Lara Denning (centre) as Caz in Here & Now - Photo: Pamela Raith
#Review: Here & Now at Norwich Theatre Royal til Sun 19 April
"Break out the Smirnoff Ice and the sparkles – the Steps musical has landed in #Norwich, with a nostalgic and slightly nuts show."
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Rob Rouse
#Review: Rob Rouse: Funny Bones at Norwich Theatre Stage Two
"In a six and a half minute opening song to Rob Rouse’s two-hour set he warns that he enjoys things that go on for too long – and whatever else, he’s not joking about that."
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Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes - Photo: Johan Persson
#Review: Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes at Norwich Theatre Royal til 11 April
"Bourne’s choreography continues to be impressive, as does his talent for finding and bringing on dancers. His, and their, passion deserves all the applause."
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Priscilla Queen of The Desert – Photo: Pamela Raith Photography
#Review: Priscilla, Queen of The Desert at Norwich Theatre Royal til 4 April
"There are surreal, touching, and outrageous moments, and a bucketload of killer tunes, in a fantastically enjoyable show"
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Phillip Attmore and Nicole-Lily Baisden in Top Hat - Photo: Andrew Perry
#Review: Top Hat at Norwich Theatre Royal til Sat 28 Mar
"Packed with some of Irving Berlin’s finest songs, a fluffy romantic comedy storyline, and the opportunity for more sequins and dance than you can shake a black cane at."
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Daniel Casey (Barnaby), James Bradwell (Troy) and Rupert Sadler (Dennis Rainbird) in The Killings at Badger's Drift - Photo: Manuel Harlan
#Review: Midsomer Murders at Norwich Theatre Royal til 21 Mar, Cambridge Arts Theatre 21-25 Apr
"This ribald romp is a perfectly pitched adaptation of the classic TV series, fully aware of its own absurdity and offering audiences a murderously good time."
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RSC touring production of Hamlet - Ralph Davis as Hamlet
#Review: Hamlet at Norwich Theatre Royal til 14 March
"There’s no risk that this RSC production of Hamlet might 'lose the name of action': it comes in at a rapid-fire two and a half hours, with the events of the play condensed into just one evening."
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Vittorio Angelone
#Review: Vittorio Angelone at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"The Irish comedian came in to his Playhouse shows with unexpected items in the bagging area: a TV bust up with sword-carrier extraordinaire Penny Mordaunt and a fractured ankle."
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Jenny Foulds
#Review: Jenny Foulds: Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human at Norwich Theatre Stage Two, touring nationally.
"The beats and the birdsong are constant threads in this lyrical memoir... Foulds tell us she dreams of inventing a joy machine, but doesn’t realise she is one."
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Jonathan Redding as Owen in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Photo: Andrew Evans
#Review: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists at Sewell Barn Theatre, #Norwich til 14 March
"The classic socialist novel is given a partial reboot in this blunt tale of the workers and the wealthy."
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Ray O'Leary
#Review: Ray O’Leary at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"Looking like the deputy manager of a charity shop O’Leary shuffles out. His material focuses on the supposed gap between his countenance and his wit but it’s a false premise."
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Carousel by NNOS at Norwich Theatre Royal – Photo: Richard Jarmy
#Review: Carousel by Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society at Norwich Theatre Royal til 28 Feb
"Two parallel romances, with very different outcomes, circle each other in this energetic production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical."
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Geoff Norcott
#Review: Geoff Norcott at Ipswich Corn Exchange
"Seeing a self-described basic bloke comic might not be everyone’s perfect Valentine’s - but Norcott isn’t that basic. A deluxe night out, any day of the year."
Touring inc New Theatre Peterborough and Norwich Theatre Playhouse
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MÁM by Teaċ Daṁsa - Photo: David Gray
#Review: MÁM by Teaċ Daṁsa at Norwich Theatre Royal til 14 Feb
"A scattering of wooden chairs, 10 adults clothed in funereal shades, a young girl in ghostly white: just one of a ‘handful’ of scenes in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s maelstrom of movement."
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John Davis and Andrew Reeve in Waiting for Godot - Photo: Barry Parsons Photography
#Review: Waiting for Godot at Maddermarket Theatre #Norwich til Feb 15
"This production is indisputably a lively one, mostly dispensing with prolonged pauses... Reeve's portrayal is exquisite, fuss free, and a little heart breaking."
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The cast of Dear England national tour - Photo: Marc Brenner
#Review: Dear England at Norwich Theatre Royal until 7 Feb
"Football is often about nostalgia - the legends, the curses, the inexhaustible supply of portentous stats - and James Graham's play is a time capsule of 8 years of the national game."
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#Norwich #Norfolk
James Bye, Shvorne Marks, Grant Kilburn and Natalie Casey in 2:22 A Ghost Story – Photo: Helen Murray
#Review: 2:22 A Ghost Story at Norwich Theatre Royal til 31 Jan
"Robins has created a modern classic that brings the ghost story right up to date. Go see it, and take someone to hold your hand."
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Janine Harouni
#Review: Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
"Family sits at the centre, routines switching between her own experiences growing up and her current role as a parent to a toddler... a warm and enjoyable show."
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Previous show KlangHaus: Last Haus - Photo: Peter Dibden
#Review: KlangHaus: The Big Loop, Norwich til 3 Jan 2026
"Twixtmas can be a long, grey, dull time: Norwich-based art rock outfit KlangHaus are clearly on a (now intergalactic) mission to change that... a coherent, compelling and cosmically magical show"
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Quinn Richards and Eloise Cubbin in Robin Hood at the Fisher Theatre, Bungay
#Review: Robin Hood at Fisher Theatre, Bungay til 31 Dec
"The man in tights is at centre stage for this traditional panto, packed with all the ingredients you expect: slapstick, silly jokes, singalongs, and a healthy dose of audience participation."
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Treasure Island at Maddermarket Theatre
#Review: Treasure Island at Maddermarket Theatre til 3 Jan
"A welcome alternative to panto: family-friendly, fun, and filled with song, but still rooted in proper drama... an energetic and energising production, full of good humour and rip-roaring adventure. All aboard!"
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Touring nationally, including @sohotheatre.bsky.social and @cambridgejunction.bsky.social
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Adam Riches - Photo courtesy Norwich Theatre
#Review: The 12 Beans of Christmas at Norwich Theatre Stage Two
"Cantering out riding Rudolph, Adam Riches storms the audience at the start of this show... he cajoles and delights into a sort of parlour version of the Hunger Games led by his hyperbolic parody of Sean Bean"
The Liar, The Bitch, and The Wardrobe
#Review: The Liar, The Bitch, and The Wardrobe at Norwich Theatre Playhouse til 20 Dec
"A very rude and very adult parody of CS Lewis’ Narnia stories... a raucously queer take on the children’s classic and frequently fiercely funny."
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Cinderella at Norwich Theatre Royal - Photo: Richard Jermy
#Review: Cinderella at Norwich Theatre Royal til 4 Jan 2026
"Get ready to have a ball: Norwich Theatre’s 2025 panto is a fizzing cocktail of fun, colour, and groan-some dad jokes. In other words, perfect."
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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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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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