A special Christmas thread has been weaved in to the fairytale made popular by the Brothers Grimm in this inventive retelling of Rumpelstiltskin by Ripstop Theatre.
Explore MoreMusic has the power to soothe a savage breast – but that’s not everyone’s reaction to the onslaught of festive tunes that blasts out of shop speakers at an increasingly early point in the calendar each year.
Explore MoreFor someone with such an established career in stand up, Ed Byrne spends a surprising amount of time looking at his shoes.
Explore MoreTinsel bright and shiny this Northern Ballet production of
The Nutcracker is a pleasantly sweet introduction to the festive season.
There’s nothing like setting the bar high: the ‘set’ for the opening show of David O’Doherty’s two night run at Norwich Playhouse consists solely of the words “Not too bad” marked out with masking tape on the back curtain.
Explore MoreIt is 21 years since this Stephen King short story shot to fame as a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
Explore More“If you prick us, do we not bleed?” famously asks Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The question for Propeller’s abridged version of that play is slightly different: if you strip out two-thirds of the text, is it still the same play?
Explore MoreIt’s probably only in Norwich that one of the biggest laughs Dara Ó Briain could draw was by drinking a glass of water.
Explore MoreIt wasn’t entirely clear why Sean Hughes was on stage for much of his two-hour show at the Norwich Playhouse on Thursday.
Explore MoreA dog found dead in a garden just after midnight might not sound the most auspicious start to a play, but this is no ordinary adventure.
Explore MoreThe bohemian and quirky world of Ronnie Scott’s famous Soho jazz club came to Norfolk for one night, with this sold out gig at the Norwich Playhouse.
Explore MoreThis is an awfully big adventure – a sequel to Peter Pan.
Explore MoreMusic and comedy can be difficult bedfellows – getting one right
is tricky enough, let alone perfecting the two together.
Life is measured in many ways: money, family, legacies left behind, even Elliot’s coffee spoons. But for film maker Sam Green the main measure is Guinness – or more precisely, the book of records to which the black stuff gave its name.
Explore MoreDrones sweep overhead, orders are barked from speakers, and fires
burn all around: so opens the ambitious, dystopian finale of this year’s
Norfolk and Norwich Festival.