Norwich Playhouse – Cultivated

Songs of the Bulbul

James Goffin — Wed, 21 May 2025 22:35:43 +0000

This new dance work offers a mesmerising combination of movement and myth, inspired by the ancient Sufi story of a nightingale held in captivity.

Show Pony

James Goffin — Fri, 16 May 2025 19:58:03 +0000

If there was ever any doubt rules were made to be broken, Show Pony proves the point.

Gandini Juggling: Heka

James Goffin — Wed, 14 May 2025 20:48:49 +0000

Sean Gandini owes me an ice cream: his company’s show Heka is so captivating my lemon sorbet melted before I could take my eyes off the stage to eat it.

Our picks of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival

James Goffin — Mon, 05 May 2025 14:03:11 +0000

One of the UK’s oldest festivals kicks off its 2025 edition this week, with dozens of events around Norwich and venues across Norfolk. We’ve picked out a few festival highlights.

Spy Movie: The Play!

James Goffin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:13:00 +0000

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: to watch the adventures of secret agent Jane Blonde, as she battles to save the world, and to put on a budget-stretched stage version of a spy movie.

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

James Goffin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:29:23 +0000

Seemingly everything is being turned into a musical these days – plays, films, even court cases – but this is something else.

Sad Book

James Goffin — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:21:33 +0000

Michael Rosen’s award-winning novel gets a transformative dance adaptation in this deceptively simple production.

From Edinburgh with love

Cultivated — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:27:39 +0000

Blockbusters and budget theatre collide in a play opening its UK tour at Norwich’s Playhouse theatre next month.

Full city festival programme unveiled

Cultivated — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Norwich’s 2025 art festival will kick off with a parade of 150 local people playing electric guitars backed by a deconstructed marching band, followed by two weeks of music, theatre, performance, and visual arts.

Moments

James Goffin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:34:00 +0000

Precision movements and elegant allegory are the soul of this unusual and captivating piece of performance theatre.

Making magic moments

James Goffin — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:58:44 +0000

Mime dance company Theatre Re is bringing its newest show Moments to Norwich this month. Cultivated caught up with artistic director and performer Guillaume Pigé.

Karl Minns Looks Back at 2024… With She Go and Friends

James Goffin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:59:01 +0000

The now traditional outing for the queen of the Larkman hits all the right notes in a Norfolk-baiting 90 minutes of comedy.

Ghosted: Another F**ing Christmas Carol

James Goffin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:26:06 +0000

If the title hadn’t already given it away, Dickens this ain’t – but there is an odd sort of Christmas spirit in this rude and reworked version of his festive tale.

First festival highlights revealed

Cultivated — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:10:22 +0000

Two resident artists, a new circus show, and a literary lecture are among the early highlights for the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Nosferatu

James Goffin — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:33:53 +0000

One of cinema’s most enduring cult classics is given a new twist, with a modern and atmospheric live score.

The Windrush Secret

James Goffin — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:39:58 +0000

A Caribbean politician, an English racist, and a Home Office mandarin all take to the stage in this drama rooted in the Windrush scandal.

The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III King of Bulgaria

James Goffin — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:16:31 +0000

This curious production plays with our British exceptionalism in two ways: our mythology of the Second World War, and our kneejerk reaction to the name Boris.

From Norfolk to the National Youth Theatre

James Goffin — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:04:27 +0000

Cathy Sole, who grew up in and around Norfolk, is starring in the National Youth Theatre REP company’s production of The War of the Worlds at Wilton’s Music Hall in London.

The Highwayman

James Goffin — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:38:17 +0000

One of the nation’s favourite poems has become the inspiration for a new musical, premiering at Norwich Theatre Playhouse.

SILENCE! The Musical

James Goffin — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:17:21 +0000

This surreal musical spoof of the Silence of The Lambs film is audacious, explicit, and wickedly funny.