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Local company Limelight Performers stage Dear Evan Hansen, the Broadway and West End musical about a lonely teenager whose lie spirals out of control, in its first Ipswich production.

Botis Seva and his hip hop dance theatre company Far From The Norm present Sing Child Sing, an intimate, evolving portrait of identity, healing and the legacies passed between generations.

A high-energy dance workshop for over-50s led by Far From The Norm, exploring street dance techniques, creative tasks and the company's own movement rooted in hip hop foundations.

Young people from local schools perform abridged Shakespeare plays as part of Coram Shakespeare Schools, the world's largest youth drama festival, with several schools sharing each evening.

Autin Dance Theatre's 13-foot illuminated sea giant, worked by puppeteers and dancers, roams the streets in two daytime walkabouts and then leads a lantern parade with a samba band. Free and for all ages.