Norwich Playhouse Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/norwich-playhouse/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:21:33 +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 Norwich Playhouse Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/norwich-playhouse/ 32 32 Sad Book https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/sad-book/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/sad-book/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:21:33 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3243 Michael Rosen’s award-winning novel gets a transformative dance adaptation in this deceptively simple production.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/from-edinburgh-with-love/feed/ 0 Full city festival programme unveiled https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/full-city-festival-programme-unveiled/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/full-city-festival-programme-unveiled/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3215 Norwich’s 2025 art festival will kick off with a parade of 150 local people playing electric guitars backed by a deconstructed marching band, followed by two weeks of music, theatre, performance, and visual arts.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2025/moments/feed/ 0 Making magic moments https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2025/making-magic-moments/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2025/making-magic-moments/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:58:44 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3203 Mime dance company Theatre Re is bringing its newest show Moments to Norwich this month. Cultivated caught up with artistic director and performer Guillaume Pigé.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2025/making-magic-moments/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/the-windrush-secret/feed/ 0 The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III King of Bulgaria https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:16:31 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3073 This curious production plays with our British exceptionalism in two ways: our mythology of the Second World War, and our kneejerk reaction to the name Boris.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/the-brief-life-and-mysterious-death-of-boris-iii-king-of-bulgaria/feed/ 0 From Norfolk to the National Youth Theatre https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/from-norfolk-to-the-national-youth-theatre/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/from-norfolk-to-the-national-youth-theatre/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:04:27 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3092 Cathy Sole, who grew up in and around Norfolk, is starring in the National Youth Theatre REP company’s production of The War of the Worlds at Wilton’s Music Hall in London. 

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/come-dine-with-me-the-musical/feed/ 0 I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Musical https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/i-wish-you-well-the-gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-musical/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/i-wish-you-well-the-gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-musical/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:59:31 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3006 To mere a theatre goer like me, a court case about a skiing accident – even a showbiz one – doesn’t jump out as a must-make subject for a musical. Boy can I be wrong.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/i-wish-you-well-the-gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-musical/feed/ 0 ‘Festival’ of new musicals at Norwich city venue https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/festival-of-new-musicals-at-norwich-city-venue/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/festival-of-new-musicals-at-norwich-city-venue/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:50:22 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2983 A trio of new musicals inspired by popular culture are heading to Norwich Theatre Playhouse this month.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/festival-of-new-musicals-at-norwich-city-venue/feed/ 0 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 22:35:39 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2828 You’ll be grateful your hairdresser only asks about your holiday after experiencing the twisted tale of Sweeney Todd, now playing at Norwich Theatre Playhouse.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/feed/ 0 A labour of love for a city of stories https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/a-labour-of-love-for-a-city-of-stories/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/a-labour-of-love-for-a-city-of-stories/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:00:42 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2716 Writer, theatre-maker and storyteller John Osborne has created a brand-new show in celebration of his adopted home city. Norwich: A Love Story which also features paintings by local artist Pinch and music from singer-songwriter Jess Morgan, is at Norwich Playhouse on April 11.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/a-labour-of-love-for-a-city-of-stories/feed/ 0 Andy is still trying to find optimism in a confusing world https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/andy-is-still-trying-to-find-optimism-in-a-confusing-world/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/interviews/2024/andy-is-still-trying-to-find-optimism-in-a-confusing-world/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:54:05 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2713 Andy Parsons is touring this year with his brand new show, Bafflingly Optimistic. Despite everything that the UK has had to face in recent years, Parsons has managed to find something to be optimistic about. And, of course, lots to be funny about. Parsons, 55, is best known as one of the early lynchpins of Mock The Week. He has also written for Spitting Image, appeared on Live at the Apollo and fronted his own Radio 2 series, as well as the podcast, Slacktivist Action Group.

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