Spoken word – Cultivated

Lewis Buxton: Friend

James Goffin — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:22:28 +0000

Lewis Buxton wants a friend. More specifically, he wants a best friend – an unbreakable, unstoppable, transcendent connection with the one true companion.

It’s the Economy, Stupid!

James Goffin — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:03:59 +0000

The political meets the personal in this engaging tale of how three decades of economic turmoil – and the theories that underpinned it – affected a Devon family.

Dean Atta

James Goffin — Tue, 21 May 2024 23:42:41 +0000

Family and relationships are prime topics for Dean Atta, hosted by Toast poetry as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

Modern Ritual

James Goffin — Sun, 19 May 2024 23:14:48 +0000

There’s something unnerving about heading incantations read aloud, even when you don’t believe in them – and the spoken rituals that started the Norfolk and Norwich Festival incarnation of Modern Rituals definitely had that edge.

Dark Tales From The Guildhall

James Goffin — Wed, 15 May 2024 21:08:41 +0000

Today it serves as the headquarters of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival but Norwich’s Guildhall has a darker history, as this live podcast instalment revealed.

Uncanny: I Know What I Saw

James Goffin — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:37:43 +0000

Master storyteller Danny Robins brings his supernatural podcast to the stage in this touring production focused on things that go bump in the night.

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

James Goffin — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:48:19 +0000

“There isn’t a message, so don’t go looking for one” we are warned near the beginning of this stage adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s story.

Ghost Stories by Candlelight

James Goffin — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:53:00 +0000

The traditional meets the modern with this entrancing and disturbing series of spooky stories that span East Anglia.

Me and Robin Hood

James Goffin — Tue, 14 May 2019 16:18:00 +0000

This performance is certainly in a fitting venue, with the Norfolk & Norwich Festival opening the door to the normally hidden former court room in the Shirehall, the city’s centre of justice for 166 years.

Nuketown

James Goffin — Thu, 17 May 2018 16:36:57 +0000

Nuclear oblivion and Lego might not seem like natural companions but this unusual show, Nuketown, brings them crashing together.

Manwatching

James Goffin — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:38:42 +0000

Are there any taboos left? Apparently so, if the reception for this monologue written by an anonymous woman but read aloud by a man is any indication.

The Story Machine

James Goffin — Thu, 18 May 2017 19:57:39 +0000

Eleven stories scattered across the battered remains of an old factory are yours to explore in this creative and surprising event from the Writers’ Centre Norwich.

Nobody Told Me

James Goffin — Tue, 17 May 2016 17:45:05 +0000

To those that allege that the Norfolk and Norwich Festival is all middle class indulgence, Hollie McNish is the answer.

Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry

James Goffin — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:47:17 +0000

This early show of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival saw established writer Sarah Waters and relative newcomer Sarah Perry exploring the idea of the Gothic imagination.

Tim Key

James Goffin — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:40:08 +0000

Watching poet Tim Key’s latest show is like a waking dream – and not just because the stage set prominently features a double bed.

Literary Death Match

James Goffin — Fri, 16 May 2014 14:07:14 +0000

Time was when all authors had to do was to turn up and read from their works — now they must fight for survival.

Molly Nayor and Ian Ross

James Goffin — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:48:40 +0000

Could you look your teenage self in the eye and say you stayed true to yourself?

In Conversation with Will Self

James Goffin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:23:35 +0000

People can impose themselves on a room in different ways: Will Self towers over an audience both with his giant height and his substantial intellect.

I Wish I Was Lonely

James Goffin — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:07:42 +0000

Has the mobile phone robbed us of part of ourselves?

The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church

James Goffin — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:59:55 +0000

Sending someone to review Daniel Kitson is unfair.