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Folk
TAKDAJA: THREE BILLION LETTERS
A dynamic and visual theatrical performance happening at the intersection of art and science. Created from the teams’ personal DNA test results, the show mixes data and text to investigate how heritage defines us.
7.30pm Pay What You Can Afford £4.50£12.50 Walkabout
Tuesday 3 December
CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX PATTERSON
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson’s music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and creative songwriting.
8pm | £13-£16 | Seated
Wednesday 4 December
ROBIN MORGAN: THE SPARK
Comedy
“Bloody funny, well-written, hard-working stand-up from a massively likeable performer who must surely be on the verge of nationwide fame” - Chortle
7.30pm £16 Seated 14+
Thursday 5 December
TILTED WOMEN READING GROUP
12.30pm-2.30pm
Every Thursday until 19 December Pay What You Can Afford £0-£12.50
Thursday 5 December
SH!T THEATRE’S SING-A-LONG-A
MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
Come sing-a-long to the best Christmas film ever! Come support Michael Caine as he does some ‘acting’! Witness laughter, redemption and singing food
8pm | £10.50-£13.50 | Seated
Friday 6 December
GIGGY PRESENTS DEEP TAN
@ THE DRILL HOUSE
deep tan’s stripped-back, minimal sound is a vehicle for songs that engage with contemporary themes, from deepfake revenge pornography to gender-expansive ideology and stories of furry hedonism.
7pm Pay What You Can Afford £3-12 | Standing At The Drill House, Great Yarmouth
Folk
Friday 6 December
SETH LAKEMAN
Seth Lakeman is a west country folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who has been widely credited with breaking down perceptions and barriers often associated with folk music.
8pm | £25.50-£28.50 Seated & Standing Market
Saturday 7 December
CLUTTER CITY WINTER MARKET
Clutter City returns for a cosy Winter market with over 25 carefully selected stalls of the best local makers, artists, illustrators and designers. Plus tasty pop-up Vietnamese food by Papaya Verte! 11am-4pm Free entry
World
Saturday 7 December
TROPICAL SHAKEDOWN
Tropical Shakedown is Norwich’s longstanding original tropical music party with the best in Afro Beat, Highlife, Latin & Reggae; spiced up with some of the latest dance floor genres.
8pm-1am £7.50-£10.50 | Standing | 18+
Talk
Tuesday 10 December
DAVID R ABRAM: AERIAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT BRITAIN
Lively and rich with archaeological insight, David’s illustrated talk will cherry pick highlights from his book of the same name.
7:30pm £14 | Seated
Wednesday 11 December
UEA BURLESQUE:
CANDY CANE CABARET
Wednesday 11 December
THE UNTHANKS IN WINTER @ EPIC STUDIOS
The Unthanks have been described as ‘a take on tradition that flips so effortlessly between jazz, classical, ambient and post-rock, it makes any attempt to put a label on them a waste of time’.
8pm £36.50-£39.50 Seated At Epic Studios, Magdalen St, Norwich
Thursday 12 December
THE JOHN OTWAY BAND
Rock/Pop
We welcome back the wonderful John Otway, English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through his surreal sense of humour and self-deprecating persona.
8pm £21.50-£24 | Standing
Friday 13 December
Thursday 19 December
IT’S A NORM’S XMAS WITH MAMA OH NO + RAVENOUS HOUNDS + ODD CREATURES + DJ MR JASON.
8pm £8.50-£12 | Standing
Friday 20 December
Market
XMAS POP-UP WORLD BEER SALE
12-3pm Free Entry
Friday 13 December
Rock/Pop
THE BAGHDADDIES + THY LAST DROP
On their final tour ever, enjoy The Baghdaddies’ exuberant and rampant brand of world musican exhilarating cocktail of Balkan melodies, ska and latin grooves and sizzling brass.
8pm £15-£19.50 | Standing
Sunday 15 December
NIGHT TERRORS
Performance
Night Terrors is a spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural from E.F. Benson’s brilliant collection of ghost stories. The award-winning Gerard Logan will take you to a world of invisible, but terrifyingly present, spirits.
7.30pm Pay What You Can Afford £4.50£12.50 Seated
Wednesday 18 December
ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS
Performance
UEA Burlesque present a new show with stockings full of sensational performances.
7pm £7.50-£10 Seated 18+
JEMBAA GROOVE
+ BELLA ASKEW
CHRISTMAS WITH LIV
Drag
A decadent evening awaits full of epic drag performances, ridiculous party games and all the warmth and magic of the holidays – except there’s no aunties asking you, ‘what even is a nonbinary?
8pm £10-£15 Standing
Saturday 21 December
BARRIOKE
Rock/Pop
Star of EastEnders, Extras, Life’s Too Short and more recently a million viral videos, Shaun Williamson has taken the music scene by storm, bringing BARRIOKE to thousands of music lovers across the UK.
8pm £23-£28.50 Standing
Sunday 22 December
TRUE STORIES LIVE: RITUALS
Literature
True Stories Live is a lively, moving and unpredictable event where people tell true stories about their lives in front of a warm, supportive audience.
World
+ DJ AMY NOMVULA (TROPICAL SHAKEDOWN)
Jembaa Groove blend a melting pot of multicultural influences into a contemporary take on highlife, jazz and soul.
8pm £16-£19.50 Standing
7:30pm | Pay What You Can Afford £4.50£12.50 Seated
Tuesday 31 December
Rock/Pop
PONY UP PRESENTS NYE TAKEOVER
PONY UP presents a very special New Years Eve Party with Bag of Cans + DH Temple + Flat Venus + Arthur Black.
9pm £17.50-£23 | Standing 18+