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Holocaust Memorial Day
30 January 2012
On Friday 27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day, a Souvenir d'Anne Frank rose was planted in the Peace Garden at Christchurch Park in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
The event was led by Val Ross from The Anne Frank Trust and attended by Councillor Roger Fern, Deputy Mayor of Ipswich and his wife Mrs Pat Fern, Cllr Mary Young, Cllr Jane Chambers, Cllr Sandy Martin, Cllr Inga Lockington, Allison Coleman from Suffolk County Council's Equalities and Inclusion Team, Elizabeth Sugarman, a representative of the Jewish community, Deborah Charles from Suffolk Hate Crime Service, Chief Executive Sarah Holmes and colleagues from the New Wolsey Theatre, Richard Wilson from Friends of Christchurch Mansion, pupils and teachers from Castle Hill Primary School and many others.The rose was sent to theatre company Ensemble from Japan where it has been cultivated from a plant originally sent to a young Japanese girl by Anne's father Otto. In Japan it is regarded as a symbol of peace.
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EADT Arts Coverage
13 January 2012
The New Wolsey Theatre is concerned to hear of an apparent strategy by the East Anglian Daily Times to abandon all arts coverage.
The arts form a vital part not only of the Cultural Life of this region but of its economic prosperity as well. At a time of intense economic pressure Suffolk County Council recently protected the Arts from its programme of cuts precisely because it recognised the important contribution the Arts make to the region's economy.
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Happy New Year From Invisible
4 January 2012
In 2011 the New Wolsey Theatre co-producted 'Transport' with the company Invisible. They've sent us an overview of their 2011 which we thought you'd like to read!
Emma and I are sitting in cafe in Kolkata, India thinking back over Transport's last twelve months and we want to say a big THANK YOU...it has been an important year for us and it wouldn't have been possible without you.
This has been our 2011:
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20th Century Boy Nomination
4 January 2012
We are very pleased to see that 20th Century Boy - The Musical has been shortlisted in the Whatsonstage.com awards this year. This is the second time a New Wolsey Theatre production has been nominated for an award that is solely based on audience voting.
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2012 Youth Theatre Auditions
5 September 2011
So you are interested in a place in our Drama Club / Youth Theatre / Young Company? Find out here details of how to audition.
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Facebook & Twitter
16 October 2009
Did you know you can find out more and get involved by joining us on our Facebook Fan Page or following our Tweets on Twitter!?