Watching poet Tim Key’s latest show is like a waking dream – and not just because the stage set prominently features a double bed.
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There’s no need to envy London when Adam Buxton can bring the best of his BUG shows to Norwich in such charming style.
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So this could be awkward: Bridget Christie is a woman and a feminist. We know this because she tells us, repeatedly. I’m a male journalist – and a target for a reasonable chunk of her material.
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Space journeys, even fictional ones, are fraught with risk. Curious Directive’s new production Pioneer, which chronicles the first manned missions to Mars, is an ambitious and challenging piece.
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Trends come and go, but Ewan Wardrop’s magical one-man George Formby biopic show is proof that talent – not topic – is the key to entertainment.
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The career trajectories of most comics goes from years of playing depressingly small venues, to decent theatres and finally telly. For Matt Richardson, things have been a little different.
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People sometimes talk about the magic of live theatre, despite the fact that some shows get performed so often they may as well be recordings. That definitely isn’t true with David O’Doherty.
Explore MoreFittingly for a show based on the changing nature of fame, David Baddiel’s gig was the first at which — moments before it started – I got a tweet from the performer about blocking me on Twitter.
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Miles Jupp is erudite and a delight to listen to, with a delicious turn of phrase that is for the most part delivered in a mellifluous, patrician tone.
Explore MoreThere is definitely something magical about Paul Daniels – not least his ability to persuade an audience to suspend their disbelief over the passing of the last 20 years.
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It was political stunts that brought comedian Mark Thomas to the public attention, and his new show 100 Acts of Minor Dissent is in parts a return to that familiar ground.
Explore MoreIt’s been more than 16 years since Alexei Sayle has done a stand-up tour and, despite his appearance at the Norwich Playhouse being the last night of the run, Sayle stumbled uncertainly through much of his material. Despite that, the audience still loved him.
Explore MoreRather ironically given the topics, Alistair McGowan’s new
stand-up show is a game of two halves.
This tour is called Lifehunter, but it felt more like Roisin
Conaty was searching for her voice.
People can impose themselves on a room in different ways: Will Self towers over an audience both with his giant height and his substantial intellect.
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