Panto sometimes gets a bad rap – at best silly stories for kids, at worst a lazy cash cow for theatres and fading celebs. But done well it can bring together comedy, music, dance, in a single entertaining package.
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Get ready to get sequinned out: Norwich Theatre’s panto is a riot of glittering costumes, frenetic dance routines, anthemic songs, and smart and silly humour.
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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.
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There are many different versions of the Beauty and the Beast story, with this Northern Ballet dance version having several twists of it own.
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Master storyteller Danny Robins brings his supernatural podcast to the stage in this touring production focused on things that go bump in the night.
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“There isn’t a message, so don’t go looking for one” we are warned near the beginning of this stage adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s story.
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Regarded as one of the classic musicals of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I is a much loved show, both for its on stage productions and the multi-Oscar winning film starring Yul Brynner.
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It’s been a decade since Michael Frayn’s farce within a farce has graced the Norwich Theatre Royal stage and it’s a long overdue revival.
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Norwich was the final stop for the first UK tour by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in more than 20 years, in a night that indelibly mixed music and politics.
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Chris McCausland is one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians. The 46-year-old Liverpudlian has appeared on shows including the Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You? and QI. He has also fronted his own TV series, Wonders Of The World I Can’t See, and hosted his own radio show, You Heard It Here First.
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The first details of next year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival have been announced, with a handful of shows going on public sale next week.
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A simple cough can be a very powerful thing: just two years ago it could have been life-threatening. A little over a decade ago it possibly meant winning one million pounds.
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The traditional meets the modern with this entrancing and disturbing series of spooky stories that span East Anglia.
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This five-piece dance composition is inspired by the Zimbabwean upbringing of director and choreographer Bawren Tavaziva.
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder audience roar at Norwich Theatre Royal than for The Full Monty.
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