Norfolk Bookworm

Nice Fish, Harold Pinter Theatre, London. January 2017. This was a play that Rebecca and I booked to see solely because it had Mark Ryl...

Murder, Margaret & Me, The Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. January 2017. I hadn't planned on a midweek excursion to the theatre ...

La Cage aux Folles, Theatre Royal Norwich. January 2017. Unexpectedly Mr Norfolkbookworm accompanied me to this which was a nice surpri...

Take Courage by Samantha Ellis By jove, Biggles by Peter Berresford Ellis & Piers Williams (Jennifer Schofield) Non fiction alway...

I am well aware of the irony of this blog being called Norfolkbookworm when I spend much more time talking about the theatre. One of my ...

The Emperor's New Clothes, The Blakeney Player, Blakeney, Norfolk. January 2017. What a way to forget the grey, damp, chilly Januar...

All the Angels, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, London. January 2017. Wow - what a way to start theatre trips in 2017...

The end of the year round up for me concludes with my lists of best books for 2016. This was a year that saw me complete (and pass) my M...

Top and Bottom of the year. In 2016 I saw 38 plays.  It should have been 41 but for the being poorly scrubbed three off of my calendar....

Les Miserables, Queen's Theatre London. December 2016. This one really is squeezing in at the the end of my theatre going year and ...

I don't go to the cinema as much as I go to the theatre but this year I totted up my visits and I've been a respectable 17 trips t...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. December 2016. My sister and I ended up seeing this by accident, w...

Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne on Tour, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2016. I have to thank a friend and colleague for the chance to...

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2016. Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my favourite films and w...

The Wipers Times, New Wolsley Theatre, Ipswich. November 2016 Getting to and from Ipswich proved nearly as time consuming and awkward a...

Fishermen & Kings: The Photography of Olive Edis, Castle Museum, Norwich. October 2016. As a photographer I am always interested in...

Heffers Classics Forum, Cambridge. October 2016. Last year there was no Classics Forum and I have to say I missed it, the chance to sit...

My Great Orchestral Adventure, Royal Albert Hall, London. October 2016. Being an auntie is great, not only do I get to spoil my nephew ...

Book review: Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop A couple of years ago I read and reviewed Victoria Hislop's last book...

Jess and Joe Forever, The Garage, Norwich. October 2016. A very brief review on line had me wishing I could see this in London and I go...