Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but other than a tardy start the Renegade Brass Band were anything but sleepy for this finale of the first full Norfolk & Norwich Festival week.
Explore MoreQueuing up in the rain is rarely an auspicious start to a gig, but the insistent rhythms of The Turbans meant it didn’t take long to get dry once the Spiegeltent started shaking.
Explore MoreThis Writers’ Centre Norwich event brought together five speakers for a diverse set of 15 minute talks on our often frustrating and surprising bodies.
Explore MoreThe tradition of transgressive writing by women was the focus of this Writers’ Centre Norwich event.
Explore MoreThe Friday night crowd had come to
celebrate the weekend, the bank holiday – and possibly half term too – and they
were definitely in the mood to party.
A literary twist on TED talks, 5×15
offered five snapshot views from writers and thinkers to challenge our approach
to the world.
This second night of jazz in Chapelfield
Gardens took a slightly edgier route, with four-piece outfit Get The Blessing
showcasing material from their five albums.
Reading from his debut book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Max Porter said it was too hot in the bejewelled Spiegeltent surroundings to get in to the really heavy stuff – as if the extracts he delivered with such brave force were easy words.
Explore MoreNormally to be found in their basement bar in London’s Broadway Market, this jazzy, swinging seven-piece hit the Spiegeltent for just one night.
Explore MoreThe Spiegeltent is an other-worldly venue, and this Hocus Pocus and Gossamer Thread co-production, Night Magic, seeks to lift the veil and take you to the other side.
Explore MoreThis is circus, but with a Spiegeltent twist: a naked man straining against cling film before rolling over giant blue balls; a dancer twisting and flexing on the floor like a woman with zombie limbs that leaves you feeling like you’ve been to a chiropractor.
Explore MoreLooking like they had been transported straight from a 1930s tea dance, the FB Pocket Orchestra brought the sounds of the early 20th century back to the Spiegeltent – the sort of music that would have reverberated around its mirrored walls at its creation.
Explore MoreThere are times when the Spiegeltent tent tingles: listening and watching to Lera Lynn was one of those times.
Explore MoreJust one week on from Eurovision, how much thirst would Norfolk have for French electro-pop act Broken Back?
Explore MoreSongs of death and despair can be a little spine-chilling at the best of times; combined with a slighty nippy Spiegeltent it could be quite hard to find some respite.
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