Cultivated UK

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return - Photo: Jenny Forward Hayter

#Review: The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return at Norwich Theatre Playhouse til 26 Nov
"Teenage kicks are writ large and loud in this boisterous, creative, and touching tale of two Luton lads and their complex relationship with home, in all its stripes."
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Hans-Christian Harder as Coriolanus - Photo: Barry Parsons / East Anglia Photo Services

#Review: Coriolanus at Sewell Barn Theatre til 29 Nov
"A punchy adaptation, creatively directed and excellently acted, adding a contemporary spin to one of Shakespeare’s lesser known stories"
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#Norfolk #Norwich #Shakespeare

Tom Chambers as Inspector Morse - Photo: Johan Persson

#Review: Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts at Norwich Theatre Royal til 22 Nov
"The Oxford detective was a mainstay of British TV for more than a decade, and now 25 years on Morse has returned in a new story written specially for stage."
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#Norwich #Norfolk

Northern Ballet dancers in Merlin - Photo: Emily Nuttall

#Review: Northern Ballet: Merlin at Norwich Theatre Royal
"It's one of the country's oldest stories - the mysterious wizard that put King Arthur on the throne - and Merlin's early life is given a unique twist in this ballet revival."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #ballet

The cast of War Horse

#Review: War Horse at Norwich Theatre Royal
"This story of a boy and his horse, separated by war, is a visually spectacular piece of storytelling – dominated by intricate and impressive puppeteering."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #drama @nationaltheatre.org.uk

Carl Donnelly

#Review: Carl Donnelly: Another Round at @norwichartscentre.bsky.social
"The tour title might suggest a laddie show but Donnelly's wild days are passed: this is more a fun pub catch-up with an old friend"
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Touring nationally inc @cambridgejunction.bsky.social, 6 Dec
#comedy

Cast of the The House of Bernarda Alba - Photo: Sean Owen / Reflective Arts

#Review: The House of Bernarda Alba at Sewell Barn Theatre til 18 Oct
"Much is unseen and unsaid in this all-female drama of death, morality, and politics, set in 1930s rural Spain."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #drama

Josie Long looking at an animal skeleton in a museum

#Review: Josie Long: Now Is The Time Of Monsters at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"These are troubled times, says Long in her new touring show – but things have long been weird and perhaps we should use that as an excuse to live and to celebrate"
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#Norwich #Norfolk #comedy

Dress rehearsal of Lovesong

#Review: Lovesong at Norwich Puppet Theatre til 27 Sep, tickets £12-16
"This series of snapshots through a couple’s life together is a softly-delivered sucker punch, packed with emotion and unexpected twists."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #drama

Three cast members from Norwich Hamlets: Something Rotten

#Review: Norwich Hamlets
"Shakespeare’s most ponderous play serves as inspiration for five short performances in this joint community project from Norwich Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company."
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The cast of the UK touring production of Hamilton - Photo: Danny Kaan

#Review: Hamilton: An American Musical at Norwich Theatre Royal until 25 October
"A truly unique musical, combining genres in a way seldom seen, and with an on-stage busyness that is energising and intoxicating... Go see it if you can."
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#HamiltonTour #Norwich #Norfolk

The cast of Rave On

#Review: Rave On: The Ultimate 50s and 60s Experience at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"Tribute without falling into caricature.... A snappy, toe-tapping trip through the period."
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#norwich #norfolk

Esther Manito - Photo: Steve Best

#Review: Esther Manito: Slagbomb at Norwich Theatre Stage Two, now touring nationally
"Manito has mixed up a pacey and very enjoyable show, with plenty of relatable jokes and a narrative heart that leaves you feeling warm as you leave, even on a rainy Norwich night."
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Holly Graham and Nina Taylor in Gypsy - Photo: Richard Jarmy

#Review: Gypsy at Norwich Theatre Playhouse until 14 Sep
"The story of one of American’s most notorious performers is the focus of this Sondheim-scripted musical."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #Musical

Cast of The Midnight Bell - Photo: Johan Persson

#Review: The Midnight Bell at Norwich Theatre Royal til 13 Sep
"The Midnight Bell offers a seductive slice of 1930s Soho, served up through Matthew Bourne’s signature sharply characterised dance... Bourne retains the power to delight and surprise."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #dance

#Review: The Exoplanets at Norwich Theatre til 7 Sep
"This world premiere performance mixed music and science in a high concept but very human production that took us to the outer reaches of space, and the inner lives of its protagonists."
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#Norwich #music #drama

Paul Zerdin

#Review: Paul Zerdin : Jaw-drop at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"Ticking all the boxes and then some... Sharp routines, technical prowess, and an impeccable performance"
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#Norwich #comedy #ventriloquism

Cast of Ladies Day. Photo: Andi Sapey

#Review: Ladies Day at St George's Gt Yarmouth til Aug 18, then Sheringham Little Theatre and Wolterton Hall
"Four women take a step outside their normal lives in this lively comedy drama"
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#GreatYarmouth #Sheringham #Wolterton

Roman Lytwyniw as The Fiddler and Matthew Woodyatt as Tevye - Photo: Johan Persson

#Review: Fiddler on the Roof at Norwich Theatre Royal until 16 Aug
"From its breathtaking opening this is an immaculate imagined show... such style and grace makes it doubly worth seeing"
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#musical #Norwich

Emma Fenney, Joe Feeney and Kate Cresswell in Ding Dong at Sheringham Little Theatre

#Review: Ding Dong at Sheringham Little Theatre til Aug 16
"A classic single set farce, packed with confusion, secret clinches, and copious double entendres."
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#Sheringham #farce

Steve & Steff For Ever - Photo: Fiona Scott-Petrie

Review: Steve & Steff For Ever by @TheatreRoyalBSE until 30 Aug
"Notting Hill meets Bury St Edmunds in this seductive promenade rom com performance... a chance to fall in love with love, and with Bury."
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Space Hamlet in rehearsal

#Review: Space Hamlet at Norwich Puppet Theatre til 9 Aug
"Welcome to a glam rock musical of infinite jest: Hamlet in space, with a green alien Polonius, airlock accidents, and a chorus line of floating puppets."
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#Norwich #musical #Shakespeare

English Youth Ballet - The Sleeping Beauty

English Youth Ballet The Sleeping Beauty at @NorwichTheatre til 26 Jul
"A new take on Sleeping Beauty, swapping woodland slumber for cryogenic freezing and a prince for an iPad-wielding arctic explorer, and featuring 100 local dancers"
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Seiriol Davies in How to Win Against History

#Review: How to Win Against History at Norwich Theatre Playhouse till 26 Jul
"Henry Cyril Paget was destined to be one of the world’s wealthiest men – at least until he spent it all on diamond frocks, lilac-dyed poodles, and putting on plays."
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#Norwich #Norfolk #musical

Charley's Aunt at Sewell Barn Theatre - Photo: Andrew Evans

Charley’s Aunt at Sewell Barn Theatre #Norwich til 19 July
"Two sets of young lovers get caught up in an elaborate pretence in this 130-year old farce... a funny, foolish, fast-paced piece; a little midsummer night’s dream"
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#comedy #Norfolk

Lewis Aves as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables - Photo: Richard Jarmy

#Review: Les Misérables – Let the People Sing at Norwich Theatre Royal til 6 July
"This is a massive, and superlative production, and fully deserving of its standing ovation and sold-out run. If you can inveigle a ticket, do!"
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Edgeland – Cultivated
#Review: Edgeland by @limbiktheatre.bsky.social‬ and Norwich Theatre at Sweet Briar Marsh til Jun 5
"A nature walk and an unsolved disappearance collide in this mystical and mysterious new production set and performed on the edge of #Norwich"
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#Review: Foxfinder at Sewell Barn Theatre #Norwich till 7 Jun
"A strange and disturbing dystopian world unfurls in this gripping and unsettling thriller."
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#Norfolk #drama

Promotional image of Ely Lyons wearing horse ears, holding a horse head toy and an apple

#Review: Elf Lyons: Horses at Norwich Theatre Stage Two
"A kaleidoscope of monologues, mimes, recordings, and re-enactments of historic events, all with an equine bent. Beautifully bewildering."
Touring inc @cambridgejunction.bsky.social on 30 May.
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#Review: Ella Frears at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
"Her poems are spiky, funny, evocative, and unusual – sketches that from nowhere conjure up quirky worlds and their equally eccentric inhabitants."
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#poetry #Norwich #Norfolk