Events at Norwich Theatre Playhouse
90 upcoming events·Norwich, Norfolk
Jack Rooke's Good Grief
Jack Rooke, the BAFTA-winning writer and creator of Channel 4 and Hulu's comedy-drama Big Boys, brings his debut comedy-theatre show back to the stage a decade after it first launched his career. The show combines the original material, co-written with his then-80-year-old grandmother Sicely, with…
Henry Paker
You've looked behind a Wizard's Curtain. You've visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist's pencil case? Leave your preconceptions about comedy/illustration at the door and expect to find them in an absolute state on the way out.
Spike Milligan's and Ronnie Barker's
Immortalised by The Two Ronnies, this Jack the Ripper parody is raspberry-jam-packed with Spike Milligan's and Ronnie Barker's love of surreal absurdism, clever puns, near-the-knuckle ribaldry, quick-fire jokes and famous wordplay.
Paul Zerdin
Paul Zerdin, the master ventriloquist and winner of America's Got Talent, is back on the road with his brand-new stand-up comedy tour 'Shut Your Mouth'. Expect an outrageous night of laughs as Paul battles to keep his unruly sidekicks in check - from the cheeky Sam and mischievous Baby to…
Sound Ideas presents The Addams Family
Get ready to snap your fingers… because the world's most delightfully macabre family is coming to Norwich! This spectacular production promises laughter, love, and a little darkness you'll absolutely adore.
Don't Dilly Dally
"Don't Dilly Dally" and book tickets as the show returns to Norwich Playhouse for this acclaimed and popular afternoon of songs and laughter, as we bring the UK's best Music Hall acts to Norwich for a unique and entertaining show, with an all new show for 2026.
Henry Paker
You've looked behind a Wizard's Curtain. You've visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist's pencil case? Leave your preconceptions about comedy/illustration at the door and expect to find them in an absolute state on the way out.
Hannah East: Express Yourself
Hannah East's new comedy show hilariously captures the madness of parenting. With millions of views online, her sketches are brutally honest, wildly relatable, and laugh-out-loud funny. Express Yourself is the comedy show every parent needs-raw, real, and utterly unmissable.
Stevie Martin: Clout
Stevie Martin has been doing online comedy for a while but is now returning to live comedy with her latest show. It's like her online stuff but she'll be on a stage and you can't pause her to get a snack (meats?). Also you have to sit in a specific room to watch it (please don't bring your meats to…
Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Catherine Bohart brings her brand new solo show to the Playhouse, tackling what she describes as her birthright: all-encompassing, generational worry. An Edinburgh Comedy Awards nominee, Bohart is a familiar face from Live at the Apollo, QI, The Last Leg, A League of Their Own and Mock the Week,…
Emma Kenny's - Killer Couples
Emma Kenny returns with an enthralling new show that plunges into the depths of love twisted into terror. "Killer Couples" is not just another true crime show; it's a riveting exploration of romance gone horrifically awry.
It Walks Around the House at Night
Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin come to Norwich following a sold-out UK tour. When an out-of-work actor takes a job playing a ghost at an old countryside manor, he expects a few cheap scares - but soon uncovers something far more frightening.
Laura Smyth: Born Aggy
What if all your dreams come true and you've still got the hump? Like her last tour, Laura will cover all of her everyday ever-changing life with truth, warmth, and hilarity. Maybe she needs more sleep or maybe she was just born aggy.
Kevin Quantum: Anti-Gravity - Thrilling & Beautiful Magic
Enter a space where the rules of gravity are bent and broken... Impossible illusions and levitations presented by the magician-scientist adventurer tutored by Penn & Teller. Following award-winning, sell-out performances around the world, Kevin is back!
Morgan Rees: What a Bummer
After Morgan and his partner went on separate holidays - one to a Mathematics Forum in Coventry and the other to a Bear Party in Barcelona - a massive revelation forced Morgan to re-evaluate everything. Being banned from Great Western trains, being fired as a Naked Butler, and ghosting Paul…
Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All
With a hat trick of sold-out Edinburgh Festival runs, Dan's a two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee who has received countless five-star reviews. No wonder the Guardian has named him 'one of comedy's most distinctive new voices'.
Celya AB: We must Stop Meeting Like This
Have you ever forensically over-thought your life choices? Are they all somehow connected to a passing comment your Spanish teacher made when you were 15? Has it impacted everything from your love life to your career?
Daniel Kitson: Thrum
Daniel Kitson is one of stand-up comedy's most distinctive voices, known for shows that sit somewhere between storytelling, performance art and traditional stand-up. Thrum is his newest comedy show, running at around ninety minutes without an interval. The show weaves together an eclectic…
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® Romeo & Juliet
There is no love lost between the Capulet and Montague families, and everyone in Verona knows it. Surely the only hangover cure to centuries of family feuds is two forlorn teenagers from opposite households falling in love with each other? And a swig (or two) of the finest spirits to nudge them in…
The Norwich Film Festival Presents: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) + MINIMA Live Score
Following the incredible performances of Nosferatu and The Phantom of the Opera, MINIMA are returning to the Norwich Playhouse to celebrate the masterpiece of German Expressionism, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), accompanying the film with a chilling original live score.
Woodhill
Three men at Woodhill prison are dead. The families demand answers. This is a call to arms about the crisis facing prisons. With gut punching choreography and Lyrically told in their own words, three families investigate what happened to their boys.
Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Olga Koch has one good story. Only it's not really her story. Do you wanna hear it? In Fat Tom Cruise, see the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated star comb through recent history in an immersive and genre-defying new show. Directed by Jet Vevers.
Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!
Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their biggest foe yet. Will the government stand strong? Or insist they are "just waiting for the facts" as aliens start to abduct and eat the British public?
The Wonder of Stevie at Christmas
Voted one of Britain's top soul singers, mesmeric vocalist Noel McCalla, award-winning saxophonist Derek Nash and their world-class band present a diverse catalogue of Stevie Wonder classics. For this special December show they will be adding extra Christmas delights from Stevie's -"Someday at…
Step Into Christmas
This show tells you the stories behind your favourite Christmas songs. Blending live storytelling with carefully chosen audio, this is a show celebrating the well-known classics and the hidden gems that soundtrack our Decembers.
TOAST Poetry
TOAST is Norfolk's biggest regular poetry night, an evening of spoken word and live performance run by Norwich-based poetry company TOAST, led by award-winning poet Lewis Buxton. Hosted by Buxton, the January edition features headline sets from Rob Auton, Malika Booker and Romalyn Ante. The show…
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
The international hit show tells the story of the origins and meteoric rise of Simon & Garfunkel blended together seamlessly with a full live band. With standing ovations at every performance at the show Art Garfunkel himself loved, you don't want to miss this international sensation.
The Bob Dylan Story
Don't Think Twice, head down Highway 61 past Maggie's Farm and across Positively 4th Street. Destination, the 1960s of course, where "Bob" and "The Band" await with their thrillingly authentic celebration of the music of Mr Bob Dylan.
Alex McAleer Reads the Room
Alex McAleer is a British mentalist who has spent well over a decade perfecting the art of reading minds, taking in sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End appearances, and tours of the USA with Champions of Magic. In Reads the Room, he turns his attention to human connection and…
Jimmy Rees - In Reel Life
A long overdue debut UK Tour from Australian Comedy Star Jimmy Rees. Having recently played to 150,000 in the southern hemisphere and a huge run at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedian and internet sensation Jimmy Rees brings his hit show "In Reel Life" to the rest of the UK.
Olaf Falafel
Award-winning comedian and children's author Olaf Falafel brings his sell-out family show to Norwich for an hour of gloriously daft kids' comedy. Winner of Best Kids' Show at the 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival, and a repeated Edinburgh Fringe sell-out, this is a show that grown-ups tend to enjoy…
Jeff Innocent
Jeff Innocent is a stand-up comedian from Canning Town in London's East End, whose unusual appeal comes from the contrast between his imposing, geezer persona and a sharp, philosophical style of comedy honed through a BA in Cultural Studies and an MA in History and Philosophy. The Guardian once…
Ed Patrick: Number and Number
Ed Patrick is a comedian with a rather unusual day job: he is also a practising NHS anaesthetist, and his shows draw warmly on life at the sharp end of medicine. Following the success of his Catch Your Breath tour, he brings his new show, Numb and Number, to Norwich as part of a nationwide run. As…
Emma Doran: Emmaculate
Smash hit Irish comedian Emma Doran brings her brand-new witty and rambuntious show Emmaculate to Norwich. Strap in for a night to remember, jam-packed with razor-sharp observations, riotous on-stage antics and conspiratorial gossipmongering.
Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast
'Dogger, Fisher, German Bight': Charlie Connelly brings the shipping forecast vividly to life in this hilarious and moving celebration of an iconic cultural institution. Join Charlie as he explores the broadcast's remarkable history, unlocks its beguiling mysteries and tells riproaring stories of…
Jon Robertson: Excitable Boy
John Robertson is an Australian-born comedian who has built a devoted following in the UK through his wildly improvised, audience-driven shows. Excitable Boy is his latest live hour, described as high-octane crowd-work comedy built fresh from scratch each night, with Robertson feeding off whoever…
Matt Bragg
Following a sell-out UK tour and the release of his debut special in 2025, he returns with his new show, Stand Up Comic. Combining deadpan delivery with sharply observed, meticulously crafted material, this is a must-see for comedy fans.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - The Musical
Join Goldilocks on a musical adventure in the woods as she discovers a mysterious cottage belonging to three very surprised bears! Packed with catchy songs, colourful characters and plenty of laughs, this delightful family musical from the award-winning writers of Honk! and Mary Poppins is perfect…
Nick Sharratt's Once Upon A Drawalong
Nick Sharratt is one of Britain's best-loved children's illustrators, the man behind around 300 books including the You Choose, Shark in the Park and Pants series, as well as the iconic illustrations for Jacqueline Wilson's novels. In this live, interactive session he shares favourite books,…
Flat & the Curves: Rose Tinted
Award-winning comedy girl band Flat & the Curves arrive with their well-aged cabaret show Rosé Tinted, in which they piece together bygone years of revelry through original songs and ferocious harmonies. Expect a raucous, warmly self-aware look at female friendship, life's disasters and the nights…
Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz
Ania Magliano has built a devoted following through Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo and an Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nomination, and Peach Fuzz is her brand-new hour of jokes, confessions and occasionally unhinged observations. The show ranges across the quirks of her own body, her newfound…
Matt Forde: Project Holy Moly
Join leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal, The Matt Forde Focus Group) as he embarks on a mission across the political galaxy and tries to find out exactly what planet they're all living on.