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Previous Productions

Over the years (all 25 of them so far!) we’ve produced some amazing shows in Suffolk, London and in the most unusual of places!

Now you can relive the magic of these previous productions on our website….until it might be time to bring them back again!


Heritage plays

The Ungodly

Ipswich, London & New York.

Joanna Carrick’s smash hit play The Ungodly about the 17th Century Witch hunts

 

Fallen in Love

Ipswich & The Tower of London 2011, 2015 & 2020

“Fail to answer this summons to the Tower at your peril. It’s a real coup” Dominic Cavendish

Joanna Carrick’s incredible play about Anne & George Boleyn

Put Out the Lights

The Avenue Theatre, 2018

Faultless” Libby Purves, TheatreCat

Following on from the huge success of Fallen In Love at The Tower of London,  Put Out The Lights completes Joanna Carrick’s celebrated ‘Tudor trilogy’, with the tragic story of the Ipswich Martyr, Alice Driver.


Theatre in the Forest 

Hamlet

Theatre in the Forest, 2025

Take a look back at our record breaking Theatre in the Forest production for 2025 – Hamlet!

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Theatre in the Forest, 2024

Our unforgettable A Midsummer Night’s Dream, celebrating 25 magical years of Theatre in the Forest

Macbeth

Theatre in the Forest, 2022

“Red Rose Chain have only gone and raised the bar even higher” Stephen Foster 

The return of Theatre in the Forest to Sutton Hoo with an epic production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH!

As You Like It

Theatre in the Forest, 2017

““Carrick has struck gold” EADT

Our rootin’ tooting’ cowboy adventure to the Forest of Arden with our hilarious As You Like It at Jimmy’s Farm

 

King Lear

Theatre in the Forest, 2012

“Musically daring and witty, this was a rare and unusual treat” The Stage

This mad and hilarious King Lear marked our last production at Rendlesham Forest!

 


Christmas productions

Alice in Wonderland

Christmas show at the Avenue, 2025

A journey down the rabbit hole to experience the wacky world Alice in Wonderland!

Pinocchio

The Avenue Theatre, 2024

Joanna Carrick’s brand new adaptation of the classic Carlo Collodi story was our record-breaking Christmas show for 2024!

The Tale of Mr Tod

The Avenue Theatre, 2023

Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mr Tod was our Christmas show at The Avenue Theatre, featuring Jack Heydon, Emily Jane Kerr and Evangeline Dickson

The Wind in the Willows

The Avenue Theatre, 2022

“Engaging, entertaining, exciting, extremely funny, heart warming and uplifting!Audience

Our new fast-paced Christmas adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale, written for the stage by Joanna Carrick

The Magic Fishbone

Avenue Christmas show, 2019

“Electric and joyously laugh out loud hilarious!” EADT 

Joanna Carrick’s acclaimed adaptation of this Charles Dickens classic returned once again to delight audience of all ages!

Community productions

Tuppence A Week

The Avenue Theatre, 2025

The story of Henry Tooley’s almshouses in Ipswich, by The Chainers young company

Outcast

The Avenue Theatre, 2022

“Creative, thoughtful, imaginative and talentedGrapevine magazine 

An epic retelling of Beowulf written and performed by the Chainers Youth Theatre, created during lockdown!

 

The World Turned Upside Down

Chainers youth theatre, 2020

“‘Edge of the seat’ performance!” Ipswich24 

The Chainers youth theatre’s sell out historical play about the Suffolk Witch Trials.