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Candoco Dance Company brings inclusive rave experience to Ipswich

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Candoco Dance Company's "Over and Over (and Over Again)" comes to DanceEast on Friday 4 April with special £10 tickets available for first-time visitors under 25.

Why it matters: The performance offers a fully accessible dance experience with multiple features designed for disabled and chronically ill audience members.

Directed by Dan Daw and storytelling raver Stef O'Driscoll, the show explores "what happens when a beat takes hold, and we dare to colour outside the lines to create our own dance-floor utopia."

Over and Over by Candoco Dance Company
Over and Over by Candoco Dance CompanyHugo Glendinning

The details: The hour-long performance features embedded captions for deaf or hard-of-hearing attendees and a relaxed attitude to noise and movement in the auditorium.

For visually impaired audiences, a touch tour runs before the show from 18:30-19:00, offering tactile experience of costumes, props and set.

How to attend: Under-25s visiting DanceEast for the first time this spring can access £10 tickets using discount code SPRINGU25 at the booking stage or by calling 01473 295230.

Standard tickets cost from £18, with concessions from £14. The performance is suitable for ages 14+.

Accessibility details:

  • A pre-show station in the foyer where audience members can ask questions and view images of performers and costumes

  • Limited soft seating via bean bags for disabled or chronically ill attendees (first come, first served)

  • No changes to lighting or sound during the relaxed performance

The bottom line: Candoco and Dan Daw Creative Projects invite audiences on "a beat-driven, joyful journey to a perfect rave – a place where everyone is welcome."

Book your tickets before they sell out.

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Suffolk Police are seeking public assistance to locate 38-year-old Ipswich man Dale Davidson who disappeared this morning.

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Dale was wearing navy blue jogging bottoms with white stripe and a blue coat with a fur hood when he went missing. He was last seen leaving his home address in Ipswich at around 7am.

Anyone who has seen Dale or knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact Suffolk Police on 101.

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