This remains one singular sensation. Go see.
See this wonderful new musical now, if you can.
Another fantastic collaboration between Norwich Theatre and Buxton International Theatre. Thank you to Stephen Crocker, and everyone at Norwich Theatre for managing to pull this one off.
A delight for children and parents of all ages.
'Grease' is still very much 'the word'.
There's no denying this was a musical and visual spectacular to satisfy the most jaded of palates. In writing this, I've had to wrestle with the jumble of songs now roaming my brain as conflicting ear worms do battle.
A fabulously pop-tastic party, featuring a canon of top tunes from start to finish.
A gloriously dark, and very funny, musical stage parody.
An hilarious homage to Channel 4's much-loved television show
Love this show. Catch it if you can before it hits Edinburgh
Life-affirming, inclusive and diverse, and celebrating every type of friendship.
An hilarious comedy, made to look so easy. Pleasure and laughter all of the way.
Get an insight to the Spitting Image co-creator Roger Law
After a disrupted opening in the spring, the Sainsbury Centre’s Art Nouveau exhibition has at last opened its doors to the public. Although, not in the way you’d probably expect.
O'Neill's comedy is notoriously hard to pin down, harder still to categorise - a unique and uncompromising voice that is thoroughly entertaining, but also thought-provoking and mind-expanding in a way that is ultimately far more nourishing than a straightforward chuckle.
An evening that started with foolishness but ended in a Damascene moment of self-awareness
Throughout the near two-hour performance I’m rapt. I leave the Theatre Royal grateful to have witnessed such an assured, skilled and thoughtful act.
For all his ribald profanity, Gamble is an unusually old fashioned comic, building up mental pictures in the mind of an audience from a grain of truth, who then laugh loudest at situations that, but for the grace of God, go I.
Dispensing with the notion of a support act, we collectively jumped into the deep end, as he homed in on the brave souls on the front row. It's not unusual for a comic to break the ice with a bit of a chat with the audience before launching into the act, but it quickly became apparent this was the act. At times, he seemed less like a slick comic, and more like the funniest mate down the pub.
Tom Allen is the master of the pointed question, the cheeky put-down and the witty response
Cheish Merryweather was keen to emphasise the value of critical thinking, investing her audience with a dignified, sober reflection on the machinery of justice, but she was canny enough to indulge a more scurrilous fascination with the macabre. It left me feeling a little uneasy that horrifying photography and unnerving reconstructions were being presented for our entertainment, not least as I found myself being entertained.
Despite its sensational title, Killer Cults was a relatively sober examination of what makes a cult leader, and how a literally fatal combination of narcissism and psychopathy can lead to disaster.
In the words of the famous Norwichonian Delia Smith “Let’s be having you come to see my show!" on the 16th June
· What power do you believe theatre holds?---- It is live. Real people perform in front of real people. It is dynamic and present in the moment for both actors and audience. Therefore, every performance in a production is different.
Tomorrow, (30th April) Alasdair will be bringing ‘Nevermore’ to the Norwich Playhouse, promising audiences a night of wacky and witty comedy!