One of the delights of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival is the trepidation of attending a show without quite knowing what it will bring, and discovering a gem.
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In a world of multiplexes, films on phones, and on any number of other devices why not watch one in a replica 1950s Antarctic scientists hut?
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Playing the Bach cello suites is no mean feat – doing so at short notice on a stand-in basis is truly remarkable.
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This French-Irish songstress has a reputation for exuberant and exhilarating shows, and this showcase of songs by Nick Cave only cements her standing as an outstanding performer.
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Charles Dickens didn’t quite do it like this, but this show is a phenomenal adaption of one of the world’s best selling books.
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What is worse: loud music or racism? That’s one of the stark questions posed by this inventive and oddly charming performance piece that takes us into the worlds of car meets and Islam.
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Circus at the Spiegeltent has become a pretty predictable part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival programme – but Circus Alfonse is not like anything you’re likely to have seen before.
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This inaugural public performance in Great Yarmouth by the BBC Concert Orchestra was a perfect mix of venue and performance.
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Poetry isn’t known for being one of the more gruelling art forms. But performance poet Lewis Buxton has brought his trainers and exercise mat, and he’s not afraid to break into a sweat in his compelling show about a youth spent trying to outrun obsessive thoughts.
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This quirky guided tour of one of Norwich’s oldest buildings mixes history with performance, giving a light-hearted look at the city’s Guildhall.
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What big ambitions you have, said the audience member as they settled in to their seat for this adaptation of Angela Carter’s fairytale-twisting collection of short stories.
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Onions, it seems, are like family: they come in different shapes and sizes, are multi-layered, and can sometimes make you cry. At least that appears to be a theme of this evolving new show from Norwich-based Orange Skies Theatre.
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The story of the surprising relationship between a rich widow and a self-taught archaeologist, and their success in unearthing one of the most important finds in English history, is at the heart of this East Anglian drama.
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More sequins than you can imagine, multiple packs of cards, a rotating saw, and a coterie of inherited doves – what could go wrong? Everything.
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This new production of Private Lives had two big questions to answer: can Noel Coward still be funny, and is Nigel Havers still dashing?
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