Roger Haywood

Review: Roger Haywood is entralled by the drama Kindertransport, at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich

The buzzing capacity audience in St Andrew's Hall fell silent as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra filed onto the stage.

The buzzing capacity audience in St Andrew's Hall fell silent as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra filed onto the stage.

Way back in the sixties, when I was barely out of short trousers, I had the great fortune, aided by the wisdom of a long-gone jazz friend, to go and see Lena Horne at Ronnie Scott's.

Way back in the sixties, when I was barely out of short trousers, I had the great fortune, aided by the wisdom of a long-gone jazz friend, to go and see Lena Horne at Ronnie Scott's.

What a great performance. The Family Jazz All-Stars are an impressively coordinated small group that plays with a strong focus on rhythm and improvisation.

What a great performance. The Family Jazz All-Stars are an impressively coordinated small group that plays with a strong focus on rhythm and improvisation.

This celebrated New York jazz venue, the Cotton Club, at its height back in the thirties and forties, was rather unfortunately renowned for the racial aspect of being a troupe of brilliant black musicians and dancers, putting on an energetic and highly skilled show for a totally white audience.

This celebrated New York jazz venue, the Cotton Club, at its height back in the thirties and forties, was rather unfortunately renowned for the racial aspect of being a troupe of brilliant black musicians and dancers, putting on an energetic and highly skilled show for a totally white audience.

Norfolk life just got even funnier.