December events at Southwold Arts Centre

Coming up at Southwold Arts Centre:

Saturday 10 December, 7:30pm. The Jake Leg Jug Band, the authentic sounds of 1920s and 30s America: Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Ragtime. Their four albums have all been met with rave reviews.

‘A masterpiece of nostalgic music. The band display real virtuosity and create a wonderful sound that will be hard for any other band to repeat.’ Folk North West
Tickets £15.

Thursday 15th December, 7:30pm Christmas Stand Up Comedy Do. Our brilliant MC Justin Parnks introduces three award-winning comedians, Paul Tonkinson, Dan Evans and Johnny Awsum. Another riotous evening from WCB Comedy. Tickets £20, special offer buy 4 tickets get one free.

The return of our great Christmas panto Santa’s Christmas Show, Thursday-Saturday, 22-24 December, at 12.00 and 3.30pm. Gavin Dean and friends will take you to the North Pole to meet Santa, his elves Jingle and Jangle and head of maintenance Sparky, and the Mischievous Mrs Tinsel, plus a special guest appearance by Rudolf! Great Christmas entertainment for children and adults.
Tickets £12, free gift for each child ticket purchased.

Opera Anywhere bring Gilbert and Sullivan to Southwold Arts Centre:
Monday 2 January, 7:30pm, HMS Pinafore This timeless classic with a twist tells of mismatched love across different social classes. Will love prevail? Climb aboard to find out and enjoy a feast of fun and merriment along the way.

Tuesday 3 January, 3pm, The Pirates of Penzance An unfortunate case of mishearing sets Frederic on course to be a pirate, rather than a pilot. The twists and turns of this operetta unfold with ingenious characters, sublime lyrics and some of the best-known songs in opera.
‘Everyone in the audience was blown away with how brilliant you all are’
Tickets £5-£20.

And on Tuesday 10 January, 7:30pm, Circle 67 present Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’. A new dramatization of Charles Dickens’s great novel. A young boy in a deserted graveyard, a vicious convict on the loose. And what is the weird Miss Haversham offering? Tickets £9-£12.

Booking for all these events is available at southwoldartscentre.co.uk, at the Box Office in Cumberland Road (Mon-Fri 11-2) or by phoning 01502 722572.