Andrew Clarke

For Suffolk musician Hattie Bennett making music has always been about forging connections with the local community and introducing audiences to a…

Theatre-producer Matthew Townshend is bringing Summer Holiday on tour across the region

Having survived two summers in lockdown, theatre producer Matthew Townshend, the driving force behind Southwold’s Theatre-on-the-Coast, is…

When the New Wolsey Theatre reopens in September with the regional premiere of the hit West End musical, Kinky Boots, there will be a new creative…

The past can be a fascinating place. It can also be unsettling and disturbing while, at the same time, providing inspirational role models who take…

FolkEast is 10 next weekend. Andrew Clarke met up with the festival’s organisers to find out what’s in store

How time flies! FolkEast is 10 this summer. During the last decade it has transformed itself from a tucked away, fledgling event at Somerleyton…

Theatre company impresario and educator Alys Kihl, founder of Wonderful Beast, loves a good story.

Theatre company impresario and educator Alys Kihl, founder of Wonderful Beast, loves a good story. The Aldeburgh resident understands exactly how a…

Andrew Clarke meets the duo behind Suffolk folk band Honey and the Bear and finds out more about their instant connection and love of local folklore