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SPILL Festival + Think Tank Ipswich's international festival of contemporary arts + Think Tank performance venue 💫

SPILL is an arts charity based in Ipswich, the County Town of Suffolk in the east of England. You are invited to engage with the art we make and the SPILL Festival of Performance, as well the events, groups, classes, courses and venue hires we run from Think Tank building next door to Ipswich Museum. Our mission is to create and bridge all forms of art, to connect with our audiences in meaningful

ways; and to offer learning and other structured career pathways to develop artists, students and cultural workers. Our Artistic Policy is to use performance as a way of creating fresh perspective, to stimulate lively conversations around society, art, oppression and social justice. The way we create is not limited to one approach and draws upon Fine Arts, Music, Film, Storytelling, New Technologies, Science, Medicine, Politics, Psychology, History and Philosophy.

Our spring season continues next week, with sound artist Johann Don-Daniel presenting Vessels: Drums Distortion Dissonan...
01/06/2026

Our spring season continues next week, with sound artist Johann Don-Daniel presenting Vessels: Drums Distortion Dissonance - a live, experimental sound performance through drums.
Limited tickets left!

📅 Thursday 11 June | 19:30
📍 SPILL Think Tank (next to Ipswich Museum)
🎟 £5, https://www.spillfestival.com/vessels-drums-distortion-dissonance

💚 Start the Bank Holiday weekend on a positive note with Folk Features:🛒 A Q&A with , the artist-turned-shopkeeper behin...
24/05/2026

💚 Start the Bank Holiday weekend on a positive note with Folk Features:

🛒 A Q&A with , the artist-turned-shopkeeper behind TRANSACTIONLAND at Ancient House, Ipswich (finishing tomorrow!)
📔 ’s latest column: could YOU contribute to her A LIFE IN A DAY online diary on June 21st?
🎭 Lindy O’Hare, co-founder and director of , in Suffolk, on the new season for the outdoor theatre in the woods (which started last night!)
🏊 , author of WILD SWIMMING WALKS - NORFOLK & SUFFOLK
🏃‍♀️ .runbritain, on becoming the fastest woman to run the coastline of Britain

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Transactionland is here! Come down to Ancient House to play the stock market, print your own money, exchange a story for...
22/05/2026

Transactionland is here! Come down to Ancient House to play the stock market, print your own money, exchange a story for a cup of tea, profit from your outrage, or even try your hand at a spot of shoplifting 🛍

Link in bio for the full programme.



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Thursday to Sunday in Ancient House this week! 👇Part of our spring/summer season at SPILL 🌞
19/05/2026

Thursday to Sunday in Ancient House this week! 👇

Part of our spring/summer season at SPILL 🌞

A participatory artwork opening at The Ancient House this week will host a daily "Shoplift-o-clock" hour where pinching items is playfully welcomed – provided thieves are willing to discuss the ethics of theft and have their portrait drawn for the Thieves Gallery.

Tired of procrastination? Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get d...
18/05/2026

Tired of procrastination? Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done 💪

Join this free workshop (with equally free tea and coffee) to finish as many unfinished tasks as you can, using all the skills and energy in the room to swap, steal and cheat our way out of stuck-ness.

Previous tasks have included proofreading, finishing paintings, toilet-training a puppy, and designing a website...
..because doing other people’s work is easier than doing your own work, and collective satisfaction is better than individual smugness!

🎟 Free, but must be booked: https://www.spillfestival.com/work-party-for-cheats
📅 Saturday 23 May | 10:00 - 12:00
📍 Ancient House, Ipswich

Taking place this evening - Shefarers of Ipswich Global Women's Walk! ⛵Details below if you'd like to get involved 🔽
18/05/2026

Taking place this evening - Shefarers of Ipswich Global Women's Walk! ⛵

Details below if you'd like to get involved 🔽

It’s shopping, but not as you know it! Transactionland is coming to Ancient House in Ipswich from 21 - 24 May 🛍For 4 day...
06/05/2026

It’s shopping, but not as you know it!

Transactionland is coming to Ancient House in Ipswich from 21 - 24 May 🛍

For 4 days, this interactive pop-up shop by artist-turned-shopkeeper Rachael Clerke invites you to question the economic systems affecting our everyday lives

Shop ‘til you drop alongside a packed programme of events, including:

✍ Work Party for Cheats, a workshop for procrastinators
📞 Time Brokering, a one-to-one performance by Paula Varjack
🃏 An economy-themed Board Game Night
🎨 A specially commissioned installation by local artist and poet Amy Wragg
✨ Lots of events and games across the shop floor, including Doughnut Hour, Wall of Inflation and more...

All FREE but some need to be booked - link in bio or head to our website!

Part of In the Works Festival 🎪

Can you control the markets? Are you going to win big!? 💸For one night only, we're transforming Ancient House in Ipswich...
28/04/2026

Can you control the markets? Are you going to win big!? 💸

For one night only, we're transforming Ancient House in Ipswich into a Board Game lounge!

Find out if you've got what it takes to become a millionaire at this FREE board games night, featuring rare and unusual games. Dr Amy Edwards, board-game enthusiast and social historian, will be your host for this special evening 🎲

🎟 Free but need to be booked, https://www.spillfestival.com/board-games-night
📅 Thurs 21 May | 18:30 - 21:30
📍 Ancient House, Ipswich

Part of Transactionland, a touring pop-up shop of games and events.

BTC All Dayer is a new one-day FREE music festival in Ipswich from Brighten The Corners!Across 7 venues and pubs in Ipsw...
20/04/2026

BTC All Dayer is a new one-day FREE music festival in Ipswich from Brighten The Corners!

Across 7 venues and pubs in Ipswich on Saturday 25 April, the festival celebrates emerging and grassroots talent 🙌

All the info you need: https://www.brightenthecorners.co.uk/events/btc-all-dayer

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