​🎬Classic Cinema: I Know Where I Am Going 

​🎬 Our first classic cinema screening SOLD OUT!
But don’t worry — we’ve got exciting news! 🌟
 
Next up is I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) — a timeless romantic comedy about ambition, fate, and finding love in unexpected places. 💕 Follow Joan Webster on her windswept journey to Scotland, where stormy weather — and destiny — have other plans. Widely considered one of the greatest Scottish films of all time 🇬🇧🎥
 
📅 Friday 21st November
🕢 Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm showing 
📍 Wingfield Barns IP21 5RA
🎟️ £5 per person. Be sure to grab your tickets via www.wegottickets.com/event/681480 or call 01379384505

🎬 Our next classic cinema night is coming soon!
Mark your calendars — Thursday 18th December 📅✨

​‘An absolute powerhouse, a flute and whistle-led, eight-legged jig machine. Jigs, reels and waltzes whirl by. Each as glorious as the last, the musicianship as extraordinary, the mood never any less than euphoric'  FATEA Live Review, November 2023
 
‘Nothing short of transcendent… No other band sound like Flook and the new material has pushed them to new, exhilarating heights’  Songlines, July 2019
 
‘Never have I seen so many people so completely and utterly spellbound…the most magical of experiences'  The Irish Post 

Flook

​FLOOK : CELEBRATING 30 YEARS IN 2025!
 
What began in 1995 as a ground-breaking union of musicians and instruments, has continued as a unique musical offering through one live album, four studio albums and countless outstanding performances. A new recording, Sanju, is due for release in early 2025. After 30 years Flook show no sign of letting-up in their brilliance, their dynamism, or their inventive flair. 
 
The band early on evolved an inimitable trademark sound and hold fast to their rightful reputation as exceptional musical innovators; the whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weaving and spinning tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination. 
 
There is an ever present abundance of individual virtuosity amongst Flook’s four members, but there is also something wholly unique when this iconic Anglo-Irish band step on stage together, their playing always an intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, whistles, frets and skins. An evening and a celebration you don’t want to miss out on.

Tuesday 18th November, 7:30pm

Tickets £23
Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/645022/

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​Traditional Workshops; Pargeting & Sgraffito

Step back in time and get hands-on with heritage craft! 🏛️
Join our Traditional Pargetting & Sgraffito Courses at Wingfield Barns — learn the art of decorative plasterwork and create your own timeless designs. ✨

📅 Saturday 22nd November 10-3pm
Pargeting (SOLD OUT)
📅 Saturday 21st March 10-3pm 
​Pargeting & Sgraffito

🎟️ £150 pp 
🎟️ Book now — limited spaces! [email protected]
 📍 Wingfield Barns, Suffolk

Something special is taking shape… 👀
Join us this September (26–27) for the Decorative Plasters & Pargeting Fayre at Wingfield Barns! More info to follow! 
🪶 Demos • Talks • Workshops

Events - what you may have missed...

🎶 Step Dance & Jig Doll Day 🎵

Sunday 9th November | 12:00 – 5:00pm
In partnership with the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust
Join us for a lively afternoon celebrating traditional East Anglian music, dance, and craftsmanship!
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Event Highlights

• 🎭 Jig Doll Meet-Up
  Have a go with Jig Dolls accompanied by live music – fun for all ages!
• 👞 Step Dance Tuition
  Learn traditional East Anglian step dancing with our local dancer.
  (Please bring hard-soled shoes!)
• 🎤 Talk & Slideshow with Terry Summers
  A fascinating look at mechanical dolls, folk music, and dance traditions.
• 🎵 Music Session
  Try out your new step dance and Jig Doll skills to live tunes.
• 🎬 Film Screening
  Neil Lanham’s “The Last of Old England” – a rare  look into England’s folk heritage.

Extras The bar will be open, with drinks, teas, coffee, and soup with rolls available to purchase.
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💰 Suggested Donation: £5 per person
📞 For more info or to book, call: 01379 384505

​The Hound of the Baskervilles

Don't Go Into The Cellar

Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

In this original one man stage adaptation, award winning actor Jonathan Goodwin plays Sherlock Holmes and a host of other characters based on the world famous novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Expect atmospheric drama at its very best with this superb Victorian gothic thriller!

Age limit - 14 and over.

Saturday 8th November, 7:30 pm

Tickets £14
​Online sales via ​wegottickets.com/event/662935

Vincent in Brixton, by Nicholas Wright

Open Space Theatre Company

It is 1873 and the young Vincent van Gogh rents a room in a suburb of London while he is being trained for a career as an art dealer. Slowly, he becomes aware of the secrets which lie beneath the surface of everyday life in the house.

Wright’s play - premiered at the National Theatre - traces the transforming effects of love, sex and youthful adventure on Van Gogh’s still unfound talent as a painter. 

Wednesday 5th November, 7:30pm

Tickets £12.50
​Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/674300​

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Akenfield

Our first Classic Cinema Screening, in conjunction with Creative Arts East
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Akenfield is a film made by Peter Hall in 1974, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe, published in 1969.

Blythe's book is the distillation of interviews with 49 local people, maintaining privacy with false names and sometimes amalgamating two people in one.

Blythe himself has a cameo role as the vicar and all other parts are played by real-life villagers who improvised their own dialogue.

​A pre-film documentary will be shown at 6pm on how the film was made, followed by the main feature at 7.30pm.

Saturday 18th October, 6pm
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​Tickets £5 adults, £3 for under-18s
Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/672467

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YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@JudeKaine

Jude Kaine - Postponed 

Singer songwriter Jude Kaine, is renowned for his passionate and emotive performances.

His ability to blend folk, rock and blues into his unique style create an eclectic mix of melodic and thought provoking songs.

In a career spanning many years Jude has recorded and performed internationally attracting the attention of among others the legendary producer Gus Dudgeon of David Bowie and Elton John fame.
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Jude will be performing acoustic sets, featuring material from his current album “Something On My Brain”, which is available to download or stream from all your favourite digital platforms.

Saturday 4th October, 7:30 pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/669679

“Two of the most extraordinary musicians, a phenomenal duo” – BBC Radio 2
 
**** “Busy as rush hour but full of light, describing a life alive with motion” – The Independent
 
“One of the truly pioneering acts in folk music” – FRUK
 
**** “Classy pop” – The Scotsman
 
https://indiaelectricco.com/
https://www.facebook.com/indiaelectricco
https://twitter.com/indiaelectricco
https://www.instagram.com/thiscolestacey
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https://www.youtube.com/indiaelectricco ​

​India Electric Company
​India Electric Co. return to their roots with a series of more acoustic based duo shows in more intimate surroundings than their recent support tours across the UK and Europe with shows including their debut at The London Palladium.
 
Showcasing their latest album ‘Pomegranate’ bringing fresh, stripped back arrangements to songs they’ve traveled the world with, these concerts will take the band back to where it all began, sometimes folk, sometimes not.
 
India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest” (BBC Radio 3) and “A full musical odyssey” (BBC Radio 1). Blending traditional instruments, folk melodies and subtle electronic influences, they’ve extensively performed throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and most recently at The Royal Albert Hall.
 
Sunday 28th September, 7:30 pm

Tickets £15
​Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/659075

Please note this performance runs for 75 minutes after which there will be a Q and A with the performers to round off the evening.

​​​Lost Dog Dance
​JULIET AND ROMEO
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With Lost Dogs blend of dance, theatre and comedy, this Juliet & Romeo reveals the real story behind Shakespeare's lovers who it turns out didn't die in a tragic misunderstanding but grew up and lived happily ever after. Well, they lived at least!

Now they're 40ish and one of them is in the grips of a mid life crisis, they feel mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressure of being the poster couple for romantic love. They decide to confront their struggles by putting on a performance- about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.

Directed by Olivier nominated Ben Duke, Wingfield Barns are thrilled to host this 5 star show in collaboration with Creative Arts East. This contemporary adaptation is full of award winning choreography with fabulous storytelling, speech and comedy. Inventive smart writing all played along to a pop classics soundtrack. Not to be missed!

Saturday 27th September, 7:30 pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via ​wegottickets.com/event/667807

Hester and Tom Grant would like to invite you to a pre performance drinks in the gardens of Wingfield College at 6.30pm.  The College gardens should be accessed from the Wingfield Barns entrance. 

An Evening of Classical Music with Tenor Marcello Palazzo & Pianist Orlando Grant

​Marcello Palazzo is a tenor, composer, conductor, instrumentalist and teacher, praised by Julian Anderson as "one of the brightest young talents on the musical scene." Principally a composer, he is currently writing an orchestral piece for the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers’ Scheme and has been commissioned by Merton College Choir, Oxford to compose the music for a new setting of I Sing of a Maiden.

Orlando Grant is a pianist, composer and arts administrator based in London. He studied piano under Nicholas Saunders at Brighton College and gained a DipABRSM diploma in 2018. He read music at Pembroke College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he gave piano performances in various colleges, including Pembroke, New and Hertford. He also ran and marketed a weekly concert series involving various musicians around Oxford giving recitals at Pembroke, whilst also managing and leading the Oxford University String Ensemble as a violinist.

Programme
Solo piano
Scriabin: 24 Preludes Opus 11 
With voice
Roger Quilter: Go, Lovely Rose 
Quilter: Now sleeps the crimson petal 
Warlock: And wilt thou leave me thus? 
Quilter: Come away, death 
Butterworth: Is my Team Ploughing 
Vaughan-Williams: The House of Life 
(total programme length: 55mins) 

Marcello Palazzo: tenor 
Orlando Grant: piano

​Saturday 20th September, 7:30 pm

Tickets £15, children free
​Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/668669​
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Scottish Ceilidh Dance

Don’t you wish your family had more moments of joy, connection, and shared purpose? Imagine an activity that brings everyone together, gets you moving, laughing, and creating memories that last a lifetime. That’s exactly what Scottish Country Dancing offers! It’s not just about the steps—it’s about the smiles, the teamwork, and the energy that fills the room when families come together to celebrate movement and tradition.

On Sunday 7th September 2025, I am organising a free Scottish Ceilidh Dance with live music for families with children up to 12 years of age. It’s a very warm, welcoming, fun introduction to a weekly Family’s Scottish Dancing Class.

The class will be on Mondays, starting on Mon 15th September, 4pm-5pm, doors open at 3.30pm for tea and cake. Each class costs £5 per family but if you sign up for fourteen classes you will receive a two class discount.

Tickets are limited, so book your place by emailing [email protected] before or during the Free Scottish Ceilidh Dance event on Sunday 7th September, from 2.30 pm to 5 pm. 

“Nothing lifts the atmosphere like live music, and there is something special about a string quartet. The Gainsborough Quartet is joyful and flexible; youthful and versatile in its repertoire but with a strong professional and classical background.” — Libby Purves

​Website: https://www.gainsboroughquartet.co.uk

Gainsborough Piano Quartet

The Gainsborough Quartet is a well-established and active ensemble, renowned for its warm, expressive, and vibrant performances. Their extensive repertoire is presented at distinguished venues such as Holkham Hall in Norfolk and the London International Festival of Early Music at Blackheath Halls. They appear regularly in concert and are frequently engaged for weddings, memorial services, corporate events, and educational workshops throughout Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and London. Greg, Helen, Cal and Mel are accomplished freelance musicians who have performed for notable figures including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Diana Spencer, Yehudi Menuhin and former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Friday 5th September, 7.30pm
The Gainsborough Piano Quartet with Andrew Leach.
 
A varied programme of stunning music for piano and strings! We begin with Invierno Porteño, a wonderful evocation of winter in Buenos Aires by that great master of the tango, Astor Piazzolla. Now to Vienna for Mozart’s gloriously sunny second piano quartet. The generous writing for the strings reminds us that Mozart was an accomplished viola player as well as pianist. Finally, to France for Fauré’s first piano quartet. Opulent, refined, playful, heartbreaking, virtuosic - and that’s just the opening page!

Friday 5th September, 7:30 pm

Tickets £17
​Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/666801

Note that these are outdoor performances.

Gates are open 1 hour before each performance begins, so bring a picnic, chairs or a blanket and enjoy the beautiful surroundings before the show.

Romeo and Juliet
​RoughCast Theatre Company

​RoughCast’s popular summer Shakespeare tour is back.

Rollo Bacon (Journey’s End) and Scarlett Fisher (Eliza in last year’s Pygmalion) play Shakespeare’s “star-crossed lovers” in RoughCast’s first ever production of Romeo and Juliet.

Directed by Mark Burridge (Journey’s End, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Top Girls) and featuring original music by William Drew-Batty, Roughcast’s fast-moving and dramatic production captures the romance and drama, as well as the humour, of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays.

Tickets £13 general admission, £7 students

Saturday 12th July, 2.30pm
Online sales via https://wegottickets.com/event/655858​

Saturday 12th July, 7.30pm
Online sales via https://wegottickets.com/event/656059​
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​“Anna Pancaldi has long been in possession of a voice that reaches for emotional highs and swoops into emotional lows with an equal intensity…. the raw beauty of that voice shines through like never before.”
— The Line of Best Fit

Anna Pancaldi

​Note - rescheduled to Saturday 19th July, 7.30 pm

​Anna Pancaldi, an enchanting and noteworthy London-based singer-songwriter influenced by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and proves a rare talent and an artist to remember through her wondrous vocals and thought-provoking songbook. Anna’s exquisite latest musical offerings are effortlessly honest, touchingly relatable and is a performer known for her deeply affecting live performances.

With three Top Ten's in the singer-songwriter iTunes charts, Anna has gone on to captivate audiences headlining across the UK, Europe and the US. Headlining shows in NYC, LA, Chicago, and Nashville, Anna has captured audiences with TV appearances on CBS LA and London Live and toured the world opening for heavyweight artists such as David Ryan Harris (John Mayer's guitarist), Jake Isaac and Fatai. Anna has graced festival stages such as Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party and Cambridge Folk festival.

Gaining momentum and traction with nod of approval from print and online press, radio and editorial playlists. Anna’s music has been featured in Spotify playlists giants such as New Music Friday, Easy, Most Beautiful Songs in the World as well as receiving support from the legendary BBC on shows such as BBC Radio 1, 2, 6 and BBC Introducing in London and Essex.

Note - rescheduled to Saturday 19th July, 7.30 pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via ​wegottickets.com/event/652251/

Village Voices Choir sing for WaterAid

In 2018 Village Voices took part in Sing for Water, which brings together choirs from all over the country to raise money for WaterAid.

Co-founded in 2002 by Thames Festival Trust and renowned composer, singer and musical director Helen Chadwick, Sing for Water has raised over 1.3 million pounds for Water Aid to change and save lives around the world.

We hope you’ll come and support us as we bring you an evening of songs old and new on a watery theme to raise money for this vital charity.

​Saturday 5th July, 7.30pm

Tickets £10
Online sales via https://wegottickets.com/event/655879​

Open Space Theatre Co. presents
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller

Long-buried truths are finally forced to the surface in Miller’s acclaimed tragedy of lies, denial and deceit as the price of a family’s “American dream” prosperity is laid bare.
The past comes back to haunt the present and threaten the future as Joe Keller’s determination to protect his loved ones and his business has unintended consequences.

Wednesday 7th May, 7.30pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/644712/

​Easter Fun at Wingfield - Free!​

COME AND JOIN US ON..
Tuesday 15th April
at Wingfield Barns 10am – Midday

We are joining forces with the Rural Coffee Caravan to celebrate Easter with an..

Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Crafts for under 5yr olds, but older children welcome

A chance for new Mums and those with Pre Schoolers to meet up with the bonus of coffee/cake and some activities for the little ones - the hope is that this could then become a regular meet up with Wingfield Barns providing the venue.

​NB - As this is an open site parents are responsible for their children. Lots of parking in our car park opposite the Barns.

For more information phone 01379 384505/ email [email protected]

We hope to see you on the 15th April for some Easter Fun!
Wingfield Barns, Church Road, Wingfield, IP21 5RA

Duo Niepold Cutting

A playful meeting of 2 diatonic accordionists.
 
The Niepold-Cutting duo brings together two great musicians and friends. Two strong personalities in the small world of the diatonic accordion. A meeting to challenge, to be inspired. To bring together two very particular musical universes with intelligence and mischievousness.

• Because the concert can be danced and the bal is listened to. 
• Because the accordion is not cheesy. 
• Because the world definitely needs mixtures. 

Anne Niepold (Belgium) is an extraordinary accordionist and composer. As a performer she is a true force of nature; brash, adventurous and phenomenally skilled. She takes the humble accordion in startling directions; she has always had a reputation for breaking the conventions around this instrument, never hesitating to take it out of her comfort zone. Beside her solo projects, she performs with numerous arts companies at home and abroad, and has numerous recordings to her name. A passionate tutor with almost 20 years experience, Anne holds a masters degree in composition and arrangement from the prestigious Brussels Royal Conservatoire and has taught courses for all levels of ability across Belgium, and in France and Germany.

Andy Cutting (England) is a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon player with an ear for a fine tune. He is also a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. Andy has been consistent musical force since he came swiftly to prominence with the innovative Blowzabella. Many would say that Andy is a living legend – he is a 3 times winner of the BBC Folk Musician of the year Award, adored by fellow musicians and audiences alike. As well as a thorough grounding in the English tradition, Andy’s influences extend way beyond these isles, particularly to the music of Central France and to the storming Quebecois tradition.

Friday 11th April, 7.30pm

Tickets £17
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/627684/

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“The fiddler with the Midas touch… an English equivalent of the great Irish fiddle player Martin Hayes.” **** The Guardian
 
“Sweeney’s playing is unearthly at times: the singular focus of this set and the level of its performance makes this an outstanding and deeply moving experience.” ***** - Songlines
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Sam Sweeney

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Nominated Musician Of The Year

Sam is a veteran of the mighty Bellowhead, former and inaugural artistic director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble, founder member of the acclaimed instrumental trio Leveret, and “Britain’s Premier Fiddler” (Songlines), at the forefront of the revival in English traditional music.
 
After taking to the road for his first totally solo tour in 2023, Sam Sweeney is embarking on another tour… just him and a fiddle for an intimate evening of solo fiddle tunes and stories.
 
This tour is a rare opportunity to spend an informal evening with “one of the defining fiddle players of his generation” (Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2).

Saturday 29th March, 7.30pm

Tickets £18
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/631310/

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A treat for your eyes and ears...
... that you may have missed

**** “Clever and uncluttered musical storytelling” – Songlines Magazine
 
***** “Five stars for this duo that have made an album destined for repeated listening.” – Irish Music Magazine
 
“They’re a revelation – crystal clear voices, great musicianship and an obvious deep love of the tradition.” – Mike Harding
 
“Really nicely done” – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
 
“They play lovely strings, they have gorgeous harmony arrangements. Really well crafted,
intimate, beautifully understated.” – Karine Polwart
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Janice Burns & Jon Doran

Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. Their songs tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.
 
Janice & Jon’s ‘clever and uncluttered musical storytelling’ (Songlines) comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and sensitive interplay between mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. Their arrangements have a spellbinding presence and an understated energy that transports songs from the pages of books and manuscripts into the imagination of the listener.
 
Following the success of their self-titled EP in 2020, Janice & Jon released their debut album, No More the Green Hills, in Autumn 2022. The album had overwhelmingly positive feedback, finding its place in the Official UK Folk Albums Chart, as well as gaining airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Scotland.
 
With their relaxed and personable approach to performance, Janice & Jon are renowned for the warmth of their connection with audiences. From opening Stage 2 at Cambridge Folk Festival, to playing at the likes of Celtic Connections, Edinburgh Tradfest and Cecil Sharp House, the duo are highly sought after across the UK and beyond.
 
The duo's winter gigs have become something of a tradition over the last few years, and this year they're heading out on their first festive tour. Expect seasonal favourites and little-known gems to warm the soul through the colder months.
 
Friday 13th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/624588

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The Deep Blue Sea, by Terence Rattigan
Open Space Theatre Company

When Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court judge,
is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed
suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair
with a much younger man, a former RAF pilot, begins to
emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and
long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of postwar civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

Friday 29th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/625509/

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RoughCast Theatre Company presents
Pygmalion
​by George Bernard Shaw

“Cherup Captin and  buy a flower offa paw gerl” - thus begins the story of Eliza Doolittle who is taken under the wing of Professor Henry Higgins, a linguistic expert. He has made a bet that within six months he can transform the scruffy, Cockney girl into a 'proper lady' and pass her off as a Duchess. As Eliza undergoes a gruelling and often humiliating process of education, she begins to challenge Higgins' assumptions about class and gender, and in doing so, discovers her own strength and place in society. A funny, moving story, later transformed into the musical hit 'My Fair Lady'. 

Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (students)
Online sales via: 
Friday www.wegottickets.com/event/626898
Saturday www.wegottickets.com/event/626906

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“When you have 2000 people singing along, you’re doing something right.” - Great British Folk Festival

“There’s something special about the way he writes and delivers a song”  - Townes Van Zandt

‘assured a place in the pantheon of great folk songwriters’ – The Living Tradition
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‘classic, with echoes of early Dylan, Tom Paxton and Leonard Cohen’ – The Guardian

Reg Meuross

Award-winning Reg Meuross was introduced onto the stage of the Albert Hall by Mike Harding as ‘one of this country’s finest’ and is a true modern troubadour, representing contemporary English folk writing at its best. Captivating audiences with his beautiful tenor voice, and with breadth and depth of material that is unparalleled, Reg has toured extensively for decades across the UK, Europe, North America and the Antipodes.
Masterfully accompanying himself on his ‘44 Martin six-string guitar, harmonica, tenor guitar, banjo and dulcimer, witnessing a Reg Meuross performance is to experience a journey into the heart, soul and songs of one of England’s most celebrated writers. Stories that need to be told; struggles that need to be known; injustice that needs to be uncovered; social conscience that needs to be celebrated – his music has an unrivalled power to reach and move the listener. After 15 critically-acclaimed albums, Reg continues to prove how highly relevant his songs are, whilst reaching new audiences with consistently spellbinding performances.

Reg is currently touring with song cycle Stolen From God, focusing on the transatlantic slave trade – uncovering its’ hidden history from a South West England perspective.

Reg has also recorded Fire & Dust, due for release Autumn 2024, a song cycle that delves into the life story of Woody Guthrie. A  journey into the heart and soul of one of America’s finest folk musicians. Highlighting racism, bigotry, corruption and inequality. 

Saturday 16th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/612575

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‘Simply Brilliant’
The Sunday Express

‘Savagely perceptive lyrics, ear catching vocals & melodies to die for’
Louder Than War

Megson

Four times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards MEGSON create a truly unique brand of folk music. Combining an infectious mix of heavenly vocals, lush harmonies and driving 
rhythmic guitars, MEGSON have gained a reputation not only for their arresting & intelligent songwriting, but also for their exquisite musicianship and northern humour.

Comprising Debs Hanna (Vocals, Whistle, Piano Accordion) and Stu Hanna (Guitar, Mandola, Banjo) MEGSON have been described as as “the most original duo on the British folk scene” by THE GUARDIAN and as FROOTS Magazine puts it ‘if you don’t like the music here then you have a problem’. 

Liking to keep busy, MEGSON have recorded thirteen studio albums across their twenty year career gaining four & five star reviews from THE GUARDIAN, MOJO, THE TELEGRAPH, UNCUT, THE FINANCIAL TIMES whilst THE OBSERVER pronounced them ‘A force in the folk revival’. Even lockdown 
2020 couldn’t hold them back as they performed a hugely popular series of live stream concerts to their growing army of followers.

And during all this time, Stu even managed to be involved with other artists producing & recording award winning music for SHOW OF HANDS, ODETTE MITCHEL, LUCY WARD, FAUSTUS & THE YOUNG'UNS. Now they are back doing what they do best, on the road promoting a brand new studio album WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SAY. Catch them if you can...

Friday 8th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £16
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/603844/ 

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​“She reduces women and children to tears - in a good way…”
The Guardian
 
“…and grown men.”
Tom Besford, English Folk Expo & Richard Haswell, Liverpool Philharmonic
 
“This is beautiful.”
Dermot O’Leary, BBC Radio 2
 
“Wonderful songwriting.”
Seth Lakeman
 
“She screams class but in the quietest way possible.”
Folking.com

Hannah Scott

The best stories elicit profound personal reactions and in the 15 years she has been writing and performing, Hannah Scott has become a consummate storyteller. Her music is shaped by human stories, with family, in all its chaos and glory, sitting at the heart of her work. Her lyrics are powerful and poignant, and her voice feels strangely familiar, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Her writing may be deeply personal but her music has a universal appeal that extends beyond the melodies you catch yourself humming days after listening to her songs.
 
Career highlights include having her song No Gravity featured on the hit international TV series Grey’s Anatomy, recording a live session on BBC Radio 2 with Dermot O’Leary and opening for Madeleine Peyroux, performing to an audience of two thousand. She has also shared the stage with folk luminaries such as Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon and Fairport Convention and has performed at festivals including Cambridge, Sidmouth and Manchester Folk. Equally at home in small venues, she thrives on the intimacy of performing in spaces where she can look audience members in the eye.
 
Hannah is currently touring to support the release of her album “Absence Of Doubt”, the first she has co-produced.
 
Friday 25th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £13
Onlines sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/624587

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The Taxing Issue of Tithing

Laxefelders presents: The Taxing Issue of Tithing
by Catherine Cawood
 
Tithing is the ancient practice of paying a tenth of one's produce to the church. And as long as there's been tithe, there have been complaints about tithe. Honestly, it's quite a soap opera.
 
Welcome to the latest romp through local history with Laxefelders ('Laxefelda to Laxfield', 'Laxfield's Henry', 'Jackie & The Beans Talk').

With East Anglia firmly at the heart of the telling, follow the twisty tale of tithe from the Old Testament right through to the modern day. We promise you dodgy royals, conflicted vicars, grumpy farmers, Laura Kuenssberg, Blackshirts, a rabbit, a woman called Doreen and MORE! Lots of music, and many, many hats. Also - of course - your chance to play Spot the Meat Loaf, because you'd be disappointed if we didn't.
 
This is a fresh and original take on an issue that impacted thousands, written by Catherine and performed by Julie, Tony, Pen, Karen, Claire and Becky. 
 
Best suited to ages 7+. May contain nuts.

Saturday 19th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via wegottickets.com/event/632346/

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Jack Rutter

Yorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years.
 
A hugely engaging stage presence, his soaring vocal, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing and masterful arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary covers have enthralled audiences from the largest festival main stages to the most intimate folk clubs.
 
Following on from his critically acclaimed second album Gold of Scar & Shale - 2022 saw the release of a brand new EP, with autumn 2023 bringing the successor to Gold of Scar & Shale in the form of a new album of traditional songs.
 
Friday 18th October 2024, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/597168

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Made2Measure Theatre Co presents
Lady Audley's Secret
​by Colin Hazlewood

Sir Michael and Lady Audley enjoy a quiet, contented life together on the family estate, until a visitor arrives who threatens their peaceful existence.

Will Lady Audley confront the complications of her past life? Or will she seek to remove this new threat to her life of wealth and privilege?

The play was first performed at the Victoria theatre in London in 1863 and enjoyed huge success, with its scandalous story and unorthodox leading character. Our version features a number of well-known songs of the period and is hosted by a compère in the style of the much-loved Leonard Sachs in “The Good Old Days”. 

Saturday 12th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/627859/

​"Composer Pat Whymark weaves music throughout the piece with a series of songs and ballads that manage not only to combine an authentic feel of folk melody of the time but also provide a haunting timeless quality to the piece. The musical score transforms an already gripping story into a thrilling piece of theatrical narrative." – Public Reviews, on Bury Theatre Royal’s production of Dick Turpin’s Last Ride.

Common Ground Theatre Company presents 
Ghost of the Toll Point Light
by Pat Whymark

​The year is 1900 - the dawn of a new century. Young Jack Grimes arrives to take up his post as assistant to the keeper of the Toll Point Light, off the coast of East Anglia.
Isaac Troop has been keeper at Toll Point for 20 years and is suspicious of the new arrival - is he there to assist or to replace him?

Guessing that his bosses at Trinity House have doubts about his mental fitness, he hesitates to tell Grimes about the other inhabitant of the lighthouse, as that would likely mean the end of his career.  But Isaac is not the only one disturbed by the newcomer.

Ghost of The Toll Point Light, in the context of a good old-fashioned ghost story, also explores questions around why people seek seclusion, some as a means of escape or of atonement, some as a way of finding peace or achieving enlightenment.

​Common Ground have been touring the Eastern region for many years now with their unique brand of music theatre.

Sunday 6th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £14/£10 (Under 21s)
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/622728/

Photo credit: Ben Potton

​Band:
Tania Buisse - bodhrán
Julien Cartonnet - French bagpipes & tenor banjo
Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion & melodeon
James Delarre - violin & viola
Barn Stradling - acoustic bass guitar

Topette!!

Topette!! 10th Anniversary Tour.
 
In January 2014, Barn Stradling invited his Blowzabella bandmate Andy Cutting, East Anglian fiddler James Delarre and two French musical friends, Tania Buisse and Julien Cartonnet to his home in Bristol, to see what would happen. After three days of playing music, eating, drinking and a great deal of laughter, a new band called Topette!! happened...
 
In 2024, Topette!! are releasing their fourth album, ON - Live at The Jam Jar. Recorded on a warm night last June, the album features exuberant renditions of favourite tracks from their three studio albums, C’est le Pompon (2017), Rhododendron (2019) and Bourdon (2022). ON is a brilliant recording, full of atmosphere and the sounds of happy dancers, blending with the music.
 
The band will be recreating this celebratory atmosphere, every night of their 10th Anniversary UK Tour, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience what Topette!! is all about. The “Balfolk” style of dancing is easy to pick up, very relaxed and a lot of fun, but if you don’t fancy dancing, just sit and enjoy the top quality musicianship from this unique quintet.

Thursday 20th June, 7.30pm

Tickets £17
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/603680/

East Anglian Traditional Music Trust 
More than Melodeons Tutor Concert

Join us for an evening concert with the workshop tutors from throughout the day. 

Tickets available separately here, or from EATMT when booking workshops as part of a package. 

Pre-booked lunches also available. 

Saturday 25th May, 5pm

Tickets £15/£12 (friends)
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/612807/

For more information on and to book workshops, please contact the Trust directly via [email protected] or their website www.eatmt.org.uk/more-than-melodeons-2024/

Alternatively, download the booking form here and send to Trust email address above. 

Bird Tunes
Miranda Rutter & Rob Harbron

An exquisite new suite of folk tunes with birdsong at their core - a love-song to the intricacy and beauty of birdsong, and a timely reminder of the struggles with habitat loss and human-made dangers faced by migrating birds today. 

For more details visit folkeast.co.uk/year-round-folkeast/

Friday 24th May, 7pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/616671 

"...stunning harmonies that were so good it reminded me of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings” No Depression

"It is so rare an opening act rival the main performance but that is exactly what the seamless harmony singing Black Feathers achieved” Jumpin ’Hot Club

"The pure emotion and subtle timing of their song delivery is as evident as the enjoyment radiating from their onstage chemistry” 3 Chords and the Truth

The Black Feathers

If you were of the belief that The Black Feathers are named because of their love of dark humour and the smooth blending of harmony, you’d be wrong.

If you were told that the name is more concerned with recognition of their gentle souls, a predilection for dark clothing and the sonic tumult of the plethora of (mainly US) progressive-metal bands doing mega-business around the world in the 1990s and beyond, you might doubt those who said so, but they would be accurate.

You’d be wrong as to the name, BUT you would be utterly correct that the sonic architecture of their lyrics and musical composition takes its imperious scope from a love of blended vocal harmony and idiosyncratic guitar shapes.
Americana to some, folk to others, The Black Feathers have those qualities in expansive quantity. Sian Chandler’s soaring, dramatic, melodious but powerful voice is a perfect counterpoint to Ray Hughes ’piquant vocals and his sparkling and occasionally spicy guitar motifs. This is a duo who love what they play and play what they love with panache, humour, delight and rather a lot of commentary on the downside of being a human.
Seeing and hearing them will leave you with a smile on your face and a glowing heart of delight. You might not think that is possible when you’ve just spent some time hearing the themes of the songs they lay before an audience but it is testament to their sunny dispositions, infectious laughter and amused self-deprecation that you can only come away from a gig feeling a whole heap better about yourself and life.

Friday 17th May, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/606651/

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro
(adapted for the stage by Barney Norris)
Open Space Theatre

Stevens, a faithful butler, follows a life of unquestioning loyalty to his English aristocrat employer who, it seems, is being manipulated by Germany’s Nazi Party in the two decades following the First World War. But, as the truth finally emerges, will Stevens come to regret a failure to share his life with the one woman with whom he might have had a fulfilling and loving relationship?

This beautifully structured play is based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize winning novel which was made into an award-winning film starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. Spanning the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it follows Stevens on a journey of self-discovery to the West Country, where the life of his former colleague, Miss Kenton, appears to be drowning in unhappiness.

120 minutes, including interval

Wednesday 15th May, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/610342/ 

Harleston Players present
Dick Barton - Special Agent

​Written by Phil Wilmott and based on the 1940’s BBC radio serial, Dick Barton faces new and hilarious stage adventures.
When Britain’s entire tea supply is threatened to be poisoned, he soon finds himself wrapped up in an adventure soaked with intrigue and mystery. Along with faithful companions Jock and Snowy, he faces off against arch enemies Marta Heartburn and  Baron Scarheart, battles with  killer ants, all the while finding time to sing a few songs along the way – and of course, saves the day!

Wednesday 24th April, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/613331/

​“A work of genius that never dates.” The Independent (of the 2019 National Theatre revival)

RoughCast Theatre Co. presents
Top Girls
​by Caryl Churchill

Named by The Guardian as one of the 10 greatest plays of the 20th century, Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking play focuses on Marlene, the head of “Top Girls” employment agency, and explores the compromises that she has had to make to achieve her hugely successful career. 

From a surreal and hilarious celebratory dinner party in a London restaurant with a cast of women from history and fiction, to a poignant confrontation between two sisters in a Suffolk kitchen, it is a highly entertaining exploration of the challenges faced by women throughout history and right up to the present day.

Note: Contains strong language

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (students)
Online sales for Saturday via www.wegottickets.com/event/606417 
​Online sales for Sunday via www.wegottickets.com/event/606419

Quiz Supper

Ready, Steady, Quiz!

The annual quiz supper returns to Wingfield Barns. 

Teams of 4, two course supper, bar open.

Friday 1st March, 6.30pm

£12.50 per head/£50 per team

To book please call 0139384505

‘One of the finest folk duos in the country’ – Alternative Roots
 
‘awash with strong songs & excellent musicianship’ – FRUK
 
‘Spellbinding originals’– Musicians Union
 
​'Disarmingly honest and spine-tingling' - BBC Radio 2
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Harbottle & Jonas

Partners in life and in music, dynamic Devon-based folk duo Harbottle & Jonas are one of the most exciting acts on the UK circuit today, combining a love of the richness of traditional folk with their own original and powerful songwriting. Dave and Freya have developed a distinct and compelling signature sound, blending concertina, harmonium, banjo, stomp box, acoustic guitar and cittern with their beautiful and closely intertwined vocal harmonies.
 
Subject matter covers the historical as well as the more personal, with their engaging live shows full of stories as well as beautiful songs. People, places and events are brought to life through their intimate, timeless music.
 
Their fourth album The Beacon entered the top 30 of the Official UK Folk Chart, whilst Songs Of Love and Death (collaboration with Reg Meuross) achieved the same feat. Their video series Saving the Good Stuff has reached over half a million people (and counting) on Facebook.

2023 releases include a collection of covers: Saving The Good Stuff: Vol 1; and a highly anticipated new album will be out in Spring 2024.

Sunday 11th February, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/595576/

Puzzle House Pantomines present
Dick Whittington and His Cat

​PUZZLE HOUSE PANTOMIMES present a traditional family-friendly musical show based on the story of DICK WHITTINGTON. Our hero arrives in London determined to seek his fortune, only to find the whole city is under threat from an army of rodents led by the evil King Rat and Queen Rat.
 
It’s just as well that Fairy Bowbells, Tommy the Cat, Dame Delia the cook, Alice Fitzwarren and Idle Jack are on hand to try and help out. Six actors play a range of characters in a show full of songs, live keyboard music, thrills, spills and fun! Join in with the songs, solve the puzzles on the way, and help Dick Whittington rid London of the rotten rats. 
 
PUZZLE HOUSE PANTOMIMES have been playing village halls in Suffolk since 2006… and we’re still using the same old jokes!
 
Sunday 21st January
The show starts at 3.00pm and finishes at 4.50pm.
 
All tickets £7
Box office telephone: 01379 384 656*

*Please note Wingfield Barns are not selling the tickets for this event - call the number above to book. 

​More than simply a folk-singer, multi award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian Jim Causley is an all-round entertainer and during the past decade Causley has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, last year he was nominated as “Singer of the Year” at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, he won the Spiral Earth Singer of the Year award in 2014, presented his own folk music show on BBC Radio Devon and in 2015 he worked with BBC TV historian Dr Sam Willis to create the music for his show 'Highwaymen, Outlaws and Villains' and was asked to perform his song about Dartmoor tin mining 'Pride of the Moor' on BBC TV's Countryfile - Dartmoor Special.

Jim Causley
A Causley Christmas

Join Jim in celebrating the Christmas season as he entertains you with lesser known West Country carols, medieval and secular carols from around the British Isles, his own settings of moving Christmas poems by his relative, the late Cornish poet Charles Causley as well a gurt dollop of festive fun with songs of over-indulgence and even a spot of panto too! If you are feeling a little dismayed with the over-commercialisation of “Christmas present” then join Jim for a journey through Christmas past that will be guaranteed to get you in the festive spirit!

Since the release of his debut album in 2005, Causley’s unique voice and persona have helped him become one of the most well-loved and respected figures of today’s contemporary roots and folk scene. A prolific collaborator, Causley is hugely admired for his work with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as playing, touring and recording alongside Waterson:Carthy, John McCusker, Eddie Reader, Graham Coxson, Shirley Collins, Michael Morpurgo, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, David Rotheray of Beautiful South fame and many more. He was described by Mojo Magazine as “the finest singer of his generation” and they put Forgotten Kingdom in their Top Ten Folk Albums of 2016 list. Westcountry father of folk Geoff Lakeman described Causley as possessing “A voice in a million” in a recent interview in the Western Morning News, some accolade indeed!
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Saturday 16th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/582924

Wingfield Barns and Made2Measure Theatre Co presents
A Wingfield Christmas Box

An evening of festive readings and songs. 

Tickets include a glass of mulled wine (or non alcoholic alternative) and a mince pie. 

Friday 15th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/598344/

“A delightful show… a lively retelling” London Theatre Reviews

​“Sheer festive delight” FolkWords

A Christmas Carol: In Concert

This unique retelling of Dickens’ heart-warming tale uses an array of traditional and modern instruments and authentic musical arrangements. It brims with warmth, wit and wonder.

Modern-day balladeers GreenMatthews take the well-loved festive adventure back to its Victorian fireside roots, painting a vivid and evocative picture of Dickens’ world.

Chris Green (voice, guitar, mandocello, piano), Sophie Matthews (voice, flute, English border bagpipes) and special guest Jude Rees (voice, oboe, melodeon) use a magical blend of new lyrics, traditional midwinter English folk tunes and carol melodies to illustrate the transformation of flinty-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge into the epitome of the Christmas spirit – warm-hearted, generous and loving.

Uplifting and melodic, Green Matthews’ A Christmas Carol perfectly recaptures the simple Yuletide delights of fellowship, laughter and good cheer.

Saturday 9th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/586153/

RoughCast Theatre Co. presents
Journey's End

RoughCast present one of the greatest of all English war plays. Journey's End shows the effect of war on a group of young officers. R.C. Sherriff's ground-breaking play remains one of the most powerful and successful pieces of modern drama and one of the most acclaimed examples of literature that deals with the tragedy and horror of conflict.

Set over the course of four days leading up to a massive German attack on the British trenches in 1918, Journey's End charts the tension and claustrophobia as the new recruit to the company, Lieutenant Raleigh, discovers that Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, has changed almost beyond recognition.

Saturday 18th November, 7.30pm and
Sunday 19th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (students)
Online sales via
Saturday www.wegottickets.com/event/590857/ 
​Sunday www.wegottickets.com/event/591627

“Great tunes, great energy, great arrangements, great stuff!”
Jon Boden ​

Granny's Attic

​With exceptional musicianship and boundless energy, Granny’s Attic are going from strength to strength. Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (melodeon, anglo concertina, vocals), George Sansome (guitar, vocals) and Lewis Wood (violin, vocals) have honed their skills touring the UK and Europe since 2009. They are much loved by audiences up and down the country, with bookings everywhere from Cambridge Folk Festival to Cecil Sharp House.
 
The trio have been heralded for their lively performances and skilled delivery of traditional material, playing with verve, energy and their own inimitable style. Though grounded in tradition, they are keen to push new boundaries by exploring fresh approaches and writing their own compositions. In October 2021, they released their latest album, The Brickfields, an instrumental collection that sees them reach new heights both as performers and composers. Described by Folk Radio as “one of the most exciting and accomplished English folk acts on the scene right now”, this outstanding trio can hold audiences in the palm of their hand. 

Friday 10th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/578471

Ghost Stories by Candlelight

A sea mist descends.
The hound howls.
Sodium streetlights twitch.
A falcon soars above, on the hunt.
 
Gather close for a candlelit evening of chilling, contemporary tales and haunting new folk music from the ‘Witch Counties’ of East Anglia. What happens when the ghosts of the past creep up on us today?
 
Ghost Stories by Candlelight is written by Kelly Jones, Shamser Sinha and Nicola Werenowska. With music and songs composed by Georgia Shackleton. Directed by Elayce Ismail.

A HighTide production, in association with Shakespeare’s Globe, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and Harlow Playhouse. Ghost Stories by Candlelight is supported by Arts Council England.

Running time: 60 mins (no interval) 
Recommended age 14 plus.

Wednesday 8th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £15/£13 (conc)
Online sales via hightide.org.uk/book/?show=GSWingfield

“…writes magic songs, gentle and intelligent”  MAKING MUSIC
 
“…a fascinating mix of poignant lyrical numbers and contrasting wildly witty satirical ones”  ESSEX CHRONICLE
 
“unusual, eccentric and utterly delightful”  EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
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Tony Winn
with support from The Larks

​Tony Winn is known and respected on the English acoustic music scene as a songwriter, poet and performer of a high calibre. Inspired by Dylan and the folk revival to start creating original music as a schoolboy, he has since soaked up an eclectic range of musical influences resulting in an extensive live repertoire and seven album releases.  Tony will be launching his 8th album Blue Speck at this concert and will be accompanied by Helen Mulley (vocals, flute), Steven Turnbull (keyboards), Shane Kirk & Andy Trill (alternating guitar and bass).
 
With an exceptional ear for a melody, Tony writes strongly lyric-driven songs that are at times joyous, at times heartbreaking – and at other times jab an angry finger in your face. Expect to be taken on a quirky, thoughtful journey together with his unique cast of characters and their stories.
 
Among Tony’s more ‘unusual’ career highlights would be use of his song Motorway Maniac to front a safety campaign (involving performances on TV and at New Scotland Yard), and two runs at the Edinburgh Fringe of his Comic Relief fundraiser, Singing in the Bath. In which he does exactly that.
 
Tony Winn could be one of the best-kept secrets of this nation’s songwriting community. Come and discover him for yourself…     

Friday 3rd November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/587056/

Common Ground Theatre Company presents The Hellgate Club

by Pat Whymark

Paris, 1905. A series of strange happenings have the authorities baffled. Several men have disappeared under mysterious circumstances, with no connection between them other than that they were last seen in the vicinity of the notorious Pigalle district. With no leads, the police ask  retired detective, Jean Tellier to take one last case. Sensing danger around every street corner, in every dimly lit café, in every dark doorway, Tellier begins by interviewing the proprietors and staff of the local bars and nightclubs. Based on a real life case of the time, Common Ground present a gothic murder mystery, with live music in the style of the period.
 
A play with music in 2 acts. Suitable for ages 12 and over.

Sunday 15th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£8 (under 21s)
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/586056/ 

“What was remarkable was the delicacy and quality of their playing and the empathy between the three men, watching each other intently as they progressed from repeated melody lines to subtle, spontaneous variations. It was a magical set.” Robin Denselow, The Guardian ****
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“This is all about the joy of playing and the intoxicating thrill of three masters of their craft … the empathy between them as the music ebbs and flows is exceptional; you can also see the smiles and winks between them. The feel-good warmth they generate is palpable.” Colin Irwin, fROOTS
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Leveret

​Leveret is a unique collaboration between three of England's finest folk musicians.  Andy Cutting (button accordion), Sam Sweeney (fiddle) and Rob Harbron (concertina) are each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments.  Together their performances combine consummate musicianship, compelling delivery and captivating spontaneity.  Leveret’s music is not arranged in the conventional sense and the trio rely on mutual trust and musical interaction to create new settings of their repertoire in the moment, with no two performances alike. Their playing is relaxed and natural, drawing audiences in and inviting them to share in music making that is truly spontaneous and yet deeply timeless.
 
Fiddler Sam Sweeney was the 2015 BBC Folk Awards Musician of the Year and the inaugural Artistic Director of the National Youth Folk Ensemble.  He is known for his work in Bellowhead and The Full English, and his solo recordings including 2022’s Escape That.  Box player Andy Cutting, a three-time BBC Folk Awards Musician of the year, is a compelling solo performer and works with Blowzabella, Topette, Anne Niepold, and Roger Daltrey.  Concertina wizard Rob Harbron leads the English Acoustic Collective Summer School, released his own solo album Meanders in 2019, and is known for his work with Emily Portman, The Full English and Emma Reid.
 
Leveret will celebrate 10 years on the road in 2023 with Forms, a new album featuring new and traditional tunes played with the band’s trademark interaction and inventiveness.  Leveret's music is firmly rooted in the English tradition but sounds fresh and new and over the years their intimate presentation style has charmed countless audiences, helping the trio build a loyal following and demonstrating the enduring appeal and endless potential of the folk tune.  Listeners new and old can expect incredible musicianship and compelling presentation from a band at the top of their game.

Friday 13th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £16
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/579413/

​“They play lovely strings, they have gorgeous harmony arrangements. Really well crafted, intimate, beautifully understated.”
Karine Polwart

Janice Burns & Jon Doran

​Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. They find their songs in archives that span the depths of our history – songs that tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.
 
Janice & Jon’s compelling storytelling comes alive through tight vocal harmonies and sensitive interplay between mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. Their arrangements have a spellbinding presence and an understated energy that transports their songs from the pages of books and manuscripts into the imagination of the listener.
 
The duo met whilst studying folk and traditional music at Newcastle University, including a year spent at the University of South-East Norway together. Since then, they’ve gone from strength to strength, with recent performances at the likes of Sage Gateshead, Manchester Folk Festival and Edinburgh Tradfest. Their self-titled EP was released in 2020 to overwhelmingly positive feedback, including airplay on BBC Radio 2.
 
Folk songs have always travelled, put down new roots, borrowed and evolved. Janice & Jon’s upcoming album, set for release in Autumn 2022, brings together songs that have survived through the ages, shapeshifting and adapting to changing environments as they’ve been passed from singer to singer. Exploring man’s relationship with nature, love and loss, these are songs with an enduring resonance for audiences everywhere.
 
 Saturday 30th September, 7.30pm
 
Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/578470

Jacob & Drinkwater

​South-west based duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6  Music with their live show described as “intense and spellbinding” by Folk Radio UK. The duo formed in 2014 playing their first gig together at the iconic Glastonbury Festival.
 
Singer-songwriter Tobias ben Jacob first received wider acclaim as part of The Roots Union with BBC Folk Award winners Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin (Edgelarks) including playing live for the BBC at Maida Vale Studios and recording in Nashville, Tennessee. He has toured extensively and had several releases including the 2017 album ‘A Polyphonic Life’ Tobias’ songs have been featured in the documentary film Beating The Bomb and in the feature film Tomorrow.
 
Lukas Drinkwater is rightly referred to as “one of busiest musicians in the UK.” In demand as a producer, performer and session player in the worlds of folk and jazz he has featured on many acclaimed albums. Recently he’s been touring with ‘AMA UK Artist of the Year’ Emily Barker, Albert Jones, Ange Hardy, and the Peoples String Foundation. He has also worked with Seth Lakeman, 3 Daft Monkeys, Jim Causley, Lack of Afro, Lucy Ward, Tankus The Henge, Sam Kelly, The Little Unsaid and many more.

​The duo’s dynamic and emotionally charged live show with all its energy, musical chemistry and spontaneity has drawn comparisons with the virtuosic pairing of John Martyn and Danny Thompson. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater's nimbly rhythmic double bass; at times sweetly soaring, haunting, percussive and driving, the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil. The added complement of stirring vocal harmonies nicely rounds off the mix.

Saturday 23rd September, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/584382/

​“Full of delicacy, precision and gentle delight”
The Guardian
 
“An affectionate paean to her home country but one with themes and stories that will strike resonances wherever your roots may have formed”
Folk Radio UK
 
“Her voice is full of warmth and intimacy, and when it really soars you quickly find yourself swept away with it.”
FATEA
 
“A strong, crystal clear voice...an act to watch”
Bristol 24/7 

Ellie Gowers

​Ellie is a songwriter and guitarist from Warwickshire. What grew from a childhood love of literature and traditional folk song is a carefully crafted and emotionally mature catalogue of original material, with references to artists including Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake.
 
Bringing to the stage a strong voice full of expression and maturity, her songs are written with sociological, ecological, and personal themes in mind. These songs at times are sensitive and tender, but are not without the fiery and darker discourse that have labelled Ellie as dynamic and one to watch.
 
Towards the end of 2022, her highly anticipated debut album Dwelling by the Weir was released. An album that weaves the past, present, and future together. It is an exploration of the folklore, stories, and people that made her pastoral home county of Warwickshire what it is today.
 
With success already from the single release Against the Tide and a TEDx Talk that followed, Ellie entered 2021 with a brand new EP Parting Breath, The EP pays homage to Robert Burns’ Auld Lang Syne, and received rave reviews and extensive radio play.
 
In 2022, Ellie was involved in the composing of music for a BBC Radio 3 production in March, and toured the UK as Blair Dunlop’s special guest on his 20 date UK spring tour. Her highly anticipated debut album Dwelling by the Weir was released in September alongside a successful UK launch tour.
 
Ellie can also be found nestled in ‘Birmingham’s premier folk supergroup’, Filkin’s Ensemble. Forged at the end of 2020 after a successful video release of their ‘Arthur McBride’ rendition, this folk-meets-classical ensemble are set for an exciting 2023.

Saturday 16th September, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/585697/

Made2Measure Theatre Co presents
​Murder in Piccadilly

by Charles Kingston
adapted by Eileen Ryan

From the Golden Age of detective fiction, Made2 Measure Theatre presents “Murder in Piccadilly”, based on the 1936 novel by Charles Kingston. 

Two worlds collide as the Cheldon family, landed gentry, encounter the demi-monde of 1930s London. 
Bobbie Cheldon has fallen for a dancer in a Soho nightclub. But is she interested in Bobbie or in his claims to the Cheldon estate in leafy Sussex?

This fast-paced, one-act adaptation features well-known songs of the era, including “Anything Goes” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz”. 

Thursday 7th September, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/588006/

​“An extraordinary collaboration between two musicians at the absolute top of their game. This is an adventure that takes in musical detours you'd be mad to ignore” Tradfolk

Knight and Spiers

The exquisite explorations of the liminal space that exists between traditional and classical music is what makes the music of Peter Knight and John Spiers so compelling and beguiling, ultimately rendering genres irrelevant.

The duo has developed into one of the most thrilling exponents of traditional tunes and songs, repurposing the material as jumping-off points into the most enchanting exploration.

It’s largely through touring as a duo that they’ve been able to develop what has become an extraordinary partnership, giving them the confidence to record their latest studio album, Both in a Tune. Released in 2022, it was chosen as one of the ‘10 Best New Albums from Around the World’ by the influential music journal, SONGLINES.

While Peter Knight, as part of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s line-up, helped invent a brand of folk rock that is still influential today, John Spiers as co-founder of the almighty Bellowhead has had an equally profound impact on the landscape of traditional music over the last two decades.

These two virtuoso performers bring the heft of that combined experience and knowledge to Wingfield Barns this summer. 

Wednesday 16th August, 7.30pm

Tickets £18
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/581997/

Jackie and the Beans Talk

Becky, Catherine, Claire, Julie, Karen, Pen and Tony are a group of friends from Laxfield. They like nothing better than to don unflattering outfits and act out stories...
 
You may have seen their local history shows, From Laxefelda to Laxfield and Laxfield's Henry. In this new play, written by Catherine, you will meet some almost-familiar characters in a vaguely recognisable version of a fable for our times. Jackie & The Beans Talk is a timely conversation about the pointlessness of the pursuit of more, more, more...
 
Expect songs, humour, a sideways nod at pantomime - and (so as not to disappoint our regular audiences) - maybe even a little bit of Meat Loaf.

Friday 7th July, 7.30pm

Tickets £10
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/579471

Bof! Workshop and Dance

BOF! is an established East Anglian band with considerable experience in playing traditional French and Breton dance music. They have a vast experience of playing at clubs and festivals and for specialist dance groups in England and France. The members of BOF! play a variety of authentic instruments and sing.

Their line-up is:
• Simon Haines diatonic accordions
• Phil Lyons acoustic guitar / bass guitar / vocals
• Gwendal Moële vocals
• Val Woollard bagpipes / flute / recorders / desk bells

Bof!’s performance at Wingfield Barns will begin with a dance workshop to teach some of the simpler French and Breton dances. After a break, they will play for an evening “bal”. The songs and instrumentals they play is equally suitable for dancing and listening to, so in addition to a dance space, there will be a seated area for non-dancers.

​There is more information about Bof! on their website where you can hear samples of their music. www.bof-frenchdance.co.uk

Running times are as follows:
16.30-18.30 Workshop
18.30-19.30 Break 
19.30-22.00 Concert/Dance ​

Saturday 10th June 2023

Workshop only £5 
Concert only £12
Workshop and concert £15

Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/554819

"...stunning harmonies that were so good it reminded me of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings”
No Depression 

"It is so rare an opening act rival the main performance but that is exactly what the seamless harmony singing Black Feathers achieved”
Jumpin’ Hot Club 

"The pure emotion and subtle timing of their song delivery is as evident as the enjoyment radiating from their onstage chemistry”
3 Chords and the Truth 

The Black Feathers

If you were of the belief that The Black Feathers are named because of their love of dark humour and the smooth blending of harmony, you’d be wrong. 

If you were told that the name is more concerned with recognition of their gentle souls, a predilection for dark clothing and the sonic tumult of the plethora of (mainly US) progressive-metal bands doing mega-business around the world in the 1990s and beyond, you might doubt those who said so, but they would be accurate. 

You’d be wrong as to the name, BUT you would be utterly correct that the sonic architecture of their lyrics and musical composition takes its imperious scope from a love of blended vocal harmony and idiosyncratic guitar shapes. 

Americana to some, folk to others, The Black Feathers have those qualities in expansive quantity. Sian Chandler’s soaring, dramatic, melodious but powerful voice is a perfect counterpoint to Ray Hughes’ piquant vocals and his sparkling and occasionally spicy guitar motifs. This is a duo who love what they play and play what they love with panache, humour, delight and rather a lot of commentary on the downside of being a human. 

Seeing and hearing them will leave you with a smile on your face and a glowing heart of delight. You might not think that is possible when you’ve just spent some time hearing the themes of the songs they lay before an audience but it is testament to their sunny dispositions, infectious laughter and amused self-deprecation that you can only come away from a gig feeling a whole heap better about yourself and life. 

Friday 9th June, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/574384/

Wingfield Open Gardens

'Residents of Wingfield are pleased to be back on track after the pandemic with their biennial Open Gardens event, this year raising money for St Elizabeth's Hospice and St Andrew's Church. 

Car parking will be here at Wingfield Barns, where there will also be refreshments available and free use of the facilities. 

Tickets/Guides to be collected from Wingfield Barns, either on the day for £5 per person, or after booking in advance for £4 via www.wegottickets.com/event/575416/

We are proud for our event to be part of St Elizabeth's Hospice The Great Garden Trail 2023'... see here for a map of all the other wonderful events taking place in our area. 

Open Space Theatre Co. presents
The Suffolk Miracle

A musical drama, by Bev Barnett.

A squire’s daughter is sent away by her father after she falls for a lowly horseman. But can love find a way to reunite the couple? This musical drama of forbidden love, presented as a collaboration between Open Space and Syzewell Gap folk band, is based on a centuries old Suffolk folk myth.

Thursday 25th May, 7.30pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/567362/

HighTide Rising

​Wingfield Barns is hosting HighTide Rising, a one-day play reading festival from writer-centred East of England theatre company, HighTide.
 
With script-in-hand extracts from new plays, a chance to hear from the writers, plus folk music and a drink on us – HighTide Rising is a chance to celebrate the East of England as a seedbed of exceptional playwriting talent.
 
This year’s HighTide Rising playwrights are Tassa Deparis, Guleraana Mir, Eloise Pennycott and Tom Ratcliffe. Readings are directed by Yasmin Hafesji and Beth Kapila.
 
HighTide Rising is being co-hosted by leading East Anglian playwrights, Juliet Gilkes Romero and Lucy Kirkwood, and is part of a strategic partnership between HighTide and UEA.
 
Supported by: Arts Council England, Diana Hiddleston, and Clare Parsons.

Saturday 20th May

hightide.org.uk/event/hightide-rising/

​“….. an intense, deeply personal performance. Alternating between guitar frenzy and stripped back soundscapes, the fragility and vulnerability of the human spirit was laid bare in lyrics that cut to the bone. An awesome roller-coaster of a ride, and absolutely wonderful.” Beardy Folk Festival live review Festivals For All 

“Dan is a national treasure…. a profound, innovative and talented songwriter.” musomuso.com

​“For an album partly inspired by distance, barriers and locked-down-ness, people and connection ripple through The Glass Age." Arts Culture Mag 

“I defy anyone not to see shadows of Leonard Cohen in the literary quality of the writing…. Dan's emotive singing brings in a sense of isolation and yearning for the real human contact we still need.” Fatea Mag 

​‘The fabulous flute of Eliza Marshall’. – Peter Gabriel

Dan Whitehouse with special guest Eliza Marshall

​Dan Whitehouse The Glass Age tour with special guest (flautist) Eliza Marshall

Singer-guitarist Dan Whitehouse renews, reinvents and reimagines - revealing how he carefully nurtured his creativity during an imposed stay in Japan from January 2020 to June 2021. Mike Davies calls this collection of songs a "meditation on the way human experience and connecting has changed through the medium of virtual communication.”  

Dan uses his exceptional storytelling to explore the thin and fragile layer between digital and emotional life. Deeply poignant lyrics and atmospheric musical arrangements move the listener towards celebrating community spirit and connecting with authenticity.  He will sing all seven songs from The Glass Age along with a selection from his five previous albums and new collaboration Voices From The Cones, about the history and community of Stourbridge’s Glassworks. 

The night will be opened by flautist Eliza Marshall, who has worked with many of the world’s leading musicians such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, The Divine Comedy and Peter Gabriel. She’s toured with sarod guru Amjad Ali Khan, the Britten Sinfonia, Peter Gabriel, Ranagri and with her award-winning project Freedom To Roam.

Eliza’s solo work is influenced by her love of world music and combines incredible looped melodies from her flutes with spoken word and some surprises. 

Dan and Eliza will join musical forces for part of the evening’s magic.

Thursday 18th May 2023, 7.30pm

Tickets £15 
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/554745/

The Shackleton Trio

Captivating songwriting and fiery tunes that combine mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo with powerful three part harmonies. The unmistakeable sound of The Shackleton Trio brings to life the stories of their native East Anglia, and beyond.​

Touring their brand new album 'Mousehold', the trio features Georgia Shackleton (fiddle, vocals), Aaren Bennett (guitar) and Nic Zuppardi (mandolin and banjo). Collectively the band draw influence from British, American and Scandinavian folk traditions, whilst Georgia’s flair for sourcing largely unsung material from East Anglia keeps the band firmly rooted in their local tradition.
​Seven years performing together has seen the band played on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4, with gleaming ★★★★★ reviews, an appearance on Cambridge Folk Festival’s prestigious main stage, a host of UK and European festivals and international tours, and many miles in the Mondeo.
This is a band that clearly enjoy playing together, and are not to be missed.

Friday 5th May, 7.30pm

Tickets £13
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/572549/

​“Chris Wood might be the Ken Loach of songwriting. Very political, but at the same time full of compassion, and he grows sharper and more acute with each passing album. He’s good, quite probably the very best we have today, and we need him more than ever.” - fRoots Magazine

Chris Wood

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables.
 
A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. He cites his major influence as “Anon”.
 
His most recent album ‘So Much to Defend’ has received wide critical acclaim and includes reflections on minor league football, empty nest syndrome, learning to swim, Cook-in Sauce and, not least, the Gecko as a metaphor for contemporary society. 
 
Hollow Point; his chilling ballad of the shooting of Jean Charles Menezez, won a BBC Folk Award (he's won six) and emphatically secured Wood’s place as a serious speech-master for the unofficial history of England. 
 
Collaborators include Martin Carthy, Dizraeli, Billy Bragg, Andy Cutting, Andy Irvine, Karine Polwart, Jean Francois Vrod, The Imagined Village, Hugh Lupton, Martin Butler and many others.  
 
On stage Chris has the air of a craftsman who no longer needs to be precious about his art. Without any apparent effort he reaches deep into an enviable repertoire of songs before revealing another gem. 

Friday 28th April, 7.30pm

Tickets £16
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/564166

RoughCast Theatre Co. presents
Lovesong

By Abi Morgan

'That is the story of our beginning. And this is the story of...the end'

Lovesong is the story of one couple, told from two different points in their lives – as young lovers in their 20s and as worldly companions looking back on their relationship. Their past and present selves collide in this haunting and beautiful tale of togetherness. All relationships have their ups and downs; the optimism of youth becomes the wisdom of experience.
 Written by critically acclaimed contemporary playwright Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Suffragette, The Split), this sometimes dreamlike, sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking one act tale of a lifetime lived together, does not shy away from some emotional topics. 

Saturday 25th March, 7.30pm

SOLD OUT

Quiz Supper

Our popular quiz supper returns this February – spend an evening testing the grey cells with a two-course supper served in the intermission.

Small teams of 4, prizes for the winning teams.

Friday 24th February, 6.30pm arrival for a 7pm start

SOLD OUT

Midwynter Murder
Made2Measure Theatre Co presents Wingfield Barns' very own Christmas whodunit...

The arrival in the village of a renowned author on Christmas day causes a stir, as her fans vie with each other for the famous writer’s attention.

Meanwhile, in one of the new, post-war council houses on the edge of the village, an elderly couple live apart from the tight social circle of the well-heeled set. But feathers are ruffled when the new arrival strikes up a friendship with the couple.

Jealousy, resentment and snobbery combine to create a toxic mix, adding a dangerous edge to the festive season.

This will be a fully accessible, immersive promenade performance making use of all the indoor spaces we have here at Wingfield Barns. Mulled wine/apple juice and mince pies included in ticket price. 

Sunday 18th December, 4pm and 7.30pm

Tickets £12 Adult £8 Child

Online sales via
www.wegottickets.com/event/560828 4pm
www.wegottickets.com/event/560830 7.30pm

Midwinter Revels

Brand-new for 2020! Following on from A Christmas Carol: In Concert and A Brief History of Christmas, GreenMatthews present their new festive show.

Spanning several centuries, GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels is a celebration of Yuletide Past guaranteed to warm 
the cockles of the most Scrooge-like heart. Featuring Christmas carols, winter folk songs, toe-tapping tunes and a plethora of weird and wonderful instruments, the show is brought to life with GreenMatthews’ trademark wit and humour.

“You guys are awesome!” Bill Barclay, Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe

Saturday 10th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £15/£12 (concessions)
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/545254

Roughcast Theatre Co presents
Arsenic and Old Lace

Following a run of Shakespeare productions, RoughCast turns more light-hearted with a production of Joseph Kesselring’s hilarious black comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace. In this famous and much-loved farce, a young drama critic’s life is turned upside down when he discovers that his two adorable and well-meaning spinster aunts have taken to putting their gentlemen house guests out of their misery with poison and burying the bodies in the cellar. Community service - of a kind!

Saturday 26th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (full time students)
SOLD OUT
Please contact 01379 384505 to be added to the waiting list. 

India Electric Co.

India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest”, (BBC Radio 3).  Blending traditional instruments, folk melodies and subtle electronic influences, they’ve extensively toured throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including UK shows at The London Palladium and Hammersmith Apollo.
 
After live sessions with BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, Glastonbury Festival appearances and BBC Introducing’s backing they released The Gap in 2020 with FRUK declaring them “one of the truly pioneering acts in folk music”.

“Two of the most extraordinary musicians, a phenomenal duo” - BBC Radio 2
**** “Bursting with invention and full of surprises.”  - The Telegraph
 **** “Classy pop” - The Scotsman

Friday 25th November, 7.30pm

​Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538987/

Christina Alden and Alex Patterson

Christina Alden and Alex Patterson are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists from Norwich. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe – including a twenty three date tour with Show Of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections and main stage performances at some of the UK’s most prestigious folk festivals.
​
‘A bright, lively collection of songs that plays so sweetly it evokes the sensation of a summer folk festival’ – The Guardian
★★★★★ – The Morning Star
★★★★ ‘Among the roots-world cognoscenti’ – RnR Magazine
‘Beautifully realised collection of songs and tunes’ – Folk Radio UK
‘Immensely talented musicians’ – fRoots

Sunday 20th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538991/

Concert in memory of Pat Blanchet

A concert in memory of Pat Blanchet (half of Lost In Translation)
In aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance

Featuring, among others:

Terence Blacker
Local celebrity singer/songwriter

and international performers
Winter Wilson

Saturday 12th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/555940

Open Space Theatre Company presents
After Miss Julie

After Miss Julie
by Patrick Marber
Open Space Theatre Company

The lady of the house descends to the servants’ quarters as a passionate night of celebration turns to tragedy. 

Marber relocates the drama of Strindberg’s classic text to the night of Labour’s landslide General Election victory in 1945. While her father celebrates with the Labour hierarchy in London, Miss Julie dances the night away with the estate servants, including John, her father’s chauffeur. 

Emma Martin, David Blood and Mia Chadwick star in this gripping story of lust and class division. 

This passionate tragedy was adapted by Patrick Marber from Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Marber is best known for his string of acclaimed plays including Dealer’s Choice and Don Juan in Soho and his BAFTA-winning films Notes on a Scandal and Closer.

Thursday 3rd November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/555362/

Blake Morrison with The Hosepipe Band

THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET
and other East Anglian poems

This is a performance of poetry with music featuring poet and novelist Blake Morrison reading from his collection Shingle Street and other more recent poems about East Anglia.
 
Blake’s readings are accompanied by original music composed and played by the multi-instrumentalist members of The Hosepipe Band.

Saturday 15th October 2022, 7.30pm

Tickets £10
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538366/

Magic Floor Productions presents
Bouncers

Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night in a Northern disco in the 80’s in this outrageous parody of Saturday Night Fever! All the gang are out on the town, the boys, the girls, the cheesy DJ, the late night kebab man and the taxi home, all under the watchful eyes of the Bouncers. One of The National Theatre’s ‘Plays of the Century’! Magic floor productions are excited to take you back to the 80's with nostalgia, comedy and the morning after the night before. Come join us. 

Friday 30th September, 7.30pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/550710/

Bob Flowerdew

Bob’s family have been tilling the land in the Waveney Valley on the Norfolk/Suffolk border since Tudor times, so he is a natural choice to share his wealth of horticultural experience with us in an evening of idiosyncratic chat, anecdote, verse & song.

Warning - may contain wry humour, sometimes witty, occasionally PC.

There will be an intermission for Pimms (or other beverage) – included in the ticket price.

Thursday 21st July, 6.30pm

Tickets £15
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/541083/

Open Space Theatre Company presents
Women of Troy
by Euripides

Women are stranded on the beach outside the burning city of Troy as they wait to be “allocated” to members of the victorious Greek Army, to serve as slaves or concubines. This timeless drama by one of the great Greek playwrights highlights the suffering of women and children when men go to war.

The open-air production, directed by David Green, features the work of choreographer, Caroline Mummery, and composer, William Drew-Batty.

In the event of bad weather the show will transfer into the Great Barn.

75 mins. approx. 

Thursday 23rd June, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/542324/

‘A show, full of humour and terrific songs, giving two fingers up to old age. Even if you hobble in, you’ll leave with a spring in your step.’     Virginia Ironside
 
‘Melodic, funny, and with a touch of melancholy.... You’re in for a treat.’    Craig Brown
 
'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.'    Sunday Times, Top 100 Albums of 2020
​

The Shock of the Old
written and performed by Terence Blacker

Terence Blacker has been stressing over how to grow old happily and with style ever since he got his bus pass and, frankly, months of lockdown have not improved his age-anxiety one bit. Looking around, he has discovered that the world is every bit as muddled about age in the 21st century as he is.

Now, in his funny and perceptive new show, he faces up to the joys and pains of the passing years with songs, quotes, and anecdotes. It’s as if Victor Meldrew met Tom Lehrer for a none-too-serious debate about the meaning of life.

The result is a spirit-lifting and timely celebration of the art of not taking the ageing process lying down - about being, in the words of one of Terence's songs, 'not quite done'.

Does The Shock of the Old finally reveal the great secret of the coming of age? Possibly not, but Terence Blacker shares a world of fun, warmth and wisdom looking for it.

Friday 17th June, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/541082/

Laxfield's Henry

Catherine, Julie, Pen, Tony and Becky are five friends from Laxfield with a sense of fun and no shame about wearing silly outfits in public. In 2019, Catherine persuaded them to pull together the one-hour show she had written (with her daughter Jo) called ‘From Laxefelda to Laxfield’. Billed as ‘a surprising history of our village in sketches, songs and stories’, it went down a storm. ‘Laxefelda’ included a rousing original song (written and performed by Tony) about local hero Henry Keable.

It soon became clear that Henry and his Susannah deserved a play of their very own, so Catherine (being Catherine) set about creating one. The result was a huge success when performed in Laxfield, and is back by popular demand here in Wingfield. We hope you enjoy it.

Saturday 11th June, 7.30pm

Tickets £5
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/547822/

Winter Wilson

Singing out for the underdog in glorious harmony. Original songs packed with punch and emotion that will get beneath your skin, and all delivered with great humour.

Pre-Covid, Winter Wilson had completed tours of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and most of Western Europe, in addition to the UK. Their eight studio albums had all received rave reviews, and 2019’s “Live & Unconventional” (recorded on tour with folk-rock icons Fairport Convention and on stage at Cropredy Festival) was no different.

"If you need evidence of just how special the duo Winter Wilson is, then Live & Unconventional delivers in abundance." Steve Caseman, RnR magazine.

Back in Lincolnshire throughout the pandemic, the pair streamed “Live from the Lounge” for 60 consecutive weeks and also wrote and recorded “The Passing of the Storm”, their tenth album, adding further to their reputation as superb writers, singers and musicians, and great all-round
entertainers.

Now performing stunning new songs alongside old favourites, Kip Winter and Dave Wilson are thrilled to be back on the road.
​
You will laugh; you may cry. You will certainly want to see them again!

Friday 10th June, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/541081/

“Martin Simpson is a superb teller of a song. You just have to listen to the opener on this double album, his own composition, Trouble Brought Me Here, to appreciate how his articulation brings the substance of a song alive, borne on his flowing guitar or banjo accompaniment.” The Scotsman  

"Hearing Andy Cutting play is like going through the wardrobe and finding Narnia. His music is glorious, joyful, moving, subtle, emotionally charged, a totally spell-binding experience that is never long enough". June Tabor

Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting

Martin and Andy have both played solo gigs at Wingfield Barns in the past, and we are thrilled to welcome them back, this time as a duo for what will be an extremely rare performance. With most of the planned tour cancelled, this will be the place to see them if you live anywhere this side of London. 

The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin gives go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing.
 
“What’s it like being the best guitar player in the world…?” Martin’s modesty and grace prevented him from answering this BBC Radio 4 interviewer’s question recently, but the facts speak for themselves.
 
40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle guitar players in the world.

Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner Best Musician 2008, 2011 & 2016): a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine tune. Many of his tunes have been purloined along the way: some considered contemporary classics on the folk scene. But then, Andy is also a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it is a set of dance tunes, or accompaniment to a slow English ballad.

Saturday 21st May 2022, 7.30pm

​Tickets £20
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/511568/

Jacob & Drinkwater

UK alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6 Music and “inventive and thrilling” by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater's nimbly rhythmic double bass; at times sweetly soaring, haunting, percussive and driving, the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil. Featured numerous times on BBC Radio 2, BBC6 Music and lauded by their musical peers as one of the most accomplished acts touring the circuit today.

Saturday 7th May 2022, 7.30pm

Tickets £12

Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/530984

Made2Measure Theatre Co presents
12 Angry (Wo)men - a rehearsed reading

6 good actors and true will attempt to portray a full jury through judicious use of a line-up of hats. We hope you will find us guilty of entertaining you with our light-hearted take on this well-known play, set in 1950s Ipswich for extra glamour.

This one-act play was developed during lockdown, when our rehearsals were restricted by the rule of 6. Necessity being the mother of invention, we found the restriction actually made the play funnier and we hope you will agree. 

Saturday 23rd April, 7.30pm

Tickets £10
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538572/

Tim O'Shea and Friends with support from 
Christina Alden and Alex Patterson

Tim O’Shea is from Killarney in the south west of Ireland. He has been working solo, and in several bands since the late 1980’s. Tim’s repertoire draws from the dance music of his native Sliabh Luachra and West Kerry folk traditions and the singing of Irish and Scottish performers like Jimmy McCarthy, Paul Brady, Dick Gaughan and Andy Stewart.

Tim O’Shea has a longstanding intuition for drawing good musicians together. His own guitar sounds and vocals string an element of melodic clarity throughout any performance. His friends on this tour are Fossa-based Michael D Kelliher( Accordion, Melodeon and Harmonica) and Rosie Healy from Headford ( Flute, whistle, Vocal harmony) resulting in a blend of beautiful music that slides, lifts, reimagines tempo, remembering the legacy of some of the finest Kerry musicians but also ventures outside it in songs by Karine Polwart and Robert Burns.

Christina Alden and Alex Patterson are the main song writing force behind award winning folk trio Alden Patterson and Dashwood. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe - including a twenty three date tour with Show of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections and main stage performances at some of the UK's most prestigious folk festivals.

Saturday 16th April, 7.30pm

Tickets £18
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538574

Roughcast Theatre Company presents
Macbeth

"Light thickens,  
and the crow makes wing to the rooky wood. 
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; 
While night's black agents to their preys do rouse." 
 
Scottish general Macbeth, fresh from his greatest and bloodiest triumph, receives a prophecy from three witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, he hangs on to his throne until the bitter and bloody end. RoughCast return, bringing their trademark clear and fast-paced story-telling to Shakespeare's most gothic and gory tragedy. 

​Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April 2022, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (full time students)

Online sales via: 
Saturday 2nd - www.wegottickets.com/event/530978
Sunday 3rd - ​www.wegottickets.com/event/530980

"These uniquely gifted musicians make a sublime pairing, and create a live performance to be remembered for a long time".

Knight and Spiers

Peter Knight and John Spiers
Album Launch Tour
 
On a summer's day in 2016, the organisers of FolkEast Festival masterminded one of the most intriguing and exciting collaborations on today's folk scene.
 
Peter Knight, legendary violinist and ex-member of folk-rock band Steeleye Span was paired with leading melodeon player and ex-Bellowhead member, John Spiers, for a special one-off performance which left audiences in awe. With no space to be found in the marquee, people stood five deep in the pouring rain in order to witness the bringing together of two of the most genuinely gifted musicians in their respective fields.
 
With a standing ovation and roars for more, and much to the delight of folk fans everywhere, Knight and Spiers decided not to leave things there, and have since become an established duo on the folk-roots scene.
 
The pairing of violin and melodeon is not a new one, but in the hands of Knight and Spiers, Improvisation and invention meet the listener at every turn. Together they have created a musical document that resonates with history, but also something that should inspire future generations of musicians to engage with Britain’s folk dancing heritage, and the beautiful, mysterious tunes that can be found within that heritage.
 
This tour sees the release of their much anticipated second album.

Saturday 12th March, 7.30pm

Tickets £18

Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/528840/

Open Space Theatre Co presents
The Bear
a farce by Anton Chekhov

A landowner calls on a young widow to request payment for a debt incurred by her late husband. When the money is not handed over, tempers fray with hilarious consequences. This fast-paced drama is a comic masterpiece.

This 60-minute show includes two other hilarious comedies, The Proposal and The Evils of Tobacco. 

Friday 4th March, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via
www.wegottickets.com/event/516732

Christmas Decoration Mosaic Workshop

A mosaic workshop to make Christmas decorations for adults and children. 

This is a really fun and very popular mosaic workshop that Wendy has run for several years. Come along and make either one large standing Christmas robin decoration or two or three small tree decorations.  You can choose from a large selection of materials to make lovely individual and sparkly decorations to keep in the family for generations.  If you have china or sparkly old bits of costume jewellery you might want to add, please bring them along!

Following the huge success with the November dates, we are pleased to be able to add two more workshops in December.    

Thursday 16th December 13.00-16.00
Friday 17th December 13.00-16.00

Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/532454 for Thursday, and www.wegottickets.com/event/532455 for Friday. 

‘It’s lovely stuff’ – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

★★★★ Album Of The Year Editors Choice – fROOTS Magazine

★★★★★ R2 – ‘Talented and poetic triumvirate’

★★★★ Songlines – ‘Obviously something of enormous promise’

www.aldenpattersonanddashwood.com

Alden, Patterson and Dashwood

Highly acclaimed folk trio Alden Patterson and Dashwood weave rich vocal harmonies, fiddle, guitar and dobro around beautifully written original songs and melodies. Their music takes influence from English folk traditions with uplifting instrumentals and self-penned songs depicting tales of young travellers, sleepy seas and their affection for home.

​Christina, Alex and Noel played their first gig together in early 2016 and with the unexpected critical success of their debut they haven’t stopped. Notable achievements include; over 800,000 streams on Spotify, winning fRoots editors choice Album Of The Year, 5000 physical albums sold, nearly 300 gigs played, a 23 date concert hall tour with Show Of Hands, multiple shows at Celtic Connections including at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, multiple airplay on BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 6/BBC Radio 4, playing across the UK, France, Belgium and Norway including main stage shows at prestigious folk festivals; Sidmouth, Towersey and Cambridge.

Friday 26th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/523778/

Common Ground Theatre Co. presents
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, adapted by Pat Whymark from the short story by Dostoevsky . 
 
A fantastical tale of new beginnings, featuring Julian Harries as the Ridiculous Man, with Pat Whymark and Emily Bennett providing live musical accompaniment. It tells the story of a man who, much like Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, has a dream which saves his life, brings him back from the edge of despair, reconnects him to society and restores his faith in humanity. Its a poignant, funny and cathartic piece, particularly appropriate for this present moment in time.
 
A one act play, 50 mins long. 

Saturday 20th November, 8pm

Tickets £12/£8 (u21s)
Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/525211/

Reg Meuross

The breadth and depth of Reg Meuross’s material is unparalleled in contemporary folk: songs about forgotten heroes, famous names, folk legends, the climate emergency, tales from the kitchen sink and news from the world stage; if something needs to be sung about then Reg Meuross has a song for it. 

Currently touring with latest release, RAW along with a back collection of 14 albums and two new song cycles brewing, Meuross has the gift of being able to touch people through his songs and performance, painting pictures that remain with the listener long after the song has been sung.

Masterfully accompanying himself on his  ‘44 Martin six-string guitar, harmonica, tenor guitar, banjo and dulcimer and captivating audiences with his beautiful tenor voice, witnessing a Reg Meuross performance is to experience a journey into the heart, soul and songs of one of England’s finest writers.

“Classic, with echoes of early Dylan, Tom Paxton and Leonard Cohen”
THE GUARDIAN

“A mighty songwriter and an equally fine singer”
Martin Carthy

Thursday 11th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £15
Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/521981/

Gigspanner

We are thrilled to be welcoming Gigspanner back to Wingfield Barns this November. 

Described since as one of the “most quietly brilliant sets of musicians in the folk world and beyond” (Folk Radio UK), Gigspanner has stayed true to their quest to take self-penned material along with music rooted in the British Isles and beyond, and with the flick of a bow, a finely chosen chord or slip of a beat, produce richly atmospheric arrangements “with notes seemingly plucked from the stars and rhythms from the equator” (Spiral Earth).

In 2013, Gigspanner’s founding member, legendary fiddle player Peter Knight, left Steeleye Span to wholly commit to the trio, and in the process established their reputation as one of the most genuinely ground-breaking forces on the British folk scene, inspiring Maverick magazine to write "Gigspanner are making some of the most beautiful music the genre has to offer" 5*****

Saturday 6th November 2021, 7.30pm

Tickets £18
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/512878/

Open Space Theatre Company presents
A View From The Bridge

by Arthur Miller

Eddie Carbone struggles to allow Catherine, the orphaned niece he has nurtured and who is now on the cusp of womanhood, to go out into the wider world. His inner turmoil increases as she falls in love with one of the two illegal immigrants he and his wife are sheltering. Can Eddie accept the inevitable or will his stubborn obsession turn to tragedy? Set in the 1950s in the shadow of one of New York’s landmark buildings, the Brooklyn Bridge, this is one of Arthur Miller’s greatest plays. 

Friday 5th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£9.50 (concessions)

Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/516730

“Bursting with invention and full of surprises.”  - The Telegraph
​“Classy pop” - The Scotsman

India Electric Co. 

​India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest”, (BBC Radio 3).  Blending traditional instruments, folk melodies and subtle electronic influences, they’ve extensively toured throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including UK shows at The London Palladium and Hammersmith Apollo.
 
After live sessions with BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, Glastonbury Festival appearances and BBC Introducing’s backing they released The Gap in 2020 with FRUK declaring them “one of the truly pioneering acts in folk music”.

Sunday 17th October 2021, 7.30pm
​
Tickets £14
Online sales via
www.wegottickets.com/event/502920

Bof! Workshop and Dance

BOF! is an established East Anglian band with considerable experience in playing traditional French and Breton dance music. They have a vast experience of playing at clubs and festivals and for specialist dance groups in England and France. The members of BOF! play a variety of authentic instruments and sing.

Their line-up is:
• Simon Haines diatonic accordions
• Phil Lyons acoustic guitar / bass guitar / vocals
• Gwendal Moële vocals
• Val Woollard bagpipes / flute / recorders / desk bells

Bof!’s performance at Wingfield Barns on Saturday October 16th will begin with a dance workshop to teach some of the simpler French and Breton dances. After a break, they will play for an evening “bal”. The songs and instrumentals they play is equally suitable for dancing and listening to, so in addition to a dance space, there will be a seated area for non-dancers.

​There is more information about Bof! on their website where you can hear samples of their music. www.bof-frenchdance.co.uk

Running times are as follows:
16.30-18.30 Workshop
18.30-19.30 Break with Supper
19.30-22.00 Concert/Dance ​

Saturday 16th October
Workshop only £5 www.wegottickets.com/event/516175
Concert/Dance only £12 https://www.wegottickets.com/event/516176 
Workshop and Concert/Dance £15 www.wegottickets.com/event/516177

Tickets via links above. 

Cider and Song with Harbour Lights Trio

Three Suffolk musicians (Derek Simpson, Alvar Smith & Rob Neal) who perform mainly East Anglian songs and tunes on concertinas, melodeon, banjo, guitar, harmonica and ‘cello. Their material ranges from local traditional chorus songs and tunes to music hall and a few more recent gems. The emphasis is on entertainment and audience participation.
You won’t want to miss them.

They play acoustically and get up ‘close and personal’ with their audiences. One of the trio, Alvar, is a retired Suffolk Gamekeeper from Blaxhall and his stories and strong Suffolk accent are always popular. They have performed at Sidmouth & FolkEast Festivals; at many folk clubs and East Anglian village concerts.

Before the concert there will be a harvest supper, a good hearty rustic hot meal to warm the cockles before we make ourselves comfortable for the evening entertainment. Remember to book your ticket for the supper too!

Sunday 10th October, 7pm

Running times are as follows:
6pm Supper
7pm Harbour Lights Trio
7.45pm Interval
8.15pm Harbour Lights Trio
9pm Close 

Tickets available via www.wegottickets.com/event/524680
Concert Only £10
Supper Only £11
Concert and Supper £18

The Keeper's Daughter presents
The Time Machine

An eccentric Victorian Time Traveller has crash-landed in the 21st Century. He has journeyed across time to escape the horrors of Earth’s far-flung future.

Join this mysterious traveller on an enterprising, heartfelt and amusing adventure where he must encounter alien species, explore brand new landscapes and battle the dreaded subterranean Morlocks in order to save the human race from catastrophe.

Stunning puppetry, scintillating movement and a unique electronic soundtrack combine to create a visual feast that brings HG Wells’ classic sci-fi story to the stage like never seen before.

Wednesday 15th September, 7pm

Tickets £10 Adult, £6 Child
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/520685

Mr G - Working Model Workshops

Join Mr G to make a working model before battling it out at The Captain's Table. Lots of options available - take a look and see which one takes your fancy! 

Sessions at 9am, 11.30am and 2pm.

Friday 27th August

Prices vary depending on the model - see left for details.

Online booking is not available for this event - please call 01379 384505 to book. Pre-booking essential.

​Whilst your little ones are enjoying their time with Mr G, why not visit one of our exhibitions open that day, or treat yourself to a cream tea from our tea rooms.

Mr G - Storytelling Event

Join Mr G for a rip-roaring time featuring a run away time-traveller, pirates, octopuses, a robotic bat, an orangutan and many, many more... all from the cockpit of 'Bell', a Timebubble Machine. 

Sessions at 9am, 11.30am and 2pm

Thursday 26th August
£12 per child

Booking essential - please call 01379 384505. Online booking is not available for this event. 

Whilst your little ones are enjoying their time with Mr G, why not visit one of our exhibitions open that day, or treat yourself to a cream tea from our tea rooms. 

A Day of Workshops with The Crafty Foxes

Join us here at Wingfield Barns for a fun-filled day of kids workshops with The Crafty Foxes. Which one (or more??) will you choose to make?

10am - Decorate your own hula hoop
11.30am - Make your own kite
1.30pm - Build your own clock

Each workshop lasts for around 45 mins. Our tea rooms will also be open, along with two exhibitions... why not take a look while you're here?

Friday 20th August

£8 per child, per workshop
Book online via:
10am Hula Hoop Making - www.wegottickets.com/event/519415
​11.30am - Kite Making - www.wegottickets.com/event/519419
​1.30pm - Clock Making - www.wegottickets.com/event/519420

Children's Mosaic Workshops

Children’s mosaic workshop groups are very informal and a lot of fun. Participants will be given a cutout proforma to use for the base, (you can choose) of a size which should be completed in time.

All materials provided and ready cut for use so no cutting required. Goggles provided.

Each child or family must have at least one adult attending at all times if they are under 12 years old. One adult per child under the age of 5.

There will be two sessions on this day - one at 10-12.30 and the second at 1.30-4.00. Please choose which session when you are booking. Only child spaces need to be booked, i.e. no need to book a ticket for the accompanying adult. 

Thursday 19th August

£25 per child
Online Bookings:
www.wegottickets.com/event/519297

To watch a teaser trailer of the show, click here.

The Canterbury Tales

GreenMatthews present six of the best-loved tales, told in a variety of styles. Taking visual inspiration from medieval mystery plays and complete with a touring set which has been specially constructed to resemble a medieval travelling theatre, the three-man cast use drama, verse, physical theatre and song to bring Chaucer's characters to riotous life, telling tales packed with colourful characters and strange situations.  This is definitely not a dry academic take on English literature – the show is fast, furious, occasionally filthy and invariably funny!

Please note: This will be an open air performance, weather permitting. Please bring something to sit on. 

Sunday 4th July 2021, 7.30pm

Tickets £12
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/512814/

RoughCast Theatre Co. presents Shakespeare's
​The Tempest

Following their recent popular summer tours of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, RoughCast return to Shakespeare with a typically fast-moving and energetic production of the most magical of his comedies. Magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in for good measure, make The Tempest  one of his best-loved plays.  

Marooned on a Mediterranean island, Prospero, the one-time Duke of Milan, uses his magical powers to shipwreck his enemies, avenge his wrongs and reclaim his title from his treacherous brother.  Not only that, he has to cope with rebellious spirits and drunken servants as well as arrange the marriage of his beloved daughter Miranda. 

With a production rehearsed and performed in Covid secure conditions RoughCast invites you back to live theatre on a balmy summer evening once more: "Oh brave new world!"

This will be an outdoor performance, weather permitting. Please bring something to sit on. 

Friday 25th June 2021, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (full time student)
Tickets are SOLD OUT online, but due to the favourable weather forecast we are releasing more seats on the fair assumption that we will be outside. Please call 01379 384505 to book.

Quiz Supper

Dust off the grey cells and join the team at Wingfield Barns for our first quiz supper evening.

The bar will be open and the ticket price includes a chilli supper (vegetarian available).

Prizes for the winning team. 

Table teams of 4 - £20 per table

Friday 18th June - SOLD OUT

To book your table, call 01379 384505 or email [email protected]

Garden Celebration Day

As our first event of 2021, we thought we would celebrate being able to welcome people back to Wingfield Barns with a day of celebrating Spring and the great outdoors.

Stalls, talks and demonstrations, workshops, children's snail trail, cream teas, cakes and refreshments. 

Small entry fee.

Jam Jar Posy Workshops with Gabriel's Garden
Gabi will be running two workshops throughout the day offering tuition and providing materials for making jam jar posies for you to take home and enjoy. Each workshop will last for approximately 45 minutes, and cost £25. Places for these must be booked in advance please - unfortunately we will not be able to take bookings on the day. 
To book, please click on the time slot below: 
11.30-12.15
​14.30-15.15

Sunday 6th June 2021, 10.30am to 4pm

RoughCast Theatre Co. presents 
A Christmas Carol

RoughCast revive their first ever Christmas show, Charles
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as a staged reading for a small
ensemble, echoing the famous solo renditions by the author
himself that wowed audiences in Victorian times. The story of the reclamation of that self-confessed  ”Humbug” Ebenezer Scrooge never fails to delight audiences of all ages with its colourful cast of famous characters both real and ghostly.

Friday 11th and Saturday 12th December, 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£6 (full time students)

Book online via: 
Friday - www.wegottickets.com/event/508277
Saturday - SOLD OUT

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop

Enjoy a relaxing morning with Gabi from Gabriel's Garden and create a natural moss based wreath full of festive berries, dried flowers, seasonal foliage, and seed heads. Perfect to adorn your door this Christmas or to use as a beautiful candle filled table centre.

All materials will be provided but feel free to bring bits from your garden to add that personal touch. Please bring secateurs or scissors and an apron.

Coffee and cake provided.

Wednesday 9th December, 10.30am

£45
Book online via www.wegottickets.com/event/507858

For more info, click here www.wingfieldbarns.com/christmas-market.html

To book your arrival slot, click here bookwhen.com/wingfieldbarns

"Hearing Andy Cutting play is like going through the wardrobe and finding Narnia. His music is glorious, joyful, moving, subtle, emotionally charged, a totally spell-binding experience that is never long enough". June Tabor
 
"Andy is the consumate accompanist, harmonically, rhythmically and melodically and an exquisite soloist. There is no one I'd rather work with." Martin Simpson
 
Praise for Andy’s debut solo album:
 
‘A subtle and masterful musician finally gets centre stage’ Spiral Earth 2010
 
‘This debut is a thing of beauty that unveils its pleasures tentatively: all the more to savour them over the long haul’ The Irish Times 2010

Andy Cutting

Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner Best Musician 2008, 2011 & 2016): a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine tune. Many of his tunes have been purloined along the way: some considered contemporary classics on the folk scene. But then, Andy is also a warm and emotive performer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it is a set of dance tunes, or accompaniment to a slow English ballad.
 
Andy has been consistent musical force since he came swiftly to prominence with the innovative Blowzabella. As well as a thorough grounding in the English tradition, Andy's influences extend way beyond these isles, particularly to the music of Central France and to the storming Quebecois tradition. These influences will be well-known to all those familiar with Andy's duo with English fiddle player, guitarist and singer, Chris Wood. Wood & Cutting became one of the most influential, and enduring, duos on the scene; paving the way for the explosion of many of today's thrusting young newcomers.
 
Andy's commitment to, and sense of pride in traditional music, as well as his sensitivity and understanding of the form, has made him one of the folk scene's most wanted, playing with Kate Rusby, John McCusker and Under One Sky to name but a few. There is also a growing demand for him to play outside this genre (having recorded with Sting, John Illsley (Dire Straits) but most recently being asked to join The Who for an acoustic concert in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
 
As well as his ongoing work with Blowzabella, Andy currently tours with his trio Leveret (Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron) and with Anglo-French acoustic dance band, Topette. He is also working on a new duo with Belgian diatonic accordion player Anne Niepold.

Thursday 29th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £15

Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/488525

Much Ado About Falstaff

Kick In The Head Theatre Co

Kick In The Head follow up recent successes with Old Herbaceous, Fagin?, Three Men in a Boat and Choice Grenfell with a new play about Sir John Falstaff…a rogue, a philanderer and a glutton, but also one of Shakespeare’s greatest and enduring comic creations.
 
In this new comedy by Simon Downing we find Falstaff, played by Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous & Three Men in a Boat) in his bedroom in the Boars Head being nursed by Mistress Quickly, played by Suzanna Walters (Choice Grenfell).
 
The creditors arrive demanding payment. Will Falstaff resort to marrying Mistress Quickly in order to pay off his debts? Will he turn teetotal? Will he mellow in his old age? Find out the answers to all these important questions that Shakespeare never bothered to answer and join Falstaff for an evening of jollity, frivolity, a definite lack of coequality and more Shakespearean insults than ever previously heard on a theatrical stage!

This performance will take place outside, weather permitting. Please bring something to sit on. Should the need arise to move the performance inside, social distancing measures will be adhered to and will meet government guidelines.

Saturday 12th September 2020, 2.30pm

Tickets £14 / £12

Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/505082

"... at art school they said I had a remarkable eye for trivia, like it was a bad thing."

Chris Wood

Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables.

A self-taught musician, composer and song writer, Chris is a lifelong autodidact whose independent streak shines through everything he does. Always direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. He cites his major influence as “Anon”.

His most recent album ‘So Much to Defend’ has received wide critical acclaim and includes reflections on minor league football, empty nest syndrome, learning to swim, Cook-in Sauce and, not least, the Gecko as a metaphor for contemporary society. 

Hollow Point; his chilling ballad of the shooting of Jean Charles Menezez, won a BBC Folk Award (he's won six.) and emphatically secured Wood’s place as a serious speech-master for the unofficial history of England. 

Collaborators include Martin Carthy, Dizraeli, Billy Bragg, Andy Cutting, Andy Irvine, Karine Polwart, Jean Francois Vrod, The Imagined Village, Hugh Lupton, Martin Butler and many others.  

On stage Chris has the air of a craftsman who no longer needs to be precious about his art. Without any apparent effort he reaches deep into an enviable repertoire of songs before revealing another gem.

Saturday 7th March, 7.30pm

Tickets £14

Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/487507

“Knight’s playing is a revelation. A world away from folky fiddling, it’s fully informed by the classical style, all long sweeping bow strokes and eloquent legato. Yet he never loses the essential folk heart of the music, tracing a graceful line of his own making”
 “Contemplative, accomplished…an evening to relish for some time to come"
"(The melodeon) is a curious kind of versatile, but Spiers knows exactly how to capture and manipulate its range, adding maximum colour and savour to the music"
All quotes from Su O’Brien’s Review of Cambridge Folk Festival’s ‘City Roots’ at Folking.com

Knight & Spiers

On a summer's day in 2016, the organisers of FolkEast Festival masterminded one of the most intriguing and exciting collaborations on today's folk scene.

Peter Knight, legendary violinist and ex-member of folk-rock band Steeleye Span was paired with leading melodeon player and ex-Bellowhead member, John Spiers, for a special one-off performance which left audiences in awe. With no space to be found in the marquee, people stood five deep in the pouring rain in order to witness the bringing together of two of the most genuinely gifted musicians in their respective fields.

With a standing ovation and roars for more, and much to the delight of folk fans everywhere, Knight and Spiers decided not to leave things there.

The pairing of violin and melodeon is not a new one, but in the hands of Knight and Spiers, improvisation and invention meet the listener at every turn. Together they have created a musical document that resonates with history, but also something that should inspire future generations of musicians to engage with Britain’s folk dancing heritage, and the beautiful, mysterious tunes that can be found within that heritage.

These uniquely gifted musicians make a sublime pairing, and create a live performance to be remembered for a long time.
 
Listen on SoundCloud from here!

Saturday 22nd February, 7.30pm
Tickets £15
Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/488527
 

A Brief History of Christmas
600 Years of Yuletide Songs, Carols, Tunes and Tales

Acclaimed musicians GreenMatthews (with special guest Jude Rees of Pilgrims’ Way) present a festive romp through 600 years of Christmas music, songs and carols.
 
Beginning in the Middle Ages and ending in the 20th century, ‘A Brief History of Christmas’ is a whistle-stop tour of the origins of our midwinter festivities. Featuring long-forgotten songs and tales as well as some familiar and well-loved carols, ‘A Brief History of Christmas‘ is a show guaranteed to delight the hearts of young and old.
 
The show takes in 600 years of music – featuring music and songs played on archaic instruments such as cittern, shawm and rauschpfeife, as well as more familiar instruments such as guitar, flute, oboe and accordion -  all helped along by GreenMatthews' trademark wit and humour.
 
'A Brief History of Christmas' is the perfect show for anyone looking to recapture the simple Yuletide delights of fellowship, laughter and good cheer.

Tuesday 17th December, 7.30pm
Tickets £12
 
Online sales: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/480654

“Eclectic and enjoyable - a bewildering array of instruments” English Dance and Song
 
“You guys are awesome!” Bill Barclay, Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe

A Christmas Carol
The Keeper’s Daughter

The Keeper’s Daughter’s A Christmas Carol is an innovative, playful and faithful adaptation of the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge: a cranky old miser, who makes life a misery for everyone who crosses his path, until an evening of Ghostly visitations forces a change in him for the better.

Two dynamic performers give this magical, imaginative and vibrant retelling a spirited twist.

Suitable for all the family aged 5+.

www.thekeepersdaughter.org.uk

Supported by Arts Council England.
 
Saturday 30th November, 2.30pm

Tickets £8 Adults, £5 Children

Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/483014

Photo by Judith Burrows

“Martin Simpson has transcended borders and oceans to quietly become a superb storyteller and musician of great depth and unquestionable taste.”
- Stephen Fearing

Martin Simpson

The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin gives go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing.
 
“What’s it like being the best guitar player in the world…?” Martin’s modesty and grace prevented him from answering this BBC Radio 4 interviewer’s question recently, but the facts speak for themselves.
 
40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle guitar players in the world.

Sunday 1st December, 7.30pm

Tickets £16
 
Online sales: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/467129 

"Sublime show that celebrates family, nature and the ties that bind goes on to pack a fierce political punch" The Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
 
"when she speaks we listen, when she pauses we lean forward. For the clarity of her voice, speaking and singing, is rooted in the truth. And the power of her words, scripted and sung, are steeped in poetry" - ReviewSphere ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
 
"a beautiful allegory for how the survivors deal with historical atrocity... horror and beauty co-exist and the titular red dress becomes an eloquent symbol of resilience, but also how the prejudices of the past are sewn into the celebrations of the present"  - The List
 
"the pinnacle of her musical journey to date" - Folk Radio UK
 
"vivid songwriting" - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

Rowan Rheingans – Dispatches on the Red Dress

Dispatches on the Red Dress is an intimate and courageous new live show by twice BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning songwriter Rowan Rheingans. Adventurous new writing meets the warmth of a folk gig in this heartfelt and personal one woman show, uniquely weaving immersive storytelling with live fiddle, banjo and original songs taken from Rowan's brand new genre-melding debut solo album 'The Lines We Draw Together'.
 
Unravelling the joy and pain from a story of her grandmother’s youth in 1940's Germany, Rowan celebrates small acts of resistance and boldly asks a troubling question for our times: can hope for our future be found in the very darkest pockets of our history?

Tuesday 5th November, 7.30pm
Tickets £14

Online sales: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/481082

Gibbons & Gaulier presents
The Affair

A hilarious and thoroughly uplifting new play about relationships, which has all the ingredients of a great comedy… clown, bouffon, vaudeville and slapstick!  With a sprinkle of drama and a splash of tragedy, this cake… I mean pizza, is ready to eat. The Affair is a wonderfully funny play… a laugh a minute, simply, unmissable!  Our casanova, Gustavo, is getting ready to ask a very important question, but not before he has checked everything on his ‘to do’ list. After Daffadowndilly’s arrival, what is supposed to be a romantic evening soon starts to spiral out of control; following a knock on the door all reason turns to mayhem, and we are faced with a scenario that leaves all three characters grappling for sanity.
 
The Affair is a timeless comedy that depicts the highs and lows of relationships in a very funny way. With each character bringing a different light to the story, there is plenty for the audience to relate to and be amused by.

Saturday 9th November, 7.30pm
Tickets £14/£12
 
Online sales: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/466996

“...an evening with Gibbons & Gaulier is one not to be missed... the material is glorious and original. The Affair is a deftly written play... with a depth that will leave you wanting more... Gibbons & Gaulier are simply unique!”
- James Pearson, Artistic Director, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club

Bloody Poetry
by Howard Brenton
RoughCast

Originally staged at the Royal Court in 1987, Bloody Poetry explores the relationship between the poets Byron and Shelley and their wives and lovers. We jump from Switzerland to Italy by way of London, Bath and Dover Beach, from 1816 to 1818 to 1822, the year that Shelley drowned, mourned by those closest to him – among them the now Lord Byron and his widow, the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley. It’s an exciting mix of Romanticism and radicalism, leavened with a fair dose of humour too.

Friday 1st November, 7:30pm
 
Tickets £10/£6 (Over 60/Under 18)

Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/483112 

'Definitely one of the best folk acts I’ve heard in a long while'
– Music News 
‘I would stake money on a bright future for Harbottle & Jonas’
– Folkwords
‘Stunning songwriting and heart-rending arrangements 9/10’
– Americana UK

Harbottle & Jonas

Partners in life and music, dynamic Devon duo Harbottle & Jonas are currently touring with their fourth and most ambitious album, ‘The Sea Is My Brother’.
 
Combining a love of the richness of traditional folk with their own original and powerful songwriting, the album’s maritime theme is maintained across political, historical, and personal stories and songs.
 
A compelling live show during which David & Freya blend their distinctive solo voices and close harmonies with concertina, harmonium, mandola, stomp box and acoustic guitar. This signature sound has been honed by over six years of performing together and up to 200 gigs a year including the prestigious Dartington Hall as well as music clubs and festivals up and down the country.
 
With plaudits from Seth & Geoff Lakeman, Jon Boden, Rod Clements, Lankum, Declan Sinnott, BBC Introducing, and Tom Robinson (BBC6 Music), Harbottle & Jonas have managed to establish themselves as one of the most exciting prospects on the folk circuit.

Friday 25th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the door

Online sales: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/469425

Agatha Christie’s "And Then There Were None"
Mustard Theatre Company

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.
 
Thursday 24th October, 7:30pm

Tickets £10
 
Online sales via http://www.wegottickets.com/event/482995

Lost in Translation

Back in concert again at Wingfield Barns, local duo Lost in Translation (Pat Blanchet and Roy Goodwin) have made a big step forward in producing a new album of all their own songs that they have been working on for the last year.
They are very excited to launch their new CD ‘Syleham Lights’ on Oct 5th  at the Barns with guest musicians Simon Winter (Keys) and Frank Warne (Cajon) who are on the album.
With all the stories behind the songs they will be performing these tracks which include the titular ‘Syleham Lights’, ‘The Ghost of the Brockdish Bride’ and ‘Two-timing Isobel’.

Profits from the night go to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, joining in is allowed and of course the CDs will be available on the night.

Saturday 5th October, 7.30pm.
Online ticket sales: www.wegottickets.com/event/478538

“There are a few seriously funny books that remain great for all time. Three Men in a Boat is one of these” The Guardian
“Timeless appeal” The Independent
“Pitch-perfect comedy about, well, three men in a boat” The Telegraph
Giles Shenton "creates an instant rapport with the audience, drawing us into his world and making the characters in it so real we feel you have known them forever. " Edinburgh Fringe Review
"Skilfully distilled from Jerome K. Jerome’s comic masterpiece into 95 minutes of pure delight. To those who wondered if the same team could live up to the earlier success of Old Herbaceous, the answer was an emphatic yes. A master class in confidence, stagecraft and delivery." Opening Night Review
“The nearest thing to "audio slapstick" I've ever heard, culminating in the sublime comedy of opening a tin, when you've forgotten the tin opener. It is not often that you come out of a theatrical performance feeling like you've been sharing happy and hilarious times, safe from a cruel world & wrapped in a warm blanket.” Vera Fletcher Review

Three Men in a Boat
Kick in the Head Productions

Written by Jerome K. Jerome
Adapted for the stage by Simon Downing & Giles Shenton
Directed by Simon Downing
Music by Andrew D Brewis

After the huge success of Old Herbaceous, Kick In The Head productions are back with a rip roaring barrel of fun, Three Men in a Boat, with Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous himself!) playing the part of Jerome K Jerome.
 
Join Jerome as he recounts the hilarious story of his boating holiday along the magnificent River Thames with his two companions and Montmorency the dog. Come and join in the fun as Giles Shenton expertly takes the helm and pilots you through the ridiculous tale of men behaving badly while messing about in boats!

Saturday 28th September, 7.30pm
Tickets £14/£12 (concessions)
Link to online sales : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/475166

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
RoughCast Theatre Company

Following the success of recent summer tours of "As You Like It" and "Twelfth Night", RoughCast bring you Shakespeare's most popular comedy: "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Set in an enchanted forest with warring fairies, sparring lovers and a group of enthusiastic amateur actors who are putting on a play, this most magical and hilarious play is the perfect entertainment for a July evening.

RoughCast's lively, colourful and fast-moving production is set on a sultry summer's evening in Greece, redolent of summer holidays on Mediterranean islands but also with a flavour of ancient Greece and mythological magic.

Friday 19th July, 7.30pm
Tickets £10/£6 (students)
Weather permitting, this performance will be outside. Please bring chairs / blankets to sit on.

Two
by Jim Cartwright
Open Space Theatre Company

A landlady and landlord greet customers frequenting that microcosm of community life – the local pub. Jim Cartwright’s dark, heart-rending comedy depicts the rich tapestry of human experience through intimate insights into the lives of those on both sides of the bar.

Open Space presents a highly engaging and poignant drama, bringing tears of both laughter and sadness.

Friday 5th July, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 & £9.50

Radient Vermin
EM Productions
By Philip Ridley
Directed by Peter Sowerbutts

What would you do for your dream home?
 
Ollie and Jill want to tell you about their dream home. Some of the things they did to get it, you might find shocking. But they want you to know they did it all for their baby...

A hilarious and outrageous black comedy from internationally acclaimed Philip Ridley. Playful, provocative and viciously sharp, Radiant Vermin is a wickedly comic satire about a young couple who are offered a way out of the housing crisis, and just how far they're prepared to go for it.

Starring Emma Martin (The Browning Version, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, The Blue Angel), Jake Kubala (Woman in Mind, Separate Tables) and Frances Lamb (Dancing at Lughnasa, See How They Run).
 
Age guidance 12+
Running time: 90mins
Wednesday 26th June
Tickets £10/£6 (students)

Drama is a crucial part of the programme of events and includes performances by professional companies. We are also delighted to host plays by local societies and are keen to promote events by students in local schools and by pupils of local music teachers.
Please call 01379 384505 if you would like to discuss Wingfield Barns hosting your community group performance.