Bounce Magazine May 2015
Featuring the Kaiser Chiefs, The Suffolk Show, Seckford Hall Review, Fathers Day Fashion and The Latitude Festival preview.
Featuring the Kaiser Chiefs, The Suffolk Show, Seckford Hall Review, Fathers Day Fashion and The Latitude Festival preview.
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
MAY <strong>2015</strong> | ISSUE #31 | MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT<br />
TheAtre<br />
Royal<br />
By Nicki Dixon<br />
<strong>May</strong> is packed month at the Theatre Royal in<br />
Bury St Edmunds, welcoming a legendary<br />
entertainer, a tribute to the ultimate<br />
Euro pop band and helpful elves, not to<br />
mention music, dance and comedy too.<br />
Kicking off the month on 1 <strong>May</strong> is journalist<br />
Steve Richards who will take his audience on<br />
a behind the scenes look at the closest General<br />
Election for years. Questions being asked on the night<br />
will include Can Cameron hang on as PM? Can Miliband<br />
win? And what will happen to Nick Clegg?<br />
2 <strong>May</strong> welcomes Big Window Theatre Company with<br />
One Finger, One Thumb for those aged 3 to 5 and their<br />
grown ups to enjoy. Ruby and Peter are searching for<br />
Baby Small, where a puddle becomes an ocean and a<br />
hedge becomes a deep, dark wood in this participatory<br />
theatre for very young children.<br />
Also on <strong>May</strong> 2 one of the country’s great entertainers<br />
graces the stage.<br />
<strong>May</strong>) which crams all the Norse myths into one hilarious<br />
show, Thank You For The Music (22 <strong>May</strong>) paying tribute<br />
to Abba, and The Elves and the Shoemaker (26 to 28<br />
<strong>May</strong>) which brings to life the classic tale of a down<br />
and out shoemaker whose life is never the same again<br />
once the elves find him and start stitching! The hilarious<br />
LipService bring Withering Looks on 28 <strong>May</strong> and Jaleo<br />
Flamenco present an evening of vocals, footwork and<br />
guitar on 29 <strong>May</strong>.<br />
Rounding off <strong>May</strong> on 30 <strong>May</strong> is Swinging at the Cotton<br />
Club taking the audience on a step back to 1920s New<br />
York through the doors of Harlem’s hottest nightspot,<br />
The Cotton Club.<br />
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE brings with him a wealth of stories<br />
and anecdotes ranging from being at school with John<br />
Lennon and playing golf with Bing Crosby and is a<br />
master of light entertainment.<br />
Fans of Michael Morpurgo will love the stage adaptation<br />
of I Believe In Unicorns which runs from 5 to 9 <strong>May</strong>. It<br />
tells the tale of Tomas who doesn’t like books or stories<br />
until the Unicorn Lady comes to town with her magical<br />
tales. Other <strong>May</strong> highlights include The Barber of Seville,<br />
courtesy of OperaUpClose on 20 <strong>May</strong>, Norsesome (21<br />
Great shows for the family!<br />
For details and tickets go to www.theatreroyal.org or call the box office on 01284 769505<br />
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