Theatre
Norfolk actor Carl Prekopp learnt his trade on the local stage but now he is starring opposite Sadie Frost in the high profile title role of Shakespeare's Richard III in London. EMMA LEE spoke to him.
Olivier Award-winning cult cabaret troupe The Tiger Lillies are bringing their dark and deranged songs from Shockheaded Peter and their Grammy nominated The Gory End to Norwich Playhouse. SIMON PARKIN reports.
The crackle of electricity was in the air as the dancers of ACE Music and Dance put in a supercharged performance on their return to the Playhouse, entracing a young audience.
The title sketches the plot. Charles Way's drama traces an old woman's journey. Before she reaches her destination by the seashore, she is in for surprises, unexpected encounters and, finally, a sense of fulfilment.
Following their spectacular sell-out last year, the dancers of ACE are returning with Switch, a cutting edge contemporary piece that nevertheless draws its inspiration from ancient rituals. SIMON PARKIN reports.
A quarter of a century after this show first wowed audiences at the West End and it is back with a new look - and a new fan base thanks to Susan Boyle's life-changing appearance on Britain's Got Talent.
As a boy Gareth Gates Dreamed a Dream of playing the role of Marius in Les Misérables. And now that dream has come true. EMMA LEE speaks to him exclusively about the show's 25th anniversary tour in Norwich.
With the 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables enjoying a sell-out run at the Theatre Royal, SIMON PARKIN seesk out 10 facts about this amazing record-breaking musical.
The Westacre Theatre Company has been drawing theatre lovers for 20 years and is promising a season of artistic delights and triple celebrations. BEN WOODS explores the secret of the company's success.
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It's 10 years since the poetry collective Aisle 16 formed in Norwich. This week they return to the city to mark the milestone with a show at Norwich Arts Centre. EMMA LEE speaks to Tim Clare.
It was one of the great Broadway hits of the past decade and last night Mel Brooks' musical The Producers made an impressive transition to the Theatre Royal stage courtesy of the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society.
Today little more than a footnote in Hollywood history, Madeleine Carroll was in the 1930s one of England's brightest stars. Catapulted into the big time by her feisty turn in Hitchcock's The 39 Steps.
Monday night sees the curtain come up on the first show under David Pulling's chairmanship of Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society. He tells KEIRON PIM why they went for something a little different this time around.
The braying nasal tones of comic genius Kenneth Williams come from a different time. An era when the nation belly-laughed at the outlandish characters he created on the wireless dial and the cinema screen.
Tickets to see a new production of the world's longest running musical in Norwich have sold out. Les Misérables, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, have all gone more than two weeks before its opening night at Norwich Theatre Royal.
Exploring weighty issues, such as the existence of God, evolution and survival, the stage adaption of Terry Prachett's novel Nation is the latest National Theatre production to be screened live to the big screen in Norwich.
“Tonight you are going to see a man reassembled like a car; leaving all his individual components just as they are...” No surprises with Brecht. The message is always spelled out.
Ernest Thompson's wonderfully evocative 1979 play On Golden Pond is surely loved by thousands. The Henry Fonda/Katherine Hepburn 1981 film is shown regularly on television and over the years most amateur societies of standing have presented it.
Kenneth Williams' waspish, uproarious wit was recreated to great success in Round The Horne…Revisited. Now the same team have returned with Stop Messing About. SARAH HARDY spoke to its star Robin Sebastian.