Published:
7:00 PM January 7, 2021
The cast of Cats at their last rehearsal together on March 20, 2020. The Co-op Juniors show, already postponed to 2021, has now been cancelled.
- Credit: Alan Ayres
The Co-op Juniors have been forced to cancel their planned summer shows as Covid lockdown restrictions show no sign of easing up.
The young Suffolk theatrical company were planning to stage two major musical productions –Andrew Lloyd Webber s award-winning Cats, due to be performed at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in May, and Disney s The Little Mermaid Jr, destined for Woodbridge s Seckford Theatre in June – both have now been postponed until after lockdown.
Published:
7:00 PM January 7, 2021
The cast of Cats at their last rehearsal together on March 20, 2020. The Co-op Juniors show, already postponed to 2021, has now been cancelled.
- Credit: Alan Ayres
The Co-op Juniors have been forced to cancel their planned summer shows as Covid lockdown restrictions show no sign of easing up.
The young Suffolk theatrical company were planning to stage two major musical productions –Andrew Lloyd Webber s award-winning Cats, due to be performed at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in May, and Disney s The Little Mermaid Jr, destined for Woodbridge s Seckford Theatre in June – both have now been postponed until after lockdown.
Published:
11:30 AM January 1, 2021
The Co-op Juniors have created a light and sound show to bring some festive cheer to their neighbourhood
- Credit: Alan Ayres
The Co-op Juniors Christmas Spectacular at Snape may have had to be put on hold this year because of the Covid-lockdown, but the young theatre company have still found a way to bring some festive cheer to the world by creating a musical lightshow outside their Ipswich headquarters.
The Co-op Juniors theatre company have created a musical lightscape outside their rehearsal space in Pauls Road, Ipswich
- Credit: Alan Ayres
Using lights, props and sets originally destined for their annual Christmas show, they have fashioned a huge musical display, with thousands of twinkling lights, gold arches and towers of present boxes outside the Co-op Juniors warehouse studios in Paul’s Road.
Published:
11:30 AM January 1, 2021
The Co-op Juniors have created a light and sound show to bring some festive cheer to their neighbourhood
- Credit: Alan Ayres
The Co-op Juniors Christmas Spectacular at Snape may have had to be put on hold this year because of the Covid-lockdown, but the young theatre company have still found a way to bring some festive cheer to the world by creating a musical lightshow outside their Ipswich headquarters.
The Co-op Juniors theatre company have created a musical lightscape outside their rehearsal space in Pauls Road, Ipswich
- Credit: Alan Ayres
Using lights, props and sets originally destined for their annual Christmas show, they have fashioned a huge musical display, with thousands of twinkling lights, gold arches and towers of present boxes outside the Co-op Juniors warehouse studios in Paul’s Road.
Christmas films also proved to be a big hit, with The Greatest Showman ranking as the most-watched movie in that same period, with 351,200 tuning in.
Christmas classic Home Alone 2: Lost in New York came as a close number two, with 322,500 viewers on Christmas Day.
Peter Rabbit scooped the third most-watched movie over the 5 days with 266,000 in the audience.
303,200 people watched RTÉ’s Christmas at Home, presented by Ruth Smith and Mary Kennedy, a carol service featuring Celine Byrne, Úna Healy and teenage YouTube sensation Allie Sherlock.
It ranked as the number one most-watched music programme over the Christmas period.
Other favourites included Fungie’s Kingdom (272,000), The 2 Johnnies Christmas Spectacular (146,500), Angela’s Christmas Wish (314,200) and Today Christmas Special (266,800).