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.
Explore MoreThe Norfolk and Norwich Festival programme makes Motor Show sound
like some kind of performance petting event: the reality is more sensitive
and delicate than that.
Now a regular part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival the
Spiegeltent is a venerable touring venue, said to be a century old. Dr Teeth
definitely gave the old girl a workout on Friday night.
An early outrider to this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Submerged-Spaces is a series of video installations hosted at three city venues.
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Everything has its place and time: sometimes you want thought-provoking drama, evocative romance or weep-enducing tragedy. And sometimes you want a laugh.
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Terry Alderton is an odd man. And this was an odd show.
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Some comics take a ponderous pace, carefully building to a crescendo; their act is finely wrought and honed over agonising hours of rehearsal and contemplation.
Explore MoreIf there’s one phrase that describes Matthew Bourne’s
imaginative retelling of the Nutcracker, it’s “oral feast”.
For a man who professes to dislike the internet so much, Stewart Lee is an ardent fan on one of its trendiest aspects: the meme.
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Americans are all too often the butt of easy jokes these days. Rich Hall is one very good reason why they shouldn’t be.
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Steve Hughes opened his set at Norwich Playhouse tonight with a joke about the length of the flight between his native Australia and the UK.
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