Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2019 - First Shows Announced

Fri 10 – Sun 26 May 2019 nnfestival.org.uk

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We’re delighted to announce our first shows for Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2019 – don’t miss 17 days of arts, performance, music and free events.

Supporters priority booking Thursday 8 November Friends priority booking Tuesday 13 November Public booking Thursday 15 November

BE THE FIRST TO KNOW Our full Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2019 programme will be announced in February 2019. We can’t wait to share it with you! Make sure you’re the first to know by joining our email list. Head to nnfestival.org.uk to subscribe.

HOW TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS Visit our website or contact our team by phone to book or for further information. nnfestival.org.uk 01603 766400 Concession, under 26 and group rates available on most ticket types.

Gravity & Other Myths

A SIMPLE SPACE

WEDNESDAY 15 – SUNDAY 26 MAY See website for full schedule The Adnams Spiegeltent

Seven acrobats and a live percussionist from Gravity & Other Myths push their physical limits to create a performance that is raw, frantic and delicate. Feel the heat and hear every breath of this truly intimate experience.

Tickets £20, £22, £24 Created and performed by Gravity & Other Myths

Boy Blue

BLAK WHYTE GRAY TUESDAY 14 MAY, 7.30pm Norwich Theatre Royal

Blak Whyte Gray is a fierce and affecting hip-hop dance performance reflecting Boy Blue’s founders’ experiences and observations of the world. The powerful choreography, resonating score and dynamic staging make for an image-rich production with political bite.

Tickets £10, £17, £21, £25 Presented in partnership with Norwich Theatre Royal

CHILLY GONZALES WEDNESDAY 15 MAY, 7.30pm Norwich Theatre Royal

Grammy Award-winning Chilly Gonzales is highly regarded for his genre-defying approach to the piano, his showmanship and collaborations with global stars. In this show he performs pieces from his Solo Piano album cycle, with hits and hidden surprises from his repertoire.

Tickets £10, £20, £30, £35

BELLS AND SPELLS

By Victoria Thierrée Chaplin With Aurelia Thierrée and Jaime Martinez

FRIDAY 17 MAY, 7.30pm Norwich Theatre Royal

UK PREMIERE Bells and Spells follows Aurelia Thierrée’s peculiar journey as an incurable kleptomaniac who is at the mercy of the objects that she steals. Using ethereal imagery, unpredictable props and enchanting dance, this performance blends the wonderful with the strange.

Tickets £10, £17, £21, £25

Britten Sinfonia

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9 WITH THOMAS ADÈS SATURDAY 25 MAY, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall left from top

Blak Whyte Gray Photo: Carl Fox

Chilly Gonzales Photo: Martina Woerz

Britten Sinfonia Photo: Rhydian Peters

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Hoipolloi: Shôn Dale-Jones Photo: Rich Rusk

Bells and Spells Photo: Richard Haughton

Britten Sinfonia’s Beethoven season concludes with the Ninth Symphony.

This mighty choral masterpiece is amongst the finest of all symphonies, its message of humanity continues to resonate today.

Tickets £10, £15, £25, £30, £35

To celebrate award-winning Hoipolloi’s 25th anniversary we are proud to present a trilogy of story-telling shows. Hugh Hughes presents Shôn Dale-Jones in The Duke, ME & ROBIN HOOD and The Ladder.

See them separately or buy a joint ticket for all three shows on Saturday 18 May for £30.

THE DUKE WEDNESDAY 15 MAY, 7.30pm & SATURDAY 18 MAY, 11am Oxfam, Magdalen Street

The Duke playfully mixes fantasy and reality, taking audiences on an imaginative and touching journey, which gently challenges us to consider our priorities in a world full of crisis.

Tickets £10

ME & ROBIN HOOD in collaboration with Hamish Pirie THURSDAY 16 MAY, 7.30pm & SATURDAY 18 MAY, 3pm Shirehall Courtroom, Norwich Castle

ME & ROBIN HOOD is a show about Shôn Dale-Jones’ longstanding relationship with his favourite fictional friend, questioning the value of art and the power of story while looking at the direction our world is heading in.

Tickets £10

THE LADDER FRIDAY 17 MAY, 7.30pm & SATURDAY 18 MAY, 7.30pm Norwich Playhouse

The Ladder looks at the way optimism and pessimism affect how we create stories.

It explores how the tales we tell influence the lives we lead and wonders about what we don’t tell.

Tickets £14

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Gravity & Other Myths Photo: Steve Ullathorn