Reviews Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/category/reviews/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:49:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png Reviews Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/category/reviews/ 32 32 Design for Living https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/design-for-living/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/design-for-living/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:45:29 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3269 Noel Coward’s “three sided erotic hotch potch” sparkles from start to finish in this gloriously funny production.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/picture-you-dead/feed/ 0 Lay Down Your Burdens https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/lay-down-your-burdens/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/lay-down-your-burdens/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:32:57 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3253 The British boozer takes on a new dimension with captivating results in Rhiannon Faith’s immersive dance meets therapy show.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/lay-down-your-burdens/feed/ 0 Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/kate-butch-wuthering-shites/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/kate-butch-wuthering-shites/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:29:23 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3249 Seemingly everything is being turned into a musical these days – plays, films, even court cases – but this is something else.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/richard-ii/feed/ 0 Karl Minns Looks Back at 2024… With She Go and Friends https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/karl-minns-looks-back-at-2024-with-she-go-and-friends/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/karl-minns-looks-back-at-2024-with-she-go-and-friends/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:59:01 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3169 The now traditional outing for the queen of the Larkman hits all the right notes in a Norfolk-baiting 90 minutes of comedy.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/beauty-and-the-beast-2/feed/ 0 Ghosted: Another F**ing Christmas Carol https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/ghosted-another-fing-christmas-carol/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/ghosted-another-fing-christmas-carol/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:26:06 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3156 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.

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