Norfolk & Norwich Festival Programme 2021

The Norfolk & Norwich Festival has stepped up to get the summer kick-started with a bang. Taking an early decision to deliver a festival come what may, they have used Covid recovery funding to enable them to offer a remodelled 'pay what you want' festival of events which meant that the programme could go ahead come what may. Brilliant thinking on behalf of the team.

Our wonderful city and county is waking up, with a mass of concerts, performances and exhibitions which demonstrate the resilience and commitment of our arts sector. Nit that I am suggesting that it has been easy - it has demanded a huge amount of extra work and innovation to make it happen. So, please get out there and (safely) enjoy the work that the artists have created. But be quick as bookings are filling up fast as you would expect. Scroll down for a summary timetable of events but of course the website will offer more info.

NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL – BOOKING NOW OPEN
17 - 30 MAY 2021
www.nnfestival.org.uk

● BOOKING NOW OPEN FOR THE THE SPECIALLY REMODELLED ‘PAY WHAT YOU WANT’ FESTIVAL
● THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, VISUAL ART AND LITERATURE AT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR VENUES ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL AS ONLINE
● FESTIVAL RUNS MONDAY 17 MAY – SUNDAY 30 MAY 2021

​Public booking is now open for Norfolk & Norwich Festival. 
The 14-day event is set to be a specially created one-off adaptation including outdoor and socially distanced performance, art and music as well as a digital strand. The full programme was announced last week and can be seen in the attached press release, or online here.  Also attached are highlights of the literature and music programmes. All events require booking, though everything in this year’s programme is either free or ‘pay what you want’.
 
The programme, which is slightly smaller than usual, is designed to be as adaptable as possible given current circumstances, and created with a desire to provide employment opportunities for artists, as well as entertainment and a sense of community pride. The ‘pay what you want’ structure has been designed by Festival organisers and partners to encourage as many people as want to find something within the Festival that they might enjoy.
 
The Festival will take place in venues across the city and county, as well as at the newly reopened Festival Gardens where a brand-new Festival music weekend has been announced in collaboration with Wild Paths - Garden Sessions. Festival Gardens will also see the return of the much-loved Garden Party over the middle weekend.
 
All Festival events will be in line with government guidelines. To stay in touch with the latest news and programme announcements visit nnfestival.org.uk or follow the Festival’s social media channels.
 
Norfolk & Norwich Festival usually takes place in Norwich and around Norfolk for 17 days each May. The programme is multi-artform, contemporary, international and audience-centred, collaborating with artists from down the road and around the world. Full information and listings for all Norfolk & Norwich Festival events at nnfestival.org.uk.

LISTINGS
Norfolk & Norwich Festival will run from 17 – 30 May 2021
Tickets are on sale to the public from 10am on Thursday 15 April with priority booking opening to Supporters at 10am on Friday 9 April and Friends at 10am on Tuesday 13 April.
Box Office 01603 531800, online nnfestival.org.uk, or in person at Chantry Place (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays).
All tickets are free or pay what you want.

EVENT LISTINGS
Don’t Touch Duckie
A Socially Distanced Launch for Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2021
Monday 17 May, 7.30pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want.
A Norfolk & Norwich Festival Commission Sponsored by PWC.
 
Emergency Exit Arts, Robert Montgomery & Deanna Rodger
Recovery Poems
Monday 17–Sunday 23 May
Across Norfolk
Free

Yara + Davina
Arrivals + Departures
Monday 17–Sunday 30 May, Throughout the day
The Forum
Free

World Premiere
Kaleider : Robot Selfie
Monday 17–Sunday 23 May
Norwich City Centre
Free

600 Highwaymen
A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call
Presented In Partnership with In Between Time
UK premiere
Monday 17–Saturday 22 May, various times
Pay What You Want

Britten Sinfonia presents
Surround Sound: Norwich Playlist
Tuesday 18 May, 6.30pm & 9pm
Norwich Cathedral
Pay What You Want

Luke Styles and Jessica Walker
The People’s Cabaret
Tuesday 18 May, 7.30pm Diss Corn Hall, Wednesday 19 May, 7.30pm Sheringham Little Theatre
Pay What You Want

Sarathy Korwar
Thursday 20 May, 6pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Abel Selaocoe
Wednesday 19 May, 6pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Hatis Noit
Thursday 20 May, 9pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Nabihah Iqbal
Wednesday 19 May, 9pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Creative Norfolk: Creative Individuals  Norfolk Making in a Time of Mayhem
Thursday 20 May, 5pm Digital
Pay What You Want

Garden Party
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 May, 11am–5pm
Festival Gardens, Chapelfield and Outside The Forum
Free, but you must pre-book

World Premiere
Requardt & Rosenberg
Future Cargo
Thursday 20 May, 6pm & 8pm
Festival Gardens, Chapelfield
Pay What You Want Produced by The Place.

The Javaad Alipoor Company
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran
Thursday 20 & Friday 21 May, 7.30pm
Digital : Pay What You Want

Creative Norfolk: Why Biennials?
Monday 24 May, 7.30pm
Digital : Free

Creative Norfolk : Hunt and Darton
The Mum Show
Saturday 22 May, 4pm
Future Radio : Free

Creative Norfolk: Genevieve Rudd, in partnership with original projects
Yarmouth Springs Eternal Conference Saturday 22 May, throughout the day PRIMyarc, Market Gates Shopping Centre, Great Yarmouth
Free, but you must pre-book

I Fagiolini
Re-Wilding The Waste Land
Monday 24 May, 8pm
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Pay What You Want

Lotte Betts-Dean & Joseph Havlat
From Norfolk to Newfoundland: Folk Songs of the World
Tuesday 25 May, 1pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

World Premiere
Creative Norfolk: holding hands / Article XI Double Bill
Tuesday 25 May, 8pm The Garage, Norwich A double-bill of two large jazz ensembles featuring some of the most exciting improvisers from around the UK.
Pay What You Want

Manchester Collective and Mahan Esfahani
Friday 21 May, 8pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Samson Tsoy
Wednesday 26 May, 1pm
St Andrew’s Hall
Pay What You Want

Tim Spooner with Matthew Robins
Weak Transmission
Wednesday 26–Saturday 29 May, throughout the day
The Guildhall Cells, Norwich
Pay What You Want

Blast Theory : Rider Spoke
Thursday 27–Saturday 29 May, throughout the day
Meet at Festival Gardens, Chapelfield
Pay What You Want

Garden Sessions : In Collaboration with Wild Paths
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 May, 1–5pm
Festival Gardens, Chapelfield
Pay What You Want

Ray Lee : Ring Out
Wednesday 26–Friday 28 May,throughout the day
Festival Gardens
Free, but you must pre-book

Compline by Candlelight
Friday 28 May, 9pm
Norwich Cathedral
Free, but you must pre-book

Creative Norfolk: Holly Bodmer
Peregrinations
Saturday 29 May, 2pm Norwich Cathedral
Pay What You Want

Norwich Chamber Music present Elias String Quartet
Saturday 29 May, 3pm & 6pm
John Innes Centre
Pay What You Want

City of Literature Programme -
experiments and experiences in literature – brought to you by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and National Centre for Writing:
City of Literature: Tombland
Saturday 22 May, 11am,
Free, register in advance to receive a link to the website when it launches

City of Literature: Weather With You
Monday 24–Thursday 27 May
Digital
Free, register in advance to receive links to all content as it is release

City of Literature: Looking, Large and Small
Friday 28 May, 1pm
Digital
Free, register in advance for access to the resources when they go live

City of Literature: The Group
Friday 28–Sunday 30 May, 9pm
Digital
Free, register in advance to receive instructions
Suitable for ages 16+. Contains adult themes, including escaping a situation of threat.

City of Literature: Page Against the Machine
Saturday 29 May, 1pm
Plantation Garden, Norwich
Free (£2 donation to the Plantation Garden on the door)

City of Literature: Harriet Martineau Lecture
Sunday 30 May, 7pm
Digital
Free, register in advance to receive a link Supported by The Martineau Society

Future and Form Programme - a series of incredible events from University of East Anglia, as they celebrate 50 years of the world-renowned creative writing programme.
Future and Form: Imogen Hermes Gower and Mutiny
Eleanor
Friday 21–Sunday 30 May
Starts at Norwich Castle
Free Norfolk Museums Service, Norfolk County Council, and UEA

Future and Form: James McDermott and Guildhall Live Events
Senseless
Friday 21–Sunday 30 May, various times
Digital
Free, but you must pre-book some events Norwich Theatre and UEA

Future and Form: Mona Arshi and Mutiny
Shifting Lines
Friday 21–Sunday 30 May, various times
Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley and Salthouse Marshes
Free, but you must pre-book

Future and Form: Mitch Johnson and Guildhall Live Events
The Living Book
Friday 21–Sunday 30 May
Digital
Free presented by The Forum Trust and UEA

Future and Form: Tash Aw and Guildhall Live Events
Where Do Stories Come From?
Workshops–Saturday 22, Tuesday 25 & Thursday 27 May, various times
Free, workshops must be pre-booked

Future and Form: Ayobámi Adébáyo and Mutiny
Provenance
Friday 21–Sunday 30 May, various times
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
Free, but you must pre-book

Visual Arts Programme
Japan Water
Wednesday 14 April– Saturday 31 July
GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn
Free
Presented by GroundWork Gallery

The Purity of Water Friday 21 May, 2pm
Digital : Free, to book email [email protected]
Presented by GroundWork Gallery

A Passion for Landscape: Rediscovering John Crome
Monday 17 May–Sunday 5 Sep Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Admission to Norwich Castle is by pre-booked tickets only museums.norfolk.gov.uk 
​Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Somewhere Unexpected
Norwich Castle Open Art Show
Monday 17 May–Sunday 12 Sep
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Admission to Norwich Castle is by pre-booked tickets only museums.norfolk.gov.uk Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Grayson Perry
The Vanity of Small Differences
Tuesday 18 May– Saturday 3 July
East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts
Free
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London and British Council. Gift of the artist and Victoria Miro Gallery with the support of Channel 4 Television, the Art Fund and Sfumato Foundation with additional support from Alix Partners.

Katie Spragg
Plants, Porcelain, People
Monday 17–Sunday 30 May, 10am–4pm
St Peter Hungate Church
Free, but tickets must be pre-booked Presented by Caroline Fisher Projects

Tony Cragg at Houghton Hall
Wednesday 19 May–26 Sep
Houghton Hall, Norfolk
Tickets available from Houghton Hall
Presented by Houghton Hall

Cristina Iglesias
Throughout the Festival
Sainsbury Centre Sculpture Park
Free Presented by Sainsbury Centre