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.

Farming epidemic takes centre stage

Cultivated — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:30:16 +0000

Set to the backdrop of the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, And Then Come The Nightjars is the latest in-house production at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

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.

Real-life experiences inspire focus on men’s mental health

Cultivated — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:04:46 +0000

A new production debuting at venues in Sheringham and Norwich has taken its inspiration from real-life mental health issues to create a new show of movement and drama.

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.

Revamp plans for Norwich venue

Cultivated — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:43:46 +0000

Plans for a major revamp of Norwich’s Playhouse have been submitted to the city council.

Superbowl show explores attitudes to black female role models

Cultivated — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:32:22 +0000

A show exploring the aftermath of a famous ‘wardrobe malfunction’ is heading to three venues in the region.

Festival unveils 17 days of events

Cultivated — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:13:12 +0000

This year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival will feature over 100 events – including 20 free shows – at venues reaching from King’s Lynn to Lowestoft.

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.

Early gig for Swaffham artist in residence

Cultivated — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:31:06 +0000

A Norfolk market town is to get its own artist in residence as part of a summer festival – with an early gig ahead of the main May programme.

Glorious! comedy’s Suffolk stop

Cultivated — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:01:58 +0000

A biographical comedy based on the life of the ‘worst singer in the world’ is heading to Ipswich as part of a 20th anniversary UK tour.

Hat-trick of ballet for Valentine’s weekend

Cultivated — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:42:50 +0000

Lovers of classical ballet can pick from a trio of shows in Ipswich over the Valentine’s weekend.

“Like Hamlet, without the bloodbath finale”

Cultivated — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:18:37 +0000

The resident company at Norwich’s Maddermarket Theatre is preparing a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. We caught up with the play’s director Phil Davey and theatre trustee Tony Fullwood to find out more.

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.