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A breath of fresh air

THE wind is whispering in the pine trees that loom over Thorington Theatre. The stage and seating, built by hand in these woods a few miles from Southwold on the Suffolk coast, are empty, save for a scattering of fallen leaves. In six weeks’ time, however, this sylvan venue will be fizzing with activity, as audience members and performers settle in for the first show of the summer season, by folk act The Trials of Cato. For now, however, all is quiet, the sleeping beauty waiting to be awoken.

The venue is only in its third season of music, theatre, opera, comedy, poetry and storytelling, but owner Lindy O’Hare is taking it all in her stride.

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