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Wednesday 3 May
· Theatre ·
Friday 12 May
Old Trunk Theatre presents Fran & Leni
Sonic Youths #ICYMI 3: Mullally + special guests TBA
1976. Fran & Leni meet in a North London comp. Three years later they are The Rips. Girls with guitars, bored of playing nice. Music, sex, fishnets, tits & spitting: a two-girl escape from everything sugar & spice. Old Trunk provoked laughter & tears at Latitude & Edinburgh with this full-throttle tale of escape and lifelong friendship. By award-winning writer Sadie Hasler. Directed by Sarah Mayhew.
Sonic Youths’ third #ICYMI gig sees fast-rising neo-soul superstar Mullally – winner of best solo male at the Unsigned Music Awards 2016 and runner-up in the MOBO UnSung Awards 2016.
8pm | Pay What You Can Saturday 13 May
8pm | Pay What You Can | seated Thursday 4 May
Brit-rapper Jehst’s gritty, profound lyricism and true-school production sound has earned him a global reputation as a master of his field.
8pm | £10 adv | £12 door
Monday 5 June – Saturday 23 July
· Workshop ·
Circus Skills Workshops
Join the Lost in Translation Circus tutors for a packed summer of circus courses; from juggling and acrobatics to daring aerial skills such as trapeze and Chinese pole. They’ll be running taster classes for both curious novices and kids activities for ages 6+ throughout school holidays and half terms.
Starting Monday 5 June | 7 weeks | See website for details The Oak Circus Centre, St Michaels Coslany Church, Oak Street Friday 5 May
· Performance ·
DandiFest presents GLOOPTOPIA
A celebration of all things silly, slimy and sensual. The final hurrah of Dandifest is going to be an immersive art experience like no other. Curated by international drag supernova and prodigal daughter of this fine city, Oozing Gloop! Also featuring Lady Vagina! Aka Edythe Wolley, Ellis.D! Winner of east London’s LIPSYNC1000 and Vivian Ezugha! Interdisciplinary and international performance artist.
8pm | Pay What You Can Saturday 6 May
Los Campesinos! + Muncie Girls
· Rock/Pop ·
Los Campesinos! celebrate the release of their sixth album, Sick Scenes produced by John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Death Cab for Cutie, Sleater-Kinney). A liberating set of songs about odious city hipsters, youthful nostalgia and future anxiety, wrapped up in a glorious flurry of chipper riffs and witty lyricisms.
8pm | £14 adv | £16 door
· Rock/Pop ·
Friday 19 May
· Hip Hop ·
No Comply presents Akua Naru + support
The Comet Is Coming 8 May · Jazz ·
Monday 8 May
The Comet Is Coming + support
“Powered by Arkestral cosmic forces, The Comet Is Coming. Brace for impact” – The Guardian Mercury Prize 2016 London three-piece whip up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-up.
Performing with a six-piece ensemble Naru has garnered attention and accumulated rave reviews with her classic boom bap hip hop sounds, socially conscious rhymes, jazz-soul elements.
8pm | £12 adv | £14 door
8pm | £12 adv | £14 door | £8 under 25s Tuesday 9 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Pony Up presents Flamingods + Organisms + Ghost Noises
London-via-Bahrain five-piece conjure up tropical, entrancing melodies and undefinable sounds which merge into a hazy other worldly experience.
8pm | £8.50 adv | £10.50 door
Wednesday 10 May – Wednesday 7 June
· Exhibition ·
Off The Press Collective: PAPERBACK
Paperback features 20 artists and their response to iconic literature. Each design has been produced as a limited edition screen print by Off The Press Collective.
Monday – Friday 1pm – 5pm and Saturdays 10am – 6pm Opening Night Wednesday 10 May 5pm – 7pm Wednesday 10 May
Nymphs & Thugs presents The LIVEwire tour featuring Salena Godden, Matt Abbott, Toria Garbutt and Louise Fazackerley.
· Literature ·
An evening of dynamic, engaging and politically charged spoken word.
8pm | Pay What You Can | seated
· Literature ·
Manchester-based nine-piece live hip-hop band return with Mercury Prize-winning rapper Speech Debelle.
8pm | £16.50 adv | £18.50 door Friday 26 May
John Agard: Roll Over Atlantic
Part of the City of Literature Programme at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2017. Winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Caribbean-British poet John Agard performs a quirky reimagining of the notorious voyage of Christopher Columbus.
8pm | £10 | seated
Wednesday 17 May
· Live Art ·
[Live] Art Club presents Lost Bodies by Nicola Hunter Her body transpired into the darkness that day. Her last breath grew wings: pulling the soul from beneath her bones to the next life. Grief births a visceral journey, which swells and tears the skin, spitting you out onto barren lands. There was death and it took me with it. In ‘Lost Bodies’ live artist Nicola Hunter will be celebrating loss as a strengthening process, a metamorphosis and a return to the wild.
7.30pm | Pay What You Can | seated | 15+
· Hip Hop ·
No Comply presents
DJ Format & Abdominal + DJ Chrome & ILL Inspired Slick beats coupled with intelligent, savvy lyrics.
Akua Naru 19 May
Saturday 20 May
8pm | £12.50 adv | £15.00 door · Rock/Pop ·
James Leg + The Bonnevilles
A double headliner of punk blues from Texas raised James Leg (Black Diamond Heavies) and Northern Irish power-duo The Bonnevilles.
8pm | £10 adv | £12 door
NNF & Writers’ Centre Norwich present
· Hip Hop ·
The Mouse Outfit ft. Dr.Syntax & Sparkz + Speech Debelle (double bill)
True Stories Live: Anniversary Special
Monday 15 May
Part of the City of Literature Programme at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2017. Co-commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre. Three interlocking stories explore the effects and legacy of the British in India in an extraordinary new play to mark the 70th anniversary of India’s independence.
No Comply presents
· Performance ·
7.30pm | £10 | £8 concessions
Siddhartha Bose: No Dogs, No Indians
Thursday 25 May
8pm | £5
Norwich Arts Centre, LJ Hope Productions and Molly Naylor launch the 2017 tour of True Stories Live and celebrate its first birthday with a “best of” edition of this much loved event. Intimate, interesting and anecdotal storytelling from people like you with Special Guests Sara Pascoe and Gavin Osborn. DJ and after party in the bar. Vegan chilli too…
· Literature ·
8pm | £10 | seated
DJ sets from MINA + Sophie Little (BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing) + Amy Nomvula (Innate Sounds, Future Radio) + Rosie Gravy. An inter-generational dance party for women. At this brand new event MOXIE presents a night of the best music to dance to – Afrobeat, Pop, Dancehall, Beyoncé… No music snobbery, just dance-able tunes. A fun and comfortable space for women of all ages to dance the night away.
Sunday 14 May
Wednesday 24 May
NNF, NAC & Writers’ Centre Norwich present
MOXIE Dance Party
· Hip Hop ·
No Comply presents Jehst + support
· Rock/Pop ·
Monday 22 May
· Literature ·
Egg Box presents UNDERPASS
Showcasing UEA’s creative writing talent with readings, light refreshments and an opportunity to purchase the new anthology.
7.30pm | Free entry | Bar Tuesday 23 May
· Country ·
Nashville in The Round
featuring Sarah Darling, Jenn Bostic and Michael Logen
An evening in the style of the Nashville’s famous Bluebird Café as three genuine Nashville singer-songwriters come together.
8pm | £12.50 | seated
Saturday 27 May
· Hip Hop ·
No Comply presents Our Voices
A whole day and night of Hip Hop, all created from within our community. Please see website for details of workshops and evening show.
Wednesday 31 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Sink Ya Teeth + Painted Heathers + DJs
Single launch for Norwich based two-piece Sink Ya Teeth. Bringing together elements of late 20th century synth-pop, post punk bass lines and unsettling vocals.
8pm | £5
Friday 2 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Pony Up presents Pixx + SuperGlu
An ambitious debut album from Hannah Rodgers, ‘The Age Of Anxiety’ represents the first true statement from a unique British talent, drawing on deeply personal experiences to present a bold, relatable new commentary on her world order.
8pm | £6.50 adv | £8.50 door Saturday 3 June
· Rock/Pop ·
Sonic Youths v4.2: acts TBA
The latest lunchtime line-up of 14-19-year-old musicians..
1pm | Pay What You Can | Bar
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