As the young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it. Director: Peter Hall. Writer: Ronald Blythe. Runtime: 1h 38 mins.1974

10th Anniversary Dinner & Film

A kind-hearted Italian comedy in which first time director Gianni Di Gregorio plays a bachelor living in down-at-heel gentility with his 93-year-old mother in Rome.

A couple of creditors call in favours, offering to cut his debts if he looks after their mothers for the Bank Holiday weekend.

‘A wonderfully patient, delicately observed film; warm, generous and never for a moment sentimental or patronising.’ Philip French in the Observer.

Director: Gianni di Gregorio.

Runtime: 75 mins.

Italy 2008.

Italian with English subtitles.

The dinner is at 6.45pm followed by the film at 8pm

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Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. However, Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie). Each young Queen beholds her sister in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence. Director: Josie Rourke. Runtime: 124 mins. UK 2018

A wonderful musical comedy film, filled with gags, musical numbers and choreography. Showgirls Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers. Contains Monroe’s iconic performance of ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’.  Director: Howard Hawks. Runtime: 91 mins.  USA 1953

On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait is over….The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor.

The publication of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression. Live from the London stage, Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.

‘Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.’

With exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect.

The Testaments will be published worldwide on 10 September.

These three flamboyant characters present their uplifting and entertaining show with a unique dynamism and describe their music as “Folk Unlimited”. Mike Harding calls it “Brilliant and beautiful” while Dave Pegg says they are “The most musically inventive group I’ve seen in decades”.

A motorcycle petrol tank, a musical saw and a Mercedes Benzouki made from hubcaps, glass harp, Bing-Bong machine and magic boots all join some more conventional instruments (fiddle, banjo, sax and whistle to name a few) to back Rosie Short’s sublime voice.

Steve has recently toured the UK & USA on shows with the Late great Sir Ken Dodd, American Sax Sensation Kenny G, The Legendary Osmonds and 2018 on the Stylistics 50th Anniversary World Tour.

Steve's own UK Tours include in 2014 'Thinking Inside The Box' and in 2017 '30 Years Of Talking To Myself" after his successful appearances on ITV's Britain's Got Talent Final.

In 2019 Steve returns to Disney cruises and the Largest Christmas Variety Show in Europe in November & December in The Thursford Spectacular

Laugh out loud at one of the UK's Best Loved Comedy Ventriloquists.

Dice are nice, but love is better…

For a show with fantastic music, colour, many shades of life and unexpected love, this is the one.

Pre-Show meals will be available over the 6 nights of Guys and Dolls, For more information please contact info@fishertheatre.org

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Harmonica player and teacher Paul Gillings will guide you through the rudiments of playing the humble mouth organ. In one day Paul will take you from being a complete novice to being able to play tunes, scales and chords.  You will need: a 10 hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C (Harmonicas will be available to purchase on the day).  The workshop will take you through all you need to know from how to hold the harmonica, to breathing, basic chords, tone, airflow and then onto a introduction to the blues, scales and improvisation.  At all stages the emphasis is on actually playing the harmonica and every technique has an accompanying tune and backing track to demonstrate the tuition.

Paul Gillings is a former World Harmonica Champion in the Blues/Rock and Jazz/Melodic categories and has been playing music since 1988.

Paul toured from a young age with the all-harmonica band 'Random Sound" with whom he appeared on over 40 TV shows in 52 countries including 'The Mickey Mouse Club TV Show' in the USA and 'Jools Holland's Happening' and Glastonbury Festival. More recently Paul performs and records his own brand of harmonica driven Indie/Folk and plays live with a number of bands as well as teaching and playing at international Harmonica festivals.

David Fisher and his Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians.

Join historian Ivan Bunn in a fascinating talk about the extraordinary life and times of theatrical entrepreneur, Norwich-born David Fisher, within the LAST survivor of his 13 Fisher Theatres

In the early 18th century Norwich born David Fisher established his touring Company of Comedians in Norfolk and Suffolk. During that time he erected 13 theatres, that at Bungay now being the sole survivor. In this fascinating illustrated talk, using much contemporary material, historian Ivan Bunn will explore the life and times of this extraordinary and talented theatrical entrepreneur. Pre and post the talk will give the opportunity to view archaeological finds unearthed during the theatre's renovation in 1996-2006 including a priceless, hand-painted proscenium banner and the atmospheric cellar space complete with a replicate Georgian "audience" in the original pit. Visitors may also find David Fisher himself, taking some light refreshment in the bar...

Sunday 22 September: 18.30-19.30

There will be an opportunity to look at the cellar for half an hour before and after the talk

Further details about Heritage Open Days can be found here:

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/david-fisher-and-his-norfolk-and-suffolk-company-of-comedians

Tickets are free, but need to be booked in the usual way.

Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy socialite wife, Margot (Grace Kelly), murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When he discovers her affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime-fiction writer he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her for revenge and to secure his comfortable lifestyle. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Runtime: 105 mins. UK 1954

Fisher Folk & Acoustic, held in the heart of the historic Fisher Theatre in the atmospheric cellar, offers a prime opportunity for local talent of all kinds to perform in a friendly and appreciative environment.

Many performers make return bookings and a good night is always guaranteed. Slots offered are 20mins long and the vibe is relaxed and informal.

Great place for music-lovers to meet, mingle and share. Very popular event for performers and audience so booking in advance recommended.

Contact us to book a performance slot.

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Audience tickets can be pre-booked, limited to 50 in cellar including performers.

A taut Danish drama which takes one man, a dark room and a phone to create a cop thriller as gripping as any blockbuster.  Asger, a police-officer temporarily assigned to desk duties, takes an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.  When the police are slow to respond, Asger takes matters into his own hands. Starring: Jakob Cedergren and Jessica Dinnage. Director: Gustav Möller. Runtime: 85 mins. Denmark 2018

When Sir Charles Baskerville is killed under mysterious circumstances, Holmes sends Watson to Devon to protect the new heir of Baskerville Hall from the mythical black dog that stalks their family line. A journey that leads the good doctor to suspect the supernatural, negotiate the wilds of nature, and ultimately uncover the reality of betrayal and devilish murder.  A mixed media, multi-rolling all-female cast of three, combine the traditional and the modern mythos of Holmes to re-imagine this classic tale.

Multi-award-winning director Emma Rice brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel in this brand-new play. A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is ‘pure, unadulterated theatre’ (★★★★★ Broadway World) performed by a talented ensemble cast. A celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope, with a generous dash of Shakespeare, scandal and mischief, this colourful all-singing and dancing show takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride of emotion. Adapted and Directed for the stage by Emma Rice. Runtime: 150 mins. Filmed live at York Theatre Royal, March 2019.

ELO, it’s a spectacular live show from start to finish. Stunning lights and special effects create an atmosphere that will have you fully immersed in the whole experience. As the ELO Encounter reel off ELO classic hit after hit, it’s guaranteed to have the hairs on the back of your neck dancing in time to the music!!

There is quite the back catalogue for the band to delve into, and revellers will hear classic hits like Evil Woman, Telephone Line, Don’t Bring Me Down and of course Mr Blue Sky.

Each band member is an accomplished musician in their own right, with members having played alongside the original ELO drummer Bev Bevan no less, but they all share a love for ELO and dedicate themselves to accurately representing the band on stage.

Jeff Lynne famously grabbed the coveted afternoon legend slot at Glastonbury Festival recently, to great critical and commercial acclaim.

And The ELO Encounter are bringing a slice of that magic to the theatre stages across the UK as part of their Blue Skies Tour.

The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare (Kenneth Branagh) returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationship with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as a husband and father.  Director: Kenneth Branagh. Runtime: 101 mins. UK 2018.

In the lonely backwater of Deadwood, Dakota, sharpshooter Calamity Jane (Doris Day) falls for Calvary Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey) when forced to rescue him from the Indians. A film that captures the wild capers of Calamity Jane, a real character, her saloon, and her eventual romance with Wild Bill Hickok. Director: David Butler. Runtime: 101 mins. USA 1953.

Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him. The opera is renowned for its ever-shifting portrayals of complex characters, fast-moving action and mix of the comic and the heartfelt. A cast of international singers – both familiar and making Royal Opera debuts – under conductor Hartmut Haenchen perform the glorious arias and ensembles of this opera favourite.  Runtime: 3 hours 30mins

A hilarious and thoroughly uplifting new play about relationships, which has all the ingredients of a great comedy… clown, bouffon, vaudeville and slapstick! With a sprinkle of drama and a splash of tragedy, this cake… I mean pizza, is ready to eat.  The Affair is a wonderfully funny play… a laugh a minute, simply, unmissable!

"The Affair is a deftly written play... with a depth that will leave you wanting more... Gibbons & Gaulier are simply unique!”

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Directed by Vicky Jones  

★★★★★

'Witty, filthy and supreme.' Guardian

See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End.  

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.  

Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

Playing to sold-out audiences in New York and London, don’t miss your chance to see this ‘legitimately hilarious show’ (New Yorker), broadcast live to a cinema near you.  

Presented by DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre

Show image by Jason Hetherington  

Ready to be swept away by some of the greatest music ever made? Get back to the sixties when British groups captured American charts and minds in the ‘British Invasion’.

You’re in for a night of classic tracks by all-conquering heroes of the US, like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream, The Small Faces, The Kinks and many more. You’ll experience music that changed a generation – and the world. Whatever you’re into, there’s something for everyone.

Buckle up for the musical ride of a lifetime. And all performed by top musicians who have worked with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and The Small Faces.

Mix sci-fi with fantastic music, then slip it all into a lurid B-movie polyester outfit and you have one of the most popular musicals around. The hero of this story, Seymour Krelborn, really has no idea what he’s got himself into when he brings Audrey II to the florist’s shop. The foul-mouthed R&B singing Audrey II turns out to be a carnivore, requiring Krelborn to feed it blood, adding to Krelborn’s already troubled efforts to rid Audrey of her unsavoury dentist boyfriend. Some of the best music around in a musical, great comedy and the zaniness you’d only find in a B-Movie.

This new Pixar classic is a bit of a universal-people-pleaser. We are yet to meet anyone who has not bonded deeply with it! Carl Fredricksen, a 78-year-old balloon salesman, is about to fulfil a lifelong dream. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he flies away to the South American wilderness. But curmudgeonly Carl's worst nightmare comes true when he discovers a little boy named Russell is a stowaway aboard the balloon-powered house. The licence for this film has been generously sponsored by Norwich, Waveney and District Creative Mojo - who craft with adults who experience mental health issues, learning or physical issues and people living with dementia. Cinema followed by parent/carer and child crafts suitable for 3 years and up. Running time: 1hr36mins. www.facebook.com/creativemojonorwichwaveneyanddistrict

START TIME 10am (STARTS 30MINS EARLIER)

by Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding

Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.

Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.  Simple.

Want a fun way for children to spend a morning in half term? They’ll love to play with traditional circus props (juggling, Diablo, tightrope, devil stick, unicycle, balance poles, Pedal Gos, fun wheels, and plate spinning), in a relaxed semi-formal workshop structure. The sessions encourage perseverance, diligence, self-discipline, hand-eye coordination, manipulation skills and dexterity. The carefully worked out structure means that children of all capabilities achieve something.

The workshops are taught by professional circus artists from the Foolhardy Circus. The children get real hands-on tuition from people who have spent more than 28 years teaching and performing.

A show littered with mouth-watering comic timing, tons of circus skills and audience participation. The Foolhardy characters are a Laurel-and-Hardy-esque duo in a cartoon-like landscape reminding us what live entertainment is really all about.

Will they reach the end of the show in one piece? Or will it all collapse about them as they try to emulate the missing circus acts? A Comic romp follows taking laughology to its ultimate destination, an audience falling about with laughter. A simple plot, simple characters, simply the best.

The Foolhardy clowns have been treading the boards for 28 years and bring all their craft and ingenuity to this carefully constructed show, exhibiting their circus skills and clown expertise in this fantastic family show. Be you young or old it’s never too late to have a happy childhood or help someone else have one. This performance will finish at 3pm.

A brand new night of Musical Theatre where East Anglia’s brightest stars compete for your votes to win £250 and bring them ever closer to the West End. Including the greatest Showtunes old and new as well as a Special Guest Appearance, this is an unmissable chance to watch your local Showstars shine!

All profits made from Showcase will be donated to Future-Proof The (last) Fisher Theatre.

Parental Guidance is suggested as some performances may contain strong language.

Celebrating the incredible music of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Cream - Voodoo Room are a stunning high energy ‘Power Trio’ featuring some of the U.K.’s finest musicians whose credits include:
Steve Winwood, Massive Attack, Arthur Brown, Fish, Thunder, Lulu etc.

NO WIGS, NO PANTOMIME - JUST GREAT MUSIC PLAYED BY GREAT MUSICIANS!

"INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS!" - Neneh Cherry.

“SUPERB” - Time Out.

"OUTSTANDING” - Blues In The South Magazine.

www.voodoo-room.com

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Spooky safe fun made up of Halloween games, pumpkin competition, ghostly maze, ghost stories, food, fancy dress, and bar open for the evening. Lots of prizes. Suitable for toddlers to 12-year old’s. Nothing too scary, everything child friendly

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him – with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind – this tale has long delighted and surprised audiences with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers. Damiano Michieletto’s exhilarating production shows how contemporary the characters still are and how immediate and touching the story remains.  Runtime: 2 hours 30 mins

An enjoyable Palestinian road movie set in Nazareth, which interleaves simmering tension in the Israeli town with moments of terrific comedy.  A traditional father is reunited with his fiery, ex-pat son when the two are obliged to spend time together delivering family wedding invitations according to age-old tradition – the ‘wajib’ of the title, which loosely translates as ‘social duty’. With its rich sense of place and multidimensional characters, Wajib is too seductive to resist. Starring Mohammad and Saleh Bacri. Director: Annemarie Jacir. Runtime: 96 minutes. Palestine/France/Colombia/Germany/UAE/Qatar/Norway 2017. In Arabic with English subtitles.

A naive young woman (Joan Fontaine) juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's (Laurence Olivier) second wife, while the housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, (Judith Anderson), a chilly individual with close ties to the first Mrs De Winter, makes her allegiances very clear. The second Mrs De Winter must avoid being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. A faithful adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca.  Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Runtime:130 mins. USA 1940

Music set to the wonderful poetry of Maya Angelou, Pablo Neruda, Frida Kahlo, Kahlil Gibran, Kate Tempest, Leonard Cohen, Lorca and W H Auden.

Released earlier this year, Keith’s profound new Album has been met with huge enthusiasm from UK Radio Stations, the music press and followers across the country and will no doubt be considered to be his best yet.

Keith is one of the most inventive and active performers in the UK and has had a noticeable presence for around 40 years, perfecting a highly individual style of writing, composition and performance. He is a superb guitarist with a unique and passionate style that caresses his captivating and emotional voice.

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An evening of authentic Chilean food, cooked by our favourite local Chilean National, Hernan. As you probably know Chile, being so long and narrow, covers a variety of landscapes and the different foods that go with them. Chile is famous for its wines, considered the ‘Bordeaux of South America’, the Andes, the Atacama Desert, its lush Lake District, Easter Island, approximately 90 active volcanos and it is also known as the country of poets. Come and taste a little of this wonder.

Remi Harris is an exciting Jazz & Blues guitarist from the UK whose unique style draws inspiration from artists such as Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Peter Green and Led Zeppelin. He has performed at Buckingham Palace, Montreal Jazz Festival, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with Jamie Cullum, on BBC 4 Television and live on BBC Radio 2 & 3. In his live shows Remi plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards, improvisations, original compositions and new arrangements of his favourite tunes. He plays a variety of acoustic and electric guitars and the shows are interspersed with his commentary about the history of the music and instruments he’s playing.

This version of the story is not just a remake of the previous Hansard; noun, The official report of all parliamentary debates. See two-time Olivier Award winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand-new play by Simon Wood. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. Director Simon Godwin, part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday season. Runtime:180 mins

Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry plunges us into a world of Romanticism, revolution and radicalism. The play opens with the meeting of the two most famous poets of the day, and therefore two of its biggest celebrities: Byron, notoriously "mad, bad and dangerous to know" and Shelley, the rising star of the poetic world - both as famous for their tempestuous private lives as their blockbuster poetry. RoughCast's fast-moving production brings out all the excitement, lyricism and wit of Brenton's modern masterpiece.

Top Blondie Tribute Act Parallel Times bring their show to the Fisher Theatre on 9th November 2019.

Featuring the very talented Julie Bunn as Debbie Harry, you will be taken on a musical journey from the very early days, through to all the big hits such as Hanging on the Telephone, Heart of Glass, The Tide is High, Atomic and the list goes on bringing you right up to date with songs from the latest album Pollinator.

This is a standing gig, so bring your dancing shoes, and join us for the Ultimate Blondie Experience.

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Revolting Rhymes is a 2016 British-German computer animated TV film based on the book of the same name written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. This was the first book I ever read to my baby son and, 8 years on, it remains just as entertaining. Retelling and intertwining five of the six poems from the book, the two-part film was created in Berlin and Cape Town. The first part was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Bungay Town Council have supported this session, along with several other sessions this season and also contributed towards our new reusable equipment. Cinema followed by parent/carer and child crafts suitable for 3 years and up. Running time: 1hr

Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C Reilly), the world's greatest comedy team, face an uncertain future as their golden era of Hollywood films remain long behind them. Diminished by age, the duo set out to reconnect with their adoring fans by touring variety halls in Britain in 1953. The shows become an instant hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the past as long-buried tension and Hardy's failing health start to threaten their precious partnership. Director: Jon S Baird. Runtime: 1 hour 38 mins. UK/CANADA/USA 2018

Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in the slums of 1950s New York and stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer. Much loved and not bettered.  Directors: Jerome Robins and Robert Wise. Runtime: 145 mins. USA 1961

2019 sees Britain’s best loved and most entertaining medium take to the stage across the UK and Europe with his all new ‘The Eternal Life’ Tour.

Derek is something of a phenomenon. A truly modern medium whose appeal crosses the generations to young and old alike, he remains the forerunner in the field of paranormal and spiritual matters. An unusually engaging and entertaining character for his genre, he is regularly recruited to appear in many an entertainment show. TV programmes such as Through The Keyhole, Britain’s Got Talent, Celebrity Juice and Big Brother. Online concepts and commercials for TalkTalk amongst others, a guest appearance in a promotional video with world renowned Rapper Redzz, plus regular and hilarious send ups of himself with ‘Dead Certs’ for Paddy Power, just continue to add to his legion of fans.

Wherever Derek goes, others have always followed (or tried).

Now comes your chance to experience just what makes Derek one of the foremost names in the world of Psychic phenomena, as well as a celebrity, author and accomplished live performer like no other.

* Evenings of mediumship are not scientifically proven and are presented for educational and entertainment purposes only.

You’re on a dark, gloomy street in Bungay in winter, not a soul about. Behind closed doors people are huddled round fires, still shivering from the cold, with only a candle to light them to bed. Tomorrow promises nothing more than hard, mundane work for low wages, with only the wealthy enjoying any leisure. But when the Norfolk and Suffolk Company of Comedians appears once every two years, for a two month stretch of time, life was lit up with dramatic scenes, popular melodrama, interspersed with, music, burlesque, dance and poetry, all squeezed into the Fisher Theatre with drink, food and merriment. Come and experience a step back in time, back to the Fisher of the early 1800’s, led by Strange Fascination Theatre, Redduck Productions and friends, providing professional entertainment you can dip and dance in and out of all over the building. In aid of the Fisher Futures Fundraising Campaign. Period costume is welcome, carriages if you have one, but other less savoury habits of that time can be left at the door.

The Fisher Youth Theatre Group present Charles Dickens classic tale of the misfortune and fortune of Oliver Twist. This impressive stage adaption of the classic Dickens novel tells the story of Oliver Twist as he attempts to escape one grim situation after another. Depicting the darkness of underground London and the grim circumstances of many of the characters Oliver becomes acquainted with. This creation includes spectacular ensemble movement and musical pieces impressively performed by fytg’s younger (Nestlings) and older junior (Fledglings) members.

This French coming-of-age drama revolves around the lives of two residents of a Paris apartment block: precocious Paloma, an 11year old bent on finding a way out of her cold bourgeois life, and unsociable concierge Renée.  Freely adapted from the international best-seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and starring Josiane Balasco, one of the most accomplished screen comediennes in France, The  Hedgehog is a sophisticated and touching comedy. Starring: Josiane Balasko and Garance Le Guillermic.  Director: Mona Achache. Runtime: 1 hour 40 mins.   2009 France/Italy. French with English subtitles.

Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country. Rick, a cynical American expatriate, struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.  Director:  Michael Curtiz. Runtime: 102 mins. USA 1942

EyesWrite is proud to present yet another enthralling play by local writer David Howgego.  One of his plays “Twistfinger” was shortlisted by The British Theatre Challenge, and last year it was one of the four winners of the StageWrite festival at The Place Theatre, Bedford.  Many of his other plays have been performed at various venues around East Anglia including “Written In The Stars” and "Carnivores" at The Fisher Theatre.

A beautiful and award-winning film made by the same people behind ‘The Snowman’. A young Polar Bear cub chases a bird and is captured by sea men on a ship after he is spotted. The bear, now grown up in captivity, looks up at a star before lying down to sleep. The next day, a red haired girl named Tilly is on a daytrip to the London Zoo, but accidentally drops her teddy bear into the bear pen. As magical and dreamlike as The Snowman, The Bear takes you on a wonderful Christmassy flying trip around London Landmarks. The licence for this film has been generously sponsored by Green Pebble, fine art greetings card from just around the corner. Cinema followed by parent/carer and child crafts suitable for 3 years and up. Running time: 26mins https://www.greenpebble.co.uk/

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (VeraEllen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what's the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that's sure to put Waverly and his business in the black!  Director: Michael Curtiz. Runtime: 120 mins. USA 1954

Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter.  As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.  Captured live from The Old Vic in London, Present Laughter is a giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness. Runtime: 180 mins

The Keeper’s Daughter present an innovative and faithful adaptation of this classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cranky old miser who makes life a misery for everyone who crosses his path until an evening of Ghostly visitations forces a change in him for the better. Told with precision, vigour and a huge amount of imagination this is a magical, quirky and original retelling of one of literatures most adored and classic ghost stories, if you do not see this show you will be visited by three spirits

This year for the joint Bungay Library and Fisher Theatre Fundraiser, Luke Wright has enlisted the help of two of his poetry pals. You’ll remember John Osborne (writer of Radio 4’s John Peel’s Shed and Sky1’s After Hours) from last year for the colloquial beauty and wry humour of his poems. This year we’ve also got Martin Rowson. Best known as The Guardian’s top political cartoonist, Rowson is also a fine poet, filling his verse with the same visceral anger and satirical panache as he does his artwork. All proceeds go to Bungay Library and the Fisher Theatre. Do a “good” thing and be entertained, an ideal activity for the festive season.

‘Dance’ is a local dance company in Bungay that has been running mixed aged dance classes for three years plus.  The company opened six years ago and is still growing in the community. Come and support local children while we dance through the decades.

An ‘Automatic for the People’ show plus hits & favorites.

R.E.M. remain one of the world’s most enigmatic stadium rock bands.  With a string of peerless albums running forward from the 80s; one eye on the underground and one eye on the soaring chorus; it’s safe to say we will never see their like again.  

Automatic for the People; 1992 and R.E.M. were the biggest, most important rock band in America.  Their multi-platinum smash, 25 years later, remains a brooding, transitional album.  Twelve nakedly emotional songs that offer a pristine portrait of the original four-piece formation at its absolute prime.  R.E.M. \ stipe will perform the whole album, in its original running order, with the attention to detail that defines the band.

Whether it’s laying major festivals or appearing on the One Show, performing for Michael Stipe himself, Stipe are the definitive R.E.M. tribute with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the back catalogue.  The boys from Athens’ legacy is in good hands.

A fast living, cynical London music executive reluctantly heads to Cornwall on a colleague’s stag weekend, where he’s pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. Director: Chris Foggin. Runtime: 1 hour 52 mins. UK 2019

An exciting brand-new festive show from the production company that has brought three sellout shows to the Fisher theatre. Packed full of great Christmas music, laughs and audience participation and celebrating the very best singers from the golden age of swing and the big band era in a fast-paced, energetic show featuring amazing vocalists and a scorching hot 5-piece band. The show features such festive classics as 'White Christmas', 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire', 'It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas' and 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' to name a few.

A Genius Cat is all you need!

Listen to your wise dear Puss and soon you’ll be right at the top!

A Puss in Boots catches the Crown!

UpShoot Theatre’s mind has slunk back to cats, and has been inspired to perform the much loved story of Puss in Boots in Pantomime this year. Naturally they will be royally entertaining you with Kings, Queens and Princesses, Dames, comedy, magic and tales of rags to riches, but not without some trickery.

A Genius Cat is all you need!

Listen to your wise dear Puss and soon you’ll be right at the top!

A Puss in Boots catches the Crown!

UpShoot Theatre’s mind has slunk back to cats, and has been inspired to perform the much loved story of Puss in Boots in Pantomime this year. Naturally they will be royally entertaining you with Kings, Queens and Princesses, Dames, comedy, magic and tales of rags to riches, but not without some trickery.

However this version has been designed just for the Grown ups! Come and see our Panto Raw & Unfiltered.