Waveney Revels Events 2008
Week 2Tuesday 8th April – Monday 14th April

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Tuesday 8th April –

Investigate and explore art and heritage trails
locations various

some details available from Tourist Information Centres and local venues.

Do something different
Go somewhere new

–Wednesday 9th April –

Holy Trinity Church, Bungay
The Hermitage Ensemble

The Hermitage ensemble is a noted Russian male voice choir from St Petersburgh. The choir is touring in the UK, presents a concert of Russian sacred hymns and folk songs a capella.
Start: 7.30m
Tickets: £9.50

Tel: 01986 896416 or tickets available from Wightman’s in the Market Place or at the door

Open Day – U3A Halesworth
The Rifle Hall, London Road, Halesworth
10.00 – 12.30pm
Come to our Open day and discover what the U3A does and the interest group you can join. You can talk informally to members and, in particular, the organisers of the interest groups, of which currently cover thirty different areas such as Art and Creative Writing, French and German, Photography and Spinning.

The U3A (University of the Third Age) started in France and was established in the UK over twenty five years ago. U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning cooperatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications but for fun.

Bungay Camera Club
Guest Speaker – Jim Bacon
A member of “The East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies”

The Bungay Camera Club was formed in 1957 and normally holds meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7:30pm, at Broome village Hall, Sun Road, Broome, Nr. Bungay

The aims of the Bungay Camera Club are to encourage the art of photography in all its forms. Competitions are held for black and white, colour transparancies and colour prints. The club welcomes visitors to their meetings.

People of all levels of photography are welcome to join, we have beginners to people that have 50yrs experience who are members.

Digital photography welcome.
Potential new members can come to their first 3 meetings free
Parish Church of Ilketshall St Andrew – Beccles
Greens & Commons in the Suffolk Landscape

Illustrated talk by Edward Martin – Archaeology Officer for Suffolk County Council
Contact: Mrs Catriona Hodge – 01986 781313
Time: 2pm

The Ramblers Assoc
Waveney & District Group Mutford Wood Walk

Meet Early Dawn Nursery, Rushmere Road 10.30am – 6 miles
Please park in overspoll car park and support on site coffee shop
Leaders:
Eileen Tipping –01502 578784

The Brewery Tap – 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands
Sponsored by Morling Music and Lowestoft Journal

All Wednesday heats will be £2 entry and have an over16 door policy for those nights only (valid ID essential)
The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.

For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Thursday 10th April –

Everything has heritage!

Get Fruity – Bananas never seen before in England,
went on sale in a London shop in 1633 on this day

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Encourage a young writer day

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Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Friday 11th April –

Bungay Fisher Theatre
Martyn Joseph

Martyn Joseph hit the headlines whe had a string of UK hits and he justavoided becoming a pop star to makebig waves as a singer songwritethe folk world enjoying recording and touring successes on both sides of the Atlantic.

Start: 19.30pm
Tickets: £14 Conc: £12
Box Office: 01986 897130
Website: www.fishertheatre.org

The Brewery Tap, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Music presented by Route II
The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.
Cost: £4

For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com

Somerleyton Hall
Club Uniquity will be swinging into action again in April as part of the Waveney Revels.

For more information visit website: www.somerleyton.co.uk

Marina Theatre – Steel Magnolias
The Quaysiders Amateur Dramatic Society – Lowestoft
April 11th & 12th Nightly at 7.30pm Matinee Saturday 12th at 2.30pm

Box Office: 01502 533220
Tickets: £9.00 – Conc: £8
Matinee: £9.00 – Conc: £7.50

Queens Head, Bramfield, Halesworth
Live Music from Steve Moyse – local singer

From 9pm
Saturday 12th April

The Works Art School – 21a Blyburgate, Beccles
Dichoric Glass Jewellery

Enjoy designing dichoric glass jewellery. Cut and assemble at least three items – one of which will be fired in the kiln on the day. No previous experience necessary

Tutor: Carolyn Reeder
Time: 10.00 – 16.00
Cost: £45 (plus £18 for materials)
Contact: 01502 710310

Suffolk Records Office
Clapham Road, Lowestoft
Herring & Oatcakes– Food with a Nautical Flavour

Presented by Pat Murrell
Time: 2 pm
Cost: £5.50

Contact: [email protected]
for more information or drop into the office in Clapham Road.
The Brewery Tap, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Music presented by Buster James Band
The Buster James Band has four currently available CS’s containing mainly self-penned material and their unique versions of classics such as Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” and Neil Youngs “Rocking In the Free World”.
For more information contact www.busterjames.com

The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.
Cost: £4
For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com

The Cut – Halesworth
Horses Brawl – New Adventures in Early Music

Described as: ‘Part Early, Part Folk, Part Precision, Part Wild Abandon’, Horses Brawl have been causing quite a stir with their cutting-edge take on early and traditional music. Horses Brawl is Laura Cannell – Recorders, fiddle and crumhorns & Adrian Lever – Guitar & bowed guitar. With roots firmly in traditional English and early music from Europe, they experiment with their instruments to create contemporary arrangements on guitar, bowed guitar, double barreled recorders, crumhorn and fiddle.

Start: 19.30pm
Tickets: £8 Conc: £6
Contact: 01986 873285 Box Office: 0845 6732123
Website: www.newcut.org

Marina Theatre – Steel Magnolias
presented by The Quaysiders Amateur Dramatic Society
April 11th & 12th Nightly at 7.30pm Matinee Saturday 12th at 2.30pm

Box Office: 01502 533220
Tickets: £9.00 – Conc: £8
Matinee: £9.00 – Conc: £7.50

Livingstones – Kessingland
Live Music from John Bullard (Bully)

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Sunday 13th April –

Marina Theatre – Simply Ballroom
(Performances 3pm & 7.30pm) – Lowestoft

Hosted by Sam Kane and Sophie Lawrence. Featuring a cast of International Championship Dancers. With choreography by TV’s Dancing Stars Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag.

Simply Ballroom is a lavish production where the colour and spectacle of ballroom dance fuses brilliantly with live theatre. Featuring a cast of outstanding world-class dance champions whose performances in the Waltz are exhilarating, their passion in the Tango breathtaking and their Paso Doble – just one of the many highlights of this spectacular show – has astounded audiences in every venue around the country. This electrifying production showcases the exceptional talents of the cast through a number of styles, including the Cha Cha, Salsa, Rumba, Quickstep and many, many more.

Tickets: £22.50 – Conc: £21.50 – Friends £20.50
Starts: 7.30pm
Box Office: 01502 573318 or 01502 538179
Website: www.marinatheatre.co.uk

Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, nr. Bungay
Norfolk Military Vehicle Group

Over 60 aircraft and 23,000 artefacts to view in 2 hangars and 8 themed buildings, plus Adair Walk nature stroll, Shop, Bricabrac stalls, and NAAFI refreshments.
Open between 10.00 and 5.00.
Free admission.
See more on www.aviationmuseum.net

Geldeston Locks Inn, Beccles
Sunday 2.30 pm – Music from Twisted Routes

Playing authentic acoustic folk music at one of the Broads most historic pubs, the unique location and the variety of means by which you can access this pub eg canoe, Big Dog Ferry, public footpaths, cycle and of course by car.
Full details on website – www.geldestonlocks.co.uk

The Cut Halesworth
The Delightful Companions

The Delightful Companions return to The Cut to welcome ‘a new spring’ in a programme with Handel, Bach and their contemporaries.
Start: 11am

Tickets: £8 includes coffee & cake
Contact: 01986 873285 Box Office: 0845 6732123
Website: www.newcut.org

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Monday 14th April –

Cuckoo Day

Scores Restaurant – What’s cooking develop your culinary arts
89 High Street, Lowestoft

Learn to cook with the professionals and how food is sourced locally. Watch a professional at work, cooking samples of starter courses, 2 main and 2 dessert plus a glass of wine all for £12.50.
Start: 7.30pm
Contact: 01502 573359

Swan House Restaurant, New Market, Beccles
Penny & Stuart Mack Music

Penny and Stuart Mack play and sing traditional and contemporary folk as well as their own compositions, with guitar, bodhran and whistles.
Contact: 01502 713474
Website: www.swan-house.com

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