A youthful drama teacher inspires a class
in surprising ways – but this update of John Godber’s 1984 play is no Dead
Poets Society.
For a stand-up show that lasts 90 minutes, Paul Chowdhry delivers astonishingly few actual jokes.
Explore MoreYou would be stretching things rather a lot to say David O’Doherty cuts an imposing figure.
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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.
Temperatures are running high in this
pacey production of West Side Story, as the Sharks and Jets battle for
supremacy in a fiery New York suburb.
When three female office workers have had enough of their over-bearing, sexist, arrogant boss and spy an opportunity to turn the tables things get very strange, in this song and dance production of the 1980s film.
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It is mentioned repeatedly during this new play that quantum biology – the science peg the story hangs on – is so complicated that if you think you understand it, you really don’t.
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Poetry has long been associated with war, and this collection of poems and films adds some thought-provoking additions to the canon.
Explore MoreThis story of the feisty Ford females of Dagenham has had a quick progression from movie to musical, and has made an even quicker transfer to Norwich from the West End.
Explore MoreEvery now and again I give olives another go, wondering if this time they’ll surprise me with a taste revolution – or remain the rather unpleasant and pointless experience that I dimly remember from last time I braved the overhyped fruit.
Explore MoreMusic has the power to soothe a savage breast – but that’s not everyone’s reaction to the onslaught of festive tunes that blasts out of shop speakers at an increasingly early point in the calendar each year.
Explore MoreFor someone with such an established career in stand up, Ed Byrne spends a surprising amount of time looking at his shoes.
Explore MoreThere’s nothing like setting the bar high: the ‘set’ for the opening show of David O’Doherty’s two night run at Norwich Playhouse consists solely of the words “Not too bad” marked out with masking tape on the back curtain.
Explore More“If you prick us, do we not bleed?” famously asks Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The question for Propeller’s abridged version of that play is slightly different: if you strip out two-thirds of the text, is it still the same play?
Explore MoreIt wasn’t entirely clear why Sean Hughes was on stage for much of his two-hour show at the Norwich Playhouse on Thursday.
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