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Wednesday 4 May [Live] Art Club
· Performance ·
Wednesday 11 May
Tom Robinson + support
Sh!t Theatre: Women’s Hour
“Bang-up-to-date piece of feminist theatre” (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian). Part comedy, part theatre, part cabaret, part performance art and totally fun. Discover what happens when women are given just one hour a day to think about what it is to be a WOMAN. Feminist theatre for all genders.
Home in the Morning Tour – Songs and Storytelling. An intimate evening with the songsmith, broadcaster, activist and raconteur.
Thursday 12 May
Yuck + Soda Fabric + Box Of Light
Thursday 5 May
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
Josephine Foster + support
“A lovely collection full of ethereal evocations of the past” (The Wire). Indie folk outsider Josephine Foster remains a polarizing figure with a distinctive sound that is as challenging as it is beguiling.
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door : seated
· Swing ·
Bootleg Swing feat. Those Darned Mouldy Figs + Miss Scarlet Black
The era is the roaring twenties. Don your flapper dresses, strings of pearls, braces, spats and Fedora hats.
8pm : £11.00 adv : £9.00 adv concessions : £14.00 door Saturday 7 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v3.3
Join us for our latest showcase of musicians aged 14-19! Acts TBA.
1pm – 4pm : Pay What You Can : Bar Saturday 7 May
· Hip Hop ·
Stacked Promotions & Hubs present Nubiyan Twist + support TBC + King Kiwanda A monumental fusion of soul, jazz, dub, hip hop and afrobeat.
8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.50 door Monday 9 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Frances + support
Brits Critic’s Choice and BBC Sound of 2016 Nominee. “Every now and then a vocalist comes along and blows you away, Frances is that vocalist.” (i-D). Gorgeous silky vocals and emotive minimal piano chords twist and wrap around an explosive, glittery chorus.
8pm : £9.00 adv : more on the door Tuesday 10 May
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards
· Folk ·
Propelled by inspired fiddle and cello playing, warm vocals and arresting original songs, Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards have emerged as one of the most intriguing, versatile, and refreshing groups in the bountiful New England post-folk scene. 8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated
Friday 13 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated : 14+ · Rock/Pop ·
PONY UP Late Night Kicks presents Chastity Belt + support + deejays
A special late-night party featuring some of the best new talent internationally and home-grown favourites. When the bands finish the DJs take over, playing fresh new tracks by fresh new artists..
8pm : £7.00 adv : £5.00 adv concessions : £9.00 door Saturday 14 May - Saturday 28 May (not Sundays) Norfolk & Norwich Festival
· Performance ·
A pop-up café offering an array of morning delights for public and performers alike. Serving top quality breakfasts, in a spontaneous, creative and chaotic environment. Your hosts will be Simon Floyd and Amanda Colman from The Common Lot, with support from other artists based in the region. The perfect place to start the day!
8.30am - 12pm
· Folk ·
Laura Cannell
“One of the most exciting instrumentalists around”(The Guardian). With deconstructed bow and the extraordinary sound of double recorder, Laura’s music encompasses wild animal calls and long forgotten liturgical fragments. With a background in traditional folk, early and experimental music, she creates a solitary minimalist chamber music, where one player makes all the harmonies.
8pm : £7.00 adv : £5.00 concessions : seated Monday 16 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Writers’ Centre Norwich
· Literature ·
Monday 16 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Writers’ Centre Norwich
Hollie McNish: Nobody Told Me
An honest and humorous reflection on Hollie’s journey before, during and after pregnancy. Expect hard-hitting and inspiring poems on sex, pregnancy, gender, commercialisation and parenthood.
· Literature ·
Francesca Beard: A Lie
We lie on average three times in the first ten minutes of every social interaction; the news is not true, even our memories are not fact. Beard’s performance questions whether lying is our most impressive art and possibly our most human need.
6.30pm : £10.00 (£16.00 for joint ticket with Hollie McNish)
Tuesday 17 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
Friday 20 May - Sunday 22 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Curated by The Voice Project
· Performance ·
£90.00 : £67.50 concessions : see norwichartscentre.co.uk for full workshop and concert listings
· Performance ·
Pedal-Powered Car Chase
by Lawrence Bradby & Matthew Robinson
Using a cycle-powered cinema, Pedal-Powered Car Chase crams together explosive set pieces from familiar blockbuster action movies to create a deliciously enjoyable short film Commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre.
Sunday 22 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
· Performance ·
Sianed Jones Concert
Part of Vocal Invention Weekend
Sunday 22 May [Live] Art Club
· Performance ·
True Stories: As the Light Fades
Performers and non-performers come together to share true stories. To speak at the event, email truestorieslive@gmail.com. True Stories is a collaborative project with Molly Naylor, LJHope Productions, Writers’ Centre Norwich and Norwich Arts Centre.
An evening curated by NNF15 favourites Odd Comic (Holly Bodmer and Dot Howard) featuring a live stream performance exchange between an arts centre and a residential home for older people. Accompanied by ‘Monologues of Motherhood’ by Kayla St Claire; an ever-changing spontaneous exploration into motherhood featuring a dancing mother and son.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
· Theatre ·
“Thorpe’s dramatically charged show challenges our own biases and beliefs in a Ted talk-turned-passionate provocation” (The Guardian 4*). Fringe First winning show Confirmation is a fiercely intelligent and relentlessly curious piece about the gulfs we can’t talk across and how we choose to see only the evidence that proves we’re right. Working with research into the phenomenon of Confirmation Bias, and a conversation with political extremism, Confirmation is an attempt to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined, across that gulf. Commissioned by Northern Stage and Battersea Arts Centre
9.30pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated : 14+
Saturday 21 May & Sunday 22 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
1pm : £5.00 : seated : Venue TBC
Odd Comic: Seen but not Heard
Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate present Confirmation by Chris Thorpe
Part of Vocal Invention Weekend 8.30pm : £15.00 : £12.00 concessions : seated
Composer, improviser and soprano extraordinaire, Sianed writes music for site-specific performance and sound installations.
Am I Dead Yet 19 May
· Performance ·
Wednesday 18 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
· Performance ·
From 9.30pm : FREE : Chapelfield Gardens
Vocal Invention Weekend Ticket
Vocal Invention is a packed weekend of vocal adventures. with a selection of workshops and concerts.
8.45pm : £10.00 (£16.00 for joint ticket with Francesca Beard) : seated
Egg Festival Café
Saturday 14 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
Josephine Foster 5 May
Saturday 21 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Ross Sutherland / Birds of Hell / The Neutrinos Concert
“… An hour of heart-restarting performance.” (The Stage). Two friends, talking (and singing) about what happens when we die, how we think about dying and, most importantly, how some of us might be brought back. Developed with Dr Andy Lockey. Directed by Amy Hodge. Supported by Wellcome Trust & Arts Council England.
· Rock/Pop ·
Fuzzy noise-rock, guitar-heavy anthems and ‘90s grunge. · Rock/Pop ·
· Theatre ·
Unlimited Theatre present Am I Dead Yet? by Chris Thorpe and Jon Spooner
8pm : £16.50 adv : £18.50 door
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
Friday 6 May
Thursday 19 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
· Rock/Pop ·
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated : Bar
Friday 20 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
· Performance ·
Helen Chadwick ‘Fragments of Love’ Concert + Mouthful + Human Music
Part of Vocal Invention Weekend
Helen’s new solo show investigates the need to improvise and be out of one’s comfort zone in order to create and lead.
8pm : £15.00 : £12.00 concessions : seated Saturday 21 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
· Performance ·
Vocal Invention: Harmonium Performance Part of Vocal Invention Weekend
Harmonium is an experiment in vocal sound, created by layering 12 female voices using interlocking rhythms and harmonies.
5.30pm : 6.15pm : 7pm : £5.00 : Venue TBC
Sunday 22 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
· Performance ·
Ross Sutherland / George Szirtes / Stephen Watts / Esther Morgan Part of Vocal Invention Weekend 7.30pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : The Bicycle Shop Monday 23 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
· Performance ·
Made in China: Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me “Tantalisingly edgy… a stinging piece of entertainment” (The Times 4*). A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive what’s about to happen. This arresting physical endurance act exposes how we perform our relationships amidst a reality that just won’t live up to what the movies promised.
8pm : £12.00 adv : £10.00 concessions : seated : 14+
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4 May
Sh!t Theatre: Women’s Hour
5 May
Josephine Foster + support
6 May
Bootleg Swing
7 May
Sonic Youths v3.3
7 May
Nubiyan Twist + support
9 May
Frances + support
10 May
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards
Tuesday 24 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
Luke Wright: What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
WINNER Fringe First Award for new writing excellence. “Pulsating piece of poetic storytelling” (Lyn Gardner, Guardian). At university, whip-smart Johnny Bevan saves Nick, smashing his comfortable, middle class bubble and firing him up about politics, music and literature. Twenty years later, as their youthful dreams disintegrate with the social justice they hoped for; can Nick save Johnny from himself?
11 May
Tom Robinson
12 May
YUCK + Soda Fabric + Box of Light
13 May
PONY UP Late Night Kicks presents Chastity Belt
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated
Egg Festival Cafe
Wednesday 25 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
14 - 28 May 14 May
Laura Cannell
16 May
Francesca Beard: A Lie
16 May
Hollie McNish: Nobody Told Me
17 May
Odd Comic: Seen But Not Heard
18 May
Confirmation by Chris Thorpe
19 May
Am I Dead Yet? by Chris Thorpe and Jon Spooner
20 - 22 May
Vocal Invention weekend
21 - 22 May
Pedal-Powered Car Chase at Chapelfield Gardens
22 May
True Stories: As The Light Fades
23 May
Made In China: Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me
24 May
Luke Wright: What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
25 May
H2 Dance: Staging Ages
26 May
Linton Kwesi Johnson: The Harriet Martineau Lecture
26 May
Martin Figura: Doctor Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine
27 May
Mammal Hands + support
28 May
Rosie Arnold presents Prince Rama + more
30 May
Hackney Colliery Band + support
1 June
SPIEL presents In Conversation with KlangHaus
7 June
Buddy Wakefield Stunt Water Tour
8 June
Old Trunk presents Pramkicker
9 June
Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra
10 June
Moon Duo + support
14 June
Mbongwana Star + support
17 June
Don’t Spook The Horse
18 June
Tilting Sky presents Jake Morell + Lee Gordon
26 June
Saul Williams + support
27 June
Hark presents BRAIDS + support
28 June
Love Revisited + Candi’s Dog
29 June
TheatreState presents Tribute Acts
30 June
Wooden Arms + Milly Hirst + Phoebe Robinson
· Theatre ·
Friday 27 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
· Jazz ·
Mammal Hands + support
Album Launch. Mammal Hands have a distinctive jazz sound, influenced by their love of electronica, contemporary classical and world music. From delicate and subtle to explosive and frantic, thoughtful compositions blended with spontaneity.
8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concessions
Thursday 9 June
+ Henry Brothers
Marty’s voice is beautiful and distinctive, his lyrics stark yet lush over gritty electrified guitar. Chris Lynch’s violin, Matt Goff’s percussion and Ben Berry’s rich bass meld beautifully. They go from raw gospel blues to cinematic epics, from heavy driving grooves to delicately arranged folk songs.
8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concessions Friday 10 June
8pm : £12.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated
The world’s number one Dub Poet, internationally bestselling reggae artist, and former Black Panther Linton Kwesi Johnson, who will consider a relatively underexplored dimension to Martineau’s writings: her progressive campaigning on behalf of Black emancipation.
6.30pm : £12.00 (£18.00 for a joint ticket with Martin Figura) : seated Thursday 26 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Writers’ Centre Norwich
· Literature ·
Martin Figura: Doctor Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine
Commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre and Writers’ Centre Norwich. Martin Figura turns to Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine, the moon and photographs to help him sort out love, loss and when to let go. Is there an equation for love and the behaviour of a beating heart? What can be retrieved from life’s catastrophes and wounds? When our windshield is blurred with rain and we’re wearing our reading glasses, can we learn to look in the rear view mirror and smile?
8.45pm : £10.00 ( £18.00 for a joint ticket with Linton Kwesi Johnson) : seated
· Americana ·
Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra
When do we stop being children or feeling young? Created in collaboration with a cast of five dancers aged 9 to 65, Staging Ages looks at the gaps and overlaps of generations covering themes of dignity and pride, expectations, prejudices, norms and taboos. For anyone who has ever felt young or old.
Linton Kwesi Johnson: The Harriet Martineau Lecture
“Beyond brilliant” (Phill Jupitus). “Thoughtful writing that never forgets to be funny” (Observer). Written by award-winning writer Sadie Hasler, directed by Sarah Mayhew, and performed by both, Pramkicker is a raucous poke at how society treats women who choose to remain child-free and a tender look at how to decide before your biological clock tolls for thee. Developed in association with Arts Council England and Metal Southend.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
Prince Rama 28 May
· Dance ·
· Literature ·
· Theatre ·
Old Trunk presents Pramkicker
H2 Dance: Staging Ages
Thursday 26 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival Writers’ Centre Norwich
Wednesday 8 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Moon Duo + support Saturday 28 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival [Live] Art Club
· Rock/Pop ·
Rosie Arnold presents Prince Rama + more
Raw, unrestrained, experimental psych-rock from Brooklyn threepiece. Plus more experimental music, live art and performance throughout the building.
Formed in San Francisco by Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada, Moon Duo fuse futuristic pylon hum and transistor reverb with the heat-haze fuzz of American rock ‘n’ roll to create tracks of blistering, 12-cylinder space rock.
8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.00 door
· Talk ·
SPIEL presents In Conversation with KlangHaus
Buddy Wakefield Stunt Water Tour
· Spoken word ·
Three-time world champion spoken word artist. Buddy’s poetry is raw, rounded, disarming, insightful and full of humour and heart and is guaranteed to leave you entranced by the power of words.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
Saturday 18 June
· Rock/Pop ·
The Tilting Sky presents Jake Morrell + Lee Gordon + Hot Raisin + Rhiannon Mair
Folk-rock artist Jake Morrell blends natural talent, a passionate love for music and a strong, undeniable work ethic to create musical excellence that moves audiences and resonates with the soul.
7.30pm : £7.00 adv : £9.00 door Sunday 26 June
· Hip Hop ·
Saul Williams + support
8pm : £12.00 adv : £14.00 door Monday 27 June
· Electro ·
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Hark presents BRAIDS + support
Montreal-based trio mix otherworldly pop and experimental arthouse electronica with juddering rhythms, melancholic piano and whirring synths.
8pm : £9.00 adv : £12.00 door Tuesday 28 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Moon Duo 10 June
· Theatre ·
TheatreState presents Tribute Acts
8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.00 door
Tuesday 7 June
8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concession
Wednesday 29 June
East London’s unique take on a New Orleans-style brass band, totally acoustic and yet able to blow the roof off any room.
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated
Take a journey through Neil Young’s long and varied career. From delicate acoustic masterpieces and country classics to the powerful folk rock anthems he is so well loved for.
8pm : £14.00 adv : £16.00 door
· Rock/Pop ·
NAC associate artists The Neutrinos and Sal Pittman, well known for award-winning site-specific show KlangHaus, talk about their work.
Don’t Spook The Horse
To mark the 10th anniversary of Arthur Lee’s passing, Love Revisited sees his longest serving band perform classic songs from their first three albums Love, De Capo and Forever Changes.
Hackney Colliery Band + support
Wednesday 1 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Love Revisited + Candi’s Dog
Mbongwana Star 14 June
7.45pm : £9.00 adv : £11.00 door Monday 30 May
Friday 17 June
Tuesday 14 June
Mbongwana Star + support
· World ·
”…a gripping mix of excitement, apprehension and sensory overload” (The Guardian 5*). A fusion of traditional Congolese rhythms with a big fistful of European post-punk bass and busted electronics. “Afrobeat with a solid steel casing.“ (Fact Magazine).
8pm : £14.00 adv : £16.00 door
“Two badass gals boldly using sparkle to ask BIG life questions… a new wave of theatre - frenetic, multigenre, filled with musicality and visuals to mind bend.” (Gemma Cairney, BBC Radio 1). Everyone wants their dad to be a hero. But what happens when your heroes let you down? A darkly funny and boldly honest exploration of father-daughter relationships and the illusions we create when we want to hope.
May June
2016
8pm : Pay What You Can : seated Thursday 30 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Wooden Arms + Milly Hirst + Phoebe Robinson
“The band mix delicate piano with luscious strings and trip-hop inspired percussion to create something quite beautiful.” (Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music)
8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door
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