July 1st saw the opening performance of Girl on the Train at Norwich Theatre Royal. Based on Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel and Rachel Wagstaff’s film, Anthony Banks’ stage adaptation took on the challenges with conveying themes of isolation, memory and inertia with aptly paired-back staging, inventive costume design and thrilling employment of lighting effects. Rachel…
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Pizza Shop Heroes at Norwich Theatre Royal
Pizza Shop Heroes is an hour-long piece of autobiographical theatre; the four actors on stage, Tewdoros (Teddy), Goitom, Emirjon and Syed told their stories of being refugees, their dangerous journeys to England and the displacement they feel in the UK. This isn’t the first play by Phosphorous theatre company, who have been creating exciting refugee…
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The Lovely Bones Review: A sensational adaptation to the stage
The Lovely Bones is dazzling audiences with its extraordinary staging and clever representation of the plotline. Charlotte Beaumont (acting as Susie Salmon) brought Alice Sebold’s debut novel to life, taking the audience through her brutal murder. The story followed the young girl’s eyes as she watched her family from her own heaven, bearing witness to…
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Review: Smash-hit musical Kinky Boots arrives in Norwich
The smash-hit musical, Kinky Boots, has arrived in Norwich for its limited two week run at the Theatre Royal, and boy was it fabulous. Set in fictional Northampton factory ‘Price and Son’, the show centres around Charlie Price who inherits his father’s failing shoe factory. After seeing the flamboyant Lola’s drag act, Charlie finds the…
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Review: Romeo and Juliet at Norwich Theatre Royal
Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a genius and creative reimagining of a much-loved story. The storytelling is simply fantastic, and the dances and choreography could not be more perfect. Straying slightly from a typical Romeo and Juliet plot, Bourne sets this story in ‘Verona Institute’ a psychiatric hospital where Juliet (Cordelia Braithwaite) is imprisoned….
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Shrek the Musical: A Freakishly Funny, Flawless, Fairytale
Following its previous record-breaking UK and Ireland tour, this smash hit blockbuster based on the Oscar-winning 2001 film is returning to Norwich’s Theatre Royal. Shrek the Musical promises to be a “hilarious and spectacular production, turn[ing] the world of fairytales upside down in an all-singing, all-dancing, must-see musical comedy”, and it certainly delivered on its…