Two resident artists, a new circus show, and a literary lecture are among the early highlights for the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
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The Norfolk and Norwich Festival Spiegeltent often throws up surprises: tonight was the first time I’ve seen a crowd sit on the floor for a song.
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Jazz-fusion band Nubiyan Twist got the Spiegeltent shaking with their smorgasbord of hip-hop, afrobeat, dancehall, soul, reggae and dance.
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Five-piece psychedelic rock outfit Floral Image bought a night of Norfolk music in the Spiegeltent to a frenzied end.
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There’s something unnerving about heading incantations read aloud, even when you don’t believe in them – and the spoken rituals that started the Norfolk and Norwich Festival incarnation of Modern Rituals definitely had that edge.
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Weekend festival music gigs are often tricky – while some of the audience might know the performers, a sizeable portion have bought their tickets on the basis that it’s something different to do to on a Saturday night.
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I had fun. At least that’s the start of the review that Lucy McCormick dictates towards the end of her frenzied and unpredictable one woman cabaret variety spoken word alt drag act show.
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Colombian circus outfit Circolombia has brought a brand new show to Norwich for their Norfolk and Norwich Festival residency.
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A giant puppet roaming the streets of Norwich, a world premiere of a Columbian circus show, and new productions celebrating life across Norfolk are among the highlights of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
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The first details of next year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival have been announced, with a handful of shows going on public sale next week.
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The towering figure of Sir Thomas Browne has loomed over Norwich city centre up until recently, when a statue and art installation commemorating him his works was removed for what is termed in local government circles as a refreshed public realm.
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Billed as a culmination of a three-year project working with Norfolk communities creating contemporary responses to protest songs, this hour-long performance seemed sadly unaware of its own context.
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Life with diabetes is far from Sweet Like Chocolate, as performer come DJ Paul O’Donnell explains in this unique show.
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This stunning, intimate, close-up show was definitely magic – whatever its title claimed.
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Chelsea McGuffin has brought a short, punchy circus and vaudeville-inspired show to the Norfolk and Norwich Festival for this year’s Spiegeltent residency.
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