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!

Yahoo!

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Do you enjoy the macabre chill of Wilkie Collins’ gothic murder mysteries?

For the last couple of years, Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company have been one of the must-see companies at the E4 Udderbelly (that big upside-down purple inflatable cow) at the Edinburgh Festival and at the new Udderbelly Festival on London’s South Bank. Their 2008 children’s show The Terrible Infants, a Roald Dahl and Tim Burton-esque collection of stories, was hugely acclaimed and won a number of awards, including The Stage Critics Choice.

They bring their current show, Ernest and the Pale Moon, to Norwich Playhouse on Saturday 27 March at 6pm and 8.30pm. This deliciously dark show is a is a noir horror about a man who spends his days watching the beautiful young woman who lives opposite him. Upon seeing her with another man he is thrown into rage and driven to murder. Slowly Ernest is on a spiralling descent into madness. The piece contains live music, inventive design and physical storytelling to provide a thrilling and terrifying experience.

Tickets are murderously bargainous at only £10/£8

“A gloriously gothic production”

THE TELEGRAPH ****

“Channelling Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James.. the company produces a compelling and macabre account of obsession, immurement and murder …”

THE STAGE – CRITICS’ CHOICE (MUST SEE SHOW 2009)

“As fresh as a new wound”

THE METRO ****

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!