Norfolk Bookworm

Henry VI trilogy, The Globe, London. July 2013 I think it is fair to say that The Globe Theatre doesn't have the reputation for bei...

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey This book has been sitting on my Kindle for quite a while, a few people told me how good it was but for so...

Macbeth, The Globe, London. July 2013 After my experience with Macbeth earlier in the year I was feeling very unsure about going to see...

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

An Englishman Aboard - Charles Timoney Road to Rouen - Ben Hatch Travel writing can be very good and sometimes it can be self indulgent...

Perfect by Rachel Joyce Last summer I was swept away by The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry .  There was something very sweet and compelling a...

Dorothea's War by Dorothea Crewsdon In my stack of books from the library were two more of my weaknesses - published diaries from p...

The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel After that very busy weekend I'm spending some time at home and thanks to some less than seas...

Othello, Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre, London. June 2013 After a wonderful performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in t...

Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, The British Museum, London. June 2013. The European ancient world has long fascinated me.  I...

A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Globe, London. June 2013 This past weekend Mr Norfolkbookworm and I had one of our periodic London w...

The Audience, National Theatre Live. Cinema City, Norwich. June 2013 It has been a while since I've seen a live broadcast at the ci...

War Requiem (Britten & Jarman) Having just read a book featuring Benjamin Britten and it being the centenary of his birth Mr Norfol...

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

The Time by the Sea by Ronald Blythe. This book is published by Faber and Faber in the UK but this review is based on the electronic pro...

Bucket lists were all the rage a little while back and while my mum, aunt and I don't exactly have a full bucket list we've decide...

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...

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and Readers' Day, May 2013. Being on the 8am train to London on a Saturday was a bit of a shock t...

 The Tempest, The Globe, London. May 2013 The Season of Plenty presented by the Globe is really spoiling us this year, as well as see...

 Mamma Mia! Winter Garden Theater, New York. May 2013. The Norfolbookworm and her mum went international last week as we treated oursel...