Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category

great new drama The Pillowman on Now

Blog posted:19 October 2010

The Norwich Theatre Royal Actors Company have returned to the Playhouse for another week of hot new drama. You can see THE PILLOWMAN  here nightly from Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 October at 7.30pm.

This viciously funny, seriously disturbing and pitch black comedy - from the writer of award-winning film In Bruges, Martin McDonagh’s -  premièred at the National Theatre in 2003 starring David Tennant, and won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Play.

A writer is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town. The good cop/bad cop antics of his interrogators mask a very dark undertone as the author is pressured into revealing the events of his own childhood that inspired his writing.

Heading the cast is former UEA student Jamie Bower, who will be playing the violent detective Ariel, he will be joined by James Scales, who plays the writer Katurian. Also starring is Norwich-based actor and Theatre Royal arts course tutor Asa Cannell, who plays the writer’s brother Michal, completing the cast is John O’Mahony. Norfolk-born-and-bred Daniel Burgess is also taking the reins of the play as director.

Make sure you check out this unique performance of a very special play, which is guaranteed to have you glued to your seat

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New season on sale now!

Blog posted:7 July 2010

Our new season from September 2010 to January 2011 is now on sale.

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.

Our (pink) summer brochure is out now

Blog posted:29 March 2010

If you happen to be strolling past the Playhouse this week, drop in and pick up a copy of our new brochure. Over the next few weeks you can also look out for it across the city and county…

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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