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Free festival fun in Norwich this weekend
Free festival fun will take over the city’s streets and parks this weekend with a packed programme of entertainment.
Cityscapes inspire film project
“The reverse of a soap opera” is the way a film-maker describes his latest project that will have its first outing at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
- Norfolk Walk: Kelling Heath and Weybourne
- Whole range of family-fun events confirmed for this summer’s Lord Mayor’s celebrations in Norwich
- Roll Up! Bank Holiday fun for the family in Norfolk
- Like to be by the water at the Broads Outdoors Festival
- Norfolk Walk: Scole and Brome
- Photo gallery: New indoor skate park set to open in Norwich
Music See all
Review: The Tiger Lillies
When their cheeriest song is one about crucifixion, you know you’ve stumbled upon a rather odd band.
Photo gallery: Festival fun for everyone in Norwich this weekend
From a disco for babies to a fun-filled show full of paint to a roof top performance with intriguing acrobatics - people of all ages are enjoying an array of entertainment during the second weekend of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
- Free festival fun in Norwich this weekend
- Photo gallery: The power of the wind makes music in Norwich park
- Magic of circus at Norwich Theatre Royal
- Conflict and battle played out through music and dance in Norwich concert
- Norwich city centre is transformed into an art gallery
Film & Cinema See all
Review: Mud
Following strong performances in Killer Joe, Bernie, Magic Mike and The Paperboy, which garnered several awards, Matthew McConaughey’s renaissance continues with an eye-catching central turn in Jeff Nichols’s tender coming-of-age drama.
Comedy See all
NNF13: It’s a cabaret in the Spiegeltent
Once again the Norfolk and Norwich Festival has taken over Chapelfield Gardens to stage music, cabaret, comedy and some cheeky burlesque in a traditional wooden theatre. SIMON PARKIN reports.
Restaurant reviews See all
Norwich: Roger Hickman’s Restaurant
Something very unusual happened when DEREK JAMES took his wife Bridgette to Roger Hickman’s Restaurant in Norwich to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Norwich: Narthex Refectory
Hidden behind St John the Baptist is the cathedral’s modern extension housing the Narthex Refectory. Light, friendly and offering home cooked meals, SIMON PARKIN was pleased to discover a new lunch destination.
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Theatre See all
American theatre company brings epic show about biography to Norwich stage
A show of epic proportions is set to take to the stage this week as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Called Life and Times, the drama takes its inspiration from the life of an ordinary American girl.
Review: At the World’s Edge
This world premiere performance at Norwich Puppet Theatre was something of a curate’s egg.
- Review: Les Enfants Perdus
- Review: Fragile
- Review: Absent Friends - Stage Direct, North Walsham Atrium
- Photo gallery: Festival fun for everyone in Norwich this weekend
Art & Exhibitions See all
Photo gallery: Festival fun for everyone in Norwich this weekend
From a disco for babies to a fun-filled show full of paint to a roof top performance with intriguing acrobatics - people of all ages are enjoying an array of entertainment during the second weekend of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Free festival fun in Norwich this weekend
Free festival fun will take over the city’s streets and parks this weekend with a packed programme of entertainment.
- Photo gallery: The power of the wind makes music in Norwich park
- Magic of circus at Norwich Theatre Royal
- Norwich city centre is transformed into an art gallery
- Cityscapes inspire film project
Books See all
Review: In Conversation with Will Self
People can impose themselves on a room in different ways: Will Self towers over an audience both with his giant height and his substantial intellect.
- Holt book launch for author with roots in north Norfolk and University of East Anglia.
- Norfolk-based magazine celebrates poetry
- Turning tale of sleaze and sadness into film success
- Former Norwich City star Paul McVeigh discusses his first book - The Stupid Footballer is Dead
- Norfolk author on reading final resting places
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