Suzanne Hawkes

East Reviewer

I am a professional playwright living in Suffolk and I produce my plays through my own theatre company Black&White Productions. We specialise in plays about local history and events.

I have previously written reviews for The Ipswich Star, The East Anglian Daily Times and the OneSuffolk web site as well as my own local blog FelixstoweSpy.

Reviews

Tom Kanji as History & Kyle Rowe as Richard

Richard, My Richard

Philippa Gregory

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds & Shakespeare North Playhouse

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

12–19 April 2024

King Arthur

Le Navet Bete with John Nicholson

Le Navet Bete

New Wolsey, Ipswich

11–13 April 2024

Stones in His Pockets

Marie Jones

Eastern Angles

Kirton Village Hall

16 March 2024

Audrey (Laura Jane Matthewson) & Seymour (Oliver Mawdsley)

Little Shop of Horrors

Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken

New Wolsey Theatre, Octagon Theatre, Hull Truck, Theatre by the Lake

New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

1–23 March 2024

Boy On The Roof

Rachael Savage

Vamos Theatre

New Wolsey, Ipswich

13–14 February 2024

Rumplestiltskin

Kevin Dyer

Eastern Angles Theatre Company in association with Theatre Porto

Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich

30 November 2023–6 January 2024

Luke Thornton as Dick & Myles Miller as The Cat

Dick Whittington and his Cat

Vikki Stone

New Wolsey Theatre

New Wolsey, Ipswich

23 November 2023–20 January 2024

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

Le Navet Bete with John Nicholson

Le Navet Bete

New Wolsey, Ipswich

31 October–4 November 2023

Ghost Stories by Candlelight

Georgia Shackleton, Nicola Werenowska, Shamser Sinha, Kelly Jones

HighTide Festival Productions

Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich

13 October–25 November 2023

The Invincibles

Amanda Whittington

Queens Theatre, Hornchurch

New Wolsey, Ipswich

26–30 September 2023

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