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Nature reserve to host quirky mystery play

Our picks of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival

Outer space theatre concert to premiere in Norwich

From Edinburgh with love

Full city festival programme unveiled

‘Dramedy’ takes an unusual look at dealing with grief

Sancho Panza (A.J. Deane), the priest (Kiara Hawker) and Don Quixote (puppeteered by Joshua Gould) - Photo: Al Pulford
News

Drama tour takes Spanish wanderer across East Anglia

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

The classic tale of Don Quixote is coming to historic venues across East Anglia this summer thanks to a new touring production.

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A previous Norwich Theatre open day
News

Norwich venues launch family festival and open day

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

Theatre lovers in Norwich can explore three city venues this August, with fun, immersive activities for the whole family in the last week of the summer holidays.

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Lewis Cornay leads the cast of The Spongebob Musical - Photo: Mark Senior
Musical Reviews

The Spongebob Musical

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023

It seems like almost everything is a musical these days, but very few provide the pure joy that seeps from every pore of The Spongebob Musical.

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Ava Borthwick, Lola Morgans and Amelie Breach as The Attendants
News

Norwich theatre group makes flying trip to Fringe

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023

Three young actresses from Norwich are taking their self-penned comedy play to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. 

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Sculpture by Davidson Kally, one of the artists at Raveningham
News

Sculpture trail returns for summer

July 1, 2023

An annual sculpture trail on the Norfolk-Suffolk border is returning for the summer.

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Leah Jamieson, Dannie Harris, Lucy Gray and Emmy Stonelake in Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) - Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic
Comedy Drama Reviews

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023

Who really made the world go round in Regency England? The servants – at least according to this charmingly silly adaptation of Jane Austen’s most popular novel.

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Veronica Innes and Jacob Fowler in Heathers - Photo: Pamela Raith Photography
Musical Reviews

Heathers: The Musical

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023

This dark 1980s film comedy has been given a surprisingly sweet remake in this musical production, now touring nationally after stints on Broadway and the West End.

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Nigel Barret as Caesar and Thalissa Teixeira as Brutus in Julius Caesar - Photo: Marc Bremner / RSC
Drama Reviews

Julius Caesar

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Political despatches are no longer quite as bloody as that which befell Caesar in Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy, but we have certainly seen several ego-inflated leaders in recent times.

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Robin Croft and Rob Tiffen in A Midsummer Night's Dream - Photo: Sean Owen / Reflective Arts
Drama Reviews

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

There is always a temptation with Shakespeare to try to do something different: this version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream nominally sets the action around the Suffragette movement of the early 20th century.

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James Bell, Joseph Betts, Emily Sidnell, Rowena Croston-Clegg and Ben Woodward in Young Frankenstein - Photo: Leo Jerome White
Musical Reviews

Young Frankenstein

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Shelley’s Frankenstein is a delicate story that explores what it means to be human; this musical version by Mel Brooks, not so much – but it is bloody good fun.

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Gavin Francis - Photo: Thomas Farnetti
Lecture Reviews

Sir Thomas Browne: The Opium of Time

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023

The towering figure of Sir Thomas Browne has loomed over Norwich city centre up until recently, when a statue and art installation commemorating him his works was removed for what is termed in local government circles as a refreshed public realm.

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Jessica Walker and Hannah Azuonye in The People's Cabaret
Music Reviews

The People’s Cabaret

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

Billed as a culmination of a three-year project working with Norfolk communities creating contemporary responses to protest songs, this hour-long performance seemed sadly unaware of its own context.

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Performance Reviews

Rattus Rattus: The epic tail of man vs rat

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

The opening event for the Norfolk & Norwich Festival’s temporary “speakeasy” venue was a joyous touching tale of man versus beast.

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Hauk Pattison in The Chosen Haram
Circus Dance Performance Reviews

The Chosen Haram

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

This sensuous, stunning show is visually arresting from the off, engaging your emotions in a whirlwind of guilt, joy, excess and regret.

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Paul O'Donnell performs Dia-Beat-Es - Photo: Andrew Moore
Performance Reviews

Dia-Beat-es

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

Life with diabetes is far from Sweet Like Chocolate, as performer come DJ Paul O’Donnell explains in this unique show.

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