Norfolk Bookworm

First thoughts about the 2013 IFFP For the past three years I've belonged to (and help run) a book group that reads books that have...

Macbeth, Trafalgar Studios, London. April 2013 Where to start with this one? It should have been so good, in fact early reviews and t...

Wicked, Apollo Victoria, London. April 2013. My love of theatre is spreading again - this time my companion was my aunt. In fact this w...

Shakespeare's Local by Pete Brown On the main road leading from London Bridge, a spit and a cough from The Globe Theatre, is a pub ...

Proof, Chocolate Menier Theatre, London. April 2013. It finally seemed as if spring had sprung. It was a warm(ish) day, the sun was shi...

Spacewalker by Jerry Ross I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of this through NetGalley just before a recent trip to the Space Coast i...

A Life of Galileo (RSC), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 2013. I saw this play a few weeks ago now on an over night trip to Str...

Ansel Adams from the Mountains to the Sea, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. March 2013 When I'm not reading or at the theatre ph...

The Ladykillers,Theatre Royal, Norwich. March 2013 I was introduced to the Ealing Comedies by Mr Norfolkbookworm not long after we star...

Privates on Parade, Noel Coward Theatre, London. February 2013 Simon Russell Beale is one of my favourite actors and when the chance ca...

My top play of 2013 was The Globe's version of Richard III, I wasn't expecting this to be the case but it blew me away on both vie...

People, Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, London. February 2013 Due to the Writing Britain exhibition and week of events I a...

Writing Britain: The Broads Effect, Norwich, February 2013. This is going to be a terribly indulgent blog post as yesterday was the off...

The Magistrate, National Theatre Live (Encore), Cinema City, Norwich. January 2013. Thank heavens for the continuation of the National T...

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani Way back last November I attended a Reading Agency development day held in Pe...

Acropolis Now, The Blakeney Players, Blakeney. January 2013 The first theatre outing of the year and one that didn't need a journey...

Better late than never... Due to my Christmas lurgy I'm later than I planned in posting my personal top 10s from the last year. ...

Richard III, Apollo Theatre, London. December 2012. I'm a bit late in getting this review up, I can't blame the pressures of th...

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...