James Goffin – Cultivated

Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift

James Goffin — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:14:47 +0000

This ribald romp is a perfectly pitched adaptation of the classic TV series, fully aware of its own absurdity and offering audiences a murderously good time.

Hamlet

James Goffin — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:36:47 +0000

There’s no risk that Rupert Goold’s production of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company might “lose the name of action”: it comes in at a rapid-fire two and a half hours, with the events of the play condensed into just one evening.

Vittorio Angelone: You can’t say nothing any more

James Goffin — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:28:01 +0000

Irish comedian Vittorio Angelone came in to his double bill of Norwich Playhouse shows with two unexpected items in the bagging area: a live TV bust up with sword-carrier extraordinaire Penny Mordaunt and a hairline fracture of his ankle.

Jenny Foulds: Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human

James Goffin — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:08:57 +0000

The beats and the birdsong are constant threads in this lyrical memoir from performance poet Jenny Foulds.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

James Goffin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:41:35 +0000

The classic socialist novel is given a partial reboot in this blunt tale of the workers and the wealthy.

Ray O’Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!

James Goffin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:13:40 +0000

Looking like – in his words – the deputy manager of a charity shop – Ray O’Leary shuffles out to face a sold out Norwich Playhouse crowd.

Carousel

James Goffin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:16:08 +0000

Two parallel romances, with very different outcomes, circle each other in this energetic production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.

Geoff Norcott

James Goffin — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:24:02 +0000

A trip to see a self-described basic bloke comic might not be everyone’s idea of a perfect Valentine’s Day – but it was tempting enough to nearly fill Ipswich’s Corn Exchange.

MÁM

James Goffin — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:49:04 +0000

A scattering of wooden chairs, 10 adults clothed in funereal shades, a young girl in ghostly white: just one of a ‘handful’ of scenes in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s maelstrom of movement that is MÁM.

Waiting for Godot

James Goffin — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:29:33 +0000

Reputations can be something of a millstone: if you only vaguely know it, Godot is the play in which nothing happens, twice. But that just isn’t true.

Dear England

James Goffin — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:30:18 +0000

Football is often about nostalgia – the legends, the curses, the inexhaustible supply of portentous stats – and James Graham’s Dear England is a time capsule of eight years of the national game.

2:22 A Ghost Story

James Goffin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:56:34 +0000

Ghosts can’t be real – can they? Head and heart differ in this smart, modern ghost story that is becoming a familiar theatre fixture.

Diving Dream

James Goffin — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:39:58 +0000

This one-day outing for The Voice Project mixed retrospective with new material, in two concerts at Norwich’s Octagon Chapel.

Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For

James Goffin — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:06:48 +0000

The joys – and otherwise – of parenting are central stage for Janine Harouni’s new tour, kicking off its 13-date run with a night at the Norwich Theatre Playhouse.

KlangHaus: The Big Loop

James Goffin — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:35:47 +0000

Twixtmas can be a long, grey, dull time: Norwich-based art rock outfit KlangHaus are clearly on a (now intergalactic) mission to change that.

Robin Hood

James Goffin — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:25:24 +0000

Can Robin Hood outwit the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham, and win the heart of Maid Marion to boot? Oh no, he won’t! Oh yes, he will!

Treasure Island

James Goffin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:44:33 +0000

Sort your sea legs and get ready to set sail for a slick and speedy stage version of pirate classic Treasure Island.

The 12 Beans of Christmas

James Goffin — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:32:13 +0000

Cantering out riding Rudolph, Adam Riches storms the audience at the start of this show, and the torrent never subsides.

The Liar, The Bitch, and The Wardrobe

James Goffin — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:19:32 +0000

There can’t be many pantos where the audience singalong is to Girly Girl Productions’ 10 Drunk Cigarettes – but if that’s a reference you recognise, you’ll be in your element here.

Cinderella

James Goffin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:18:58 +0000

Get ready to have a ball: Norwich Theatre’s 2025 panto is a fizzing cocktail of fun, colour, and groan-some dad jokes. In other words, perfect.