Jon Wright

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Visually impaired group creates radio station playJon WrightJon Wright/BBCVisually impaired actors Carolyn Allum and Clare Burman are both local radio fansAn amateur theatre group for people who are visually impaired has a new production set in a fictional local radio station. Living on Air is the story of Radio Bardwell in Ipswich during the 1970s, written and directed by Emma Bernard, who leads the High Spirits group run by Cohere Arts.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jon Wright

Tudor almshouse inspires new youth playJon WrightRed Rose ChainThe Chainers is a young company for ages 15+ creating new theatre projectsThe history of a town's almshouse for poor people has inspired a new play devised by a youth theatre. The Red Rose Chain has been researching Tooley's Court in Ipswich town centre, which was founded in 1550.

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Latitude children's poetry competition gets biggerJon WrightJon Wright/BBCAnna, who was 11, won the inaugural competition last year, performing on the Waterfront StageA children's poetry competition run by the BBC and the Latitude festival is expanding to cover three counties. The winner will get to read their own work on the Waterfront Stage – which floats on the lake at Henham Park, Suffolk – to officially open this year's weekend of music, arts and culture in July.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jon Wright

The work of four charities has been praised in a county's annual High Sheriff awards. Restore Women's Aid, The Nest care farm, Headway Suffolk and Ipswich Outreach were presented with trophies by High Sheriff Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason, at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds. She said: "I'm incredibly proud - what wonderful work these fabulous people do, and aren't we lucky to have them."AdvertisementThe event was also a celebration of 20 years of the Suffolk Community Foundation.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jon Wright

Jon WrightBBC NewsReporting fromBury St EdmundsThe work of four charities has been praised in a county's annual High Sheriff awards. Restore Women's Aid, The Nest care farm, Headway Suffolk and Ipswich Outreach were presented with trophies by High Sheriff Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason, at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds.