Every 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 MoreOne of the spookiest tales in ballet, Giselle tells the tale of the titular peasant girl, who dies of a broken heart when she discovers her lover – the disguised Count Albrecht – is set to marry another.
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Comedy gigs can be quite different things nowadays. In the past a comedian might rock up in the afternoon, pick up an Evening News, scan for a few local funnies and chuck them in at the beginning to make it seem like they cared about each stop on their deadening 147-night tour.
Explore MoreThey said it couldn’t (shouldn’t?) be done – but they’ve only gone and put David Hasselhoff in a musical. And it’s come to Norwich.
Explore MoreLove can be a tricky customer: who do you pledge your allegiance to most strongly? Your country, your ideals, your friends – or the cute brunette who has just moved in next door?
Explore MoreA special Christmas thread has been weaved in to the fairytale made popular by the Brothers Grimm in this inventive retelling of Rumpelstiltskin by Ripstop Theatre.
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 MoreTinsel bright and shiny this Northern Ballet production of
The Nutcracker is a pleasantly sweet introduction to the festive season.
There’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 MoreIt is 21 years since this Stephen King short story shot to fame as a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
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’s probably only in Norwich that one of the biggest laughs Dara Ó Briain could draw was by drinking a glass of water.
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.
Explore MoreA dog found dead in a garden just after midnight might not sound the most auspicious start to a play, but this is no ordinary adventure.
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