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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

Vittorio Angelone
Comedy Reviews

Vittorio Angelone​: You can’t say nothing any more

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026

Irish comedian Vittorio Angelone came in to his double bill of Norwich Playhouse shows with two unexpected items in the bagging area: a live TV bust up with sword-carrier extraordinaire Penny Mordaunt and a hairline fracture of his ankle.

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Jenny Foulds - Photo: Ollie Denton
Performance Poetry Reviews

Jenny Foulds: Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human​

March 7, 2026March 7, 2026

The beats and the birdsong are constant threads in this lyrical memoir from performance poet Jenny Foulds.

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Jonathan Redding as Owen in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Photo: Andrew Evans
Reviews

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

The classic socialist novel is given a partial reboot in this blunt tale of the workers and the wealthy.

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And Then Come The Nightjars - Photo: Dan Cole Media
Interviews

Farming epidemic takes centre stage

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026

Set to the backdrop of the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, And Then Come The Nightjars is the latest in-house production at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

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Ray O'Leary - Photo courtesy Norwich Theatre
Comedy Reviews

Ray O’Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Looking like – in his words – the deputy manager of a charity shop – Ray O’Leary shuffles out to face a sold out Norwich Playhouse crowd.

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Charlie Randall and Ashton Owen
Interviews

Real-life experiences inspire focus on men’s mental health

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

A new production debuting at venues in Sheringham and Norwich has taken its inspiration from real-life mental health issues to create a new show of movement and drama.

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Ruby Bardwell-Dix and Lewis Aves in Carousel by NNOS at Norwich Theatre Royal - Photo: Richard Jarmy
Musical Reviews

Carousel

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Two parallel romances, with very different outcomes, circle each other in this energetic production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.

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Initial design for Playhouse redevelopment project
News

Revamp plans for Norwich venue

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

Plans for a major revamp of Norwich’s Playhouse have been submitted to the city council.

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Nine Sixteenths cast - Photo: Christa Holka
News

Superbowl show explores attitudes to black female role models

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

A show exploring the aftermath of a famous ‘wardrobe malfunction’ is heading to three venues in the region.

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Scottish Ensemble
News

Festival unveils 17 days of events

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

This year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival will feature over 100 events – including 20 free shows – at venues reaching from King’s Lynn to Lowestoft.

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Geoff Norcott - Photo: Karla Gowlett
Comedy Reviews

Geoff Norcott

February 15, 2026February 15, 2026

A trip to see a self-described basic bloke comic might not be everyone’s idea of a perfect Valentine’s Day – but it was tempting enough to nearly fill Ipswich’s Corn Exchange.

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MÁM by Teaċ Daṁsa - Photo: David Gray
Dance Reviews

MÁM

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

A scattering of wooden chairs, 10 adults clothed in funereal shades, a young girl in ghostly white: just one of a ‘handful’ of scenes in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s maelstrom of movement that is MÁM.

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John Davis and Andrew Reeve in Waiting for Godot - Photo: Barry Parsons Photography
Drama Reviews

Waiting for Godot

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

Reputations can be something of a millstone: if you only vaguely know it, Godot is the play in which nothing happens, twice. But that just isn’t true.

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Victoria Melody in Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak - Photo: Matt Stonge
News

Early gig for Swaffham artist in residence

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

A Norfolk market town is to get its own artist in residence as part of a summer festival – with an early gig ahead of the main May programme.

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Wendi Peters in Glorious!
News

Glorious! comedy’s Suffolk stop

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

A biographical comedy based on the life of the ‘worst singer in the world’ is heading to Ipswich as part of a 20th anniversary UK tour.

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