Writer: Steve Waters and Tangled Feet Directors: Nathan Curry and Kat Joyce In a year when environmental concerns have become headline news, both globally through extremes of temperature causing both wildfires and flash floods and more locally through river pollution, vehicle emission charges and government changes to net zero commitments, Steve Waters and Tangled Feet’s Murmurations takes on renewed relevance and urgency. First conceived for and performed at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen nature reserve, Murmurations is capable of being revised according to each location it is performed in. In this latest incarnation, performed in Essex Wildlife’s Trust’s Bedford’s Park,…
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Music/Lyrics: Richard O’Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe The Rocky Horror Show debuted in 1973 and now struts its way back on to the stage for a 50th anniversary tour. At this point it seems unlikely that there would be many Rocky Horror virgins left, but for the uninitiated the musical is best described as the beautiful love child of a drag show and a 50s b-movie horror which tells the story of newlyweds Brad and Janet who find themselves in a very strange mansion. The Rocky Horror audience arrive in their fishnets, corsets, and very little else ready to sing along,…
Writer: Neil Gaiman Adaptor: Joel Horwood Director: Katy Rudd Based on Neil Gaiman’s short novel of the same name, The Ocean at the End of the Lane would on paper appear to be a story that simply isn’t compatible with the stage. Hailed as an instant classic of magical realism the book twists fantasy and reality around the reader’s mind to conjure stories and monsters. In the hands of Joel Horwood and Katy Rudd, however, the story lifts itself away from the pages and finds life on the boards. The story opens with an unnamed man (Trevor Fox) returning to…
Book: Kyle Jarrow Director: Tara Overfield Wilkinson Stephen Hillenburg’s SpongeBob Squarepants is a show that has played in more than 170 countries and has been running for over twenty years, which in of itself is a huge achievement, but when it comes to putting on a musical it has the potential to cause a sinking feeling. This show needs to be able to cater to children growing up watching SpongeBob right now, as well as the grownups who were watching it twenty years ago and are showing up for the nostalgia. A tricky task indeed, but thankfully one that proves…
Story and Book: Peter Stone Music and Lyrics: Maury Yeston Director: Thom Southerland It is a story almost everyone is familiar with, perhaps even more so given the horror of recent events. The glitzy and glamorous vessel, the RMS Titanic, sank in 1912, claiming more than 1,500 lives, and since its tragic ending, the story of that April night continue to fill the minds of storytellers and explorers today. Titanic the Musical does not shy away from the brutality of that icy cold night, but it brings new warmth to the story by letting us imagine the hopes and dreams…
Writer and Performer: Brendan Murphy Director: Hamish MacDougall Seventy minutes. Seven seasons. Told by the one and only Spike. This comedic one-man show retelling of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is part parody and part homage to the iconic late 90s TV show, full of pop culture references, costume changes, and quick audience asides. Brandon Murphy’s one-man show is narrated by Spike as he tells the tale of Sunnydale, the town on the Hell Mouth, and the trials and tribulations of its residents. All of the main characters are accounted for, some through light-speed costume changes or in the case of…
Writer: Alan Janes Director: Matt Salisbury Plenty of rock and roll brings an early music icon back to life in this jukebox musical, Buddy -The Buddy Holly Story, which reaches Dartford’s Orchard Theatre as part of its UK Tour. It is a simple story. The musical charts the rise of Holly, who pushes back against the dominance of country music back home in Texas, searching for fame and fortune with his electric guitar and its unique sound. Alan Janes’ musical squeezes in as many Holly hits as he can in this production. Starring as Buddy Holly is the fantastic AJ…
Writer: Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow Director: Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage Choreographer: Carrie-Anne Ingrouille Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. We all know the rhyme, but have you ever paused to consider that it reduced six queens to just a single word each? The ladies of Six are here to show you loudly, brashly, and unapologetically, just what a mistake that was. Six, which started off at the Edinburgh fringe has already taken the theatre world by storm by picking up a string of awards and a considerable cult following along the way, now rolls into Norwich. The one…