Drama – 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return

James Goffin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:32:01 +0000

Teenage kicks are writ large and loud in this boisterous, creative, and at times touching tale of two Luton lads and their complex relationship with home, in all its stripes.

Coriolanus

James Goffin — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:12:38 +0000

Machiavellian politics meets military might in this bold and modernising reimagining of Shakespeare’s Roman drama.

Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts

James Goffin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:27:33 +0000

The Oxford detective was a mainstay of British TV for more than a decade, and now 25 years on Morse has returned in a new story written specially for stage.

War Horse

James Goffin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:50:23 +0000

This story of a boy and his horse, separated by war, is a visually spectacular piece of storytelling – dominated by intricate and impressive puppeteering.

The House of Bernarda Alba

James Goffin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:11:39 +0000

Much is unseen and unsaid in this all-female drama of death, morality, and politics.

Lovesong

James Goffin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:49:51 +0000

This series of snapshots through a couple’s life together is a softly-delivered sucker punch, packed with emotion and unexpected twists.

Norwich Hamlets

James Goffin — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:17:49 +0000

Shakespeare’s most ponderous play serves as inspiration for five short performances in this joint community project from Norwich Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The Exoplanets

James Goffin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:23:18 +0000

This world premiere performance mixed music and science in a high concept but very human production that took us to the outer reaches of space, and the inner lives of its protagonists.

Ladies Day

James Goffin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:59:18 +0000

Four women take a step outside their normal lives in this lively comedy drama.

Ding Dong

James Goffin — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 23:38:22 +0000

The 65th year of seaside rep theatre at Sheringham Little Theatre sticks to tradition with a farce – pretty much the only thing missing is the vicar.

Steve & Steff For Ever

James Goffin — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:35:41 +0000

Notting Hill meets Bury St Edmunds in this seductive promenade rom com performance.

Edgeland

James Goffin — Fri, 30 May 2025 21:53:46 +0000

A nature walk and an unsolved disappearance collide in this mystical and mysterious new production set and performed on the edge of the city centre.

Foxfinder

James Goffin — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:56:04 +0000

A strange and disturbing dystopian world unfurls in this gripping and unsettling thriller.