All of South Suffolk a Stage

A production at Kentwell

Lovers of Shakespeare will not have to travel far this summer to enjoy a wide choice of entertainment.

On 21^st June there is a choice of two popular comedies. 

In Cockfield , The Rain or Shine Theatre Company will be presenting  Comedy of Errors in the grounds of Cockfield School.  Proceeds are in aid of St Peter’s Church Cockfield, and the performance will be indoors if the weather is bad.  For tickets and other details please phone 01284 828904, or 828652.

Just over the border into Essex, Stanley Hall, which is taking a break from opera production this year, is staging As You like it, presented by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.  The Hall is on the way from Sudbury to Halstead and details can be found here

On 25^th, 26^th and 27^th July, the Lavenham Players will stage Much Ado About Nothing in the grounds of Lavenham Hall .  In addition to three evening performances, there is a matinee on 27^th July.  Picnickers are welcome at all performances.   Tickets for some dates are available from the Quay Theatre Box office in Sudbury, but for full details click here

The same weekend Kentwell Hall in Long Melford is welcoming back the accomplished GB Theatre Company with two productions, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummers Night Dream.

Finally for those of us who like something musical, also at Kentwell, on Saturday 27^th July, the South Anglia Savoy Players are presenting The Sorcerer, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s less well know creations.

Details of the Kentwell Hall events can be found here

Those wanting to see some Shakespeare on 21^st June will need to make a difficult choice between the two plays on offer.   I think however that it would be possible to see both the Lavenham show and all the Kentwell productions, with careful planning, in July.