The Norwich Playhouse is a theatre in St George's Street,

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, England. The theatre opened in 1995 in a nineteenth-century building that was once a maltings, and is a 300-seat

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for theatre arts including comedy, music, and cabaret. The theatre's bar opened in 1998. In March 2018 the Playhouse won a ''Chortle Award'', naming it the Best Comedy Venue in the East & Midlands. Comedians who have appeared at the theatre include

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, Tim Minchin, and

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. Television personality and theatre actor

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is a

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Norwich Playhouse
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