Ipswich residents are rightly proud of our Red Rose Chain Theatre Company.
Red Rose Chain is a not for profit theatre company based at The Avenue Theatre in Ipswich, delivering a vibrant professional and community programme. For over 20 years, they have put inclusion and accessibility at the centre of our work, providing a needed refuge and giving a voice to the marginalised through high quality arts activities and volunteering opportunities. Since Artistic Director Joanna Carrick formed the company in 1990, Red Rose Chain has been a beacon in the local community for those needing a place to belong. Over the years, they have worked with remarkable groups of people on theatre and film projects, changing the lives of drug-addicts, women involved with street prostitution, prisoners and young offenders, disadvantaged young people and adults with disabilities and mental health diagnoses.
Have you ever been to one of their spectacular outside theatre performances?
Theatre in the Forest is famed for making Shakespeare accessible and fun for all, staying true to the text while injecting high energy, dance, music, colour and magic. What once started out as two nights at Rendlesham Forest in 1999, the event has since turned into one of Suffolk’s biggest and best loved outdoor theatre events! Sutton Hoo has been the home of Theatre in the Forest since 2022. The site is the beautiful site of the Anglo-Saxon burial ground as featured in the Netflix film ‘The Dig’, boasting hauntingly beautiful views over the River Deben – the perfect backdrop for a magical evening enjoying Shakespeare as the sun goes down and the stars appear!
Audiences can arrive at Sutton Hoo from 5pm to enjoy the beautiful National Trust site with your theatre ticket. There are plenty of perfect spots for a pre-show picnic across the Sutton Hoo site, as well as in the field by the auditorium. Plus you can enjoy a pre-show food and drink from the King’s Road Cafe, and shop in the National Trust gift shop!
This year’s performance will be ‘Hamlet’. The ‘Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark’, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare’s longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet’s mother. Lots of Royal drama awaits you!
To buy tickets for this year’s shows, please visit https://www.redrosechain.com/hamlet/details
Who wrote this about Ipswich?
Sam Sherman
Sam is a Co-Founder of Ipswich.love. Passionate about Ipswich, Sam looks to see how we might jointly reverse some of the recent negativity and bring some deserved positivity back to our beloved Town.
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