Sewell Barn Theatre – Cultivated

Foxfinder

James Goffin — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:56:04 +0000

A strange and disturbing dystopian world unfurls in this gripping and unsettling thriller.

Design for Living

James Goffin — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:45:29 +0000

Noel Coward’s “three sided erotic hotch potch” sparkles from start to finish in this gloriously funny production.

The Clearing

James Goffin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:53:17 +0000

The fortunes of a young couple and two nations are cruelly bound together in this evocative historical drama.

Richard II

James Goffin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:12:13 +0000

Shakespeare’s tale of the roots of the War of The Roses gets zhuzhed up in this creative new production.

After Electra

James Goffin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:41:49 +0000

This fortuitously topical black comedy tackles head on a subject that remains taboo for many: suicide.

Wilde’s lover profiled in UK premiere

Cultivated — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:44:13 +0000

The life of Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas is profiled in a play having its UK premiere in Norwich next month.

Grand Guignol

James Goffin — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:40:49 +0000

We are so deluged by horror and gore these days that it’s easy to glibly pass by warnings about shocking content: don’t make that mistake with this evening of short plays at the Sewell Barn.

The Memory of Water

James Goffin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:05:58 +0000

This play – and this production of it – pulls of the rare feat of being deeply moving and riotously funny; a dark comedy that touches raw nerves and funny bones in near equal measure.

Bette and Joan

James Goffin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:07:06 +0000

The rivalry between two of the most famous names in early Hollywood is at the heart of this engaging double-hander play.

Barbed Wire and Teddy Bears

James Goffin — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:28:45 +0000

War is never as far from us as might think, and this short run production reminds us of that in two ways.

Amy’s View

James Goffin — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:09:00 +0000

When one of the central characters in a play is a arrogant, self-important critic, its very hard to review it without feeling just a little self-conscious.

Comic Potential

James Goffin — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:19:24 +0000

The secret of good comedy is apparently timing – but it appears slightly out of joint in this curiously retro futuristic satire.

Immaculate

James Goffin — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:38:31 +0000

There’s a painting by African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner of the moment Mary is told by archangel Gabriel that she is pregnant with the son of God.

1984

James Goffin — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:56:47 +0000

George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel is brought disturbingly and vividly to life in this stunning Sewell Barn production.

The Cemetery Club

James Goffin — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:26:46 +0000

Love in later life is the heart of this funny and touching comedy drama, brought to life by three adept leading ladies.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

James Goffin — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:04:01 +0000

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.

Di and Viv and Rose

James Goffin — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:42:46 +0000

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

Still Life and Red Peppers

James Goffin — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 23:26:34 +0000

This double bill of two short Noël Coward plays offers two contrasting tales of love and adversity.

Queers

James Goffin — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 23:56:45 +0000

Some startlingly good performances and writing come together in this series of monologues looking at more than 50 years of gay rights in England.

Betrayal

James Goffin — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:36:21 +0000

Harold Pinter’s plays are known for their pauses and unseen menace but this production of the semi-autobiographical piece Betrayal barely takes a breath.