King's Lynn – Cultivated

Full city festival programme unveiled

Cultivated — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Norwich’s 2025 art festival will kick off with a parade of 150 local people playing electric guitars backed by a deconstructed marching band, followed by two weeks of music, theatre, performance, and visual arts.

Andy is still trying to find optimism in a confusing world

Cultivated — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:54:05 +0000

Andy Parsons is touring this year with his brand new show, Bafflingly Optimistic. Despite everything that the UK has had to face in recent years, Parsons has managed to find something to be optimistic about. And, of course, lots to be funny about. Parsons, 55, is best known as one of the early lynchpins of Mock The Week. He has also written for Spitting Image, appeared on Live at the Apollo and fronted his own Radio 2 series, as well as the podcast, Slacktivist Action Group.

Success has been a while coming for Chris

Cultivated — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:08:38 +0000

Chris McCausland is one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians. The 46-year-old Liverpudlian has appeared on shows including the Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You? and QI. He has also fronted his own TV series, Wonders Of The World I Can’t See, and hosted his own radio show, You Heard It Here First.

City festival’s full programme revealed

Cultivated — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:40:01 +0000

The full detail of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival has been unveiled, including the first visit of the prestigious Hallé symphony orchestra to the city in nearly 70 years.

Seasonal fun without the stress

Cultivated — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:54:13 +0000

Festive entertainment often focuses on panto, but the bold and busy nature of it can be a bit much for younger or more sensitive children – but there alternatives.

Freerunners launch city festival’s 2020 lineup

Cultivated — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:05:35 +0000

A free outdoor show featuring freerunners La Fabrique Royale exploring Norwich’s skyscape will launch this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Mark my words: everything’s gonna be alright

Veronica Lee — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:16:00 +0000

When comic Mark Steel toured his highly successful Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright show in 2018, his outlook was wonderfully hopeful despite the show describing when Donald Trump won the White House, the Labour Party seemed a busted flush, Britain voted to leave the EU, and his wife decided to leave him.

Boo! Hiss! It’s panto time – here’s your regional roundup

Cultivated — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:14:02 +0000

It’s panto season – oh yes it is! – so here’s our round-up of just some of the festive shows on around the region.

First shows for 2020 Norfolk and Norwich Festival released

Cultivated — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:34:43 +0000

A handful of advance shows have been announced for next year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival – together with a new pop-up venue.

Theatre’s new season keeps growing

Cultivated — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:04:28 +0000

Norwich’s Theatre Royal has added a Jason Donovan date to its new season – just one day after unveiling the main programme.

New Jack Dee dates announced for East Anglia

Cultivated — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:04:05 +0000

Deadpan comic Jack Dee has added a series of dates across East Anglia as part of his first solo tour in six years.