Our Blue Heaven
Pantomimes continue to dominate the theatre schedules this month, and none more so than the New Wolsey’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto. The popularity of this panto is beyond compare locally […]
Jukebox Musicals
Jukebox musicals tend get a mixed reception. If you love the band or the era around which the show is based then you’re halfway to loving the show. But the […]
Treasure Hunt
Treasure hunt. For most it’s a phrase out of Enid Blyton, which offers excitement and the prospect of discovering riches and reward. For others it conjures an image of Anneka […]
The Boats That Rocked
So where does our taste in music come from? Why is it that different people prefer different time signatures or, probably more significantly, prefer different instrumentation? Often, the music which […]
Theatre Goes Outdoors
There are many things in life which are a lottery – there’s the Lottery for one, and then there’s deciding which queue to join at the supermarket checkout, and apparently […]
Britannia is worried…
Britannia is worried. Things are changing and she wants to know what her people are thinking. So she calls a meeting. Caledonia, Cymru, the North East, the East Midlands and […]
Pulse at 17
The Pulse Festival turns 17 this year. For humans, 17 can be a contradictory age – you’re expected to start behaving like an adult but are still prone to acting […]
A Mean Pinball
1975. The year Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party, Fawlty Towers was first broadcast on TV and Bohemian Rhapsody was number 1 for what seemed an eternity (it […]
Eastern Angles Spring Tour
Spring now appears to be edging its way towards us and as it does, so does one of the landmarks of the East Anglian theatrical year. Slipping itself into gear […]
A Fine City
“A fine city.” Compared to other cities – such as Oxford (City of Dreaming Spires) and Edinburgh (Athens of the North) – Norwich’s sobriquet is a somewhat modest and understated […]