Adnams Spielgeltent Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/adnams-spielgeltent/ Arts and entertainment for East Anglia Mon, 17 Feb 2025 23:47:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png Adnams Spielgeltent Archives - Cultivated https://www.cultivated.org.uk/tag/adnams-spielgeltent/ 32 32 Full city festival programme unveiled https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/full-city-festival-programme-unveiled/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/full-city-festival-programme-unveiled/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3215 Norwich’s 2025 art festival will kick off with a parade of 150 local people playing electric guitars backed by a deconstructed marching band, followed by two weeks of music, theatre, performance, and visual arts.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2025/full-city-festival-programme-unveiled/feed/ 0 First festival highlights revealed https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/first-festival-highlights-revealed/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/first-festival-highlights-revealed/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:10:22 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=3139 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/first-festival-highlights-revealed/feed/ 0 Laura Misch https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/laura-misch/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/laura-misch/#respond Fri, 24 May 2024 22:56:00 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2911 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/laura-misch/feed/ 0 Nubiyan Twist https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/nubiyan-twist/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/nubiyan-twist/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 23:43:33 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2903 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/girl-ray/feed/ 0 Lucy & Friends https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/lucy-friends/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/lucy-friends/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 23:52:55 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2857 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/lucy-friends/feed/ 0 Corazón https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/corazon/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/corazon/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 23:19:15 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2851 Colombian circus outfit Circolombia has brought a brand new show to Norwich for their Norfolk and Norwich Festival residency.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2024/corazon/feed/ 0 Full delights of 2024 Norfolk and Norwich Festival unveiled https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/full-delights-of-2024-norfolk-and-norwich-festival-unveiled/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/full-delights-of-2024-norfolk-and-norwich-festival-unveiled/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2721 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2024/full-delights-of-2024-norfolk-and-norwich-festival-unveiled/feed/ 0 Festival teases 2024 line-up https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/festival-teases-2024-line-up/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2023/festival-teases-2024-line-up/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2023 14:55:56 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2585 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/sir-thomas-browne-the-opium-of-time/feed/ 0 The People’s Cabaret https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/the-peoples-cabaret/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/the-peoples-cabaret/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 20:42:44 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2402 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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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/dia-beat-es/feed/ 0 This Is Not A Magic Show https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/this-is-not-a-magic-show/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2023/this-is-not-a-magic-show/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 23:30:20 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2382 This stunning, intimate, close-up show was definitely magic – whatever its title claimed.

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]]> https://www.cultivated.org.uk/news/2022/first-shows-for-2023-festival-revealed/feed/ 0 Everybody Hertz https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2022/everybody-hertz/ https://www.cultivated.org.uk/reviews/2022/everybody-hertz/#respond Sun, 29 May 2022 14:40:00 +0000 https://www.cultivated.org.uk/?p=2063 As if the punning title wasn’t enough, Richard Mainwaring’s idiosyncratic tour through the world of music and frequency brought plenty of entertainment to the City of Literature strand of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

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