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01603 766400

The international arts festival for the East of England
7–22 May 2010
Funded and supported by
Principal Sponsor – National Express East Anglia
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Director’s welcome
Welcome
I started with ideas about change. We’ve just gone through
huge economic change, political change is imminent and
environmental change looms in the future. The arts, which
create pictures of potential new worlds, are ideally placed to
guide us through periods of change. Jordi Savall’s Jerusalem,
for example, makes the possibility of Middle East accord
believable, while Ian McEwan and Metis Arts explore a world
after the environmental tipping point. And if, like me, you tell
people from elsewhere stories of why our part of the world
is such a vibrant and appealing place, rare performances
by John Cale (co-founder with Lou Reed of the Velvet
Underground), Michael Nyman, David McAlmont, Paco Peña
will help us tell that story.
The first 200 or so years of the Festival centred on great
classical music, and this year’s classical narrative is as
compelling as ever: three great orchestras, three inspiring
choirs and world-class chamber music from Alina Ibragimova,
Louis Lortie, Leif Ove Andsnes. Stories need excitement, too,
which we provide with three of the world’s greatest circuses
(les 7 doigts de la main from Canada, NoFit State from Wales
and Circus Ronaldo from Belgium), 16 nights of decadence in
our Spiegeltent and with the biggest firework event ever seen
in the East of England.
The newest chapter in the NNF story involves the visual
arts, where we’re collaborating with this city’s brilliant
gallery scene. Blockbuster exhibitions, visually stunning
and intellectually grounded work like RedBall: Norwich
and a Tim Etchells’ triple bill will attract a massive new
Festival audience.
The audience features, too. Our participatory, genre-busting
shows – from Haircuts by Children to Music for Seven Ice
Cream Vans – all have irresistible individual tales to tell as
they capture the independent, confident, refusing-to-becategorised essence of our part of the world.
But what of the overarching narrative? Simple: the Festival
celebrates the meeting of extraordinary artistic talent from
around the world with the beauty, the places and the people
of the East of England. Our recent success story is thanks to
support from our core funders, our sponsors, our audiences, our
artists and a dedicated Festival team who love what they do.
Ultimately, though, the final story is yours. The choices
you make as you read this brochure and decide what you’ll
see, experience or participate in will define your Festival
story. No two Festival adventures will be the same, but I hope
that whatever you encounter in your journey is surprising,
enriching and satisfying.
Jonathan Holloway
Artistic Director
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
“The arts are ideally placed
to guide us through periods
of change”
Year-round Festival Staff
Jonathan Holloway
Director / Chief Executive
Pel Plowden
PA to Artistic Director
Alison McFarlane
Executive Director
Matt Burman
Executive Producer
Jenny Vila
Producer
Tom Brocklehurst
Production Assistant
Paula Sanchez
Development Director
Charlotte Stannard
Development Manager
Matthew Sanders
Head of Communications
Daisy Turville-Petre
Communications Officer
Phaedra Shanbaum
Communications Officer
Clare Lovell
General Manager
Katherine Stapley
General Assistant
Christina Birt
Head of Creative Learning
Louise Dennison
Learning Project Officer
Hannah Walker
Learning Project Officer
Jade Trendall
Lloyd Mitchell
Imogen Frith
Helen Read
Learning Assistant
Head of Finance
Finance Officer
Honorary Treasurer
Board of Directors
Caroline Jarrold (Chair), Jane Hawksley,
Nichola Johnson, Ben Keane, Richard Packham,
Carol Pearson, Mark Proctor, Paul Timewell
Festival Trust
John Alston (Chair), Sir Nicholas Bacon,
Christopher Dicker, Anthony Jarrold,
Caroline Jarrold, Christopher Lawrence,
Professor Edward Acton,
Richard Packham, Roger Rowe,
The Very Reverend Graham Smith
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Photography: Raphael Helle (Jonathan Holloway)
Festivals are all about stories. Come to that, life is all about
stories. This year’s Festival has an almost infinite number,
and I’d like to share just a few of those I explored while
programming this, my sixth Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
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Contents 03
NNF10 7–22 May 2010
Welcome to the 2010 Norfolk & Norwich Festival, the international arts festival
for the East of England. Sixteen heady days of the very best in music, theatre,
dance, circus and visual arts lie in store, so read on and start planning your
Festival adventure.
Festival Director’s welcome
Jonathan Holloway introduces this year’s programme
NNF10 overview NNF10 launch events
Two spectacular outdoor performances launch
this year’s Festival – and they’re both free
Classical music Contemporary music NNF10 at the Spiegeltent
One of the hits of NNF09 is back – and this time
for the whole 16 days of the Festival
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Circus, theatre and dance
Literature NNF10 for families Visual arts New for 2010 – a major addition to
the Festival programme
Booking information It’s your Festival Sponsors and supporters
Festival Diary 30
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Make the most
of NNF10
Under-25s £5 tickets
For most Festival events,
a number of tickets will be
available to under-25s for
just £5, giving access to
some of the best seats in
the house. Tickets must be
booked in advance and proof
of age will be requested at
the performance.
Sponsored by
Become a Friend
of the Festival
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Photo: Yannick Derennes
Sign up as a Festival Friend
and enjoy ticket discounts
on most Festival events.
Go4Less
The Festival is delighted
to support Norwich City
Council’s Go4Less scheme
– cardholders can enjoy
a 10 per cent discount
on tickets for most
Festival events.
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Highlights
The NNF10 adventure starts here
Over the following pages, you’ll find details of more than 100
world-class performances featuring internationally acclaimed
companies and ensembles. But that doesn’t tell the full Festival
story. This year, in addition to everything you’d expect, NNF
spreads its wings to take in a number of exciting new initiatives
which make our offer to you, the audience, bigger, better and
more exciting than ever.
Among the highlights are:
From Gallery to Street
New for NNF10! From blockbuster exhibitions
in the city’s leading galleries to a series of
unmissable installations throughout the city,
there’s a major programme of visual arts events
running throughout the Festival. Look out for Kurt
Perschke’s irresistible, inflatable red ball as it’s
squished and squashed into 14 different locations
across Norwich.
Festival Gardens
With our biggest programme ever, this year
Chapelfield Gardens will be transformed into
a buzzing Festival Gardens for the whole 16 days
of the Festival. The Spiegeltent will be home
to a sensational line-up of circus, music, cabaret
and burlesque late into the night while a daytime
programme of family performances, tea dances
and other activities will keep Festival-goers
of all ages more than happy.
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Highlights 05
A Celebration of Talent
Through the Escalator Outdoor Arts and
Without Walls initiatives, the Festival will be
co-commissioning and providing a showcase for
some of the brightest creative talent in the Eastern
region and the UK. There’ll be chances aplenty
to enjoy world premières and works in progress.
It’s Your Festival
60 giant flags will be created by local community
groups and schools to bring a spectacular blaze
of colour to Eaton Park and the Festival Gardens.
It’s just one example of a growing year-round
programme which sees NNF making creative
connections and partnerships with new
audiences across the city and county.
Make Your Own Festival
A great festival shouldn’t just let you sit back in
your seat and be a passive observer or listener.
From dance workshops to having your hair cut
by children or creating your own cardboard town,
there are more opportunities than ever for you
to come and take part in the Festival yourself.
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MG FREE
MG Free at the Festival
This year’s free outdoor performances will
be the Festival’s biggest, loudest and most
spectacular to date, so don’t miss out on the
biggest parties in town. Be sure to bring your
friends and family along too!
Festival Launch
Friday 7 May 4.45pm
Millennium Plain
(outside the Forum)
Free and unticketed for all the family
The Dhol Foundation at 4.45pm
and Les Vernisseurs at 5.30pm
MG FREE
This year’s Festival is launched in
style with a brilliant double-bill of free
outdoor performances. The thunderous
percussion groove machine that is the
Dhol Foundation will lead the way,
followed by the dazzling French troupe
Les Vernisseurs (The Varnishers), with
their utterly riotous show, Happy Urban
Chaos. Join the celebrations as they
lead a parade around the streets of
Norwich and the city centre is turned
into a gigantic, ribbon-filled, confetticovered playground.
Performance lasts approximately
90 minutes.
Performance sponsored by
The Dhol Foundation will also perform in
Norwich city centre at 1.00pm on the same day.
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Free
Ephémère
Bird and Fire
Saturday 8 May 10.15pm
Earlham Park
fireworks
World première
Free and unticketed for all the family
MG Free
In 2009, we rocked Norwich with our biggest, loudest, most
spectacular fireworks show to date. This year, the Festival
brings to life a classic tale of love and enchantment in a
pyrotechnic and musical tour de force. Ephémère, the hugely
acclaimed French pyrotechnic company, has choreographed
Stravinsky and Fokine’s ballet, The Firebird, to create a
thrilling, spell-binding new show that will send sorcery and
sparks across the Norwich sky. This is its world première.
And if you thought last year was spectacular, this year we
have twice as many fireworks.
Performance lasts 30 minutes.
Please note there is very limited public parking at Earlham Park.
If you can, please use public transport. Check www.nnf10.org.uk
for travel updates.
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Classical music
Classical music programme at a glance
page
May
9
Sat 8
7.30pm
Festival Chorus with the English
Chamber Orchestra
St Andrew’s Hall
Sun 9
7.30pm
Stephen Oliver at 60
Norwich Playhouse
Mon 10
1.00pm
Julian Forbes
Assembly House
15
Mon 10
7.30pm
Andsnes, Tetzlaff and Tetzlaff
St Peter Mancroft Church
10
Wed 12
1.00pm
Charlotte Bonneton and Daniel Pioro
Assembly House
15
Thurs 13
7.30pm
Jordi Savall – solo recital
10
Fri 14
1.00pm
Trilogy Ensemble
Assembly House
15
Fri 14
7.30pm
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
with Chloë Hanslip
St Andrew’s Hall
11
Sat 15
7.30pm
Jordi Savall – Jerusalem
Norwich Theatre Royal
12
Sun 16
5.00pm
Elias String Quartet
Norwich Playhouse
11
Mon 17
1.00pm
Jessica Hayes and Rafal Luc
Assembly House
15
Mon 17
7.30pm
Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien
John Innes Centre
13
Mon 17
7.30pm
Jessica Hayes and Rafal Luc
Martham Parish Church
15
Tues 18
7.30pm
Academy of Ancient Music
St Andrew’s Hall
13
Wed 19
1.00pm
Reinis Zarins
Assembly House
15
Wed 19
7.00pm
Louis Lortie
14
Wed 19
7.30pm
Reinis Zarins
Sheringham Little Theatre
15
Wed 19
10.30pm
Louis Lortie – late night by candlelight
14
Thurs 20
7.30pm & 9.30pm I Fagiolini
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
14
Fri 21
1.00pm
Milos Karadaglic
Assembly House
15
Fri 21
7.30pm
Milos Karadaglic
St Lawrence’s South Walsham
15
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All venues are in Norwich except where stated – see map on p56
For most Festival events, a number of tickets will
be available to under-25s for just £5, giving access
to some of the best seats in the house. Tickets
must be booked in advance and proof of age will
be requested at the performance.
Sponsored by
Don’t miss…
Here are some other events that could easily have been in this section, but which we’ve chosen to put elsewhere.
Michael Nyman and
David McAlmont
Fri 7
See p17
Ephémère
Stravinsky’s Firebird
Sat 8
See p7
Dan Jones
Suburban Counterpoint
Fri 21 – Sat 22
See p25
Matthew Sharp
Sharpwire
Sat 8
See p32
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Classical music 09
Festival Chorus with the
English Chamber Orchestra
St Andrew’s Hall
9
Beethoven
Symphony
No.
Tickets £40, £35, £27, £20, £10, £7,
U25s £5
David Parry conductor
Terry Edwards chorus master
Camilla Roberts soprano
Yvonne Howard mezzo-soprano
Gwyn Hughes-Jones tenor
Sion Goronwy bass
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
‘Choral’
6.15pm David Parry in conversation
with Jonathan Holloway
Free to ticket-holders
Ludwig van Beethoven’s life-affirming
Ninth Symphony continues to enthral
concert-goers worldwide. Dramatic and
ardently felt, the first three movements
form a magnificent introduction to
the famed choral finale drawn from
Friedrich Schiller’s Ode to Joy.
Providing a rousing curtain-opener
to the Festival’s music programme,
this remarkable work is paired
with another Beethoven
masterpiece, his sprightly
First Symphony.
Stephen Oliver at 60
Sunday 9 May 7.30pm
Norwich Playhouse
Tickets £25, U25s £5
Stephen Oliver, who died in 1992,
was one of the UK’s brightest and
most prolific composers, best known
for his musical score for the Royal
Shakespeare Company’s Nicholas
Nickleby. His enormously varied output
will be represented in this special
Festival evening performed by friends
and admirers, including Simon Callow
in Nicholas Nickleby, a performance
of The Garden with players from the
Royal Academy of Music, and Cantabile
singing selections from Blondel.
Stephen
Oliver
at 60
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Classical music
Christian Tetzlaff
Leif Ove
TanjaAndsnes
Tetzlaff
Leif Ove Andsnes,
Christian Tetzlaff,
Tanja Tetzlaff
Monday 10 May 7.30pm
Tickets £17, £15, £12, £9,
U25s £5
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Tanja Tetzlaff cello
Schumann Fantasiestücke
Op. 88 for piano, violin
and cello
Janác̆ek ‘Fairytale’ (Pohadka)
for cello and piano
Dvorák Sonatina in G major
Schumann Piano Trio No. 3
in G minor
Acclaimed Norwegian
pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has
enjoyed a highly successful
musical partnership with
violinist Christian Tetzlaff.
Both pursue high-flying
careers as internationally
renowned soloists and
recitalists, yet find special
pleasure in performing
chamber music together.
Tonight they are joined by
Christian’s sister, Tanja, for
a fabulous programme that
features works by three
masters of the chamber
music genre.
Jordi Savall
Les Voix Humaines
(Human Voices)
Thursday 13 May 7.30pm
Tickets £17, £15, £12, £9, U25s £5
Programme to include works by
JS Bach, Marin Marais, Tobias
Hume and John Playford
Jordi Savall is a viola da gamba
player of rare sensitivity, and
this programme of solo works
is a treasure chest of baroque
compositions and a perfect
platform for the incredible
soundscape he produces from
his instrument. The programme
is split into two harmonious
halves: predominantly French
for the first half and English for
the second, contrasting soulsearching introspection and
virtuoso playfulness.
Jordi
Savall
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Moscow
State
Symphony
Orchestra
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Moscow State
Symphony Orchestra
Friday 14 May 7.30pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Tickets £40, £35, £27, £20,
£10, £7, U25s £5
Pavel Kogan conductor
Chloë Hanslip violin
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
from Prince Igor
Philip Glass Violin Concerto
No. 1
Shostakovich Symphony
No. 10 in E minor
“Hanslip’s passion and
technical bravura are
palpable and exciting…
the fireworks never stop”
The Times
Sunday 16 May 5.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
Tickets £6
Sara Bitlloch violin
Donald Grant violin
Martin Saving viola
Marie Bitlloch cello
Hailed as one of the finest
musical talents to have
appeared on the international
music stage in recent years,
Chloë Hanslip has won
plaudits the world over for
her sublime musicianship
and technical mastery.
Making a welcome return to
the Festival, she has chosen
a work by Philip Glass, one of
the most prolific, influential
and instantly identifiable
composers of our age.
To open and close the
concert, the renowned
Moscow State Symphony
Orchestra performs works by
two of its motherland’s most
celebrated composers.
Family
Concert
Formed in 1998, the Elias String Quartet have
performed extensively in the UK, Europe and the
United States, in venues such as the Wigmore
Hall, Purcell Room, Snape Maltings Concert Hall,
Bridgewater Hall, Fairfield Halls, Stockholm
Concert Hall and the Auditorium du Louvre.
Last season saw a three-concert Schubert series
at the Wigmore Hall, London, and a five-week tour
of Australia.
Today’s lively and engaging family concert features
movements from quartets by Debussy, Haydn,
Britten and Schubert, as well as some traditional
Scottish music.
“The Elias are a quite exceptional quartet”
Gramophone
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Classical music
Jordi Savall
Jerusalem
Tickets £36, £26, £21, £11, £6, U25s £5
UK première
There are few musicians as mesmerising as Jordi
Savall, the legendary viola da gambist, whose
vibrant performances have captivated audiences
for decades. Following a triumphant appearance in
2008 he returns to the Festival with his ensembles
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and
Al Darwish – a total of 38 musicians – to present
an astonishing programme charting the history of
Jerusalem from 1200BC to the present day through
its rich music heritage. The music ranges from the
sound of the shofars in the Jericho fanfare, to a
series of songs, laments and instrumental works
from the variety of traditions that have become
embedded in the cultural fabric of one of the
world’s most iconic cities.
Presented in collaboration with
“Quite simply an
affirmation of humanity”
BBC Music Magazine
Jordi
Savall
Jerusalem
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Classical music 13
“Ibragimova wields her
intoxicating violin with
Cédric Tiberghien’s dappled
piano… dazzling us with
the duo’s wonderful ability
to move as one”
The Times
Alina Ibragimova and
Cédric Tiberghien
John Innes Centre
Tickets £15, £12, U25s £5
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.
6 in A major, Op. 30/1
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.
3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3
Beethoven Violin Sonata
No. 9 in A major, Op. 47
‘Kreutzer’
&
Alina
Ibragimova
Cédric
The Times recently
wrote that the rise of the
impassioned, intelligent and
inquisitive young Russian
violinist, Alina Ibragimova,
“is a joyous breath of fresh
air blowing through our
concert halls”. In the past
two years this former BBC
New Generation artist
has gone from dazzling
prodigy to consummate
virtuoso. Making her
Festival debut, she teams
up with her regular recital
partner, the French pianist
Cédric Tiberghien, for an
all-Beethoven programme,
featuring three of his glorious
sonatas for violin and piano.
The Norfolk & Norwich Festival
is extremely grateful to an
anonymous benefactor and
Lewis Jarrett for sponsoring
this performance.
Tiberghien
Academy of Ancient Music
The Four Seasons: nature’s
voice and verse
Tuesday 18 May 7.30pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Tickets £30, £27, £22, £17, £12, £7,
U25s £5
Pavlo Beznosiuk director and violin
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Programme to include Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons with arias by Purcell and
Handel.
While Vivaldi’s depictions of the four
seasons are among the best-known
works of the baroque period, less
familiar are the Italian sonnets he
penned to introduce the concertos.
Originally read before each concerto
was performed, the sonnets were
intended to “explain the music more
easily”. Renowned worldwide for its
energised, passionate performances
of baroque music, the Academy of
Ancient Music is joined by radiant
soprano Elin Manahan Thomas to
recreate this harmonious celebration
of nature.
“The ultimate
raspberry to anyone
who says baroque
music is predictable”
The Independent
Academy
Ancient
Music
of
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Classical music
An Evening with Louis Lortie
Wednesday 19 May
7.00pm
Chopin Études (complete)
Tickets £21, £17, £14, £10, U25s £5
10.30pm by candlelight
Programme to include a selection
of Chopin Nocturnes
Tickets £12, £10, £8, £5, U25s £5
Save up to 25 per cent by booking
a joint ticket for both performances
£27, £22, £18, £11
Evening buffet – Loch Fyne restaurant
is offering a light buffet between
performances. Tickets £12.50, includes
a glass of wine. Please book through
Festival box office.
Every great pianist learns the Chopin
Études and Nocturnes and many
pianists venture to play selections
of them in public. But it is the rare
keyboard athlete who dares to perform
them in one sitting – and before a live
audience. Acclaimed for his mastery of
this intensely beautiful yet technically
challenging repertoire, French-Canadian
pianist Louis Lortie provides a rare
opportunity to hear the complete Études
and a selection of Nocturnes over the
course of one evening. A programme
of musical bliss not to be missed.
These performances are supported
by the Corporate Friends of the
Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Louis
Lortie
“A marvellous show,
with wonderful
singing at its heart”
Daily Telegraph
I
Fagiolini
I Fagiolini
Tallis in Wonderland
– an aural fantasy
Thursday 20 May 7.30pm and 9.30pm
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
All seats £15 (unreserved seating), U25s £5
Robert Hollingworth director
The Renaissance goes walkabout as leading vocal
ensemble I Fagiolini sets out to open your ears
to every wonder-filled strand of 15th- and 16thcentury polyphonic music by means of a highly
physical ‘aural fantasy’. Created by six singers and
using sound design created specially for the show,
Tallis in Wonderland is an innovative and fresh
reworking of works of genius by Josquin, Gombert,
Tallis, Byrd, Gesualdo, Monteverdi and other
masters of the age.
Please note: elements of this performance will be amplified.
These performances are supported by the Principal Partners
of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Photography: Ricky-Joe Burrage, Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART)
“A remarkable pianist, with
cast-iron technique allied to
a refined sense of style”
Daily Telegraph
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Students of the Royal
Academy of Music,
London
Assembly House
Tickets £7 all seats,
U25s £5
Season ticket offer:
book all six concerts
for just £30
Not only do the Festival’s
lunchtime concerts make
for a delicious serving of
fantastic music, they also
provide a rare opportunity
to hear some of the UK’s
finest young musicians
performing live. All are
currently students at the
renowned Royal Academy
of Music in London and
you’ll undoubtedly be
among the first to hear
a rising star of the next
musical generation.
Concerts in the county
Tickets £8, concessions £6
All concerts will feature
the performers’ respective
lunchtime programmes plus
other items.
Classical music 15
Monday 10 May
1.00pm
Friday 14 May
1.00pm
Wednesday 19 May
1.00pm
Julian Forbes tenor
Trilogy Ensemble
clarinet ensemble
Reinis Zarins piano
Programme to include:
Gabriel Fauré Nell
(Op. 18, No. 1)
Gabriel Fauré Lydia
(Op. 4, No. 2)
Gabriel Fauré Sylvie,
(Op. 6, No. 3)
Lennox Berkeley
Five Housman Songs
(Op. 14 part 3)
Mozart arr. Franz Lotz
Overture to The Magic Flute
Shostakovich arr. Hashimoto
Prelude and Fugue No. 4
in E minor
Lygate The Forest
Debussy arr. Bill Holcombe
Clair de Lune
Piazzolla Histoire du Tango
Wednesday 12 May
1.00pm
Monday 17 May
1.00pm
Charlotte Bonneton violin
Daniel Pioro viola
(Please note this concert
takes place in the Noverre
Suite)
JS Bach ‘Prelude’ from Partita
No. 3 in E
Ysaÿe Prelude, ‘Obsession:
Poco vivace’ from Violin
Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Mozart Duo for Violin and
Viola in G
J Williams Theme from
Schindler’s List arr. 2 violins
V Monti Czardas arr. 2 violins
Handel / Halvorsen
Passacaglia for violin and
viola in G minor
Jessica Hayes cello
Rafal Luc accordion
Prokofiev Piano Sonata
in C No. 4 Op. 29
Schoenberg Three Piano
Pieces Op. 11
Liszt Piano Sonata in
B minor
Friday 21 May
1.00pm
Milos Karadaglic guitar
Fernando Sor Variations
on a theme by Mozart Op. 9
JS Bach Fugue BWV 1000
Villa-Lobos 5 Preludes
for Guitar
Carlo Domeniconi
Koyunbaba Suite, Op. 19
JS Bach Viola de Gamba
Sonata in G major, BWV1027
Saint-Saëns Prière Op.158
Mendelssohn Sonata in
D minor, Op. 65, Chorale
and Variations
D Gorton Tähtelä,
Place of the Stars
Piazzolla Le Grand Tango
Jessica Hayes cello
Rafal Luc accordion
Wednesday 19 May
7.30pm (Ticket prices tbc)
Reinis Zarins piano
St Lawrence’s, South
Walsham
Milos Karadaglic guitar
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Contemporary music
Contemporary music programme at a glance
page
May
Fri 7
7.00pm
Antonio Forcione Quartet
Norwich Playhouse
18
Fri 7
8.00pm
Michael Nyman and David McAlmont
17
Sat 8
1.00pm & 3.00pm DixieMix Jazz Band
Southern Comfort, Horning
18
Sun 9
1.00pm & 3.00pm Michael Messer
18
Sun 9
8.00pm
Camille O’Sullivan
19
Sun 9
8.00pm
Escalator Music Showcase: Sargasso Trio
Norwich Arts Centre
20
Wed 12
8.00pm
John McLaughlin
21
Thurs 13
10.30pm
CocoRosie
Spiegeltent
20
Fri 14
8.00pm
John Cale
22
Fri 14 – Sat 15
5.00pm & 8.00pm Zic Zazou
Norwich Playhouse
23
Sat 15
1.00pm
DixieMix Jazz Band
18
Sat 15
5.00pm
Mark Flanagan
18
Sun 16
5.00pm
Mark Flanagan
18
Mon 17
8.00pm
Jason Yarde’s Trio WAH!
Norwich Playhouse
23
Wed 19
8.00pm
Gwyneth Herbert
Norwich Playhouse
24
Fri 21
8.00pm
Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang &
The Voice Project Choir
Norwich Cathedral
24
Fri 21 – Sat 22
7.30pm
Music for Seven Ice Cream Vans
The streets of Norwich
25
Fri 21
10.30pm
James Hunter
Spiegeltent
25
Sat 22
1.00pm
DixieMix Jazz Band
18
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Jordi Savall
Jerusalem
Sat 15
See p12
I Fagiolini
Tallis In Wonderland
Thurs 20
See p14
Beatles to Bowie
Castle Museum
Sat 8 – Sat 22
See p52
Paco Peña
Flamenco sin Fronteras
Thurs 13
See p38
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“Once heard, you’ll
never want to
live without it”
The Independent,
reviewing The Glare
&
Michael
Nyman
David
Michael Nyman
and David McAlmont
Friday 7 May 8.00pm
Tickets £36, £26, £21, £11, £6, U25s £5
A musical marriage made in heaven
opens a week of outstanding Festival
performances at Norwich Theatre
Royal. In the first half Michael Nyman
and his band play some of his bestknown music. After the interval, Nyman
is joined by David McAlmont to perform
works from The Glare, their beautifully
crafted and critically acclaimed album
released at the end of 2009.
McAlmont
One of British pop’s most precious
hidden treasures, McAlmont has
selected 11 classic Nyman compositions
and transformed them into songs.
Written in the first person, these new
songs draw on a variety of world news
topics, from 21st-century piracy and
lothario world leaders to drug mules
and banking errors. The result is an
extraordinary and intensely beautiful
musical collaboration.
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Contemporary music
Antonio Forcione
Quartet
Friday 7 May 7.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
“This show is both
a music masterclass
and a breathtaking
live experience”
The Guardian
All tickets £17, U25s £5
Antonio Forcione guitar
Adriano Adewale percussion
Jenny Adejayan cello
Nathan Thomson double bass
Hailed as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar’,
award-winning Antonio Forcione breaks the mould
of most conventional popular guitar sounds, be it
in the fields of jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or
improvised music. His world-renowned quartet
is an imaginative, joyful synthesis of musical
influences, with a powerful, exotic sound. Judge
for yourself as they perform a glorious mixture
of tunes by Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti
and others, as well as original compositions
by Forcione himself.
Antonio
Forcione
Quartet
Southern Comfort Jazz
and Blues Boats
Saturday 8 May 1.00pm & 3.00pm
(DixieMix – jazz)
Sunday 9 May 1.00pm & 3.00pm
(Michael Messer – blues)
(DixieMix – jazz)
(Mark Flanagan – blues)
Sunday 16 May 5.00pm
(Mark Flanagan – blues)
(DixieMix – jazz)
The Southern Comfort riverboat
from Horning
The Southern Comfort is once again in
ship-shape fashion and set to embark on
a series of musical meanderings across
the Norfolk Broads. This year, an all-star
line-up includes Mark Flanagan, Jools
Holland’s guitarist of choice for over 20
years, virtuoso blues guitarist Michael
Messer and the ever-entertaining
DixieMix Jazz Band.
&
blues
Jazz
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Camille O’Sullivan
Sunday 9 May 8.00pm
Tickets£23, £19, £15, £9, £6, U25s £5
Camille O’Sullivan enjoys a formidable international
reputation for her intensely dramatic interpretations of the
songs of Jacques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie
and more. Chameleon-like on stage, and backed by her
talented five-piece band, she makes each song a different
character with its own story to tell.
The half-Irish, half-French performer has stunned audiences
around the world, with five-star reviews and sell-out
performances at Sydney Opera House and New York,
as well as a recent six-week run at the Apollo Theatre
in London’s West End.
Expect fire and ice, tears and laughter, pure passion and
drop-dead cool. This is not burlesque. This is not cabaret.
This is a chance to be truly transported to places of fear,
wonder and love.
“When she sings it’s as
though her breath is soaked in
paraffin – one spark, and the
whole room would ignite”
Daily Telegraph
Camille
O’Sullivan
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Contemporary music
Sargasso
Trio
Escalator Music Showcase
Sargasso Trio + support
Sunday 9 May 8.00pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Tickets £7
Expect an eclectic night of amazing music as the
Sargasso Trio mix world, Latin, folk, alt country
and 80s electro. Labelmates to Groove Armada
and Tom Vek, the band share duties on guitar,
keyboards, a large collection of percussion
instruments, harmonies and lead vocals. The
band has recorded two sessions for BBC 6 Music,
played gigs all over the UK, released an acclaimed
first album and are now completing the eagerly
awaited follow-up, which will be showcased at
this event.
CocoRosie
Thursday 13 May 10.30pm (doors 10.00pm)
Spiegeltent
Tickets £17.50, U25s £5
Beautiful, beguiling and baffling, CocoRosie arrive
in the Spiegeltent to whisk you into their own
special world. Formed in Paris by New Yorkers
Bianca and Sierra Casady, the band’s underground
debut album saw it gather a cult worldwide
following, and indie record labels were soon in
hot pursuit. Known for their invention and musical
irreverence, CocoRosie sing ethereal love songs
accompanied by toy instruments or impromptu
beatboxing. Come along to have your mind blown
by these two gorgeous freak-folk chanteuses…
Coco
Rosie
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John
McLaughlin
“One of the few
Europeans to divert the
course of jazz history”
The Guardian
John McLaughlin
Wednesday 12 May 8.00pm
Tickets £31, £26, £21, £16, £6, U25s £5
From the legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra and
the pioneering band Shakti through to the present,
John McLaughlin is one of the world’s great guitar
innovators. A prime mover and shaker when the
world of jazz turned electric in the late 60s, he
made a seminal contribution to the groundbreaking
fusion of Miles Davis. Ever since, he has been
renowned for his quest for excellence and
musical surprise. Here, McLaughlin returns to a
powerhouse electric jazz setting with his band
The 4th Dimension, featuring Level 42 sideman
and formidable keyboardist Gary Husband,
the whirlwind drummer Mark Mondesir and
Cameroonian bassist Etienne M’Bappe.
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Contemporary music
John Cale
When Past and Future Collide
Friday 14 May, 8.00pm
Tickets £40, £35, £30, £20, £6, U25s £5
John Cale, his band and an extended array
of orchestral musicians perform the songs of
Paris 1919 and a selection of his other work over
the years.
Cale’s footprints are stamped all over the past four
decades of musical history: through The Velvet
Underground and the music he has made as
a solo artist and in collaborations, he has aquired
a reputation as a pioneering, influential presence.
Paris 1919 is considered by many to be Cale’s
best and most accessible album. In it he blends
rock, soul and classical music with quietly
anthemic songwriting – he describes the songs
as “an example of the nicest ways of saying
something ugly”. This performance is sure to sell
out fast so book early to avoid disappointment.
“A pioneer who refuses
to stop innovating”
NME
John
Cale
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Zic Zazou
Brocante Sonore:
The Mechanicians
Friday 14 – Saturday 15 May
5.00pm and 8.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
Tickets £10 adults, under-16s £6
Nine master musicians emerge as
mechanics on a magnificent stage full
of tangled pipework and intriguing
toolboxes. Disguised as eccentric
engineers, the members of Zic Zazou
are some of France’s most seasoned
composers and virtuoso soloists who
bring their laboratory to life in the most
imaginative ways.
Zic
“A veritable
workers’ opera!”
Le Figaro
Zazou
Bottles of red wine, chair legs and all
manner of objects are transformed into
musical instruments before your eyes,
creating joyous, fresh and totally unique
musical theatre. A welcome return for
the band who launched the Festival
in 2007.
Performance supported by
Jason
Yarde’s
Trio
WAH!
Jason Yarde’s Trio WAH!
Norwich Playhouse
Jason Yarde saxophones
Larry Bartley bass
Mike Pickering drums
Jason Yarde’s multiple talents make him a key
figure in today’s UK jazz scene. He writes awardwinning orchestral music and plays in the big
bands of the likes of Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner
and Sam Rivers, not to mention his own Acoutastic
Bombastic. An evening with Trio WAH! provides
a superb opportunity to experience Yarde’s
playing and compositions in an intimate,
stripped-down setting.
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Contemporary music
Gwyneth Herbert
Wednesday 19 May 8.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
“A voice that’s
a knowing mix
of honey, steel
and gravel”
The Observer
Gwyneth
Gwyneth Herbert is a priceless talent,
a singer-songwriter inspired as much
by Janis Ian and Joni Mitchell as
by Billie Holliday and Nina Simone.
Her latest collection, All The Ghosts,
features 10 terrific songs, which
speak to you directly, without
worrying about the need to slot into
any genre or category. Expect witty,
captivating vignettes populated by
a living, breathing cast of beaten-down
dreamers, jaded city-dwellers and
women in a quandary.
Herbert
Arve Henriksen and
Jan Bang with the Voice
Project Choir
Recording Angel
Norwich Cathedral
Tickets £19, £14, £10, £7, U25s £5
World première/Norfolk & Norwich
Festival co-commission
with Sage Gateshead
Arve Henriksen trumpet, voice
Jan Bang sampling
Sianed Jones soprano
Jonathan Baker bass
The Voice Project Choir, directed
by Jonathan Baker and Sian Croose
6.45pm The artists in conversation
with Jonathan Holloway
Free to ticket-holders
The creative partnership of NNF and
the Voice Project Choir, Norwich’s
renowned open-access choral group,
has produced some of the most
memorable Festival performances
in recent years. Recording Angel is
a three-way collaboration between
trumpeter Arve Henriksen, sampler-DJ
Jan Bang and Voice Project co-director
Jonathan Baker. It draws on influences
from Gregorian chant to contemporary
found-sounds and ambient polyphony.
&
Arve
Henriksen
Jan
Bang
the
Voice
Project
choir
&
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James
Hunter
James Hunter
Friday 21 May
10.30pm (doors 10.00pm)
Spiegeltent
James Hunter performs with a style
that harks back to the days of classic
50s and early-60s R&B, and possesses
a voice that has a timeless quality
reminiscent of early innovators such
as Sam Cooke, Bobby Bland and Ray
Charles. Through his infectious vocal
and guitar performances, clever song
writing and tight arrangements,
Hunter proves that he has learned from
his influences rather than simply
imitating them. At every show, he
whips up a frenzy among hardened
gig-goers and young hipsters alike.
Dan
“A genuine purveyor
of vintage soul”
Boston Globe
Dan Jones
Suburban Counterpoint:
Music for Seven Ice Cream Vans
Friday 21 – Saturday 22 May 7.30pm–9.30pm
The streets of Norwich
Jones
Free
World première/Norfolk & Norwich Festival
co-commission with LIFT and Blackpool Council
Are you dreaming, or can the echoing melodies
be real? In this amazing event, seven ice-cream
vans will weave spellbinding harmonies across
an entire suburb at a time, calling out to one
another and the people of Norwich through dusk
and into the night. This new work by composer,
sound designer and theatre director Dan Jones will
reach thousands at once, creating a new acoustic
landscape and memories across communities.
This world première starts in Norwich’s Mile
Cross, the oldest council estate in England.
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Spiegeltent
Spiegeltent programme at a glance
Dust off your feather boas and shine up your dancing shoes: the Spiegeltent is
back. For many it was the star of last year’s Festival, and this year it’s in residence
for the whole of NNF10, a resplendent home for 16 days of spectacular, world-class
shows. If you missed it in 2009, the Spiegeltent – literally ‘mirror tent’ – is a unique
venue: plush, sultry and intimate. The beautiful wooden structure seats 400 around
a central performing area, so the action is up close and personal. It’s going to be
a blast, so come and see what all the fuss is about – you won’t be disappointed.
May
Daytime
Fri 7
Early evening
Late evening
les 7 doigts de la main 7.30pm
Burlesque: Julie Atlas Muz 10.30pm
Sat 8
Swing Dance 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Burlesque: Julie Atlas Muz 10.30pm
Sun 9
Swing Dance 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Spiegel Late 10.30pm
Mon 10
Tues 11
Tea Dance 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Wed 12
Bo Nanafana Social Club: Spiegel Swing Hop 7.30pm – 1.00am
Thurs 13
CocoRosie 10.30pm
Fri 14
Variety in the Garden 10.30pm
Sat 15
Spiegel Family Variety 3.00pm
Variety in the Garden 10.30pm
Sun 16
Mon 17
Tues 18
Tea Dance 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Wed 19
Bo Nanafana Social Club: Spiegel Shake-Up 7.30pm – 1.00am
Thurs 20
Die Roten Punkte 8.00pm
Fri 21
James Hunter 10.30pm
Sat 22
Milonga! 1.00pm – 5.00pm
All shows take place in the Spiegeltent in the Festival Gardens – see map on p58
Afternoons at the Spiegeltent
It’s a beautiful venue day and night, so this year we’re going to make the most of it...
Swing Dance Classes
Saturday 8 and
Sunday 9 May 1.00pm
Tea Dances
Tuesday 11 and
Spiegel Family Variety
Saturday 15 May
3.00pm
Milonga!
Saturday 22 May
1.00pm
Tickets £3.50
Tickets £3.50
Tickets £6
Tickets £3.50
Going to Bo Nanafana Social
Club and fear being more
wallflower than belle of the
ball? Learn to lindy hop at
this fun hour-long class
then jitterbug the afternoon
away to jumping tunes.
Over-18s only.
Show the youngsters how
it’s done, with a polished
foxtrot and a fling at a Gay
Gordon. And, of course,
it wouldn’t be a tea dance
without proper tea, fresh
cucumber sandwiches and
scrumptious cakes.
Circus antics, comic capers
and virtuoso street theatre:
following their sell-out show
for grown-ups at NNF09,
the Variety in the Gardens
team is back with a show
for all ages.
As tangoistas and Latin
aficionados from across the
region converge to fill the
floor with smooth moves,
join us as we bring a flavour
of Buenos Aires to Norwich,
with music from one of the
finest tango DJs around.
www.nnf10.org.uk
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“If this is the circus
of the 21st century,
things are looking up”
San Francisco Chronicle
les 7 doigts de la main
La Vie
Friday 7 – Tuesday 11,
Thursday 13 – Monday 17 May
7.30pm
Spiegeltent
UK première
Recommended for adults age 18 years
and over.
Recently seen on TV by millions in
the 2009 Royal Variety Performance,
Montreal-based circus company
les 7 doigts de la main (the seven
fingers of the hand) has captivated
audiences around the globe with its
life-threatening aerial acrobatics, wild
characters and wicked music.
La Vie promises to ignite the
Spiegeltent’s intimate stage. This
adult-themed mix of music, theatre,
dance and acrobatics brilliantly captures
the excitement of a circus, the intrigue
and bawdy humour of a cabaret-style
show, and the immediacy of the theatre.
Flying high above the audience,
a devilish MC cajoles the company’s
players to act out unfulfilled fantasies
and reveal hidden taboos.
If you appreciate the acrobatic, love
the intertwining of anguish and
humour, or simply want to see a girl
in a straightjacket contort herself on
a gurney, La Vie is one of the must-see
shows of this year’s Festival.
Performances sponsored by
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Spiegeltent
Die Roten Punkte
Thursday 20 – Saturday 22
May 8.00pm
Fresh from a massively
successful international tour
with sell-out performances
in Edinburgh, Australia,
Canada and New York, the
utterly dysfunctional German
siblings Otto and Astrid Rot,
aka Die Roten Punkte, check
in to the Festival for a threenight residency, signing
off this year’s Spiegeltent
programme in hilarious
and unforgettable style.
With their fusion of brilliant
original music and skilful
comedy, Die Roten Punkte
have been described as a
lipstick-smeared, tantrumloving, sonic collision
between punk rock and
Eurovision, and as Spinal
Tap meets an Eddie Izzard
stand-up routine. You have
been warned!
Produced by Button Eye
Productions, Richard Jordan
Productions and Paul Lucas
Productions.
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Bo Nanafana Social Club
The boys and girls from the (almost) world-famous Bo Nanafana Social Club
are back, with two Festival nights of extraordinarily fine music, dancing,
dressing up and divine decoration!
Wednesday 12 May 7.30pm–1.00am
The Spiegel Swing-Hop
Wednesday 19 May 7.30pm–1.00am
The Spiegel Shake-Up
On the bill tonight: The Correspondents,
swing-beat extraordinaires, playing hip
hop from the 1930s, with some nifty
turntablism and eccentric vaudevillian
dancing. Dublin-based genius DJ
Kormac plays a scratch dub set mixed
with haunting retro samples to stunning
swing ’n’ bass effect. And Ida Barr,
purveyor of ‘artificial hip hop’ and
spangly frocked veteran music-hall icon,
drops some rhymes about the topics
that really matter.
Starring Fat 45, a blistering 11-piece big
band, this gig brings back the dance
music of the ’40s and ’50s. The band
plays rock ’n’ roll, rhythm ’n’ blues and
jump jive, guaranteed to make every
party shake, rattle and roll – a firm
Bo Nanafana favourite. Also tonight
Paul Zenon, Britain’s oldest juvenile
delinquent, performs street-style magic
played for laughs, and stand-up comedy
with tricks!
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Spiegel Lates
Be sure to beg, borrow or steal (well, perhaps not steal) a ticket for some of the best late
night entertainment of the year. Our Spiegel Lates will round off each Festival day in style.
All Spiegel Lates start at 10.30pm (doors 10.00pm) and run until 1.00am Monday to Thursday,
2.00am Friday and Saturday, and midnight on Sundays. Over-18s only.
CocoRosie
Tickets £17.50, U25s £5
Freak-folk sisters bring their
unique brand of music to the
Festival (see p20)
James Hunter
Classic R&B – enough said!
(See p25)
Julie Atlas Muz
The Great Distraction
of 2010: all the nudes
that’s fit to print
10.30pm
If last year’s Garden of Evil
whetted your appetite for
burlesque, this will more than
sate it. The finest performers
from both sides of the pond,
brought together by Julie
Atlas Muz (a seriously
delightful New Yorker,
former Miss Exotic World
and the reigning Doyenne
of Doyennes). Sweet ladies,
incorrigible gentlemen, and
those betwixt and between
perform for your delight and
delectation. This is one night
you’ll tell your grandchildren
about. Well, maybe when
they’re old enough!
Slightly Fat Features
Variety in the Garden
Friday 14 –
Saturday 15 May
10.30pm
Spiegel Lates
Sunday 9, Monday 10,
Tuesday 11, Sunday 16,
Monday 17, Thursday 20,
Tickets £5 from the
Spiegeltent from 6.00pm
on the night; Sundays free
Following a sell-out evening
at last year’s Festival, the
boys from Slightly Fat
Features are back with
another unique ensemble
vaudeville show. With live
music, circus tricksters, top
turns, riotous routines and,
most importantly, lots and
lots of laughs, Variety in the
Garden rescues the spirit of
the end-of-the-pier show and
bottles it for the generations
of tomorrow.
A small but perfectly formed
late-night offering from our
Bo Nanafana friends. Expect
live bands, DJs, dancing and
a few surprises – from classic
cabaret to jaw-dropping
circus. Acts confirmed
include Ed Sheeran, Norfolk’s
own ska-tastic Sweetbeats
and the Shellac Collective.
Check our website nearer
the time for full details.
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Circus, Theatre & Dance
Circus, Theatre & Dance programme at a glance
page
May
27
Fri 7 – Tues 11
Thurs 13 – Mon17
7.30pm
les 7 doigts de la main
Spiegeltent
Fri 7 – Sat 8
11.00am – 5.00pm
Mammalian Diving Reflex
Flint Hairdressers
40
Fri 7 – Sun 9
10.00pm
Electric Hotel
Millennium Plain
36
Sat 8
2.00pm & 5.00pm
SharpWire
Norwich Playhouse
32
Sat 8
7.45pm
les ballets C de la B
36
Mon 10 – Tues 11
7.45pm
Michael Clark Company
37
Mon 10 – Tues 11
8.00pm
Daniel Kitson
Norwich Playhouse
33
Wed 12 – Thurs 13
7.45pm
Dance 3
The Garage
39
Wed 12 – Fri 14
8.00pm
Circus Ronaldo
Festival Gardens
31
Thurs 13
8.00pm
Paco Peña
38
Thurs 13
9.00pm
NoFit State Circus
Eaton Park
32
Thurs 13 – Sun 16
11.00am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm, 7.00pm
Metis Arts
Millennium Plain
33
Sat 15 – Mon 17
11.00am – 7.00pm
Home Sweet Home
Blackfriars Hall
40
Sat 15
6.00pm – 12 midnight
Forced Entertainment
The Garage
34
Sat 15 – Sun 16
5.00pm & 8.00pm
Eva Meyer-Keller
The Garage
34
Thurs 20 – Sat 22
2.00pm to 4.30pm and
7.00pm to 9.30pm daily
Internal
The Garage
35
Thurs 20
7.45pm
Erre que Erre
Norwich Playhouse
39
For most Festival events, a number of tickets will
be available to under-25s for just £5, giving access
to some of the best seats in the house. Tickets
must be booked in advance and proof of age will
be requested at the performance.
Sponsored by
And another thing...
While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out these other theatrical gems
Stephen Oliver
at 60
Sun 9
See p9
Zic Zazou
The Mechanicians
Fri 14 – Sat 15
See p23
Dan Jones
Suburban Counterpoint
Fri 21 – Sat 22
See p25
Tim Etchells
SMS and Neons
Fri 7 – Sat 22
See p50
www.nnf10.org.uk
Circus Ronaldo
Circenses
Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 May
8.00pm
Festival Gardens
Circus Ronaldo is one of the most
exciting contemporary circus companies
in Europe, if not the world, enjoying
sell-out shows wherever they go.
Circenses brings together three
generations of the Ronaldo family
in a show that plays on curiosity and
illusion – the key ingredients of the
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great circus tradition – in the intimate
setting of Circus Ronaldo’s own big
top. Experience the company’s
unique blend of razor-sharp wit,
visual poetry and breath-taking physical
skill in a show of two halves (literally)
where things may not be quite what
they appear...
Recommended for everyone over 10
Note: there is on-stage smoking
and gun shots are fired during
the performance.
“A great, riotous piece of theatre”
The Independent
Circus
Ronaldo
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NoFit State Circus
Parklife
Eaton Park
Free and unticketed event
MG FREE
Commissioned by Without Walls,
Norfolk & Norwich Festival and
Brighton Festival
Parklife is a show that’s part
playground, part bandstand.
NoFit State Circus, whose Tabù
show thrilled Festival audiences
in 2008, leaves its tent behind
and invites you to join in a joyful
exploration (and celebration!)
of the secret life of public parks.
to develop new acts and circus routines.
This performance weaves the new
collaborative elements together.
Come early: from 8.00pm, see work
in progress by two Escalator Outdoor
artists, Dan Peppiatt and Gomito
Productions. Gomito also perform
on Friday 14 May at 8.00pm, free
and unticketed.
Special thanks to Tin House
Public parking at Eaton Park is limited.
Please use public transport if you can:
see www.nnf10.org.uk for travel and
parking updates.
NoFit
During the week running up to tonight’s
performance NoFit State’s performers
and creative team will work with
local artists and community groups,
alongside their own public rehearsals,
State
SharpWire
Johnny’s Midnight Goggles:
a one-man operatic thriller
Saturday 8 May 2.00pm and 5.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
All tickets £6
Not everything is as it seems in the
sleepy coastal town of Le Lavandou.
Away from the sparkling waters,
sniffy waiters and slothful policemen,
a drama is unfolding, the magnitude
of which threatens not only Johnny,
Le Lavandou and planet Earth, but
the entire universe…
This captivating one-man show
– musical theatre story-telling with
goggles on – is performed by Matthew
Sharp, cellist, singer and actor
extraordinaire. Johnny’s Midnight
Goggles is a mind- and genre-melting
explosion of story-telling, ravishing
singing, virtuoso cello-playing and
sonic wizardry.
“Extraordinary cellist, virile
bass-baritone, compelling actor…
astonishingly comprehensive
versatility”
Daily Telegraph
SharpWire
www.nnf10.org.uk
Daniel Kitson
66a Church Road –
A Lament Made of Memories
and Kept in Suitcases
Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 May 8.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
Kitson
Daniel
As in many relationships, the awardwinning Daniel Kitson loved his notquite-so-award-winning Crystal Palace
flat despite its flaws, and was brokenhearted to have to move on. Through
a carefully crafted monologue Kitson
shares his tale with us, juxtaposing
anger and heartache, beauty and
lunacy, creating an engaging and
honest exploration of the struggle
to stay human in an increasingly
commercialised world.
“A gorgeously written
and consummately
performed piece
of storytelling”
Scotland on Sunday
This is a story, by turns touching and
hilarious, that’s about much more than
simply learning to love the eccentricities
of your home – it’s an intimate,
revealing meditation on what ‘home’
means to us all, but especially to a man
who is constantly touring the world.
Metis
Arts
e
Metis Arts
3rd Ring Out: Rehearsing the Future
Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 May
11.00am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm and 7.00pm
Millennium Plain
Tickets £5
The temperature is rising, the Earth is changing
and your city is threatened. How will you respond?
This is a story in which YOU decide what happens
next. Imagining a world in which nature takes
revenge on industrial humanity, 3rd Ring Out takes
you forward in time to an emergency planning
rehearsal set in Norwich.
Metis uses live performance, video simulation and
interactive computer systems to produce work that
responds to contemporary concerns. The result
has the immediacy of theatre combined with the
thrill of a disaster movie: a fiction rooted in fact.
3rd Ring Out is already causing waves.
Co-commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and
The Junction, Cambridge.
Awarded a Tipping Point Commission in association with
the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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Forced
Quizoola!
Saturday 15 May
6.00pm–12 midnight
The Garage
each other with 2,000
questions. The audience
is free to arrive, leave and
return at any point in this
extraordinary, marathon
game of questions and
answers. Co-created by Tim
Etchells, Quizoola! explores
our need for knowledge and
certainty. Dark, hilarious,
absurd and intimate, it’s
a game that survives from
moment to moment, a
comical, sometimes brutal,
interrogation that soon gets
out of hand.
Entertainment
Tickets £5
In this pioneering British
avant-garde theatre
company’s first ever
show in Norwich, three
performers in shabby
clown make-up sit inside
a circle of bare light bulbs,
and begin to interrogate
“A performance that
changes the rule book”
Independent on Sunday
MeyerEva
Keller
Eva Meyer-Keller
Death Is Certain
Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 May
5.00pm and 8.00pm
The Garage
Tickets £5
Over the course of 35 minutes, German performer
and artist Eva Meyer-Keller cuts up, fragments
and burns 40 cherries in this brilliant and moving
performance piece. Using a range of household
objects, Death Is Certain catalogues a list of violent
acts including hanging, burial in concrete, and
electrocution. The work has all the humour and
inventiveness of the Book of Bunny Suicides, while
powerfully communicating the full horror – and
economy – of death.
“Extraordinarily vivid”
Tim Etchells
Book for Death is Certain and Quizoola!
for a joint ticket price of £7.50
www.nnf10.org.uk
Ontroerend Goed
and Richard Jordan
Productions
Internal
Thursday 20 –
Saturday 22 May
Performances daily at
2.00pm, 2.30pm, 3.00pm,
3.30pm, 4.00pm, 7.00pm,
7.30pm, 8.00pm, 8.30pm,
9.00pm
The Garage
Suitable for over-18s only
From the company that
brought you one of the
undoubted hits of NNF09
– The Smile Off Your
Face – comes their latest
sensory exploration. We’ll
let them introduce the show
themselves:
Dear Spectator,
We are five performers in
search of a partner. We’d
like to invite you to the next
performance of Internal,
our individual playground,
where you can get to know
us in a cosy and spontaneous
atmosphere. We guarantee
you an intimate and highly
personal treatment. Please,
inform us in time if you
are unable to control your
feelings. We will provide an
elegant and discrete solution.
Yours sincerely,
The Actors
Presented with the support of
the Flemish Community, the
province of East Flanders and
the City of Ghent.
Internal
“An experience not
to be missed”
The Independent
Warning:
Art under Construction
Sorrel Muggridge:
A Curious Meander
Pulls Ferry, Fri 7 – Sun 9,
Fri 14 – Sun 16 May,
10.00am–6.00pm
Escalator Outdoor Arts presents five
works in progress from up-and-coming
artists. All are free and unticketed.
Email [email protected] for
updates on dates, times and venues.
The unique story of each drop of water
in the River Wensum.
Dan Peppiatt:
El Grando
Eaton Park, Thu 13 May 8.00pm
Tilted: SEASAW
Cromer Pier, Fri 14 and Sat 15 May,
times tbc
A six metre, fully animated robotic
fire-breathing dragon.
Award-winning, visually striking,
thought-provoking dance theatre.
Gomito: Fish
Eaton Park, Thu 13 May
and Fri 14 May 8.00pm
A visual theatre company,
a boating pool and
water puppets.
Tom Dale: Refugees
of the Septic Heart
Secret location, Sun 9 May, 9.00pm
Dark dance collaboration with
Shackleton, Vengeance Tenfold,
Kunihikho Matsuo.
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Fuel presents:
Electric Hotel
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 May 10.00pm
Millennium Plain
Free but ticketed – please arrive
early as the number of headphones
is limited
Electric Hotel is lonely, bizarre
and beautiful. The fly-by-night hotel
is brought vividly to life through dance
and sound by David Rosenberg (director
of Shunt), choreographer Frauke
Requardt and designer Börkur Jónsson.
The audience, meanwhile, eavesdrops
(through headphones) and sees the
residents inside: natural habits,
unnatural fantasies and wildly varied
housekeeping. The bigger picture is –
for the voyeur – a privilege and a thrill.
Commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and
Without Walls. Funded by a Wellcome
Trust Arts Award.
Alain Platel and les ballets
C de la B
Out of Context – for Pina
balletsc la b
les
de
Tickets £19, £14, £10, £8, £6, U25s £5
UK première
les ballets C de la B has become world-renowned
for its eclectic mix of modern dance, theatre
and music. Following the company’s acclaimed
performance of Ashes at last year’s Festival,
Ghent-based C de la B return to the Theatre Royal
to present the UK première of their latest work.
Out of Context is an intimate performance in
which choreographer Alain Platel and his company
of eight dancers explore the power of dance to
express intense feelings and emotions in ways that
words can never convey.
Commissioned by Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Le Grand
Théâtre de Luxembourg, TorinoDanza, Sadler’s Wells,
Stadsschouwburg Groningen, Tanzkongress 2009/
Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Kaaitheater (Brussels)
and Wiener Festwochen. With support from the Flemish
authorities, City of Ghent, Province of East Flanders.
www.nnf10.org.uk
come, been and gone
Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 May 7.45pm
Tickets £19, £14, £10, £8, £6, U25s £5
Michael Clark Company’s latest production evolves
from Clark’s admiration for the music of rock’s
holy trinity, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed,
who worked in close proximity during the 1970s.
The production includes ‘Heroes’, Bowie’s iconic
song. Hailed by the Independent on Sunday as
“British dance’s true iconoclast”, Michael Clark
creates work that combines his classical fluency
with a twisted contemporary sensibility that
embraces embarrassment, doubt, and fear, as well
as grace, virtue and control. He is renowned for
his collaborations with bands, fashion designers
and visual artists, including Wire, BodyMap, Leigh
Bowery, Trojan and Sarah Lucas.
Commissioned by barbicanbite09 and Dance Umbrella
(London), La Biennale di Venezia (Venice) and Dansens
Hus (Stockholm) as part of European Network of
Performing Arts (ENPARTS).
Co-produced by barbicanbite09, Dance Umbrella, Michael
Clark Company, Edinburgh International Festival, Grand
Théâtre de Luxembourg and Maison des Arts de Créteil.
“An outrageously
gorgeous piece of
modern dance”
The Observer
Michael
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Paco
Peña
Paco Peña
Flamenco sin Fronteras
(Flamenco without borders)
Tickets £21, £18, £14, £9, £6, U25s £5
Some of the world’s best flamenco
dancers combine with sensational
musicians and virtuoso singers in
this brand new show from legendary
flamenco guitarist Paco Peña. Peña
explores the many dance styles that
emerged through the migration of
Spanish performers to Latin America
in the early 1900s, and their impact
on flamenco today. Packed with all
the intensity and raw energy that
have become this maestro’s trademark,
Flamenco sin Fronteras will delight
die-hard flamenco fans and
newcomers alike.
“One of the most
sensational nights of
dance I have ever seen”
Sunday Express
www.nnf10.org.uk
National Dance Network
Dance3: a triple bill from the next wave
of dancemakers
Wednesday 12 – Thursday 13 May 7.45pm
The Garage
(re)traces, Tanja Råman+Dbini Industries
Passing Strange and Wonderful,
Ben Wright/bgroup
Silence Speaks Volumes, Freddie Opoku-Addaie
Experience dance in a new dimension – three
fresh, bite-sized performances showcasing the best
up-and-coming professional choreographers and
their collaborators in one evening. Three supertalented artists have let their imaginations run riot,
creating compelling and varied performances that
mix physical brilliance, music and film. Dance 3 is
a new initiative from the National Dance Network,
touring three sets of triple bills throughout the
UK in 2010.
Dance
Network
Presented with
National
“Joyful,
effervescent”
El Pais
Erre que Erre
Avatar*
Norwich Playhouse
Tickets £5
Avatar* is an interactive dance solo from Erre que
Erre, an award-winning Barcelona dance collective.
Exploring ways in which a virtual space and
a living body interact, the piece uses the human
form as a writing tool that etches a narrative of
movements and gestures across the stage.
Erre
Erre
This energetic piece allows the audience exclusive
access to the dancer’s own very private experience
as she negotiates her way through a computergenerated visual narrative that reacts to every
movement she makes.
que
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Mammalian Diving Reflex
Haircuts by Children
11.00am – 5.00pm
Flint Hairdressers, Bridewell Alley
Free – to make an appointment, come
along on the day and book a time.
Availability is limited.
Test your courage and faith in the
next generation by surrendering your
sense of control, preconceptions and
scalp to the aesthetic instincts of a
mini-barber. Children from Catton Grove
Primary School train with professional
stylists from City College Norwich
before using their new-found skills on
the public. You are invited to book a
FREE haircut with the newest recruits
at Flint Hairdressers in Norwich.
Each stylish new coiffure proves
that children are competent, creative
members of society who deserve
our respect. So sit for a cut or just
come and watch the drama unfold
as our whimsical stylists share their
talents and their refreshingly youthful
thoughts on life.
Mammalian
Diving
Reflex
“There is something rather thrilling about
watching an entire city mushroom in a room
almost overnight – particularly when you
are building it yourself”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
Subject to Change
Home Sweet Home
Saturday 15 – Monday 17 May
11.00am – 7.00pm
Blackfriars Hall
Free and unticketed
Home Sweet Home Estates invites
you to become a resident of Norwich’s
smallest suburb, a cardboard community
of neat streets and magnolia houses
just waiting to be turned into homes.
On arrival, you select a plot of land and
a flat-packed house to turn into your
cardboard home – to help settle you in
there’s a notice board, a postal service,
even a local radio station run by
Future Radio.
Subject
toChange
Residents can come and go as they
please, and on the final night there’s
a street party where neighbours can
raise a glass to their unique community.
Come and play, and make your
property-owning dreams a glorious
cardboard reality!
Event sponsored by
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Literature
Presented in association with
Ian
McEwan
An Evening with Ian McEwan
Lecture Theatre 1,
University of East Anglia
Ian McEwan returns to Norwich to join
Writers’ Centre Norwich and NNF10 in
celebration of the city’s bid to become
a UNESCO City of Literature. Hear
McEwan reading from Solar, his new
novel, which tackles the weighty theme
Les
of climate change through
an increasingly rotund and accidentprone character, Michael Beard.
Extracts from the draft had the Norwich
audience in gales of laughter last year,
so you’re bound to be entertained.
Then you can find out more
in McEwan’s interview with
Professor Jon Cook, put
forward your own questions,
and get your book signed
afterwards. Not to be missed.
&Motion
Murray
Andrew
An Evening with
Les Murray and
Andrew Motion
Norwich Playhouse
Norfolk-based poetry
magazine The Rialto, Writers’
Centre Norwich and NNF10
present a rare opportunity
to hear two internationally
acclaimed poets read in
celebration of The Rialto’s
25th year.
Australian poet Les Murray
is one of the world’s greatest
living writers. According
to Derek Walcott, “There
is no poetry in the English
language now so rooted in its
sacredness, so broad-leafed
in its pleasures, and yet so
intimate and conversational.”
Andrew Motion, a former
professor of creative writing
at UEA, transformed the
role of Poet Laureate before
handing over to Carol
Ann Duffy last year. With
readings, discussion and
questions from the floor, this
evening will be a rare chance
to hear poets whose work is
accessible and passionate,
and speaks to the heart.
Murray and Motion will
be introduced by Michael
Mackmin, The Rialto’s
founding editor.
Followed by a book signing
supported by Jarrold
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for families
NNF10 for families programme at a glance
May
age
page
Fri 7 – Sat 22
3.00pm – 8.00pm
(Mon – Fri), 11.00am –
8.00pm (Sat – Sun)
Theater Froe Froe
Festival Gardens
3+
43
Fri 7 – Sat 22
3.00pm – 8.00pm
(Mon – Fri), 11.00am –
8.00pm (Sat – Sun)
El Laberint
Festival Gardens
all ages
43
Sat 8 – Sun 9
11.00am, 2.00pm, 4.00pm Ska Baby Rave
EPIC Studios
0–4
43
Sat 8
2.00pm & 5.00pm
Johnny’s Midnight Goggles
Norwich Playhouse
7+
32
Wed 12 – Fri 14
8.00pm
Circus Ronaldo
Festival Gardens
10+
31
Fri 14 – Sat 15
5.00pm & 8.00pm
Zic Zazou
Norwich Playhouse
10+
23
Sat 15 – Sun 16
11.00am – 5.00pm
Festival Garden Party
Festival Gardens
all ages
44
Sat 15
3.00pm
Variety in the Garden
Spiegeltent
7+
46
Sun 16
5.00pm
Norwich Playhouse
7+
11
Fri 21
4.00pm
Charlie & Lola’s Best Bestest Play
Norwich Playhouse
3+
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Sat 22
11.00am, 1.30pm, 4.00pm Charlie & Lola’s Best Bestest Play
Norwich Playhouse
3+
46
Sun 23
11.00am, 1.30pm
Norwich Playhouse
3+
46
Charlie & Lola’s Best Bestest Play
Go4Less
The Festival is delighted to support
Norwich City Council’s Go4Less scheme
– cardholders can enjoy a 10 per cent
discount on tickets for most
Festival events.
And that’s not all, folks...
Take a quick look through other sections of the Festival programme and you’ll find lots of great events for families
Matthew Sharp
SharpWire
Sat 8
See p32
Zic Zazou
The Mechanicians
Fri 14 – Sat 15
See p23
Circus Ronaldo
Circenses
Wed 12 – Fri 14 See p31
Family Concert
Sun 16
See p11
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Come and enjoy two wonderful experiences for children and their families!
El Laberint and Froe Froe Carousel will be in residence in the Festival Gardens
throughout NNF10.
Theater Froe Froe
3.00pm – 8.00pm Mon – Fri
11.00am – 8.00pm Sat – Sun
Festival Gardens
Tickets £1 per person
Suitable for ages 3+
Take a ride on this unique
merry-go-round to the
tune of an enchanting fairy
soundscape and play a game
of discovery where the only
limit is your imagination.
Each of the figures on
Theater Froe Froe’s Carousel
is playful, wildly expressive
and invitingly tactile, and
seems to tell a story that you,
and you alone, can uncover.
Children will be entranced.
Theater Froe Froe is an
award-winning theatre
company from Belgium
whose puppetry and
performance have bewitched
audiences for nearly
three decades.
Compania Itinerània
El Laberint
3.00pm – 8.00pm Mon – Fri
11.00am – 8.00pm Sat – Sun
Festival Gardens
collaborative experience for
all ages that will test your
mettle as you make your way
through this enticing maze.
Sponsored by
Tickets £1 per person
Suitable for all ages
Can you solve the Labyrinth?
Join us in a playful openair quest through a crazy
network of transparent doors
and windows where what
you know and what you do
creates your own unique
journey. El Laberint is a
Ska Baby Rave
Saturday 8 –
Sunday 9 May
11.00am, 2.00pm
and 4.00pm
EPIC Studios
Tickets £6 – each adult
and child needs a ticket
Suitable for ages 0–4
Oh baby, it’s back! The
big hit from NNF08: a
ska rave for the under-4s
complete with DJ, lights,
projections, sensory flooring
and gorgeous silken
parachutes. Fabulous frolics
for youngsters and, ahem,
oldsters alike! Babies, older
children and their grown-ups
can experiment with music
and dance in a dazzling
ambient environment.
A unique, interactive
dance and music event
for pre-schoolers.
Each rave lasts 60 minutes.
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for families
Live at the Party!
Among the performers confirmed for the
Festival Garden Party are:
Festival Garden Party
11.00am – 5.00pm,
Festival Gardens
Futter’s Child
Free and unticketed event
Enter the unique and strange world
of a loveable misfit doing his best
to look after a rather
challenging baby.
MG Free
Suitable for all ages
The Norfolk & Norwich Festival Garden Party is a FREE twoday event for all ages. Last year, more than 16,000 people
came to the party. This year, you’re invited to join us for an
all-you-can-eat buffet of free music, theatre, acrobatics and
stuff so out-of-this-world you just can’t describe it!
On the menu will be a smattering of world première theatre,
lightly sautéed mobile DJ magic, make-and-create activities
for the kids, Festival favourites from previous years and blowyour-head-off acrobatics, all served with a healthy dollop of
comedy genius to suit all ages and all tastes. Don’t forget to
bring your pennies to spend at the market stalls selling food
and drink, and other Festival Gardens attractions.
Sponsored by
Festival
Garden
Party
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Kamchàtka
Eight strangers have come to town. No one
knows why, but one thing is clear: they want
to interact with the local residents they meet.
Watch this space...
Saturday
15
16
–Sunday
May
Stephen Bain
UK première
All the way from New Zealand,
Stephen Bain has come to live in
Chapelfield Gardens – in a house
that’s only 150cm2!
n
Wired Aerial Theatre
World première
A sensational new show outside
Norwich Cathedral, where you’ll
see some of the UK’s most exciting
aerial dancers.
The Surreal World
of Edmond Tahl
Miniscule of Sound
No bigger than a shed, this
is a fantastic mini-night spot,
with mirror-ball, dance-floor,
disco lights and DJ booth.
If DJ Pete Tong loved it,
so will you!
Pursued by invisible wasps,
helicopters and monsters,
Edmond is having a bad day.
And why is everyone he
meets so strange?
Plus
Radio Barkas, the smallest
mobile radio station of the
Netherlands.
Rock-a-hula, a vintage,
Hawaiian themed jump back
to the ’50s!
The Tragic and Disturbing
Tale of Little Lupin, a girl
who lives in the wild.
Gracie Spoon, a storyteller
who blows in on the
north wind.
Pete Dobbing, possibly the
most charismatic variety
entertainer in town.
Lost Funeral,
two misdirected
but charming undertakers,
Ernest Potts and
Reginald Fowler.
The Vagaband, local
legends who play country
rock ’n’ roll at its finest.
And don’t forget...
El Laberint and Theater Froe Froe (p43) will be running during both Garden Party days
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for families
Spiegel Family Variety
Spiegeltent
All tickets £6
Buckle your shoes, dig out your pork
pie hat and get ready for a show of
dastardly circus antics, cheeky comic
capers and a galloping programme of
virtuoso street theatre that will leave
you laughing until your belly aches.
Following their sell-out show for
grown-ups at NNF09, the Variety
in the Gardens team is back with
a show for all the family.
Watershed Productions presents
the BBC Worldwide and Polka Theatre
production of
Charlie and Lola’s
Best Bestest Play
Saturday 22 May
11.00am, 1.30pm and 4.00pm
Sunday 23 May
11.00am and 1.30pm
Norwich Playhouse
I have this little sister Lola.
She is small and very funny...
Don’t miss everyone’s favourite brother
and sister, Charlie and Lola, in their
extremely ever so wonderful stage
show! The stars of the hit BBC TV
series and books by Lauren Child are
brought to life by a magical mix of
puppets and music.
All tickets £10
So will Lola ever tidy her messy room?
And will Charlie get Lola to sleep, even
though she is not sleepy and will not
go to bed?
www.charlieandlola.com
Based on the characters created
by Lauren Child
Adapted by Jonathan Lloyd
Charlie and Lola™ and © Lauren
Child 2005. Charlie and Lola
is produced by Tiger Aspect
Productions and distributed
by BBC Worldwide Ltd.™
& © BBC 1996.
“An ideal early theatre
experience”
The Guardian
www.nnf10.org.uk
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22 May – 6 June 2010
Norfolk Open Studios, one of the largest and most successful schemes of its kind in the UK, is led by
Norfolk artists for the benefit of Norfolk artists. The programme offers them help and support in opening
their studios, meeting the public and selling works of art.
• Free entry to all studios
• Learn new skills and see the artist at work
• Explore the work of more than 300 local artists
in their studios, which range from boats and
outhouses to spare rooms and galleries
• Buy or commission works of art
• Have a day out and visit one of the many art trails
around the county
• Chat with local artists about their work, techniques
and inspiration
• Free brochure available from the middle of April 2010
For your free brochure and more information,
contact us:
W: www.nnfestival.org.uk/openstudios
E: [email protected]
T: 01603 877750
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Visual Arts
Visual Arts programme at a glance
page
May
Fri 7 – Sat 22
RedBall: Norwich
Locations across Norwich
49
Fri 7 – Sat 22
Neon Signs
City-centre locations
50
Fri 7 – Sat 22
A Short Message Spectacle
Fri 7 – Sat 22
The Artist’s Studio
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
51
Sat 8 – Sat 22
Beatles to Bowie: the Sixties Exposed
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
52
Fri 7 – Sat 22
Mick Jones: The Rock ’n’ Roll Public Library
Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts
53
Fri 7 – Sat 22
The Point of Perception
Fusion at the Forum
53
Wed 19
Museums at Night Special
54
50
Where tickets are required for admission for an exhibition, they are
available from the venue only and not through the Festival Box Office
If you love the visual arts…
Also check out these stunning shows
John Cale
Paris 1919...
Fri 14
See p22
Quizoola!
Sat 15
See p34
Fuel Presents:
Electric Hotel
Fri 7 – Sun 9
See p36
Michael Clark
come, been and gone
Mon 10 – Tues 11 See p37
www.nnf10.org.uk
Kurt Perschke
RedBall: Norwich
Free
UK première
Kurt Perschke’s 15-foot inflatable red ball has generated
massive public interest and acclaim in cities around the
world, including Barcelona, Sydney and Toronto; it makes
its UK debut with a 16-day residency at NNF10. Giving you
the opportunity to discover the city’s architectural landscape
afresh, the RedBall will be squished and squashed into
14 different nooks and crannies across Norwich city centre.
Perschke describes this extraordinary project in the following
terms: “Through the magnetic, playful and charismatic nature
of the RedBall, the work is able to access the imagination
embedded in all of us. On the surface, the experience seems
to be about the ball itself as an object, but the true power of
the project is what it can create for those who experience it.
It opens a doorway to imagine ‘what if?’ That invitation to
engage, to collectively imagine, is the true essence of the
RedBall Project.”
Visit www.nnf10.org.uk for a full list of RedBall sites.
“One of the best things about RedBall Project is that it’s
really very funny. The absurdity of this balloon-at-large
makes you smile. It also brings, like all good sculpture,
a compulsion to reach out and touch”
The Sydney Magazine
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Visual Arts
Best known for his leading role in Sheffield’s Forced Entertainment, described as
“Britain’s most brilliant experimental theatre company” by the Guardian, artist,
writer and performance-maker Tim Etchells brings two typically distinctive and
provocative projects to NNF10.
Tim Etchells
Neon Signs
Norwich City centre venues
Free
Tim Etchells infiltrates street corners, shop windows, rooftops
and other unexpected places across Norwich city centre
with a series of neon signs that spell out simple phrases,
messages and instructions. These signs, which seem to
address the viewer directly, create awkward moments of
intimacy in a public setting. In some instances, they seem to
want something from us, or ask something of us, often quite
forthrightly. At other times, they draw us into a story we can’t
refuse and, at the same time, we can’t quite understand,
pulling us into a contradictory and perplexing no-man’s land
between fiction and reality.
For a full list of sites, visit www.nnf10.org.uk
Tim Etchells
A Short Message Spectacle (An SMS)
Free
World première
A Short Message Spectacle is an imaginary performance
lasting 16 days, with its scenes – each described by text
message – relayed as virtual events taking place, day and
night, in diverse locations across an equally imaginary city.
The audience for this extraordinary work are subscribers
to a special phone number and are summoned to the each
scene by text message alone: the performance unfolds each
day via a series of missives. Here, Tim Etchells pulls out all
the stops to create an event in which the audience is a kind of
imaginative co-author and the landscape they live in becomes
a setting for and a part of the performance itself.
To sign up as an audience member for An SMS, text NNF,
postcode, age to 60777.
Artists’ talk: Studio to Street
Saturday 15 May 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Pierce Room, Assembly House
Artists Tim Etchells and Kurt Perschke talk about
their work.
Free, but booking essential. Contact Katherine Stapley:
[email protected] or 01603 877757.
www.nnf10.org.uk
The Artist’s Studio
10.00am – 5.00pm daily (closed on Mondays)
Tickets £4 (concessions £2),
family admission £8 (concessions £6)
Discover the world of the artist’s studio with this fascinating
look at the workplaces of artists in Britain from the 1640s to
the present day. Through painting by artists such as Paul
Cézanne, Paula Rego and JMW Turner, as well as drawings,
books, manuscripts and photographs of artists’ studios,
including those of Francis Bacon, the exhibition explores
the changing ways in which artists have represented their
studios: as sociable or theatrical spaces, as private rooms for
reflection, or as sites for bohemian or alternative lifestyles.
From the garrets of struggling artists to rooms packed with
wealthy patrons, the studios are shown not only as creative
spaces but as rich sources of information about the nature
and work of the artists.
The exhibition runs, in full, from Tuesday 9 February
to Sunday 23 May.
For more information about exhibitions and events at the
Sainsbury Centre visit www.scva.ac.uk or call 01603 593199.
The exhibition is organised by Compton Verney and is curated by Giles
Waterfield, independent curator and writer, and Antonia Harrison, curator,
Compton Verney.
www.comptonverney.org.uk
Above right:
John Ballantyne,
Sir Edwin Henry
Landseer (detail),
c. 1865, National
Portrait Gallery,
London. Right:
Bruce Bernard,
Lucian Freud imitating
the poses of the
artist and his model
in Courbet’s ‘The
Painter’s Studio’ 1855,
1992, © The Estate of
Bruce Bernard
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Elisa Bracher
Artist in residence
Elisa Bracher will be in residence at the Sainsbury Centre
during the Norfolk & Norwich Festival as part of The
Artist’s Studio season. Elisa runs the Ateliê Acaia, a free
school for street children, from her studio in Sãu Paulo.
During her residency at the Sainsbury Centre, Elisa will
be offering opportunities to learn about her experiences.
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Visual Arts
Beatles to Bowie:
the Sixties Exposed
Saturday 8 May – Saturday 22 May
Monday to Saturday 10.00am – 4.30pm,
Sunday 1.00pm – 4.30pm
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Special exhibition tickets £3.30 (adult), £2.80
(concessions), £2.40 (young people, 4–16)
This major exhibition, organised by the National Portrait
Gallery, looks at leading pop music personalities who became
icons of their time. More than 150 photographs are on display,
including rare portraits of the Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi
Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. The exhibition begins in
1960 with hit groups such as The Shadows, the John Barry
Seven, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. Early portraits of
Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Marianne Faithfull and Billy Fury
are followed by shots of The Kinks, The Who and others.
From pure pop and psychedelia to the birth of progressive
music, Beatles to Bowie reveals the lasting impact of this
memorable decade.
The exhibition runs until Sunday 5 September.
For more information visit ww.museums.norfolk.gov.uk or call
01603 493625.
Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery. Norfolk Museums
& Archaeology Service gratefully acknowledges the generous support
of East Anglia Art Fund in association with Aquaterra Energy Ltd.
Opposite
Top right: Robert
Whitaker, The Beatles,
Perthshire, 1964,
© Robert Whitaker.
Right: David
Bebbington,
David Bowie, 1969,
© David Bebbington/
Retna Pictures
Family workshops
Saturday 15 May
10.00am–12 noon and 12.30pm–2.30pm
Use 1960s patterns as inspiration and create funky
bowls and badges. Ages 8+. For details call Becky Brown
on 01603 493636.
School workshops
Teachers: take a trip back to the swinging ’60s with your
school group. The workshops are suitable for all key stages
– schools can choose from workshops on 1960s object
handling, looking at portraiture, or 1960s culture, as well
as creative workshops on Bridget Riley’s methods and
techniques. For details call Becky Brown on 01603 493636.
www.nnf10.org.uk
Mick Jones
The Rock & Roll Public Library
Friday 7 – Saturday 22 May 10.00am – 5.00pm
(closed Sundays)
Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts
Free
Mick Jones, iconic guitarist and songwriter with The Clash,
Big Audio Dynamite and Carbon Silicon, has amassed an
impressive collection of performance and marketing materials
from the bands he has worked with. This archive sits
alongside a parallel collection – not specific to the bands
– of books, magazines, videos, ephemera, toys and games
that mark out his life, times and influences.
The installation of this material will turn the Gallery at NUCA
into a remarkable archive, raising questions about the act
of collecting as well as offering some small insight into the
influences and interests of a musician and cultural icon.
The exhibition runs, in full, from Tuesday 13 April
to Saturday 22 May.
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Visual Arts
Photos: Andi Sapey and Andy Crouch
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Madi Boyd
The Point of Perception
Friday 7 – Saturday 22 May 10.00am – 5.00pm
Fusion at The Forum
Free
The Point of Perception is a collaborative project between
artist Madi Boyd and two neuroscientists, Dr Mark Lythgoe
and Dr Beau Lotto. Their multimedia sculpture is an
immersive experience that aims to create a puzzle in the mind
of the viewer. Deliberately designed to confuse the human
brain, it makes us question why we perceive what we do and
how our brains process the visual. Beautiful and mysterious,
this unique art installation will mesmerise people of all ages.
This project has been coordinated by Norwich Arts Centre.
Museums at Night Special
Wednesday 19 May, 5pm – 11pm
Free, drop in at any time
As darkness falls artists start to be inspired and strange
sounds begin to be heard. As you explore all corners of
the museum, you never know who or what you may find
in the shadows…
Join us for a nocturnal adventure and experience museums as
you have never done before! The evening will be packed with
live music, storytelling, tours and creative fun for adults and
children, all in a magical late night atmosphere created by the
Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
A regular annual event for the Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts and Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Museums
at Night is now in association with the Norfolk & Norwich
Festival. This year’s event also forms part of A History of
the World, the BBC’s flagship partnership with the British
Museum and museums around the country.
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Norwich, the perfect Festival playground
It’s true, Norwich is the perfect place
to immerse yourself in the full Festival
experience. Not only is it a beautiful
city, but it’s compact enough to mean
that most Festival venues are easy to
get to on foot – great for evenings when
you want to see two or three shows.
Then there’s the relaxed, friendly
atmosphere. Norwich has plenty of
bustle and confidence, but without the
hassle of some of our bigger brothers.
When you’re not watching a show, the
shopping’s great and the surrounding
countryside, including the Broads, is
just stunning. We’ve got something
pretty special going on here and we’d
love you to join the party!
Travel
By road
Major trunk roads to the Norwich area
are the M11, A11, A12, A140 (from
London, the south, the ferry ports and
the channel tunnel) and the A14, A47,
A1/M1 (from the north and west).
By train
Norwich railway station is in central
Norwich, a 5-minute walk from the city
centre. National Express trains run to
Norwich from London’s Liverpool Street
Station every 30 minutes during the day.
Journey time: 1 hour 50 minutes.
By coach
National Express coaches travel to
Norwich from London and other major
cities several times daily.
London-to-Norwich journey time:
around 3 hours.
National Express Airport links London’s
Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
airports to Norwich with a direct service
up to 10 times a day.
For more information on where to stay
and what to do:
Come and stay
www.visitnorwich.co.uk
www.visitnorfolk.co.uk
If you’re looking for somewhere to stay
during the Festival, visit our website
for some fantastic special rates from
the hotels below. Why not make a short
break of your NNF10 experience and
stay a few days to discover what this
very special part of the UK has to offer?
Dunston Hall Hotel
Holiday Inn
Maids Head Hotel
The Oakland Hotel
Premier Inn
The Grove
Norwich Tourist Information Centre
The Forum
Millennium Plain
Norwich NR2 1TF
T: 01603 213999
(from outside the UK +44 1603 213999)
F: 01603 213990
E: [email protected]
Check www.nnf10.org.uk
for more information and
booking details.
A direct service also links
Cambridge to Norwich.
Journey time: 1 hour 10 minutes.
You
should
be here
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Festival map & venues
Venues (in Norwich unless otherwise stated)
01 Assembly
House
Theatre Street
Hall
St Andrew’s Plain
03 Cathedral of St John
the Baptist
Earlham Road
04 Earlham
15 Norwich
Park
Earlham Road
05 Eaton
Park
South Park Avenue
06 EPIC Studios
112–114 Magdalen Street
09 The
at The Forum
Millennium Plain
3
02 Blackfriars
08 Fusion
Garage
Chapelfield North
16 Norwich
10 Gallery
at Norwich
University College
of the Arts
St George’s Street
Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park,
Colney
07 Festival
Gardens
Chapelfield Gardens,
Chapelfield North
Centre
for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Southern Comfort (boat)
Swan Hotel, Horning
12 Norwich Arts Centre
St Benedict’s Street
Castle Museum
& Art Gallery
Castle Meadow
Chapelfield Gardens
19 St
Andrew’s Hall
St Andrew’s Plain
20 St
14 Norwich
Please contact the Mississippi River
Boat (Horning) Ltd on 01692 630262
for disabled access information
18 Spiegeltent
13 Norwich
Theatre Royal
Theatre Street
17 Sainsbury
11 John
Playhouse
42–58 St George’s Street
Cathedral
The Close, Tombland
6
Peter Mancroft Church
Millennium Plain
Key to symbols
06
wheelchair-accessible toilet
wheelchair-accessible toilet,
transfer space limited
standard WC only
designated parking
total number of steps
at entrance
ramped approach up
to entrance
ramped approach down to
entrance
level entrance
15
10
12
04 05
11 17
14
19 02
internal lift
reservable/general parking
on site
03
13
induction loop/infrared system
wheelchair access at rear/side
by prior arrangement
09
18
08 20
07
mobility-impaired walker
wheelchair user with
assistance
assistance dog
16
01
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Venue
Festival booking 57
Performance title
Date
Time
No. Tickets
Ticket Price Total Price
less Friends’ or Benefactors’ discount (see note)
add postage £1
Total
Name
Payment method: Mastercard
Address
Visa
Switch
Delta
(Please make cheques payable to Norwich Theatre Royal)
Cheque
(switch only)
Postcode
Expiry date
Issue no. (Switch)
Security code
(last 3 digits on strip
on reverse of card)
Telephone
Email
Signature
Date
Booking information
Book in person
At the Theatre Royal box office,
Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL.
Opening hours 9.30am–6pm, Monday–Saturday
and Bank Holiday Monday 3 May.
Book online (24 hours)
At www.nnf10.org.uk or
www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
Book by telephone
01603 766400 during box office opening hours (see
times above).
Book by fax
Completed booking forms only to 01603 622777.
Book by post
Send completed booking forms only to:
Norfolk & Norwich Festival Box Office, Norwich
Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL.
Please make cheques payable to Norwich Theatre
Royal and write the cheque-guarantee card
number on the back.
Charges
No booking fees charged for any type of transaction.
A £1 charge for postage is made on tickets mailed
in advance.
On the day
Tickets for afternoon performances go off sale at
Norwich Theatre Royal at 6.00pm the day before.
Tickets for evening performances go off sale at
Norwich Theatre Royal at 3.00pm on the day of the
performance. Any remaining tickets will be sold on
the door, 30 minutes prior to each event.
Access statement
The Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a disabilityfriendly organisation. While it is our policy to be
all-inclusive, some of our venues may not be fully
accessible. Please refer to our map and venue
listing information (also available online at
www.nnf10.org.uk). If you require further
information or a more detailed description, please
telephone the Festival Office on 01603 877750.
Refunds/exchanging tickets
If you cannot use tickets you have already paid
for, we can exchange them for another performance
(7 days’ notice required). Alternatively, tickets
can be offered for resale to personal callers where
similar tickets are otherwise unavailable. To
exchange or resell tickets, the originals must be
returned to the box office. Either service is subject
to a handling charge of £2.
Festival Friends’ and Benefactors’ discounts
Friends and Benefactors of the Festival are entitled
to the following discount for the majority of Festival
performances:
Data protection
Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Theatre Royal
Norwich Limited would like to add or retain
your details on their marketing list to keep you
informed about future events and developments.
If you do not wish to receive this information,
please tick this box
• £1.50 off a maximum of 2 tickets (4 for dual
Friends and Benefactors) per event
For all performances except children’s shows, at
least 5% of tickets are available. Under-25 tickets
can only be booked in advance and proof of age will
be required at the performance. All ticket holders
booked on this discount must be under 25. This
concession is not available on the door of any event.
Large-print or audio
version of this brochure
available on request –
telephone 01603 877750.
Go4Less
Norwich City Council Go4Less card holders receive
10% off all ticket prices for the majority of events.
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Community
It’s your festival
Across the NNF10 programme, we’re providing exciting opportunities for local
groups, schools and individuals to experience the thrill of working alongside
world-class companies and performers. It’s all part of our ongoing commitment
to bring the Festival to as wide an audience as possible and to highlight the
possibilities for change and transformation that the arts can make possible.
Here are some highlights:
No Fit State Circus (p32)
Parklife
Eaton Park
MG FREE
NoFit State Circus is working with local
sports and community groups, including
pupils from Douglas Bader Northern
Pupil Referral Unit, to create a one-off
performance that will give participants
a spectacular platform to showcase their
talents. With thanks to Tin House.
Change Place, Here We Are!
Chapelfield Gardens and Eaton Park
Change Place, Here We Are! is the
result of four design projects created
by local groups including pupils from
Harford Manor and Chapel Break
schools, members of the Vauxhall
Centre and residents at Philadelphia
House. Working with visual artists
Wendy Meadley and Ali McKenzie,
they have produced 60 extraordinary
flags inspired by community
and heritage.
Mammalian Diving Reflex (p40)
Haircuts by Children
Flint Hairdressers, Bridewell Alley
11.00am – 5.00pm
Free
Pupils from Catton Grove Primary School
invite you to be part of an event that
will test your courage and your faith in
the next generation. Let them cut your
fears away as they prove themselves
leaders of the future, capable citizens
and dedicated coiffeurs!
With thanks to City College Norwich.
Festival Chorus and
The Voice Project
These two choirs have performed in the
Festival for many years and draw their
membership from across Norfolk, giving
local singers opportunities to perform
alongside world-class musicians,
ensembles and orchestras.
The Festival Chorus performs
with the English Chamber
Orchestra (p9)
St Andrew’s Hall
The Voice Project performs
with Arve Henriksen and
Jan Bang (p24)
Norwich Cathedral
Metis Arts (p33)
3rd Ring Out:
Rehearsing the Future
Pupils from Flegg High School take part
in a week-long residency as part of the
research and development phase of
this piece, which addresses the issue of
climate change.
www.nnf10.org.uk
Community 59
Get involved
There are also plenty of opportunities
for you to take part.
NoFit State Circus
Open-house sessions
2.30pm–5.00pm and 6.30pm–7.30pm
Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 May
6.30pm–7.30pm
MG FREE
As part of the Parklife project (see left),
NoFit State Circus will run a series of
open-house sessions at Eaton Park.
Activities are likely to include swap-aknot, talent spot, park stories, capoeira
and wire walking. Details will be
available on the day at Eaton Park and
at www.nofitstate.org/parklife.
Dancing at the Spiegeltent
(p26)
Swing Dance
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May
1.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets £3.50
Milonga! (p26)
Saturday 22 May
1.00pm – 5.00pm
NNF Live: your chance
to capture the Festival
Tickets £3.50
workshop
Wednesday 12 May
10.00am –12.00 noon
The Garage
Tickets £10, concessions £5
An exciting opportunity for graduatelevel dance students and professional
dance practitioners to work with the
Michael Clark Company. The workshop
will involve a class/warm-up followed
by the chance to learn some repertory.
For more information and to book,
contact Norfolk Dance on 01603 283399.
www.norfolkdance.co.uk
NNF Live is a multimedia project
that encourages audiences to record
the Festival by creating reviews,
photographs, film and blogs with
a range of new media tools on the
NNF and EDP websites.
In partnership with Future Projects and
City College Norwich, we’re working
with young people in Norwich to
create reviewers, broadcasters and
photographers. Part of the process is
to enable them to capture their own
responses to Festival performances, and
to record interviews with artists and
audience members.
We’re also running a competition
with the Eastern Daily Press for
adults and children to find the best
photographic, film and written reviews
of performances, events and festival
happenings.
Visit www.nnf10.org.uk for more
information.
Spiegeltent Tea Dances (p26)
Tuesdays 11 & 18 May
1.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets £3.50
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Support the Festival
Show your support…
and get more from the
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
There’s never been a better time to
get involved with one of the country’s
fastest growing international arts
festivals. While many know that the
festival brings world class national and
international artists and performances
to Norfolk, few realise that we are part
of a registered charity. The Norfolk &
Norwich Festival Trust was established
in 1772 to present high-class arts for the
cultural development of the city, county
and country.
By becoming a festival Friend or
Benefactor, or perhaps making an
annual donation, you’ll provide
invaluable support that enables us to
continue to present and develop our
year-round programme of activities.
You’ll enjoy some fantastic benefits, too.
Simply choose a level…Friend,
Benefactor, Principal Partner,
Commissioning Circle or Annual Fund
Donor, and sign up today to begin
enjoying the benefits of membership for
this year’s Festival. Contact Charlotte
Stannard, Development Manager,
on 01603 877750. Full details of all
memberships can be found
www.nnf10.org.uk/supportus.
The Norfolk & Norwich
Festival would like to thank
all its Commissioning Circle
members, Principal Partners
and Benefactors for their kind
and generous support.
Patron
Sir Timothy Colman KG
Vice Presidents
Miriam Cannell
Bryan Read
Gordon Tilsley
Commissioning
Circle members
Simon De-Lacy Adams
and Robin Norman
Nicholas and Caroline Dixey
Roger Rowe
David Parry
Festival Friends
(membership £15 single/£25 dual)
• benefits
include ticket discounts,
priority booking and advance Festival
information
Benefactors
(annual fee £90 single/£120 dual)
•a
ll Friends benefits, plus invitations
to special events and recognition of
your support in Festival publicity
Principal Partners
(annual fee £125 single/£175 dual)
•a
ll of the above, plus priority
on cancellation lists for sold-out
performances and invitations to
pre-performance drinks reception
and supper with the Festival board
and artistic director
Commissioning Circles
•h
elp to create a programme of new
commissions for the Festival and enjoy
invitations to briefings, rehearsals and
first performances
Principal Partners
Simon De-Lacy Adams
and Robin Norman
Nicholas and Caroline Dixey
Richard and Sally Collier
Frank and Di Eliel
Mr R and Mrs W Jarrold
Richard Packham and
Estelle Bawden
Frank and Sue Paice
Dr Sarah Scott-Barrett
Benefactors
Kevin and Glenn Aikens
Mr SH Back
Sir Nicholas and
Lady Susan Bacon
Jonathan and Clare Barclay
Mr Victor Brenner
Mrs Caroline Chivers
Mr J Colin
Christopher Dicker
Hazel Flavell
Sally and Michael Fowler
Mrs S Furnivall
Sienna and Camille Vila
Holloway
Ms Susan Jack
Lewis and Hilary Jarrett
Mr Antony and
Mrs Ann Jarrold
Christopher Lawrence
Mrs J Leslie
Mr and Mrs R Martin
Mr and Mrs Peter Pank
Mrs SV Pollok
Mr and Mrs WB Pooley
Roger Rowe
Mr CP Smallpiece
Tim Townshend
Ms M Whitworth
And others who would like
to remain anonymous
Festival suppliers
Design
East Publishing
PrintAncient House Press plc
Catering
Amaretto Delicatessen
Audio
Paul Sparrow,
C3 Productions
Lighting
Luminaire
Extraordinaire,
Blackwing Ltd
Power
Midas (Biodiesel)
Security
Norwich Premier
Security Services
Bar supply
Adnams
Spiegeltent
Van Rosmalen
Pianos
Giller Pianos
Vehicles
Holden
Bikes
The Bike Shed,
John Overland Cycle Hire
Artists’ accommodation
Premier Inn
The Langtry
The George Hotel
The Maids Head Hotel
38 St Giles
Cathedral Apartments
and Festival hosts
Production staff
Production consultant
Jon Linstrum
Crew manager David Lloyd
Site drawings/architect
Leif Ahuland
Designer
Theo Lecrinier
Rigger
Tom Ratcliffe
Spiegel front of house
Tristan Roche, Helen
Stoneley, Pete Dobbing,
Lorne Rawlings
Spiegel stage manager
Britta Young
Carpenter Richard Matthews
Lead crew Dhugal Harrison,
John Eadon, Kate Harrop,
Pip Coterill, Tim Tracey
RunnersJoan Vila, Pedro Mas
Event managers
Annita Grimwood,
Jenny Eason, Jenny English,
Katie Keats, Keith Hobday,
Mark Denbigh, Pau Bachero,
Sandrine Penda
Bar manager
Rob Howe
Duty bar managers
Becky Hill, David Potter,
Roz Coleman
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The Norfolk & Norwich Festival would to like to thank the following organisations
and individuals for their support and commitment:
Principal Funders
MG Free programme sponsor
Print Media Partners
Event Sponsors
eastpublishing
Corporate Friends
Platinum Archant, Blue Sky Leisure Gold Overburys, The Forum Trust Silver Lovewell Blake, McTear Williams & Wood
Supporters and funders
Intuition Learning Ltd
Norwich Premier Security Services
Trusts and foundations
Bacon Charitable Trust, Geoffrey Watling Charity, Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Timothy Colman Charitable Trust,
Fitzmaurice Trust and Vlaams Ministerie van Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media
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Festival Diary
Contemporary Music
Fri 7 May
Nyman &
McAlmont
8pm
p17
St. Andrew’s Hall
Blackfriars Hall
St Peter Mancroft
Sat 8 May
les ballets
C de la B
7.45pm
p36
Sun 9 May
Camille
O’Sullivan
8pm
p19
Antonio
Forcione
7pm
p18
SharpWire
2pm & 5pm
p32
Stephen Oliver
at 60
7.30pm
p9
Millennium Plain
The Garage
Earlham Park
Electric Hotel
Millennium Pln
10pm
p36
Electric Hotel
Millennium Pln
10pm
p36
Electric Hotel
Millennium Pln
10pm
p36
Festival Launch
Millennium Pln
4.45pm
p6
Ephémère
Earlham Park
10.15pm
p7
EPIC
John Innes Centre
UEA
Eaton Park
Streets of Norwich
Mon 10 May
Michael Clark
7.45pm
p37
Tues 11 May
Michael Clark
7.45pm
p37
Daniel Kitson
8.00pm
p33
Daniel Kitson
8.00pm
p33
Dance 3
The Garage
7.45pm
p39
No Fit State
Eaton Park
9pm
p32
Ian McEwan
UEA
7pm
p41
Haircuts
Flint Hair
10am–5pm
p40
Trio Sargasso
Nch Arts Centre
8pm
p20
Horning
St Lawrence’s, S. Walsham
Jazz Boat
1pm & 3pm
p18
Blues Cruise
1pm & 3pm
p18
Spiegeltent
Swing Dance
1pm–4pm
p26
Swing Dance
1pm–4pm
p26
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
Julie Atlas Muz
10.30pm
p29 Julie Atlas Muz
10.30pm
p29 Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
Festival Gardens
(aka Chapelfield
Gardens)
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
Tea Dance
1pm–4pm
p26
Bo Nanafana
Social Club
7.30pm–1am
p28
Free Outdoor Events
Classical Music
El Laberint p43
Theater Froe Froe p43
RedBall: Norwich p49
City-centre locations
Neon Signs p50
[via text messages]
A Short Message Spectacle p50
Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts
The Artist’s Studio p51
Norwich Castle Museum
& Art Gallery
Beatles to Bowie: the Sixties Exposed p52
Norwich University College
of the Arts
Mick Jones: The Rock ’n’ Roll
Public Library p53
Fusion at the Forum
The Point of Perception p53
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
CocoRosie
10.30pm
p20
Circus Ronaldo
8pm
p31
Locations across Norwich
Dance 3
The Garage
7.45pm
p39
Metis Arts
Millennium Pln
Various
p33
Baby Rave
EPIC
11am, 2pm
& 4pm
p43
Haircuts
Flint Hair
11am–5pm
p40
Thurs 13 May
Paco Peña
8.00pm
p38
Jordi Savall
St Peter
Mancroft
7.30pm p10
Baby Rave
EPIC
11am, 2pm
& 4pm
p43
Assembly House
St John’s Cathedral
Flint Hairdressers
Norwich Arts Centre
Wed 12 May
John
McLaughlin
8pm
p21
Andsnes &
Tetzlaffs
St P Mancroft
7.30pm p10
Festival Chorus
St Andrew’s
7.30pm
p9
Norwich Playhouse
Spiegeltent
Circus, Dance, Theatre Literature
For families
Visual Arts
Venue
Norwich Cathedral
Mick Jones: The Rock ’n’ Roll Public Library p53
Circus Ronaldo
8pm
p31
www.nnf10.org.uk
Fri 14 May
Sat 15 May
Festival Diary 63
Sun 16 May
Mon 17 May
Tues 18 May
Wed 19 May
Jordi Savall:
Jerusalem
7.30pm
p12
Festival
Service
Nch Cathedral
10.30am
Moscow State
Symphony
St Andrew’s
7.30pm p11
Home Sweet
Home
Blackfriars Hall
11am–7pm p40 Home Sweet
Home
Blackfriars Hall
11am–7pm p40
Home Sweet
Home
Blackfriars Hall
11am–7pm p40
Academy of
Ancient Music
St Andrew’s
7.30pm p13
Louis Lortie
St P Mancroft
7pm & 10.30pm
p14
Zic Zazou
5pm & 8pm
p23
Zic Zazou
5pm & 8pm
p23
Elias String
Quartet
5pm
p11
Jason Yarde
8.00pm
p23
Murray
& Motion
7.30pm
p41
Gwyneth
Herbert
8pm
p24
Metis Arts
Millennium Pln
Various
p33
Thurs 20 May
Eva Meyer-Keller Eva MeyerKeller
The Garage
5pm & 8pm p34 The Garage
5pm & 8pm p34
Quizoola!
The Garage
6pm–12am p34 Metis Arts
Millennium Pln
Metis Arts
Various
Millennium Pln p33
Various p33
Talk: Perschke
and Etchells
Assembly Hse
2pm
p48
Jazz Boat
1pm, Blues
Cruise 5pm
p18
Blues Cruise
5pm
p18
Sat 22 May
Erre que Erre
7.45pm
p39
Charlie &
Lola
4pm
p46
Charlie
& Lola
11am, 1.30pm
& 4pm p46
Internal
The Garage
2–4pm & 7–9pm
p35
Internal
The Garage
2–4pm & 7–9pm
p35
Internal
The Garage
2–4pm & 7–9pm
p35
Dan Jones
Streets of Nch
7.30–9.30pm
p25
Dan Jones
Streets of Nch
7.30–9.30pm
p25
Ibragimova
John Innes
7.30pm
p13
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
Fri 21 May
Voice Project
Norwich
Cathedral
8pm p24
John Cale
8.00pm
p22
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
RAM
Martham
7.30pm
p15
RAM
Sheringham
Lt Theatre
7.30pm p15
I Fagiolini
St John’s
Cath
7.30pm &
9.30pm p14
RAM
Assembly Hse
1pm
p15
RAM
South Walsham
7.30pm
p15
Milonga
1pm–5pm
p26
Tea Dance
1pm–4pm
p26
Family Variety
3pm
p46
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
La Vie
7.30pm
p27
Variety in
the Garden
10.30pm p29 Variety in
the Garden
10.30pm p29 Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
Circus Ronaldo
8pm
p31
Garden Party
11am–5pm
p45
Garden Party
11am–5pm
p45
Jazz Boat
5pm
p18
Bo Nanafana
Social Club
7.30pm–1am
p28
Die Roten
Punkte
8pm
p28
Die Roten
Punkte
8pm
p28
Die Roten
Punkte
8pm
p28
Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
James Hunter
10.30pm
p25
Spiegel Late
10.30pm
p29
El Laberint p43
Theater Froe Froe p43
RedBall: Norwich p49
Neon Signs p50
A Short Message Spectacle p50
The Artist’s Studio p51
Night at Museum The Artist’s Studio p51
5pm–11pm p54
Beatles to Bowie: the Sixties Exposed p52
Mick Jones: The Rock ’n’ Roll
Public Library p53
Mick Jones: The Rock ’n’ Roll Public Library p53
The Point of Perception p53
un 22 May Norwich Playhouse
S
Charlie & Lola, 11.00am & 1.30pm p44
Take
centre
stage
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