OUR AUTUMN TOUR 2025
"Brilliant, as always!" (audience feedback)
TOUR SCHEDULE
Ipswich
Gallery Studio Theatre (St George’s St, Ipswich)
Thurs 2nd to Sat 4th October, 7.30pm (+4pm Sat) Tickets £15/£10 (U21s)
gallerystudiotheatre.co.uk / info@galleryplayers.co.uk / 0333 666 3366
Chappel & Wakes Colne
Village Hall (CO6 2BX)
Sunday 5th October, 5pm
Tickets £13/£10 (< 21)
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​Diss
The Corn Hall (IP22 4LB)
Tuesday 7th October, 7.30pm
01379 652241/www.thecornhall.co.uk Tickets £15/£10 (U21s)​
Stowmarket
The John Peel Centre (IP14 1ET)
Weds 8th & Thurs 9th Oct, 7.30pm
01449 774678/www.johnpeelcentre.com Tickets £15/£10 (U21s)
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Great Bromley
Village Hall (CO7 7JA)
Friday 10th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £13/£10 (< 21)
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Framlingham
Castle Community Rooms (IP13 9BQ)
Saturday 11th October, 4pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £14/£10 (< 21)
Bardwell
The Tithe Barn (IP31 1AA)
Sunday 12th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £13/£10 (< 21)
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Walton
St Mary's Hall (Felixstowe, IP11 9BH)
Tuesday 14th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £14/£10 (< 21)​
Bungay
Fisher Theatre (NR35 1EE)
Wednesday 15th October, 7.30pm
01986 897130 / fishertheatre.org £15/£10 (< 21)
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Walsham Le Willows
Memorial Hall (IP31 3AA)
Thursday 16th October, 7.30pm
Woodbridge
Seckford Theatre (IP12 4JH)
Friday 17th October, 7.30pm Tickets £10-£18
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​ Hadleigh
Hadleigh Old School (IP7 6BY)
Saturday 18th October, 8pm
Sunday 19th October, 5pm
Tickets £14/£10 (< 21)
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Sudbury
Quay Theatre (CO10 2AN)
Tuesday 21st October, 7.30pm
01787 374745/quaysudbury.com Tickets £15 / £10
Colchester
Headgate Theatre (CO2 7AT)
Weds 22nd & Thurs 23rd October, 7.45pm
01206 366000/www.headgatetheatre.co.uk
Tickets £16/£10 (< 21)
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Campsea Ash
Victory Hall (IP13 0PT)
Friday 24th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £13/£10
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Woolpit
Village Hall (IP30 9QX)
Sat 25th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £14/£10 (< 21)
Chipping Ongar
Zinc Arts (CM5 0AD)
Sunday 26th October, 5pm
Tickets £18
Hosted by Ongar & KHV Rotary Club in aid of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
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Beccles
Public Hall & Theatre (NR43 9AD)
Tuesday 28th Oct, 7.30pm
01502 770060 / becclespublichall.co.uk
Tickets £14 (U21s £10)
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Laxfield
Village Hall (IP13 8DY)
Wednesday 29th October, 7.30pm
Tickets £13/£10
​Southwold
Southwold Arts Centre (IP18 6JP)
Thursday 30th October, 7.30pm
www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk / 01502 722572
Tickets £16 (U21s £10)
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Aldeburgh
Jubilee Hall (IP15 5BN)
Friday 31st October, 7.30pm
www.aldeburghjubileehall.co.uk / 01728 454022 Tickets £16/£10 (U21s)
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Great Hockham
Village Hall (IP24 1NT)
Saturday 1st November, 7.30pm
Tickets £10-£13
01953 498447, boxoffice@greathockham.org
or from The Hockham Eagle
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Hatfield Peverel
Village Hall (CM3 2HP)
Sunday 2nd November, 4pm
0300 102 0473 / hatpevvhall.org Tickets £12 - £15
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by Pat Whymark
Touring East Anglia
Oct 2nd to Nov 2nd 2025
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"What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"
At their mother's memorial service, estranged brothers Brian and Dennis Cox remember the tales she told them as children - and as adults.
Some were fables of homespun wisdom, some were her own versions of the grimmest fairy tales. Did they help the brothers in their life path, or did they make the forest darker and the way less clear? Were her stories just for fun, or a kind of smokescreen, an enchanted mist that enticed them to strange parts, then left them without Google maps?
As the brothers try to work out their differences they bring to life the dark and twisted tales of their childhood with music and story telling, aided by the mysterious Puppet Master!
Common Ground are committed to keeping small-scale theatre alive and well in East Anglia, presenting shows that are, first and foremost, entertaining. Featuring live music, performed by our company of skilled actor-musicians, our productions are theatrically inventive, character-based and always emotionally engaging.
Age guidance – 12 and above
Running time 2 hours, including a 15 minute interval.
Watch our promo video for
THE TALES OUR MOTHER TOLD!
PRODUCTION SHOTS
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Audience feedback for
THE TALES OUR MOTHER TOLD!
"I can think of no other company that swings back and forth, from tragedy to comedy, with such unapologetic aplomb…excellent performances from Ben Elder and Douglas Clarke Wood… a bold, brilliantly strange, entry in Common Ground’s ever-growing body of work" David Vass (Diss Express)
"Wow, once again what a show. We saw The Tales Our Mother Told! last night at the John Peel Centre. It had everything, humour, subtle wit, sadness, horror (what a mother), siblings arguing, money grabbing relatives and a touch of Monty Python, I defy anyone to not to recognise something of their family on show last night. Well done everyone. Can't wait for Sherlock."
"Go! It's brilliant!!"
"We came to see The Tales Our Mother Told at Framingham today at 1600 performance. Absolutely excellent...such amazing talent. Thank you to you all for a wonderful experience and may we be blessed to see you perform again."
"Brilliant, as always!"
"An enormously clever play. Some of the usual madness, but much to ponder on family relationships. Well done Common Ground Theatre Company"
VOX-POP FROM OUR PERFORMANCE OF
THE TALES OUR MOTHER TOLD!
AT HATFIELD PEVEREL VILLAGE HALL
Recorded by Nick Mercer - 02/11/25