Friday 1 May - Saturday 23 May
Tickets & Information
· Exhibition ·
My Champion Heartache: Artworks about people and their pets by Odd Comic
Find Us St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG
An interpretation of the familiar yet absurd world of pets, pet lovers and pet lover-haters. Devised by Dot Howard and Holly Bodmer Monday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 10am-6pm
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Friday 1 May
· Reggae ·
Zion Train A dub phenomenon and a legendary live experience with pounding bass, heavy rhythms and positive energy. 8pm : £12.00 adv : £14.00 door
Saturday 2 May
· Performance ·
TADA! A Costume Art Ball
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Part of the Norwich Dandies Dandifest! 2015 Mixing fancy dress, costume competition crowning King and Queen of the ball, live art, live music, magicians, Paul Daniels and Debbie Mcgee (a spectacular tribute act in a mobile home), drag queens, DJs and more, TADA! is a wild masquerade ball packed with entertainment and dandy jollity. 7pm : £5.00
Sunday 3 May
· Rock/Pop ·
Wooden Arms + Ajimal + True Adventures Local heroes of the classical/contemporary scene featuring rich orchestral timbre exemplified by cello, violin and brass with percussive beats and ambient samples. 8pm : £8.00 adv : £10.00 door
Monday 4 May
Friday 15 May
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival. “A show so profoundly moving you want to stay in its depths as long as you can.” Scotsman One of the biggest talking points at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival this deeply moving, thought-provoking piece of comedy chronicles one man’s attempts at connection, friendship and employment at B&Q. The BAFTA nominated Perrier Award-winner Kim Noble presents an intimate glimpse into the mind of an eccentric genius. 8pm : £15.00 : £12.50 concs : seated : 18+
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival “The funniest of the comedy poets” Time Out Decadent boozehound Luke Wright would love to spend his life flouncing around looking fabulous, but back in rural Suffolk he’s got the school run to do. Funny, poignant and political, this stay-at-home dandy celebrates ordinary people having extraordinary moments. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs : seated
Sunday 10 May Sunday Night Beat Club presents Polar Bear + Leafcutter John
· Jazz ·
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival “One of the great brilliant jazz bands of our time… Totally redefines the way we think about jazz” Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2. Mercury nominated experimental jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with elements of dub, hip-hop, rock and electronica. Sunday Night Beat Club will continue until late with outstanding spoken word in the bar with Ralph Dartford + Tom Chivers. 8pm : £15.00 : £12.50 concs James Yorkston/Jon Thorne/Suhail Yusuf Khan 21 May
Small donations allow us to continue nurturing creativity and supporting emerging talent across a range of art forms. Without support we would not be able to offer our multi-award winning programme. To give, go to the donations page at www.norwichartscentre.co.uk/donations Have your say on how donations are spent...choose from building maintenance, artist development and improving tech facilities.
· Rock/Pop ·
Pasco-Q Kevlin, Director, NAC
FVK cordially invite you into their dystopian fictional world where monsters and crazed revolutionaries are taking over the city of Grandomina. “Blending goth theatrics with anthemic melodies and curious rock twists. Meet the new band of our dreams” Kerrang! 8pm : £9.00 adv : £11 door
Tuesday 5 May
Paper Aeroplanes + Brooke Sharkey
Wednesday 6 May
· Rock/Pop ·
The Pop Group + Zun Zun Egui Regarded as one of the pioneering acts of the post-punk era The Pop Group are still going strong with the release of their new album Citizen Zombie. 8pm : £17.50 adv : £20.00 door
· Live Art · Friday 15 May & Saturday 16 May [Live] Art Club presents Richard DeDomenici: The
Redux Project
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival A new kind of blockbuster is hitting Norwich with an on-going series of no-budget cinematic appropriations that hilariously subvert Hollywood conventions. DeDomenici collaborates with local volunteers to recreate sections of popular films, shot for shot, in the original locations, with budget props, costumes and effects. The two scenes will be from Avengers: Age of Ultron and The BBC’s ‘Allo ‘Allo!, both filmed locally. To participate or for further information please email redux@norwichartscentre.co.uk 9.30pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs : seated · Live Art ·
Saturday 16 May [Live] Art Club presents Odd Comic: My Champion
Heartache
· Jazz · Sunday 17 May Sunday Night Beat Club presents Mammal Hands + Fishclaw + Horo Quartet
· Rock/Pop ·
An intoxicating brand of alt folk with Welsh duo Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn. Heartfelt lyrics and gorgeous melodies are guaranteed to sooth your troubled soul. 8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door
Luke Wright: Stay-at-Home Dandy
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival “Intriguing, intelligent and frequently laugh-out-loud funny” The Independent In this non-linear, cross-disciplined, mongrel performance, Odd Comic interpret the familiar yet absurd commitment between a pet, its owner and sometimes the neighbour in a grotesque, nostalgic, humorous and frank interaction. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concs : seated
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· Poetry ·
· Live Art · Saturday 9 May [Live] Art Club presents Kim Noble: You’re Not Alone
Tuesday 12 May & Thursday 14 May [Live] Art Club presents Deborah Pearson:
· Live Art ·
The Wonder Striker (a work in progress)
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival TITLE SEQUENCE: Loud upbeat music and credits in Hungarian. A once famous football star flickers across celluloid, a speedy ghost in black and white. An announcer anxiously sputters the fate of the game while the angry crowd shout ‘Go For It!’ over and over. They burn placards, flags and photographs. A 1950s Hollywoodstyle comedy you’ve probably never seen and a 1950s revolution you’ve probably never heard of. Deborah Pearson translates both, as best as she possibly can. 9.30pm : £7.00 : £5.00 concs : seated
Part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival A trio of like-minded musicians drawing on influences from Steve Reich to Bonobo, Pharoah Sanders to Cinematic Orchestra. Saxophones, piano and percussion produce beautiful, inimitable music – at times wistful and melancholic and others raucous and catchy. Sunday Night Beat Club will continue until late with outstanding spoken word artists in the bar. 8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concs · Rock/Pop · Monday 18 May Pony Up presents God Damn + Bad Grammar + Claws
Dropped like a pipe-bomb into the British rock scene, Wolverhampton band are a dizzying blend of barbed wire guitars, lung-shredding vocals and drums that run away like wild horses. It’s all the more effective when you learn they are a stripped-down two-piece. 8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door
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1 May - 23 May
My Champion Heartache
1 May
Zion Train
2 May
TADA! A Costume Art Ball
3 May
Wooden Arms + Ajimal + True Adventures
4 May
Fearless Vampire Killers + ANNISOKAY + Myth City
5 May
Paper Aeroplanes + Brooke Sharkey
6 May
The Pop Group + Zun Zun Egui
9 May
[Live] Art Club presents Kim Noble
10 May
Polar Bear + Leafcutter John
12 & 14 May
15 May 15 & 16 May
[Live] Art Club presents Deborah Pearson Luke Wright: Stay-at-Home Dandy [Live] Art Club presents Richard DeDomenici
16 May
[Live] Art Club presents Odd Comic
17 May
Mammal Hands + Fishclaw + Horo Quartet
18 May
Pony Up presents God Damn + Bad Grammar + Claws
21 May
James Yorkston/Jon Thorne/Suhail Yusuf Khan
22 May
The Neutrinos: Live and Loud with Sal Pittman
25 May
Spectro presents East India Youth + support
26 May
Swervedriver + support
28 May
Holly Lerski + Tom Hartley Booth + Don Mescall
29 May - 22 Jun
Konstrukt by Nina Falk and Adam Robertson
29 May
Pony Up presents TBC
30 May
Dead Rat Orchestra: TYBURNIA
1 Jun
Michael Chapman & Bridget St John
2 Jun
Eddie Argos Tells You How to Form A Band...
3 Jun
Menagerie Theatre presents bloominauschwitz
4 Jun
FolkEast presents Peter Knight’s Gigspanner
5 Jun
Young Fathers + support
6 Jun
Sonic Youths v2.2
6 Jun
The Tilting Sky presents The Big Alabama
7 Jun
Mapped Out presents Rozi Plain + support
8 Jun
Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat
10 Jun
GlassHouse presents Love Dance
11 Jun
Fairport Convention
12 Jun
Gossamer Thread presents Kubla Khan Cabaret
16 Jun
Show Off by Figs in Wigs
17 Jun
Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey with Glenn Gregory
18 Jun
Mark Grist and MC Mixy: Dead Poets’ Death Match
26 Jun
Bootleg Swing