A derelict factory seems a fitting venue for this Moco Theatre production of Antony Burgess’ dystopian vision, the audience promenading through a sprawling stylised set.
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What happens when two near strangers spend too much time together? That’s the crux of Robert Farquhar’s two-hander about a lonely man and woman who throw the dice on a weekend in rainy Blackpool.
Explore MoreThis tense and thoughtful play, rooted in ancient Greek myth, is given a tender handling by the Theatre Royal’s youth company.
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This sumptuous new ballet focuses on
Italy’s famous romancer, seeking to recast him as a man as much of letters and
emotion as of energetic rutting.
This sparky, surprising, and brilliant
exposition on grief, love, and family, bounds along thanks to a superbly
talented young cast and pinpoint direction.
You would be stretching things rather a lot to say David O’Doherty cuts an imposing figure.
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Based loosely on the Powell and Pressburger classic film, this reimagining of the reimagined Hans Christian Andersen fairytale is a typically stylish Matthew Bourne affair.
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Mary Shelley’s tale is one where pieces
of beauty are brought together to make something questionable. It’s a suitable
metaphor for this Black Eyed Theatre production.
Cross dressing, silly costumes, and even
dafter slapstick – is this another Theatre Royal pantomime? Oh no it is isn’t!
It’s The Russian State Ballet of Siberia’s take on one of the oldest
established ballets.
Being at a Miles Jupp gig is, to use his
own words, a bit like “dying and going to Waitrose”.
Innuendo, cross dressing, and people
pretending to be animals – but no, it’s not panto, it’s a rather ribald
adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide, brought to life by the Norwich Theatre Royal’s
Youth Company.
The warmth and romance of Italy shines
through even the coldest Norfolk night in this charming and funny adaptation of
EM Forster’s novel of Edwardian social mores.
Comedy working can be as much about the
surroundings as the material, and this surprising venue has a fantastic
atmosphere.
As with most fairytales there are some
mixed messages in this Northern Ballet version of the story of the vainglorious
prince turned to a monster by a slighted fairy.
A play about words is a risky one for a
critic; one largely about love is doubly troubling for us unhappiest of all
artists.