A proud member of the middle class elite, Hal Cruttenden is also a very funny, and very likeable comedian, and his set rounded off a great first night for the Chapelfield Park based comedy festival.
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With so many plays to pick from it remains a mystery to me why groups so regularly turn to Alan Ayckbourn’s playbook. This production of Taking Steps provides no answer.
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The lyrics have rarely matched the action so accurately as in Natasha J Barnes portrayal of Fanny Brice in this touring production of Funny Girl at Norwich Theatre Royal: she has her “eye on the target” all the way through, and boy does she keep hitting bullseye.
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The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society is putting on a 1920s murder mystery – but nothing goes to plan in this theatrical farce from Mischief Theatre.
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Part of a double run with Twelfth Night, this Watermill Theatre production offers a similarly musical take on the well-known Shakespeare texts, bringing songs and choreographed, physical theatre to the fore.
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celebrate the weekend, the bank holiday – and possibly half term too – and they
were definitely in the mood to party.
A literary twist on TED talks, 5×15
offered five snapshot views from writers and thinkers to challenge our approach
to the world.
This second night of jazz in Chapelfield
Gardens took a slightly edgier route, with four-piece outfit Get The Blessing
showcasing material from their five albums.
Reading from his debut book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Max Porter said it was too hot in the bejewelled Spiegeltent surroundings to get in to the really heavy stuff – as if the extracts he delivered with such brave force were easy words.
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Normally to be found in their basement bar in London’s Broadway Market, this jazzy, swinging seven-piece hit the Spiegeltent for just one night.
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This IOU Theatre piece definitively gives
a new perspective on life: for most of the show the audience are watching from
the back of an open-top bus.
The Spiegeltent is an other-worldly venue, and this Hocus Pocus and Gossamer Thread co-production, Night Magic, seeks to lift the veil and take you to the other side.
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It’s great when an act pleasantly surprises: and at this gig at Norwich Theatre Royal the audience got two unexpected delights.
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One of the delights of live theatre is feeling an audience react.
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Eleven stories scattered across the battered remains of an old factory are yours to explore in this creative and surprising event from the Writers’ Centre Norwich.
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