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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. 

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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/
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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.
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‘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/
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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‘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
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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/
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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/
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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.
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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/
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“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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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"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/
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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
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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. 
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‘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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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“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
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Tickets £14
Online sales via
www.wegottickets.com/event/502920
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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. 
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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
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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
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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.
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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. 
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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
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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
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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/


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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.
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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 office.manager@wingfieldbarns.co.uk
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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
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14.30-15.15


Sunday 6th June 2021, 10.30am to 4pm
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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
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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

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

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

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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
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“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 
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"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
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“...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

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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 
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'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
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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
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“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.
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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)
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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.


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