Norwich Theatre Talks

This month, we have recorded a special episode of the Norwich Theatre Talks podcast, exploring opera, featuring guests including General Director of English Touring Opera Robin Norton-Hale, and audience member Marion Welham.

Watch this month's episode of Norwich Theatre Talks where Stephen Crocker sits down for a chat with Carlos Acosta about his dance company Acosta Danza and performing at 50.

This episode also features Norwich Theatre's Emma Maxwell, who is our Senior Stage Technician.

The art of drag is the theme for Norwich Theatre’s latest podcast episode. Craig Revel Horwood joined host Stephen Crocker in Podcast Corner at Norwich Theatre Playhouse, while he was in Norwich playing Miss Hannigan in Annie the Musical this month.

He tells Stephen about how he created his version of Miss Hannigan; his drag persona in Australia; the creativity in gender-flipping well-known roles; and why jumping out of an aeroplane was less nerve-wracking than conducting at the Royal Opera House. Craig also talks about his time on Strictly Come Dancing and how he learned Latin and Ballroom at the late Len Goodman’s School of Dance in Dartford. He is the longest serving Strictly judge in the world, across the 60 versions.

This episode also features local drag performers Joseph Ballard, known as Titania Trust, and Norwich Theatre’s graphic designer Nic Gordon, who performs as Jester Mirage.

Welcome to our podcast corner! In this episode, Stephen Crocker interviews Audrey Brisson and Iain Farrington about The Land of Might-Have-Been, a brand new musical produced by Norwich Theatre and Buxton International Festival.

As always, we'll also introduce you to a member of our team at the Norwich theatre - Dec Matwij, our Head of AV.

In this episode, Stephen Crocker welcomes Sir Matthew Bourne to our podcast corner where they discuss dance, touring, and all things performance. As always, we will also introduce you to a member of the Norwich Theatre team, our Head of Facilities and Sustainability, Martyn Herbert.

This episode, we welcomed two amazing women who have been charting a course within the theatre industry. Suzi Ruffell, one of Norwich’s favourite comedians and Tara Claxton, Head of Technical Operations at Norwich Theatre, chat to Stephen about their personal stories and experiences in the industry.

To celebrate World Theatre Day, we welcomed legendary Showman, Derren Brown to Podcast Corner at the Playhouse to talk about making theatre, happiness and touring. We also featured Miche Montague, Creative Communities Producer at Norwich Theatre to talk about our Theatre Makers.

Mental Health campaigner and ex-liberal democrat MP, Sir Norman Lamb joins us in Podcast Corner at the Playhouse to talk about children’s mental health and the role creativity can play. Michael Williams, CEO of Buxton International Festival and writer of this summer’s new musical, The Land of Might-Have-Been talks about this beautiful new co-production with Norwich Theatre.

The power of stories is the theme for Norwich Theatre’s second podcast episode. Jake Humphrey one of the UK's best-respected sports presenters and Professor Damian Hughes, his co-host on High Performance, explore how as individuals we can use storytelling and creativity to be challenged and inspired. 

Sam Dawson later talks about Creative Matters: Climate Stories, a new year-long focus for Norwich Theatre exploring the climate crisis and presenting ways in which all of us can influence our collective future