Starting on Tuesday 20th of December and running until 6pm on the Saturday 31st of Dec (not including christmas day or boxing day), the bar is offering you the chance to try your hand at screen printing, origami, drawing and crafts, to join them for an evening of NOISE featuring The Neutrinos, Death of Death of Discotheque and more, to sit by firepits and hear stories, to play as much Ping Pong as your hands can handle, to watch a host of excellent films and much, much more culminating in a rawkus farewell to 2011 with the Guitar Noise Orchestra. To make it even more enticing, all the events are free!

Check out the Playhouse Bar Facebook page for regular updates on whats going on or grab a brochure from the bar.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you all in 2012!

What about amazing a capella singing from THE MAGNETS, “sit down” comedy from the legendary BARRY CRYER, or twisted cabaret from THE TIGER LILLIES?

Gorgeous flamenco dance? A spot of Shakespeare? Gripping modern drama? A family show about vampire pirates!!?!?

Well, if so, you are very much in luck, as the Autumn Season 2011 at Norwich Playhouse has all these and a lot more besides! Click HERE to browse through all our shows coming up between now and January. There is something for every theatre-hungry audience member (and all their mates!).

You can go to our What’s On page and check out the new shows from the likes of comedians Richard Herring, Russell Kane, Milton Jones, Mark Steel and Miles Jupp. We have music from Stacey Kent, Courtney Pine, and Troy Boy, a reworking of Offenbach’s opera La Belle Helene from Kit Hesketh Harvey of Kit and the Widow. We have gripping new drama from top companies Nabokov and Out of Joint, and great kids shows We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and The Dragon’s Daughter.

Looking for something completely different? Try music video night BUG#6 with Adam Buxton, 20-stone-plus dancers in The Big Ballet, and twisted pop cabaret from Frisky and Mannish!

Have a look!

You can look forward to comedy from Ardal O’Hanlon, Jeremy Hardy, Jenny Eclair, Kevin Bridges, Brendon Burns, Rich Hall, Mark Watson and more.

There are music shows coming from Dennis Rollins, PP Arnold, The CK Gospel Choir and some top swing bands, and you can catch great drama such as the Greek comedy Lysistrata, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and contemporary drama The Pillowman.

If  you’re looking for something a bit different, September sees the return of Adam Buxton’s BUG music video night. We also have comedy and magic from Pete Firman (Chanel 4’s Dirty Tricks), contemporary dance from C-12 Dance Theatre, and the brilliantly burlesque Circus of Horrors who are here in December.

There’s sure to be something you like… click HERE to look at all our shows for the coming months.

It’s pink!

It covers May – September 2010!

It’s chock full of great shows from the likes of Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi, Barry Cryer, Maria Friedman, BUG#4 and Sarah Millican!

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Listen every month to delicious aural treat – a hearty base of information and news, a rich filling of interviews with comedians and performers, and a crunchy topping of silly things we also think of to say.

Listen to the March 2010 podcast to hear all about the shows we recommend, what’s on at the bar, and how Adam Buxton survived his first Norfolk Christmas.

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Our spring 2010 season is here, jam-packed with amazing comedy, dance, drama and music shows for you to enjoy. Check out our WHAT’S ON page to browse through the upcoming shows.

Comedy highlights include shows from TIM VINE (puns), CHRIS ADDISON (satire), DAVID O’DOHERTY (music), LUCY PORTER (unbridled loveliness) and RICHARD HERRING (moustache based social commentary).

You can enjoy the sounds of a capella music as you’ve never heard it before from THE MAGNETS, classic jazz from STACEY KENT, or alternative cabaret tunes from THE TIGER LILLIES.

If you want to see something just a bit out of the ordinary, try ONE MAN LORD OF THE RINGS, the atmospheric and chilling ERNEST AND THE PALE MOON (our pick of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe), or RUBY WAX in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama LOSING IT. 

Oh, and keep an eye open for our new (blue) brochure which covers January to May 2010, out now at a bar/shop/tourist information centre/doormat near you!