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A Medieval Miracle is Ivor Cutting's Swansong

Eastern Angles’ tale of mischief, devils and song is Ivan Cutting's final production as Artistic Director of a company he founded forty years ago. It is as ambitious and bold as we have come to… read more
Posted in Theatre

Townsend Productions' return to a classic Text

Townsend Productions are so overtly political their polemical shows can be something of a shock to anyone expecting a cosy night at the theatre. Having previously dramatized the Shrewsbury 24, the chain makers of Cradley… read more
Posted in Theatre, Uncategorised

Singing the Praises for Love Song

Abi Morgan's play spans forty years, with the four members of the company playing a couple at the beginning and the end of their marriage. Anyone familiar with the work of Roughcast Theatre, will realise… read more
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Bowjangles get their teeth into Dracula in Space

I can’t imagine many people knew what to expect from a show that featured a string quartet and a space vampire, so full marks to the audience at the Corn Hall that took a leap… read more
Posted in Music, Theatre

A boiling Crucible of terror and tragedy comes to the Corn Hall

Arthur Miller’s 1953 study of hysteria and public shaming marks a welcome return of live performance beamed in from the National Theatre to the Corn Hall. The play is notionally a period drama, retelling the… read more
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Common Ground have fun with nuns

The Common Ground Theatre Company specialises in the dramatization of challenging classic texts, fearlessly tackling the likes of Coleridge, Poe and Dostoevsky. Their shows make for intellectually nourishing and wonderfully enlightening evenings that educate as… read more
Posted in Review, Theatre

Roughcast Theatre revive a comedy classic

Frank Capra’s movie of the same name is such a perfect example of the screwball comedy genre he made his own, it’s easy to forget that Arsenic and Old Lace was originally a play, and… read more
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Open Space takes Miss Julie in a new direction

Those familiar with Strindberg’s play, might be surprised by how much of it has remained intact in Patrick Marber’s updated version. Marber’s abiding message, by implication, is that nothing much changed in the sixty years… read more
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Dunstan Bruce didn't go gentle into that good night

As lead singer (a description he balks at even today) and front man of Chumbawamba, Dunstan Bruce had his moment in the sun with chart-topper Tubthumping.  The definitive one hit wonder (they even had t-shirts… read more
Posted in Music, Theatre

Time and Tide waits in the Cromer Cafe

Relish Theatre’s play has been touring across East Anglia throughout October, and will continue on manoeuvres after this performance at the Corn Hall, finishing up with a brief run at the Theatre Royal. It’s a… read more
Posted in Comedy, Theatre