Southwold & Aldeburgh Summer Theatre 2024
Rain or shine, we look forward to welcoming everyone to our 2024 Summer Theatre season at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall and Southwold Arts Centre.
TO BOOK: Tel 01728 343344.
Evenings 7:30pm + Thurs & Saturday matinees 4pm.
Southwold:
Wed 24 July to Sat 3 Aug
Aldeburgh:
Mon 5 to Sat 17 Aug
Timothy Westerby, overworked, stressed-out 1970s advertising exec, is accidentally concussed on the morning of his daughter’s eye-wateringly expensive wedding. On coming round, he finds he is seemingly partnered by a glamourous girl who whisks him back to the glitz and romance of 1920’s showbusiness. Trouble is, only Tim can see her! While he is delighted, his friends and family are dumbfounded and distraught, and hilarious chaos ensues in what has been called the fastest and funniest of the many West End hits from the masters of traditional English Farce.
Aldeburgh:
Fri 26 July to Sat 3 Aug
Southwold:
Wed 7 to Sat 17 Aug
A dazzlingly written, fast-paced, 1920s romantic comedy. This featherlight souffle of wit, whimsey, and whirlwind romance delivers all the eccentricity and pure, old-fashioned charm that a period, English romcom should. In true Wodehouse fashion, the characters are irresistible, the laughs are loud, and the love is heartfelt, with echoes of both Wooster and Wilde.
Aldeburgh:
Tues 20 - Sat 24 Aug
Southwold:
Wed 28 Aug - 7 Sept
With hopes sky-high, the writers, composer, and leading lady of a brand-new musical comedy are crossing the Atlantic, aiming for Broadway. But the script isn’t finished, and rehearsals not even begun! Echoes of The Producers, Anything Goes and Noises Off in this elaborately twisty, 1950s backstage farce with live music by the author of Shakespeare in Love. Set on an ocean liner, this comic tour-de force is elevated to classic level by uniquely Stoppardian dialogue, wordplay, and physical comedy. “Hilarious!” (Broadway World)
Southwold:
Wed 21 – Sat 24 Aug
Aldeburgh:
Mon 26 – Sat 31 Aug
Annabel Chester returns home to her sister after their sadistic father’s death, walking into a ghostly nightmare of jealousy, blackmail, revenge, and murder. But who is trying to kill who, and why? Even the author’s trademark, dark humour turns jet-black in this ice-cold, Psychological Thriller, the ending unguessable until the very last moment. “A creepily, scarily, eerily enjoyable evening.” (Sunday Times)