Bury St Edmunds Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/bury-st-edmunds/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:46:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png Bury St Edmunds Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/bury-st-edmunds/ 32 32 The Highwayman https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-highwayman/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-highwayman/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:38:17 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3029 One of the nation’s favourite poems has become the inspiration for a new musical, premiering at Norwich Theatre Playhouse.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-highwayman/feed/ 0 Andy is still trying to find optimism in a confusing world https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/andy-is-still-trying-to-find-optimism-in-a-confusing-world/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/andy-is-still-trying-to-find-optimism-in-a-confusing-world/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:54:05 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2713 Andy Parsons is touring this year with his brand new show, Bafflingly Optimistic. Despite everything that the UK has had to face in recent years, Parsons has managed to find something to be optimistic about. And, of course, lots to be funny about. Parsons, 55, is best known as one of the early lynchpins of Mock The Week. He has also written for Spitting Image, appeared on Live at the Apollo and fronted his own Radio 2 series, as well as the podcast, Slacktivist Action Group.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/andy-is-still-trying-to-find-optimism-in-a-confusing-world/feed/ 0 Success has been a while coming for Chris https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2023/success-has-been-a-while-coming-for-chris/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2023/success-has-been-a-while-coming-for-chris/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:08:38 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2591 Chris McCausland is one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians. The 46-year-old Liverpudlian has appeared on shows including the Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You? and QI. He has also fronted his own TV series, Wonders Of The World I Can’t See, and hosted his own radio show, You Heard It Here First.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2023/success-has-been-a-while-coming-for-chris/feed/ 0 Oh What A Lovely War https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/oh-what-a-lovely-war/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/oh-what-a-lovely-war/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:05:24 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2542 More than half a century on from its debut this satire of war still has power to shock – and more unnervingly, entertain.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/oh-what-a-lovely-war/feed/ 0 Bury theatre to co-produce Phillipa Gregory’s debut play https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:32:18 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2513 Best-selling historical author Philippa Gregory will make her playwrighting debut in a play co-produced by Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/bury-theatre-to-co-produce-phillipa-gregorys-debut-play/feed/ 0 Chris is playing a speaky blinder https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2022/chris-is-playing-a-speaky-blinder/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2022/chris-is-playing-a-speaky-blinder/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2022 21:28:06 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2158 Chris McCausland is going places. And not just because he has just filmed a travel series for Channel 4. The Liverpudlian stand-up star is back on the road with an extended leg of his Speaky Blinder tour which will see him perform over 130 dates nationwide.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2022/time-and-tide/feed/ 0 New drive-in variety, music, and cinema dates https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/new-drive-in-variety-music-and-cinema-dates/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/new-drive-in-variety-music-and-cinema-dates/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:36:28 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1618 The trend for drive-in entertainment has accelerated with a series of new pop-up dates for outside fun.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2020/new-drive-in-variety-music-and-cinema-dates/feed/ 0 Ed Byrne https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2020/ed-byrne-2/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2020/ed-byrne-2/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1461 Ed Byrne is a man in search of small victories, and being rewarded with big laughs.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2020/ed-byrne-2/feed/ 0 Boo! Hiss! It’s panto time – here’s your regional roundup https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/boo-hiss-its-panto-time-heres-your-regional-roundup/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/boo-hiss-its-panto-time-heres-your-regional-roundup/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:14:02 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1417 It’s panto season – oh yes it is! – so here’s our round-up of just some of the festive shows on around the region.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/boo-hiss-its-panto-time-heres-your-regional-roundup/feed/ 0 NT Live: Fleabag https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/nt-live-fleabag/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/nt-live-fleabag/#respond Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:51:40 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1080 For a television show that has achieved cult status and is famed for its audience asides, revisiting its stage roots as a one-woman monologue was always going to feel a bit strange – even if delivered via a cinema screen.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2019/nt-live-fleabag/feed/ 0 See the real Fleabag at a venue near you https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/see-the-real-fleabag-at-a-venue-near-you/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/see-the-real-fleabag-at-a-venue-near-you/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:50:50 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1027 It’s a TV show that has made an international star of writer and lead actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge – and now you have the chance to see the stage show that started it all at a venue near you.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/see-the-real-fleabag-at-a-venue-near-you/feed/ 0 Comic Andy is on a mission to heal https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2019/comic-andy-is-on-a-mission-to-heal/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2019/comic-andy-is-on-a-mission-to-heal/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:59:07 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=1017 Andy Parsons is on a mission with his new stand-up tour. In a nutshell, he’s looking to heal this divided nation.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2019/comic-andy-is-on-a-mission-to-heal/feed/ 0 New Jack Dee dates announced for East Anglia https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/new-jack-dee-date-announced-for-norwich/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2019/new-jack-dee-date-announced-for-norwich/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:04:05 +0000 http://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=959 Deadpan comic Jack Dee has added a series of dates across East Anglia as part of his first solo tour in six years.

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