Norfolk Bookworm

Sunday Double Bill, Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, London. December 2012 I think that the general feeling was that Rebecca ...

6 Years in a row! Whilst the headline in this news article is very depressing the fifth paragraph has made me and a lot of other peopl...

One Man, Two Guvnors, Norwich Theatre Royal. December 2012. Norwich is getting some great London shows at the moment (and next year...

Strange Meetings by Harry Ricketts ... well this is a book review post to shock my dad (and many others that know me) I think I...

Staging the World, The British Museum, London. November 2012 Before our recent trip to the ancient Rome at the theatre Rebecca and I mi...

Berenice, Donmar Warehouse, London. November 2012 Now the nights are longer and the days colder the early starts and late finishes that...

Heffers Classic Festival, Cambridge, November 2012. While theatre and Shakespeare appear to be my new favourite things my love of Greec...

Timon of Athens, National Theatre Live, Cinema City, Norwich. November 2012 Thank heavens for whoever had the wonderful idea of broadca...

Fantasia: Live in Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London. October 2012 I think I am a bad influence on my family as this was an outing to t...

My reading is more eclectic than usual at present and I am loving the experience. In addition to the challenges being presented by the t...

Julius Caesar, Theatre Royal, Norwich. October 2012. Trips to the theatre continue apace at present but for once this one didn't ne...

Twelfth Night, The Globe, October 2012 I'm a little behind (again) with reviews but this time I have two excuses - I came home from s...

Love and Information, Royal Court Theatre, September 2012 I'm currently dipping my toe back into the world of study with a distance...

Paddington Races Ahead by Michael Bond I had a hand made Paddington Bear toy as a child - he had removable boots, hat and duffle coat a...

Cabaret, Theatre Royal Norwich, September 2012 I've started to infect my whole family with the theatre bug - this outing saw me acco...

The Paralympic Games, 31st August 2012 After missing out on tickets repeatedly for the main Games I'd become a little disillusioned...

Taming of the Shrew, The Globe Theatre, August 2012 This was again a play I was a little nervous in seeing, not because I had any doubt...

It is a funny time to be reviewing books at present. A pretty big scandal broke in the book world over the past few days. Authors have bee...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre, August 2012 I've managed to get a...

Richard III, The Globe Theatre, August 2012 I was a little concerned going into this play - it was the third play in just over 24 hour...