pm

 “A glorious piece of Christmas fun” (Andrew Clark, EADT review of Justin & The Argonauts)

“Who’d be interested in this old relic, Holmes?” murmured Watson, one morning at the breakfast table of 221b Baker Street. “Nonsense, Watson. A splash of cologne and a trim of your moustache, and I’m sure someone would have you”. “Be serious, Holmes. Look here – in the Morning Post!”

Thus began the case that Dr Watson dared not share with the public, till now. A case that, were its full facts to be known, would shake the nation to its very core, and beyond.

Ancient artefacts are disappearing from museums and private collections all over Europe, a pre-Christian effigy one day, a shamanic totem the next, a pagan fetish at the weekend. Either someone’s on their own personal antiques road trip, or they’re trying to summon dark forces and gain mystical powers. But to what end…and why?

The ensuing adventure takes Holmes and Watson from the wharfs and alleys of East London, to the icy wastes of the north and the hidden temples of the east (changing at Peterborough), as they pursue “The Warlock of Whitechapel”.

Julian Harries and Dick Mainwaring once again don the deerstalker, plus fours and travelling capes of Holmes and Watson, and are joined by Common Ground regulars Joe Leat & Emily Bennett in this classic Xmas comedy thriller.

Ticket Prices – full: £13   21 and under, and those in receipt of income support: £7 (evidence may be required)

Running time 2 hours (incl. interval)

Doors open half an hour before the performance

Suitable for ages 8+

Tickets available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

Magnard Ensemble I

Wind quintet performs:

Martin Butler Down-Hollow Winds
Oliver Knussen Three Little Fantasies
Stephen Dodgson Sonata for Wind Quintet
Paul Patterson Comedy for Five Winds

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

Magnard Ensemble II

Wind quintet performs programme including:

Tomasi, Klughardt, Butler & Knussen.

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

BPYAP: Chamber Music Lab I & II

Emerging string quartets and piano trios come together for two weeks of coaching by some of the world’s most inspiring chamber musicians.

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon & 2.30 pm

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office for 12 noon concert HERE  

and for 2.30 pm concert HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

PROMETHEUS ORCHESTRA

 CELEBRATING BEETHOVEN’S 250th BIRTHDAY

Prometheus Orchestra celebrates this auspicious anniversary by playing all five Beethoven Piano Concertos

Saturday 15th February
Piano Concerto No.1
Wind Octet
Piano Concerto No.3

Doors open at 7.00 pm
Performance starts at 7.30 pm

Sunday 16th February
Piano Concerto No.2
Wind Sextet
Piano Concerto No.4

Doors open at 3.30 pm
Performance starts at 4.00 pm

Edmond Fivet Conductor
Nathan Willamson Piano

These are the first two concerts in the series.

Tickets: Full price £20, under 18 £5

Two concert offer: Full price £35, under 18 £10

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall box office HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

Concert series supported by Foyle Foundation

Ebonit Saxophone Quartet I

Programme to include Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

A hundred years ago there were around 3,500 Thames Sailing Barges plying their trade on the East Coast, carrying anything from grain and straw picked up at tiny farm quays to great hulks of timber and bricks to build the growing city of London. Peter Taylor, Chairman of the Thames Barge Sailing Trust, will give an illustrated talk covering the history of these iconic East Coast craft and those that sailed them.

Tea and cakes will be on sale both before and after the talk.

Doors open from 3.30 pm

Talk starts at 4.00 pm

Tickets: £8

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall box office HERE 

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884

Ebonit Saxophone Quartet II

Programme to include Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

The Aldeburgh Literary Festival will once again be presenting three and a half days of stimulating, thought-provoking talks and discussions, plus a Play Reading, written by Aldeburgh author, Jon Canter, in association with INK Festival.

Tickets £12.00 each.  Booking forms available at The Aldeburgh Bookshop, 42 High Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5AB

01728 452587  www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk.

Bukolika Piano Trio II

Programme to include Schumann, Haydn and Ravel

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

Ensemble Hesperi I

Programme of Scottish baroque music from this early music ensemble

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

Ensemble Hesperi II

Programme of Scottish baroque music from this early music ensemble

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

THE STORY OF DOO-WOP

Join the UK’s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The Testosta-Tones, as they take you on a musical journey detailing the history of Doo-Wop.

During the early 1950’s, quartets sung on street corners, in barbershops and churches in a style which became known as Doo-Wop, paving the way for rock ‘n’ roll. As the groups moved from the streets into recording studios, so the popularity of the genre grew.

Along with radio disc jockey and your host for the evening Chuck Anderson, The Testosta-Tones will perform such popular songs as Blue Moon, Earth Angel, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Runaround Sue, Teenager in Love among many others, presenting ‘The Story of Doo-Wop’ and demonstrating how the genre influenced and created mainstream music during the 1950’s and has seen resurgences in most decades since and still influences contemporary music.

Doors open at 6.30 pm

Performance starts at 7.30 pm

Tickets: £14.00

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884.

Trio Sōra I

Programme to include piano trios by Beethoven

Part of Friday Lunchtime Concerts

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Friday Lunchtime Concerts offer: £7 per ticket if you book 5 or more lunchtime concerts.

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

“Enchanting” – SUNDAY TIMES

Doors open: 2.30 pm

Start time: 3.00 pm

Tickets: Full price £9 Under 16’s £7

Available from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall Box Office HERE

or in person from Aldeburgh Cinema, 51 High Street, Aldeburgh (Monday to Saturday 10am – 1.15pm) or by telephone on 01728 454884.

Trio Sōra II

Part of Easter Weekend

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 12 noon

Tickets for each concert £9 / 21 and under £4.50

Available from Snape Maltings Box Office HERE

snapemaltings.co.uk  01728 687110

Southwold Harbour 1939 – two famous author fish for hidden secrets…

Red Skies looks at two of Suffolk’s most famous residents with very different links to Ipswich: George Orwell who took his name from the river, and Arthur Ransome who was resident on it, and what would have happened if they had met.

The show follows the two men over the years, both are in search of answers, both political and personal – whilst the former is about to write Animal Farm, the latter is married to Trotsky’s secretary, so sparks could fly.

Performance starts 7.30pm

TICKETS: Full price : £14.50 and JSA, 65+, Student, Under 25’s, Wheelchair user, disabled. Carers go free: £13.50 

Available from Eastern Angles – Box Office: 01473 211498 easternangles.co.uk