Saturday 28th May 2022 at 7.30pm 

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets: £15 (Under 18s £10)

Tickets are available HERE

Booming Voices produced by Eastern Angles Theatre Company aims to capture the magic of the Broads and explore its possible future. From a range of interviews with people living on this iconic landscape, the play fuses real voices, music and science to tell a new, unheard story of the Broads.

In the height of the pandemic, Jen, a young student, is shielding in an isolated cottage on the edge of a watery haven, housesitting for a Professor in the US who is investigating the impact of climate change. Together they explore the iconic wildlife and nature of the Broads, showing us just how vulnerable this seemingly timeless landscape is.

With the songs of acclaimed folk musician Jimmy Alridge, and insights from figures who helped discover the true nature of this wetland paradise (comparable to Ibiza, sang David Bowie), Booming Voices promises to be an evening that both prepares us for the future and gives us hope.

Sunday 29th May 2022 at 3pm 

Doors open at 2.30pm

Tickets: £18.00

Tickets are available HERE

Renowned as one of the UK’s leading trumpet players and composers, Paul Higgs has performed with Johnny Dankworth, Lulu, Tony Hatch, John Williams, Peggy Lee and Nancy Wilson. He is also a former Musical Director at both the RSC and the National Theatre.

Miles Davis, the most revered jazz trumpeter of all time, was at the forefront of several major innovations in jazz from the mid ’40s to the early ’90s – bebop, cool, hard bop, modal, jazz funk and jazz fusion. Paul is renowned for his magical sound and exceptional skill. His great sensitivity, high energy and his own skill as a composer make him a superb proponent of Miles Davis’s music.

Paul plays well-known favourites from these styles as well as some less familiar gems.

Thursday 2nd June

Free entry no tickets required

Storytelling sessions at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm (duration approx. 30min per session)

We are delighted to offer family storytelling with Yarnsmith of Norwich, a professional storyteller, author and historian from Norfolk who will take us on a journey back to centuries of English royalty.

The storytelling sessions are presented in collaboration with Aldeburgh Museum.

Thursday 2nd June to Friday 3rd June

Free entry no tickets required.

Open 2nd June 10am to 4pm and during the performances over the Jubilee Weekend

We are delighted to present a feast of Jubilee-inspired artwork from the pupils of Aldeburgh Primary School. The children, aged 4-11, will decorate plates & mugs, and the very youngest will amuse you all with their pairs of decorated knickers!

Come along and see their hard work for yourself.

The artwork will also be displayed in our hall during our other events over the Jubilee Weekend.

Refreshments will be available.

Cover illustration courtesy of Nicholas Allan, author of The Queen’s Knickers.

Friday 3rd June 2022 at 7.30pm 

Doors open at 7.00pm

Tickets: £20

Tickets are available HERE

Irrepressible jazz star Giacomo Smith is blazing a trail for one of the golden eras of jazz with his fabulous all-star band and their eponymous London bar. The Hot Five is a celebration of the music of Bix Beiderbeck, Cole Porter, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton. This brand new acoustic quintet invokes the classic line-up and sounds of Chicago Jazz in the 1920’s and 30’s. Much more than a faithful homage this show will breathe new life into the sound and stylistic imprints the greatest jazz composers and bandleaders of all time gave us.

Saturday 4th June 2022 at 2pm 

Doors open at 1.30pm

Tickets: £12 / Under 16 £6

Tickets are available HERE

We Will Rock You! Come and raise the roof singing one of the greatest selection of songs in rock music history.  Tom Appleton and the Come and Sing Company with live band lead us through hits like I Want to Break Free, Don’t Stop Me Now and of course Bohemian Rhapsody, perhaps the Number 1 singalong number of all time.  An hour ‘rehearsal’ to refresh our memories, plot the dance moves and maybe even add a few harmonies is followed by our own mass tribute performance.  All ages and abilities welcome, no music-reading ability needed and fancy dress and air guitarists positively encouraged! 

Sunday 05 June 2022, 12:00

Doors open at 11.30am

Tickets: £20, £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 29 January.

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

The multi-award winning quartet are brilliant programmers, creating irresistibly enjoyable concerts with a sense of fun and theatre.

The voice, harp, clarinet and double bass quartet play a programme of 20th and 21st century women composers.

Presented by Britten Pears Arts

Monday 06 – Friday 10 June at 2.30pm

Tickets: £10, under 30s half price

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Tutors including Dame Ann Murray, Julius Drake, Nicholas Daniel and James Baillieu lead a series of Festival Masterclasses.

Monday 6 June 2022 | BPYAP festival Masterclass for Singers and Pianists with Dame Ann Murray

Tuesday 7 June 2022 | BPYAP Festival Masterclass for Singers and Pianists with James Baillieu

Wednesday 8 June 2022 | BPYAP Festival Masterclass for Singers and Pianists with Dame Ann Murray

Thursday 9 June 2022 | BPYAP Festival Masterclass for Instrumentalists with Nicholas Daniel

Friday 10 June 2022 | BPYAP Festival Masterclass for Singers and Pianists with Julius Drake

Presented by Britten Pears Arts

Thursday 16th June at 11am

Tickets: £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 29 January

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

The playwright and writer gives a talk titled “Our Common Humanity and The Overture To Peter Grimes”.

Playwright and writer Bonnie Greer OBE has been Deputy Chair of the British Museum, and a former board member of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Presented by Britten Pears Arts

Friday 17 June at 3:00pm

Doors open at 2.30am

Tickets: £20, £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 29 January.

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Music for clarinet, violin and piano, from an off-kilter Viennese Waltz by Britten to Bartok’s wild gypsy dances.

Mark Simpson, Elena Urioste and Tom Poster play a fascinating programme of works for varying combinations of clarinet, violin and piano.

Presented by Britten Pears Arts

Sunday 26 June at 11:00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £15, Under 30s half price. A limited number of £10 tickets will be available from 01 April.

Tickets are available from Britten Pears Arts’ website HERE

Alternatively from Britten Pears Arts’ box office at Snape Maltings Concert Hall or by calling 01728 687110.

Music for piano, violin and cello by Haydn, Rebecca Clarke, featured composer Tom Coult and Ernest Bloch peformed by Britten Pears Young Artists Trio Mazzolini.

Sunday 3rd July 2022 at 4pm

Tickets: £22, Under 18s £15

Tickets are available HERE

The Lark Ascending, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is today one of the best-loved pieces of classical music in the UK. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the composer, Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra bring this glorious music within reach of everyone in Suffolk.

The Lark’s Flight over Suffolk tells the story of The Lark Ascending and of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s live, his triumphs and his disappointments, in music and words. The Lark Ascending features along with his Oboe Concerto and other captivating music by this outstanding and influential British composer.

As well as Ralph Vaughan Williams himself (played by an actor), there will be a small orchestra of 14 musicians, and outstanding soloists.

The Lark’s Flight is conceived and directed by conductor Leslie Olive.

Thursday 7th July 2022 at 7.30pm 

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets: £18

Tickets are available HERE

Angelos Epithemiou first surfaced as the oddball scorer in Shooting Stars and has since worked with the biggest names in UK comedy, including Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Tracey Ullman His numerous TV credits (Not Going Out, Friday Night Dinner, Coupling, House of Fools, My Family, The Armstrong and Miller Show, The Office and Yonderland) have made him one of the most recognizable comic actors on British TV. But it is his live shows with his high-octane off-the-wall humour, seemingly bottomless props bag and quick-witted interplay that have made him a legend on the stand-up scene.

Support comes from one of the off the success stories on the UK comedy circuit John Mann, whose charm and warmth belie the fact that his material covers the improbable (winter sports for pensioners) to the downright illegal (tips for the successful shoplifter).

Hosted once again by Suffolk’s own Louie Green and featuring slots for some rising comedy stars, this is another varied and packed evening of the best in live comedy.

Sunday 10th July 2022 at 7.30pm 

Doors open at 7pm

Tickets: £24

Tickets are available HERE

Carpenters Gold is heading our way–it’s Yesterday Once More.

Immerse yourself in the unforgettable sound of the great sibling duo Richard and Karen Carpenter. From Close to You to Top of the World, all their chart-topping hits feature including We’ve Only Just Begun, Goodbye to Love, Please Mr Postman, For All We Know and Only Yesterday.

West End star Vikki Holland-Bowyer perfectly emulates Karen’s gorgeously rich vocals – and even gets behind the drums! The Carpenters’ on-stage light-hearted humour and chemistry is captured perfectly as Greg Stevenson effortlessly recreates Richard’s sublime piano playing and vocal harmonies, supported by the original sumptuous arrangements with a band oozing Seventies glitz. An evening packed with nostalgia and some of the most memorable songs of a golden age of pop, a startlingly faithful throwback to The Carpenters’ heyday.

Monday 25th to Saturday 30th July at 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 28th and Saturday 30th at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

It’s the Fabulous Fifties – a young Queen Elizabeth is on the throne, rationing has ended, and the Nightingales, a two-generation theatrical family, are performing again – both at the Café de Paris, and at home.

Hilarious tales of life on the road mix with unpredictable plot twists in this charming, effervescent, heart-warming, Showbusiness Romcom.

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Monday 1st to Saturday 6th August 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 4th and Saturday 6th August at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

The great Neil Simon’s laugh-out–loud Broadway hit comedy is also a mature and deeply felt look at families and fatherhood, as runaway screen-writer Herb is tracked down in his LA home by the child he abandoned back East 20 years ago. Streetwise New Yorker Libby now wants answers – and to be in the movies!

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Monday 8th to Saturday 13th August 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 11th and Saturday 13th August at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

A masterclass of perfect Farce, in the French style, from the adapter of the phenomenally successful Don’t Dress for Dinner. Lightning-fast wordplay, mistaken identities, and physical comedy are made even more enjoyable by a romantic plot to rival a Richard Curtis movie. Here comes the bride? – more like “where goes whose bride?!”

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th August 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 18th and Saturday 20th August at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

“Any Friend of The Godfather is a Friend of Mine!”

Remember GoodFellas? Well Frankie is a BadFella – a real one, and though this wise-cracking Wise Guy makes you laugh, you’d better not call him “funny”. “Looking him up” in NYC is Tony, a young Englishman who wants a job –or does he? Wife Sharon has seen Tony before – was it … in The Crown on TV? A deliciously scripted Mafia cocktail, mixing comedy and tension until the final, un-guessable twist.

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Monday 22nd to Saturday 27th August 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 25th and Saturday 27th August at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

Specially adapted to a remote, East Anglian setting, this beautifully judged combination of comedy and quest centres on the lost manuscript of one of England’s most celebrated poets. Set in the  long-deceased poet’s ancient house, a reclusive professor, an expert on the poets’ life, is descended on by his number one fan, a ruthless rival academic, and a random free spirit who breaks in just to get warm. The house, the poet’s reputation, and their lives are turned upside down – literally! – by unfolding secrets and a surprising final twist in this madcap comedy adventure.

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Monday 29th to Saturday 3rd September 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 1st and Saturday 3rd September at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

Meet Rick and Jane, brought together, seemingly, by chance. Are they going to spend an afternoon contemplating possible mutual seduction, or, as layers of plot peel away, will the murky secrets of their pasts reveal something far darker? The relentless tension smacks of film noir with roles that could have starred Bogey and Bacall. But this is London, not Hollywood, and the jeopardy is real, with prey and predator, and us, not knowing which is which until the very last moment. Are they killing time, or is it time for a killing? A gripping, brilliantly crafted finale to the ACT 2022 summer season.

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.

Monday 29th to Saturday 3rd September 7.30pm

(plus Thursday 1st and Saturday 3rd September at 4pm) 

Tickets:
Adults rows A, B, C and D (front on the flat) = £14.00
Adults rows E (on the flat with wider aisle) and F through N (raked) = £17.00
16 years and under all seats = £12.00

More information and tickets are available HERE

Meet Rick and Jane, brought together, seemingly, by chance. Are they going to spend an afternoon contemplating possible mutual seduction, or, as layers of plot peel away, will the murky secrets of their pasts reveal something far darker? The relentless tension smacks of film noir with roles that could have starred Bogey and Bacall. But this is London, not Hollywood, and the jeopardy is real, with prey and predator, and us, not knowing which is which until the very last moment. Are they killing time, or is it time for a killing? A gripping, brilliantly crafted finale to the ACT 2022 summer season.

The Summer Theatre By The Sea is presented by Aldeburgh Classic Theatre.