The Arts
Details of voluntary organisations relating to the arts, drama, theatre and music with contact numbers within the four market towns are shown here in alphabetical order and are colour coded for each town.
Arts
Beccles Society of Artists
Contact: Mr A Fairchild
Tel: 01502 716630
Email:
Website:
Black Dog Arts
Activities to date include Life Drawing, Workshops run by acclaimed professional artists, various Crafts workshops, trips to galleries etc. Membership is open to everyone. Current membership costs £5 per year.
Contact: Jan Dungey (Secretary)
Tel: 01986 895227
Email: jan@ollandstreet.co.uk
Website: www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk/bda
Southwold Art Circle
Painting Group meets in Methodist Church Hall. Membership is open to anyone interested in art. £9 per year.
Contact: David Weight
Tel: 01502 724705
Email:
Website: www.southwoldartcircle.co.uk
Dance
June Glennie School of Dance
Amateur theatre group performing plays and sketches
Contact: Ms June Glennie
Tel: 01502 713619
Email:
Website: www.juneglenniedance.co.uk
Drama
Beccles Theatre Players
Amateur theatre group performing plays and sketches
Contact: The Secretary
Tel: 01502 713494
Email: info@becclestheatreplayers.co.uk
Website: www.becclestheatreplayers.co.uk
Bungay Arts & Theatre Society (BATS)
Drama, dance and film presentations in Fisher Theatre, Broad Street
Contact: Judy Kelsey
Tel: 01986 893952
Email:
Website:
Bungay Theatre Group
Amateur dramatic society, performances in Bungay Community Centre
Contact: Stephen Went
Tel: 01986 893284
Email: Bungay Theatre Group
Website:
Southwold and Reydon Pantomime Group
Contact: Brenda Doy
Tel: 01502 723927
Email:
Website:
Music
Beccles Choral Society
Concerts including works by Hydn, Handel, Bach and Mozart.
Contact: John Crowfoot
Tel: 01502 717754
Email: The Secretary
Website: www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk
Bungay Choral Society
Mixed choir practises Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in Orange Hall, Emmanuel Church
Contact: Dorothy Wyburn
Tel: 01986 896541
Email: Bungay Choral Society
Website: www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk/choral
Southwold Classical Music Society
Meets on 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in Doris Hatfield Room, St Edmunds Hall
Members and guest speakers give presentations of recorded works
Contact: Ros Eden
Tel: 01502 725108
Email: ros-eden@tiscali.co.uk
Website:
Southwold Jazz Appreciation Society
Meets on 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8.00pm in Doris Hatfield Room, St Edmunds Hall
Contact: G. L. Collingwood
Tel: 01502 724674
Email: Contact Brian Sutton
Website:
Southwold Corps of Drums
Meet at the Scouts hut every Wednesday evening from 18.30 - 19.30 and Sunday morning from 10.00 - 11.30am
Adult, and children over the age of 7 are welcome
Contact: Lesley Dibley and
Matt Wade
Tel: (Lesley) 01502 724674 (Matt)
07780 975885
Email:
Website:
Spotlight Musical Theatre Group
Aim to perform quality modern musicals twice a year at Beccles Public Hall.
Contact: Barbara Warren, Secretary
Tel: 01502 713618
Email: spotlightbecclesbm@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.spotlightbeccles.org
Waveney Light Opera Group
Waveney Light Opera Group is a Beccles-based amateur musical theatre society committed to
encouraging local talent in musical and dramatic art. It is one of the premier entertainment
societies in the area presenting musical shows that are known for their high quality and artistic
excellence. We perform two shows each year in Beccles Public Hall in the Spring and the Autumn.
Contact: John Cushing
Tel: 01502 712329
Email: business@wlog.org.uk
Website: www.wlog.org.uk
Wrentham Band
We are a brass band playing traditional and contemporary music for brass. We are keen to attract new players and we are currently taking bookings for concerts in 2007.
We rehearse at Kessingland Working Mens Club - Mondays 7.30 - 9.30pm and at Henstead School same times on Fridays
Contact: John Woodcock
Tel: 01502 741183
Email: Wrentham Band
Website: www.wrenthamband.org