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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

Vincent Gambini - Photo: Hugo Glendinning
Magic Reviews

This Is Not A Magic Show

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

This stunning, intimate, close-up show was definitely magic – whatever its title claimed.

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Le Coup
Circus Reviews

Le Coup

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Chelsea McGuffin has brought a short, punchy circus and vaudeville-inspired show to the Norfolk and Norwich Festival for this year’s Spiegeltent residency.

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UNexpected Art in Norwich - - Credit: Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Art Lecture Reviews

Open Secrets: Unexpected art in Norwich

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023

The hidden secrets of artwork in plain sight were revealed in this hour’s guided walk through central Norwich.

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Wall Existing - Credit: Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Art Lecture Reviews

Wall Existing

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023

Timed to coincide with the opening of a small exhibition at Norwich Castle, this walk around a section of Norwich’s city walls took an idiosyncratic look at its subject.

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Rhiannon Giddens - Credit: Ebru Yildiz
Music Reviews

Rhiannon Giddens

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023

Just a few songs into her gig Rhiannon Giddens said she had been told that “her genre is difference” – and you can see why.

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Godot Is A Woman by Silent Faces - Credit: Ali Wright
Drama Reviews

Godot Is A Woman

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is a play in which famously nothing happens – the same is not true of this Silent Face’s production.

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Alfred Clay in The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Dance Reviews

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

Thousands of people have seen their once safe homes unexpectedly torn apart in recent years, a human tragedy of gargantuan scale: The Beekeeper of Aleppo tells the story of one couple’s journey from Syria to England.

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The cast of Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist
Musical Reviews

Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

Diamonds are supposed to be a girl’s best friend – but in this sparkling musical retelling of the beginning of the end for Marie Antoinette they are anything but.

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Amy Groves, Frank Hickman and Chander van Daatselaar in 5 Soldiers. Photo: Prime Lens
Dance Reviews

5 Soldiers

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

This densely-packed dance piece offers a captivating portrayal of life in the armed forces, at a time when war is all to close to home.

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The cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The Musical. Photo: Johan Persson
Musical Reviews

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

Based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel, this musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical comes to Norwich on its first UK and Ireland tour, after a four-year run in the West End from 2013.

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Verity Roat and Charlotte Carter in Di and Viv and Rose. Photo: Sean Owen.
Drama Reviews

Di and Viv and Rose

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

The 30-year friendship of three women from university onwards is the bedrock of this complex comedy.

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Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty- Paris Fitzpatrick and Ashley Shaw - Photo: Johan Persson
Dance Reviews

Sleeping Beauty

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

Ten years on from its debut, Matthew Bourne’s gothic ballet rendition of the Sleeping Beauty story has lost none of its dreamy qualities.

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Drew Hylton, Rosie Hilal, James Meteyard, Liyah Summers, Polly Lister - Unexpected Twist - Photo: Manuel Harlan
Drama Performance Reviews

Unexpected Twist

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

The worlds of beat boxing and Dickens collide in this punchy and energetic ‘remix’ of a story by children’s author Michael Rosen.

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Person sitting in a metal cage in a shipping container
Performance Reviews

Eulogy

March 17, 2023May 15, 2024

Shakespeare’s Hamlet famously says he could be bounded in a nutshell but count himself king of infinite space, were it not that he has bad dreams.

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Kin by Gecko - Photo: Mark Sepple
Dance Drama Performance Reviews

Kin

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

Kin is a theatrical feast that mixes movement, dance, and puppetry, with exquisite design and lighting that is as much a part of the show as the performers.

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