West End star comes to Woolpit for 50th Woolpit Festival

Rosie Ashe is bringing her solo show – Adorable Dora, a tribute to Dora Bryan - to Woolpit this Friday, 4 October at 7.30pm in the village hall.

Rosie created the role of Carlotta in the original production of The Phantom of the Opera and of Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables and has since gone on to star in over 25 West End shows.

She was nominated for an Olivier Award for her role in The Witches of Eastwick and has performed with the English National Opera.

Rosie wrote this tribute to the actress Dora Bryan who won a BAFTA for her role in A Taste of Honey and also starred in Carry on Sergeant. On TV, she was best known for playing Aunt Ros Utterthwaite in “Last of the Summer Wine”.

Tickets are £15. 

The Prometheus orchestra are doing Last Night of the Proms (Image: Woolpit festival) Also this weekend, on Saturday October 5 at 730pm in the village hall will be The New West End Jerseys' tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, plus a lasagne and salad meal (£20). Hits to look forward to will include Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Sherry.

International star Christina Johnson will be the soloist (Image: Woolpit festival)

On Sunday, October 6, at 7pm in the village hall, will be the Prometheus Orchestra Last Night of the Proms. (£20) International soloist, Christina Johnson, will be singing Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute before the traditional last night festivities to round off the festival's 50th year. Visitors are advised to 'bring your flags!'

Tickets are available from the website WeGotTickets.com/event/625998 or by phone 07899678510.

The event, which began as Music Weeks, in 1975, was established by the late Eileen Jones.

Stars who have appeared in the past include Julian Lloyd Webber, Sylvia Sims, Moira Shearer and Ludovoc Kennedy, Jenny Agutter, Tim Pigott Smith, a young Victoria Wood and even Anthony Hopkins.