Steve & Steff For Ever

Steff is impulsive, easily bored, easily distracted, always looking for where the fun is. Steve doesn’t like surprises, batch cooks his lunch for the week and chooses his clothes based on the weather.

They meet by chance on a heady summer evening when there’s magic in the air and, for all their differences, fall in love before our very eyes. But when you’re in your mid-thirties, with some bad choices behind you and some big milestones ahead, making a choice on who to spend the rest of your life with is easier said than done. If only they could ignore the small print, jump in, let the current take them.

Steve and Steff For Ever is an immersive and intoxicating love story that will leave you feeling like the world is just a little more romantic. Like the stars are a little brighter. Like anything is possible…

From the creative team behind A Christmas Carol (2021), this is an outdoor, promenade performance through the streets of Bury St Edmunds.

Written by acclaimed TV comedy writer, Ian Jarvis (Beyond Paradise - BBC, The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin - Apple TV+), this is not your typical theatre show. It’s a promenade performance that turns the streets of Bury St Edmunds into the stage, complete with headphones for every audience member, allowing them to follow the action - and every hilarious line - as it unfolds across town.

Steve and Steff For Ever promises a feel-good blend of romantic mishaps, laugh-out-loud moments, and immersive storytelling in this new play supported by Bury St Edmunds Town Council and Arts Council England. Whether you love a unique and different experience or a romcom is right up your street, this is a completely new theatrical experience for Bury St Edmunds.

Starring Anna Soden and Joshua Diffley!

Anna Soden is an actor and comedian from North Yorkshire. Her work has been featured on Absolute Radio, BBC Upload and she was the winner of the British Comedy Guide Video Contest. She is a 2025 Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off Quarter-Finalist and Komedia New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist. Screen credits include The Idea of You (Amazon Studios), Kill Off Set, TV License Detective (Get Pulped), Testing (Bad Taste Pictures), and Cbeebies Presents Twelfth Night (BBC). Stage credits include Kinky Boots (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch/New Wolsey), The Rock and Roll Panto (Leeds City Varieties), Five Children and It (Sheffield Crucible, The Dukes, Latitude, SJT), and Measure for Measure (Donmar Warehouse).

Joshua Diffley is a London-based actor from Tooting and Kingston Upon Thames, He studied at Arts Ed on the BA Acting Course. His theatre work includes Romeo & Juliet (Leicester Square Theatre, Sh!tfaced Shakespeare), Much Ado About Nothing (Brighton Fringe, Sh!tfaced Shakespeare), A Christmas Carol (European Tour, TNT Theatre) Peter Pan (European Tour, TNT Theatre), The Lady Vanishes (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright LTD), Rain Man (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright LTD), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Edinburgh Fringe, Sh!tfaced Showtime).

Joshua's TV & Film Credits include; Stonehouse (ITV), The Private Lives of the Monarchs (TV & Streaming), Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Feature Film).

Key Details:
Performed in the streets of Bury St Edmunds.
1st – 30th August 2025 (Tue–Sat Evening performances).
Tickets: £18 (preview) / £20 (standard).
Headphone-guided promenade experience.
Only 40 tickets per performance – early booking essential.

What does ‘promenade performance’ mean?
A promenade performance is a theatrical production where the audience follows the actors from place to place, often in unusual locations, such as outdoors.
Steve & Steff For Ever will take place in the town centre of Bury St Edmunds, visiting several key locations as the story unfolds. Audience members will walk between locations wearing headsets, providing immersive audio for storytelling purposes.

Where does it start?
The start location will be disclosed nearer to the time via email and across our social media accounts. All locations visited during the performance will be in Bury St Edmunds town centre. Look out for our pop-up Box Office where you’ll receive your headsets and begin.

Where does it finish?
Each performance will finish on or near Angel Hill. You will return to our pop-up Box Office to return your headsets and collect any personal belongings.

Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Age Guidance: 10+

Access Performances

This production is wheelchair accessible and pram-friendly.

Relaxed Performances: 7pm 19th August, 7pm 26th August

BSL Interpreted Performance: 7pm 20th August

General sale for this event opens at 2:00pm on 25 March 2025.