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What’s On
Playwriting Festival: Drama & Adaptation Runners-up
Runners-up of the Playwriting Festival are presented as rehearsed readings in our recently created community space, Kemp's Rest in the theatre's lower courtyard. This week's programme: The Unmarked Grave by Richard Hand, and Two Fake Blondes by Ray Steen.
Dates
20th July 2025
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Playwriting Festival: Comedy & Thriller Winners
Winners of the Playwriting Festival's Comedy/Farce and Crime/Thriller categories are presented on the main stage. Comedy & Farce Winner: God And His Best Friend The Devil by David Terry. Crime & Thriller Winner: Schrödinger by Jason Bright.
Dates
20th July 2025
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£5.00
Normal for Norman
"Normal for Norman” is a feel-good series of amusing musings which explore the world as experienced by Norman as he simply gets on with life.
Dates
24th July 2025
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£11.00
The Fabulous Cash and Carter Show
The amazingly talented Jax Deacon, Johnny Cash with Clare Wilding, June Carter and their band take you on an authentic and nostalgic journey, reliving the stories and music of the legendary Man in Black.
Dates
25th July 2025
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£20.00
Izzy’s Incredible Pride Brunch!
Join Norwich drag legend Izzy Harjett for Izzy’s Incredible Pride Brunch! Expect delicious food, bottomless bubbly, live singing, outrageous comedy, and an hilarious ‘Blankety Blank’ style quiz game—complete with surprise ‘celebrity’ cameos. Sparkle, sass, and sequins guaranteed. Celebrate Pride the fabulous way with the one and only Izzy!
Dates
26th July 2025 - 26th July 2025
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£25.00
Intellectual Hooligans – Main Stage
Norwich’s premier improv comedy troupe return for another night of carefully unplanned hilarity. Every single show is different and consists of a constantly changing line up of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” style games based entirely on audience suggestions, where anything goes (and we mean anything!)
Dates
26th July 2025 - 4th October 2025
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£11.00
MadderBarQuiz
Join us with a team of up to 6 people to this general knowledge quiz with fish and chips from local chippy, the Grosvenor Fish Bar, to feed your brains.
Dates
2nd August 2025
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£6.00
Dads Army
Join Captain Mainwaring and the hilariously hopeless Home Guard platoon as they bumble their way through red tape, mishaps and surprises for a riotous night of comedy, courage and unforgettable wartime antics.
Dates
5th August 2025 - 10th August 2025
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The Best in Comedy – August ’25
The Best in Comedy show returns to Maddermarket Theatre this September with another top show featuring the hilarious Aurie Styla, Nick Helm, Scott Bennett & Matt Richardson! Aurie Styla is an award-winning comedian, actor and broadcaster, who has established himself…
Dates
15th August 2025
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£22.50
Miss Julie
Seductive and spiteful, Barefaced Theatre's debut performance of Miss Julie offers a raw, visceral adaptation of a renowned classic.
Dates
16th August 2025 - 16th August 2025
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£12.00