From the glitzy, gaudy, sleazy opening you wouldn’t guess
what unfolds in Cabaret. But this is a story — and a production — that runs
the full gamut from cheeky humour to unspeakable horror, with the only
constant delight the superb performances of a top notch cast.
Romance and Adventure was what the tour title promised; what was
delivered was closer to angst.
A veteran stand-up act, this is Fred Macaulay’s first tour of England – but hopefully it won’t be the affable Scotsman’s last.
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Top of the list of television’s sacred cows must be Fawlty Towers, so taking it out at as touring stage production might be considered either brave or stupid.
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From the outset of Matthew Bourne’s Play Without Words, the atmosphere drips off the stage.
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How do you tell one of the best known fairy tales in a new way? By assembling a cast of more than 200 and turning the very idea of storytelling on its head.
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Could a traumatic childhood event lead to an insular life of fantasy? That’s the question posed by the third play by Norfolk-born playwright Beatrice Armstrong.
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Here’s some free advice for comedians thinking of going on tv: make sure you’ve got enough material left for touring.
Explore MoreThe county still being alight with Olympic flame fever, what could
be more fitting than a ‘lost’ Aristophanes comedy to round off the
festivities?
There can be something joyfully simple about puppetry that hides the tremendous expertise of doing it well.
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There is an inscription in one of the chapels at Norwich Cathedral that reads “except for the still part there would be no dance”.
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Magicians Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod promise a new twist in their latest show: they give away all their secrets at the end.
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Jazz singers can have a difficult choice to make: go for the old standards or try your own material. Either way you’re likely to invite tricky comparisons.
Explore MoreThis visit to the Norfolk and Norwich Festival by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy was a homecoming of sorts, sponsored as it was by The Rialto – the Norfolk-based poetry magazine that was one of the first to recognise her talent thirty years ago.
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