An award-winning comedy and music extravaganza that last year raised a staggering £92,000 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is heading back to Suffolk.
Tickets are now on general sale for Happy Christmas Ipswich 3, spearheaded by celebrity champion Griff Rhys Jones, which is taking place at the town’s Regent Theatre on Monday, 5th December.
Back by popular demand, it promises to be another sell-out and hopes are high as it follows in the footsteps of last year’s spectacular, which featured Johnny Vegas, Clive Anderson, Eddie Izzard and Stephen Fry, as well as music from West End star Ruthie Henshall.
Griff is promising “another knock-out, jingly-belled line-up” and said: “After the success of the last two outings, we’re going for a third Happy Christmas Ipswich.
“Yes, the ‘Happiest Christmas Yet Ipswich’ hits the borough on December 5th, at the Regent.
“Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it and it’s going to be bigger, bouncier and more fun than ever before. It’ll be quite a present for a really important service.
“I always think of the Happy Christmas event as part show and part shout-out for EACH, and the brilliant work it does across East Anglia.
“I love doing it, the stars love doing it and we’re so lucky to have such incredible line-ups. It gets noise going.”
In addition to its star-studded cast, clips of celebrities reading their favourite cracker jokes was shown on the big screen before and during last year’s show.
Ant and Dec, speaking from the set of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, Graham Norton and David Walliams were among those to get in the spirit and respond to Griff’s request.
Star names for this year’s line-up are yet to be announced but tickets are available now
