Norfolk Bookworm

  Sunshine and Sweet Peas in Nightingale Square by Heidi Swain (Simon & Schuster) Borrowed from the library eBook catalogue I wasn't...

Hedda Gabbler, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2017. I'd missed this in London at the National Theatre and so was very happy to fi...

Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes, Theatre Royal, Norwich. February 2017. As has become clear to regular blog readers I have developed...

Murder, Margaret & Me, The Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. January 2017. I hadn't planned on a midweek excursion to the theatre ...

Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne on Tour, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2016. I have to thank a friend and colleague for the chance to...

Fishermen & Kings: The Photography of Olive Edis, Castle Museum, Norwich. October 2016. As a photographer I am always interested in...

Mary Poppins, Theatre Royal Norwich. July 2016. Back from Greece for less than 24 hours and straight away I'm at the theatre - nice...

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty, Theatre Royal, Norwich. March 2016. Talking about this production is hard, it isn't that I di...

Shrek the Musical, Theatre Royal, Norwich. June 2015. I was vaguely interested in this when it had a London run, just not enough to pla...

Edward Scissorhands (ballet), Theatre Royal, Norwich. February 2015. It has been nearly two weeks since I saw this and yet I still find...

Boeing Boeing. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. January 2015. Up until now a mixture of laziness and inability to work out what the day i...

Norwich Film Festival. Odeon Cinema, Norwich. May 2014. After our recent trip to Sundance London we had another chance to see films as ...

Cats. Theatre Royal Norwich. April 2014. Although my love of theatre did start a while ago with musicals (a trip to see Les Miserables ...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Norwich Theatre Royal. November 2013. Another great London production on tour in Norwich and this one ca...

The Habit of Art, National Theatre Live (Encore), Cinema City, Norwich. November 2013. After seeing a few plays by Alan Bennett, and al...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2013. Last year I tried opera for the first time and found that, at le...

Merchant of Venice, Norwich Cathedral. July 2013. A Shakespeare Festival has been held at Norwich Cathedral for the past few years but ...

Rocky Horror 40th Anniversary Show. Theatre Royal, Norwich. June 2013. I've seen the film version of this a few times and often lis...

Noises Off. Theatre Royal, Norwich. May 2013 I loved this play so much last year that when I found out it was coming to Norwich I insta...

The Mousetrap, Theatre Royal, Norwich. April 2013. This play has been on my 'would like to see' list for quite a while but beca...