Norfolk Bookworm

Blue Stockings, The Globe Theatre, London. August 2013. I'd given up hope of seeing this play as it had so few performances and eve...

War Horse,New London Theatre, London. August 2013 There are some plays that are so good that seeing them multiple times is a treat and ...

Wake by Anna Hope Twitter can be a source of many things but for me this week it was the cause of a late night and tears.  Not because ...

Barnum, Theatre in the Park, Chichester. August 2013. Mr Norfolkbookworm and I had a new companion for our outing to Chichester this pa...

A Change of Heart, The Blakeney Players, Blakeney. August 2013. Once more Mr Norfolkbookworm and I headed to the Norfolk Coast to suppo...

The Color Purple, Chocolate Menier Theatre, London. August 2013. Every year at the library where I work we run promotions to tie in wit...

The Hush. The Shed at the National Theatre, London. July 2013. In London for the weekend and with open return train tickets what were R...

David Bowie is... Victoria and Albert Museum, London. July 2013 While Mr Norfolkbookworm and I were enjoying the Pompeii exhibition  ea...

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...