Norfolk Bookworm

Medea, Almeida Theatre, London. October 2015. After a surprisingly enjoyable Bakkhai and a throughly disappointing Oresteia I really ...

Richard II, Shakespeare's Globe, London. October 2015. After revisiting Hamlet and possibly enjoying it less than the first visit I...

Hamlet, The Barbican, London. September 2015. I'm late getting this review up, uni has restarted and I had a short break away but e...

The Beaux' Strategem, Oliver Theatre, National Theatre, London. September 2015. After the sadness of War Horse a restoration romp s...

War Horse, New London Theatre, London. September 2015. This trip turned out to be incredibly poignant as while we were ensconced in the...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Theatre Royal, Norwich. September 2015. Back in 2012 Rebecca and I were lucky enough...

The Simon and Garfunkel Story, The Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. September 2015. I've been a fan of Simon and Garfunkel's musi...

The Oresteia, Shakespeare's Globe, London. August 2015. With this play Mr Norfolkbookworm and I did something that we've only d...

The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre, London. August 2015. My final show from this past weekend outing to London was to see The ...

Tiddler, Leicester Square Theatre, London. August 2015. After the somewhat disappointmenting Hamlet I was looking forward to my next pl...

Hamlet, The Barbican, London. August 2015. I have to add the disclaimer to this review stating that the production was still in preview...

After my holiday I discovered I'd read myself to a standstill again and it has only been in the last week or so that I have rediscover...

Mack and Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester. August 2015. Regular blog readers will remember that a couple of years ago we ...

Richard II, Shakespeare's Globe, London. August 2015. This was a surprise addition to my theatre going calendar as I was lucky enou...

Bakkhai, Almeida Theatre, London. August 2015. The trouble with booking theatre in advance to ensure you get a ticket is that things li...

Measure for Measure, Shakespeare's Globe, London. August 2015. I confess that I approached this play with some trepidation,  the pl...

Mummy Mia, The Blakeney Players,Blakeney. July 2015. As ever this review comes with the disclaimer that I know one of the cast and that...

As You Like It, Shakespeare's Globe, London. July 2015. Unusually for Mr Norfolkbookworm and I we were at an evening performance fo...

Jersey Boys, Theatre Royal. Norwich. July 2015 Oh What a Night! I've wanted to see this musical for a long time as I love the mus...

Mr Norfolkbookworm and I have just spent two weeks on the Greek island of Mykonos. It was an interesting time to be in Greece with all of ...