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East Anglia arts and ents

Revamp plans for Norwich venue

Superbowl show explores attitudes to black female role models

Festival unveils 17 days of events

Early gig for Swaffham artist in residence

Glorious! comedy’s Suffolk stop

Hat-trick of ballet for Valentine’s weekend

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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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, 2023January 28, 2026

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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