Tickets are now on sale for the spring season at The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
The New Wolsey’s artistic director, Peter Rowe, will direct headliner Feed The Beast by Steve Thompson.
This funny play from the award-winning writer of Damages, Whipping It Up and Roaring Trade looks at the rocky relations between press and politicians. It premières at Birmingham Repertory Theatre then has a run at the New Wolsey in May.
Peter Rowe saind, “I am very much looking forward to directing Feed the Beast. It is rare to be offered the chance to direct a new play like Steve’s that talks about issues which are so of the moment.
"This sharp and sassy examination of the relationship between leading politicians and the press will be taking place just as we are all deciding who to vote for in the next General Election.
"In a witty, energetic and sometimes scabrous look behind the scenes at Prime ministerial power, this fast and funny play asks do we get the politicians we deserve, or the politicians the press demands, or simply those that are left once the politicians with beliefs and principles have been hounded out of town."
Also in the programme is a visit from Talawa Theatre Company with Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, and Miller’s The Crucible also features, presented by New Wolsey Theatre’s Young Company.
METIS returns to the venue with live multimedia show World Factory which investigates the background to contemporary clothing manufacture, whilst Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds visits with award-winning comedy writer Tim Firth's Sign Of The Times.
There is also a chance to see Alan Bennett’s The History Boys presented by Sell A Door Theatre Company and The Secret Adversary (by Agatha Christie, adapted by Sarah Punshon and Johann Hari) presented by the Watermill Theatre.
Amongst the work for those with learning disabilities is The Forest from Frozen Light and Nottingham Playhouse presents The Wave, both multi-sensory events created for teenagers and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Celebrating World Autism Awareness Day is Circles In The Sand from Half Moon and Tam Tam and, celebrating LGBT History Month, Hartshorn-Hook Productions presents Away From Home.
For young audiences, the Theatre is visiting schools with When I Grow Up?, a show about finding out about the kind of person you want to be for students aged 8 to 10.
Full details of the new season can be found at the theatre's web site where the downloadable programme can be found.