An intense and intimate spectacle, brought to life with beautiful words and music, and some amazingly up-close performances from four opera singers that we would normally be watching and listening to from seats in the stalls or circle of the main theatre auditorium.
The most enjoyable and engrossing opera that I have attended in many a year,
Scintillating and spectacular!
The feel-good musical that you will want to see over and over and again
Now, that's what I call a jukebox musical.
A celebration of teenage hopes and dreams
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Free Mason is a refreshing departure from the relentless punchline-chasing of mainstream stand-up. Mason offers something intimate here and more textured—a carefully observed patchwork of life’s smaller, stranger moments.
Her gift, and it cannot be overstated, is to normalise what might otherwise be too traumatic to discuss, embracing not only her philosophy but her audience as well, so that the evening felt less like a performance and more like a conversation.
This was one of the most enjoyable nights of comedy I've experienced in a long time. Byrne's warmth and empathy was reciprocated by a crowd eager to have a good time. My only misgiving was how far the night strayed from its advertised ambition.
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.
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!
What have we come to, when someone is threatened with violence for speaking their mind so often that they make light of it?
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.
Anna caught up with some of the cast of Picture You Dead ahead of their Norwich show
A ballet that, even thirty years on, continues to startle, amuse, impress and enthral
ITCH fosters a safe environment promoting queer creativity and talent through a range of performing arts, and the diverse range of performances was wonderfully refreshing.
Much more than a piece of agitprop designed to galvanise us into action over Global Warming.
An innovative, moving, and life-affirming production.
A spine-tingling drama that holds its surprise very close to its chest until the final scene