April
26 Apr
From the subtle beauty of “Coming Back to Life” to the all-out rock of “Run Like Hell” this incredible, 8-piece, fully live tribute to the one and only Pink Floyd deliver on every level. Featuring a spell binding Light and Laser Show and with stunning, authentic projections up on that iconic circular screen, this truly […]
27 Apr
Post World War 2, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
May
3 & 4 May
Film Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. With Tuppence Middleton, James Purefoy, Daniel Mays
10 May
Jim Ring’s radical reinterpretation of the role played by the Navy in the Great War. Expect fireworks in this talk derived from his new book.
10 May
Sally returns to Sea Fever to host this ever popular event.
10 May
Phil Hawes – Educationalist, mountaineer and long-standing chair of Sheringham RNLI With reference to place, literature and history, this illustrated talk offers a personal view of how the sea continues to shape our culture and our lives.
10 May
The Sea is my Soul : a literary voyage along the Frisian coast. Elaine Ewart – former Fenland Poet Laureate, is a writer of poetry and creative non-fiction, concerned with representations of place. Elaine made such an impression at Sea Fever 1 last May that we had to ask her back. The former Fenland Poet […]
10 May
Julia Blackburn – Suffolk, and sometime Italy based, author of fiction and non-fiction, with Time Song her new release in 2019 from Jonathan Cape Julia’s widely reviewed new book has been described as ‘a winning mix of personal and pre-historical … a psychogeography which presents Blackburn’s search into the long-vanished land mass called Doggerland in […]
10 May
Paul Stephenson – Poet, co-curator of Poetry in Aldeburgh (2018) and interviewer of poets on his blog at paulstep.com. The curator of the 2018 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival brings his talents to Wells. Paul is rather a rare beast : a poet who can present as well as write. Do see for yourself.
10 May
Francis Pryor – Archaeologist, writer, radio broadcaster, TV presenter and regular member of Channel 4’s Time Team. As anyone who has seen time team will know Professor Pryor has a huge gift for presenting the complexities of the past to a popular audience. Here he talks about some of the stories and discoveries that have […]
10 May
Confessions of a Country Doctor: Wonders & Absurdities Philip Evans – Retired family doctor and historian from Bury St Edmunds Dr. Rhys Evans comes clean on the stories behind his delightful 2018 bestseller, ‘A Country Doctor’s Commonplace Book’.
10 May
Two prize winning poets, Peter Wallis and Sally Festing, present poems about the head, both its physical and mental aspects. How does repeated brain surgery impact on families? What if the patient has an identical twin? The answers come, in Andrew McMillan’s words, in poems that see ‘life as something tentative as well as tender’.
10 May
Kevin Crossley-Holland and Andy Rafferty Kevin and Andy launch their new collaboration about the timber circle discovered in 1998 at Holme-next-the-Sea – fifteen miles west of Wells. For two artists who take much of their inspiration from the distant past, this prehistoric monument has proved a crucible for their combined talents.
11 May
Readings and prize giving hosted by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Tim Fisher.
11 May
Loving Angels Instead – why more people now believe in angels than God. Peter Stanford – Writer, journalist, broadcaster and former editor of the Catholic Herald. ‘In a 2016 poll, one in 10 Britons claimed to have experienced the presence of an angel, while one in three remain convinced that they have a guardian angel. These are […]
11 May
The Met Office Advises Caution and other works. Rebecca Watts in conversation and reading from her latest works.
11 May
Cuckoos and Curious naturalists Professor Nick Davies – Cambridge Professor of Behavioural Ecology updates us on his recent work on cuckoos : how cuckoos trick their hosts and how the hosts defend themselves against cuckoo parasitism; how cuckoo trickery and host defences co-evolve; how cuckoo chicks manipulate hosts when they beg for food. Brilliant!
11 May
From politics to Pots and other Nonsense Roger Law the creator of ‘Spitting Image’ revisits his career and recounts how he morphed from puppets to pots. Unmissable!
11 May
Matthew Hollis and Richard Scott Matthew Hollis explores The Wasteland. Twice. Firstly with a sound and vision talk, secondly as a two-voiced dramatic reading of the poem with fellow poet Richard Scott.
11 May
Sir Andrew Motion ‘Andrew Motion’s prose memoir In the Blood was widely acclaimed. Now, twelve years later and three years after moving to live and work in the United States, Andrew looks back once more to recreate a stunning biographical sequel – but this time in verse. Essex Clay rekindles, expands and gives a tragic […]
11 May
Matthew Hollis and Richard Scott Matthew Hollis, guitar, and Richard Scott, counter-tenor, will perform music by John Dowland, Jolie Holland and Luke Kelly, with texts by W. B. Yeats and Patrick Kavanagh. They will also discuss how poetry and music are intertwined through rhythm, cadence and feeling.
12 May
Tony Britten the composer and film director in discussion about the Britten collaboration with led to the masterly Night Mail. Screening of the classic ‘Night Mail’ and discussion on the words, music and film direction, provided by W H Auden, Benjamin Britten and Harry Watt and Basil Wright.
12 May
Robert Smith Wells harbour-master Robert Smith lifts the lid on his popular local memoir about the town and its relationship with the sea.
12 May
Gillian Beer in conversation with festival directors David Waller and Jim Ring
13 May
Film : presented by Screen-next-the-Sea. A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The younger and the older of the household are in on the act. The unusual routine is about to change from […]
14 May
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, […]
17 May
Live on Stage The award winning London smash hit play and subsequent feature film DEATH AND THE MAIDEN is revived in this exclusive tour by Baroque Theatre Company. Gripping high drama, with great intensity, this is a unique and first-rate thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play […]
17 May
PAKALOLO an up and coming SKA post Punk band from Norwich supported by local band BLOODGATE HILL will perform the first live Gig in the Clore/Handa space in the Maltings. This is a private hire and is presented by A F Records
18 May
Encore screening from the Met. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress.
19 May
You are your own Super Hero! Join us and make a Time Capsule, with the help of your parent or helper all about the fantastic things that make you special! A fab creative workshop for children aged 7-10 years working alongside their parent and helper with a wellbeing theme.
23 May
It’s the return of the Maltings Comedy Club where we bring you best of the best of the UK comedy circuit for you good folk who love the funnies! This month featuring the magical tomfoolery of Danny Buckler, wickedly funny Yuriko Kotani and compered by the ginger comedy Viking Chris Brooker himself! A gifted performer, […]
24 May
Film A Spanish woman returns to her home town outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open. With Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín
25 May
Fundraising event for Burnham Overy Village Hall’s play equipment appeal and Wells Maltings’ community programmes. Screening of THE HAPPY PRINCE (dir/wtr: Rupert Everett, 2018, 105mins) at Wells Maltings, with special guest Rupert Everett. Hosted Q&A session with Mr Everett immediately following the screening.
25 May
Popular London chamber choir Voxcetera presents a light and lovely evening of short choral pieces. Enjoy traditional sacred music from Mozart, Bruckner, Faure, Tallis and James MacMillan; gorgeous arrangements of folk songs old and new; treats from Elgar and John Rutter – and a couple of fun surprises. Under the direction of conductor Jane Hopkins, […]
27 May
FILM – Presented by Screen next the sea. Wyoming, early 1900”s. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are the leaders of a bunch of outlaws. After a failed train robbery they go on the run, pursued by a posse. Their solution escape to Bolivia
29 & 30 May
Film A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer. With Lucy DeVito, Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton
31 May
Multi-instrumentalist Fiona Lander (vocals, piano, whistles, clarinet, saxophone and occasional percussion) and Paul Mason (guitars, vocals and ukulele), present a fabulous and varied show which combines both traditional and contemporary folk with jazz, blues and other styles. Their own self-penned material is interspersed with lively jigs and striking arrangements of traditional classics. Enjoy music from […]
June
06 June
Film Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West and stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and […]
07 June
Live on Stage TV personalities Jules Hudson (Escape to the Country and Countryfile) and Jonnie Irwin (Escape to the Country and Place in the Sun) present an evening of entertainment.
08 June
Film The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB’s longest–serving British Spy. Starring Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson
09 June
Live Music Described by International Piano Magazine as ‘an armour-clad player of complete technique, a thinking musician, a natural Romantic. Young bloods come no better.’ Malaysian Bobby Chen burst on the scene on a British tour with Lord Yehudi Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia and a recital at the Royal Festival Hall. Programme HAYDN-Sonata in […]
10 June
A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
14 & 15 June
Film A musical drama in which a young single mother in Glasgow dreams of travelling to Nashville to be a country singer Starring Julie Walters, Jessie Buckley, Sophie Okonedo
20 June
What we know, think we know and don’t know about our future relationships with the sea (including rising sea levels) on the Saltmarsh Coast; potential issues and options
20 June
Live on Stage Reaching back to the Bantu migration some 5000 years ago from the Tanganyika and Baka tribal regions, Anna Mudeka takes audiences on an inspirational journey to modern-day Zimbabwe, London and Norfolk. The show pays homage to great ancestors of Zimbabwe with a focus on Nehanda – the powerful female warrior who united […]
21 June
Film A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fibre-optic cable deal. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek
23 June
Hailed as one of the most charismatic and “adventurous” quartets of the British chamber music scene (The Strad), the Villiers Quartet :- James Dickenson (violin) Tamaki Higashi (violin) Carmen Flores (viola) Nicholas Stringfellow (cello) have developed an international reputation as exceptional interpreters of English composers including Elgar, Delius, Fricker, Bush. Programme: Peter Racine Fricker – […]
24 June
FILM – Presented by Screen next the sea A faithful Jehovah’s Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God’s love.
27 Jun
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of […]
28 June
For the opening concert of this year’s Music-next-the-sea chamber music festival, Artistic Director Adam Johnson presents a programme of works for piano and string trio. The beautiful Alwyn ‘Phantasy’ is matched by the Debussy Piano trio and the beethoven Piano Quartet. Debussy Piano Trio in G Alwyn Phantasy for Piano Quartet Beethoven Piano Quartet in […]
29 June
Mathew Wadsworth – Theorbo Highly acclaimed Teorbo and Lute player Mathew Wadsworth returns to Music-next-the-Sea for a lunchtime recital of French and other European composers, set in the magical atmosphere of St. Margaret’s Church. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
29 June
Adam Johnson – Piano For the second evening performance, two of the greatest piano quartets in the repertoire share this programme. The much-loved Mozart Piano Quartet will be in the first half and the monumental Fauré Piano Quartet in the second. Fauré Dolly Suite for Piano Duet Op. 56 Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G […]
30 June
French Finale For the final of ‘Music-next-the-Sea’ 2019 Flautist Dan Watts shares the stage with Bassonist Liz trigg, Soprano Colette Boushell and Adam johnson at the piano. They present a wonderfully varied programme of French masterpieces for solo, duo, trios and culminating in a newly arranged version of the virtuosic ‘Je veux Vivre’ from ‘Romeo […]
July
03 July
Live on stage Following her grandmother’s death, a girl faces the overwhelming task of clearing out the basement. She discovers a series of mysterious tape recordings made by her grandmother. As she hears these tapes for the first time, things start to unravel… Twin Peaks meets Serial in this award-winning New Zealand mystery, which combines […]
05 & 06 July
Film A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years.
08 July
FILM – Presented by Screen Next The Sea Oscar winner 2019 (Best Documentary); An intimate and unflinching portrait of climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to climb the 3,000 ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope. Dirs: Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyl
12 July
Film Halla, a woman in her forties, declares war on the local aluminium industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland, but the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a small orphan in her life
13 July
Film After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe.
17 & 18 July
Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into Dark Pheonix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all the people living in the world.
19 July
LIVE MUSIC During 1988 a group of local lifeboat men and friends formed a shanty singing group to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the private sailing and pulling Sheringham lifeboat the ‘Augusta’. They enjoyed the experience so much that they decided to continue. During those first few years as they expanded they welcomed a variety […]
20 July
Film Continuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day.
22 July
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
25 July
LIVE by Satellite from London’s West End as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th Birthday season. by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power directed by Sam Mendes The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell […]
26 & 27 July
The Tempest or Enchanted land by Henry Purcell. A comedy adapted by John Dryden and William D’Avenant from Shakespeare’s comedy, The Tempest. The Yorke Trust’s thrilling production is conducted by award-winning Christopher McMullen-Laird and directed by Jennifer Hamilton. A period instrumental ensemble accompanies the production, led by the outstanding young violinist Conor Gricmanis. The soloists […]
August
12 Aug
FILM – Presented by Screen next the sea When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
16 Aug
FILM It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge threat; Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
22 & 23 Aug
FILM “The Queen’s Corgi” is about the adventure of Rex, the British monarchs most beloved dog, who loses track of his mistress and stumbles across clan with dogs of all kinds confronting and fighting each other. During his epic journey to return to the queen, Rex falls in love and discovers his true self.
26 Aug
Film : Presented by Screen-next-the-Sea Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
31 Aug
FAMILY SHOW Bigger, bolder, and more brilliant than before! Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West return to the stage with a brand new marvellous magic show full of crazy capers for the young, old, and everyone in-between! Expect the unexpected, believe the unbelievable, but do not dare miss the unmissable Morgan & West!
31 Aug
FAMILY SHOW Great Scott! Morgan & West bring a magical extravaganza to a millennium near you! Not content with their lot as the nineteenth century’s greatest magic duo, the prestidigitatory pair present a conjuring spectacular to the audiences of the modern day. No future is left unseen and no timeline left unaltered as these temporal […]
September
15 Sep
Hailed as one of the most charismatic and “adventurous” quartets of the British chamber music scene (The Strad), the Villiers Quartet :- James Dickenson (violin) Tamaki Higashi (violin) Carmen Flores (viola) Nicholas Stringfellow (cello) have developed an international reputation as exceptional interpreters of English composers including Elgar, Delius, Fricker, Bush. Programme: Anton Webern – Langsamer […]
26 Sept
Live by Satellite from the National Theatre by Richard Bean based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National […]
November
17 Nov
Hailed as one of the most charismatic and “adventurous” quartets of the British chamber music scene (The Strad), the Villiers Quartet :- James Dickenson (violin) Tamaki Higashi (violin) Carmen Flores (viola) Nicholas Stringfellow (cello) have developed an international reputation as exceptional interpreters of English composers including Elgar, Delius, Fricker, Bush. Programme: Hubert Parry – Quartet […]