Nor wich Arts Centre
APRIL 2024
Monster show 3 April
Performance
Wednesday 3 April MONSTER SHOW
BY HESTER STEFAN CHILLINGWORTH
An uncompromising attempt to re-dub all the audio from the iconic film Frankenstein. A trans purging of out-dated narratives and championing of being many things at once.
8pm | £9-£12 Seated
Thursday 4 April
Community
TILTED WOMEN READING GROUP
10am-12pm | Free Booking advised Folk
Thursday 4 April
MAY ERLEWINE
One of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters, May Erlewine’s lyrics offer a window into her heartbreak, her empowerment, and her emboldened spirit.
8pm £13-£17.50 | Seated & Standing
Soul/Jazz
Friday 5 April
ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS
BEL COBAIN + SURE D
Cobain’s entrancing yet soft and mellow vocals have carried her across various genres, highlighting her enigmatic presence, which comes alive when she performs.
8pm £12-£16 Standing
Saturday 6 April
Tuesday 9 April
PERRL PRESENTS
BOSTON MANOR + OVERSIZE
Blackpool-based alt rockers.
8pm £23-£26 Standing
Wednesday 10 April
Drag
LIV PRESENTS THE NORWICH TRANS FUNDRAISER SHOW
Liv returns with an extra special night in support of Norwich’s transgender community. An evening of live entertainment and artistry from a fabulous variety of local artistes!
Rock/Pop
SIMON MUNNERY’S JERUSALEM
Comedy
‘One of the all time great British stand-ups’ (Stewart Lee) performs a truly unique show. Using William Blake’s poem and The Fall’s take on it as a springboard, Simon serves up satire, comedy and poetry with one eye on the distant past, and the other locked laser-like on the future
8pm £16 Seated
Thursday 11 April
Wednesday 17 April
SPOKE PRESENTS JOELLE TAYLOR: THE NIGHT ALPHABET
Award-winning poet Joelle Taylor performs a staged reading from her mesmerising debut novel The Night Alphabet.
8pm | £14-£16 Seated
Thursday 18 April
Community
TILTED WOMEN READING GROUP
10am Free | Booking advised Hip Hop
Friday 19 April
COOPS + K.A.N.I.N.E + CHROME (DJ)
Community
TILTED WOMEN READING GROUP
10am-12pm Free Booking advised
Thursday 11 April
AEG PRESENTS THE WANDERING HEARTS
+ PEARL CHARLES
One of the leading lights in British folk-americana.
8pm £19.50 | Standing
Friday 12 April
AFRIQUOI + COMB (DJ)
Country
With a truly original and versatile approach, Coops introduces a musical blend that can easily be enjoyed by anyone as he switches through styles.
8pm | £13-£17.50 Standing
Saturday 20 April
THE WAVE PICTURES + SUPPORT
Rock/Pop
The Wave Pictures create poetically inspired songs that celebrate their musical loves: Sun Rockabilly, Neil Young country, and plenty of the 60’s golden age of British music.
8pm | £17.50-£22 | Standing
Tuesday 23 April
World
Live African dance music, fusing Congolese guitar / Gambian kora with electronic sensibilities to create uplifting music.
8pm £20-£22.50 | Standing
Sunday 14 April
SOUP
Performance
SOUP Promo are excited to serve up a night of all things ARTS! “Are you ready to open a can of creativity?”
7pm | £8.50-£10.50 Standing
Tuesday 16 April
IMAR
Literature
Wednesday 24 April
SPOKE PRESENTS BRIAN BILSTON & HENRY NORMAL AT EPIC STUDIOS
Brian Bilston and Henry Normal appear together for the first time in a show which one critic has described as ‘two people reading some poems’. They will be drawing on their vast catalogue of crowd favourites – and throwing in new poems to prevent becoming their own tribute bands.
7.30pm £21-£25.50 Seated
Wednesday 24 April
JOHN ROBB DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ROCK N ROLL?
Talk
John Robb talks about a life in music, his best selling book, being the first person to interview Nirvana, inventing the word britpop and adventures on the post punk frontline.
8pm | £14.50-£16.50 | Seated
Thursday 25 April
Jazz
ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS ALINA BZHEZHINSKA & TONY KOFI
Rock/Pop
PONY UP PRESENTS PINK SUITS + GLITCHERS + SLUGHOUSE
Queer Feminist punk rock and rage duo, Pink Suits make loud aggressive political punk noise as well as dance, physical theatre, film and art.
8pm | £8.50-£12 | Standing
Bzhezhinska and Kofi, a remarkable jazz duo, seamlessly blend the ethereal sounds of the harp with the soulful melodies of the saxophone to create a musical experience that transcends boundaries.
8pm £14-£18.50 Seated
Friday 26 April
DIZRAELI + EMILY MAGPIE
Rock/Pop
Folk
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners, Irish/Manx/ Scottish quintet Ímar are amongst Glasgow’s hottest folk property, transfixing live audiences with their collective and individual technical prowess.
8pm £10-£15 | Standing
8pm £16-£20.50 Seated & Standing
Dizraeli is a rapper, poet and multiinstrumentalist rooted in hip hop and folkrecognising the common ground shared by songs of the people throughout history.
8pm £15-£19.50 Standing
Sunday 28 April
Market
A LOVE THING: INDIE WEDDING FAIR
11am-4pm (quiet hour 3-4pm) | Free
Tuesday 30 April
Contemporary
TONE PRESENTS MELISSA PARMENTER + BEN PEARSON
Melissa Parmenter’s music showcases a life-long love of the piano and her complete mastery of the craft of composition.
8pm | £7.50-£12 Seated
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Literature
Bel Cobain 5 April
Pink Suits 23 April