This bold musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel takes a Technicolor approach to some very dark issues.
Explore MoreRob Madge really wants all eyes on them – and it’s pretty impossible not to be captivated in this audacious bullet train of show.
Explore MoreIf there’s a sequin shortage in Norfolk, I know where to point the finger: Sound Ideas latest production has an avalanche of sparkle, confetti, and everything glittery.
Explore MoreThe very definition of an ensemble piece, Threshold Theatre Company’s production of A Chorus Line showcases the talents of a strong cast of upcoming musical theatre stars.
Explore MoreHow do you solve a problem like the Mormons?
Explore MoreMusicals can often be a bit frustrating – a few catchy numbers and then a lot of dreary musical exposition padding out the rest of the story, but this is one of my favourite things: the sheer joy of The Sound of Music.
Explore MoreWhen it opened at the National Theatre nearly 10 years ago, One Man, Two Guvnors was rightly roundly praised as a comic masterpiece, and in this Norwich revival it has lost none of its sparkle.
Explore MoreThe sassy tale of Elle Wood and her attempt to prove herself gets the full musical treatment in this latest production of Legally Blonde by Threshold Theatre Company.
Explore MoreThe National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company brought a radical re-working of two of the duos earliest pieces to Norwich on September 21 – well, radical if you count a lesbian couple, a Tommy Cooper homage, and a Love Island joke thrown into the libretto as radical.
Explore MoreThe best theatre is about magic: making the impossible happen. Sound Idea’s production of Singin’ In The Rain does just that and if you’re in the front two rows you’re likely to get quite wet too.
Explore MoreMistaken identity, love, and mad dashes across Europe – Top Hat is a frothy, fun journey that features some of Irving Berlin’s finest tunes and sharpest lyrics.
Explore MoreIt’s a paradox that in a world of overloading visual and aesthetic sensation that Gilbert & Sullivan still hold traction.
Explore MoreThe lyrics have rarely matched the action so accurately as in Natasha J Barnes portrayal of Fanny Brice in this touring production of Funny Girl at Norwich Theatre Royal: she has her “eye on the target” all the way through, and boy does she keep hitting bullseye.
Explore MoreBuckle up – you’re about to have you
senses assaulted by a crazed mash-up of Shakespeare and 60s rock and roll hits.
And mostly in a good way.
Temperatures are running high in this
pacey production of West Side Story, as the Sharks and Jets battle for
supremacy in a fiery New York suburb.