Tickets & Information Find Us St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG Book tickets Online www.norwichartscentre.co.uk By phone or in person Tel. 01603 660352 Monday – Friday 1pm – 5pm Saturday 10am – 6pm For more information visit www.norwichartscentre.co.uk Facebook norwichartscentre Twitter norwichartcentr Exhibition Friday 6 February - Saturday 14 March Lone Twin Exhibition A retrospective exhibition of the work of performance artists, Lone Twin, with a live show at NAC on Thursday 26 February. 1pm-5pm Monday-Friday 10am-6pm Saturday : FREE Comedy Saturday 10 January Off The Kerb presents Tom Wrigglesworth + Angela Barnes + Joel Dommett A brand new comedy club for NAC presents two nights of the best comedy around to lighten up your January. 8pm : £12.50 : £10.00 concessions : £20.00 for Part 1 and 2 : seated Folk Friday 16 January Addison’s Uncle album launch + The BeauBowBelles + Feral Mouth + Pirate Joe Norwich based Addison’s Uncle play hosts to celebrate the release of their debut album. Expect stories, harmonies, guitars, fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, bass, percussion, sing-alongs and lots of stamping! 8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door Rock/Pop Saturday 17 January Play the Music Acoustic Showcase Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene, in the café bar. 1pm : FREE World Saturday 17 January Copacubana A fantastic night of Cuban, Brazilian and Latin-inspired music to dispel the gloom of January and get you dancing. Featuring Orchestra Bombo, a juggernaut of Cuban carnival rhythms, re-igniting the ‘conga’ dance craze from the 1930’s and Rabo de Foguete, offering a vibrant show that mixes traditional and contemporary material into a high energy performance, infused with Brazilian grooves. 8pm : £6.00 adv : £7.00 door Rock/Pop Monday 19 January Pony Up presents GAPS + Hannah Lou Clark NAC’s resident new music night presents you with a co-headline bill. GAPS create beautiful leftfield electronic pop music and are due to release with none other than Maya Jane Coles in 2015! Hannah Lou Clark has been supported heavily by 6music and the NME, definitely one to watch for the new year. Plus your usual dose of good vibes. 8pm : £4.00 adv : £5.00 door Rock/Pop Tuesday 20 January James Veck-Gilodi + support Deaf Havana frontman James Veck-Gilodi has teamed up with band- mate Max Britton to debut their new project. 8pm : £12.00 adv : £tbc door Performance Wednesday 21 January Luke Wright: What I Learned From Johnny Bevan + The Tiger’s Bride “One of the funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation.” Johann Hari, The Independent A double bill of theatre and music, Luke Wright presents a scratch per- formance of his brand new play What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, with a score by Ian Catskilken from Art Brut. Written and performed in visceral, punchy verse this is a breath-taking spoken story about friendship, class and a really bad idea for a festival. Support from singer and multi instrumentalist The Tiger’s Bride. 8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concessions : seated Comedy Friday 23rd January Off The Kerb presents Marlon Davis + Michael Fabbri + Andrew Ryan A second night of extraordinary comedy to lighten up your January. 8pm : £12.50 : £10.00 concessions : £20.00 for Part 1 and 2 : seated Rock/Pop Saturday 24 January Caravan + Matt Woosey Blending psychedelic rock, jazz and classical influences to create a distinctive sound since 1968, Caravan are critically acclaimed with a loyal fan base. This tour will include old favourites as well material from their newly released 2014 album Paradise Filter. 8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.50 door Rock/Pop Sunday 25 January These Ghosts + support Meditative introspective guitar music with intricate arrangements and soaring hooks. Norfolk grown These Ghosts are getting rave reviews following their second release Still The Waves. 8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door Comedy Monday 26 January Andrew Lawrence: Reasons to Kill Yourself Stand-up comedy’s foremost creepy-faced ginger man, star of BBC1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ and a regular on Channel 4’s Stand-Up For The Week. Star of three series of his own acclaimed show on BBC Radio 4. Yet none of it has brought him any joy. Come and laugh in his stupid face at his disappointing life and some amusing thoughts he’s cobbled together about how awful the world is “Lawrence rips the cynical heart from his chest and wears it defiantly on his sleeve” -The Metro 8pm : £13.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated Live Lit Tuesday 27 January Project U: The Unthank Prose Event Norwich Vs New York An evening of high-octane poetry and prose with writers from Norwich’s Unthank Books and New York’s Great Weather for Media. Includes the launch of Unthology 6, edited by Ashley Stokes and Robin Jones. 7.30pm : Free : Seated Theatre Wednesday 28 January Too Much, Too Young Jack Bennett was going to be a world-renowned musician, but one wrong turn and look at him… a two-bit actor with an identity crisis. So he’s decided to ask some pretty big questions; what’s learning for? Why all the rush? Jack Bennett will tickle your grey matter, probe your beliefs and fill your belly with laughs. Written and performed by Jack Bennett with creative support from Chris Thorpe and Daniel Bye. In association with ARC Stockton. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : seated www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.norwichartscentre.co.uk : www.no Too Much, Too Young 28 Jan With the kind support of these organisations and our customers Norwich Arts Centre has been stimulating audiences and nurturing creativity for over thirty years. Event diary 6 Feb - 14 Mar Lone Twin Exhibition 10 Jan Off The Kerb presents....Part 1 16 Jan Addison’s Uncle album launch 17 Jan Play the Music Acoustic Showcase 17 Jan Copacubana 19 Jan Pony Up presents GAPS 20 Jan James Veck-Gilodi + support 21 Jan Luke Wright + The Tiger’s Bride 23 Jan Off The Kerb presents....Part 2 24 Jan Caravan + Matt Woosey 25 Jan These Ghosts + support 26 Jan Andrew Lawrence – Reasons to Kill Yourself 27 Jan Project U: The Unthank Prose Event 28 Jan Too Much, Too Young 30 Jan Wooden Arms + Tom Adams + Harry Edwards 31 Jan Playing with Space 3 Feb Leddra Chapman + support 4 Feb Tmesis Theatre: That’s Amore 6 Feb Slow Club + support 7 Feb False Lights + support 10 Feb Peotry by Heart 11 Feb Ground Up Theatre: Operation Crucible 12 Feb Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble 13 Feb Ibibio Sound Machine + support 16 Feb Rae Morris + Fryars 19 Feb Escalator Music Showcase: Yila & Friends 20 Feb Pony Up presents Youth Man tbc 21 Feb Play the Music Acoustic Showcase 21 Feb Devising workshop 21 Feb Dub Colossus + support 25 Feb Red Bastard 26 Feb Lone Twin 27 Feb Spectro presents DJ Food 28 Feb Tilting Sky presents Jarrod Dickenson Wooden Arms 30 Jan 2014 was a great year for Norwich Arts Centre! We’d like to thank everyone who voted for us and continues to support us! We are looking forward to another great year with you in 2015.
Book tickets Onlinewww.norwichartscentre.co.ukBy phone or in personTel. 01603 660352Monday – Friday 1pm – 5pmSaturday 10am – 6pm
For more information visitwww.norwichartscentre.co.ukFacebook norwichartscentreTwitter norwichartcentr
ExhibitionFriday 6 February - Saturday 14 MarchLone Twin ExhibitionA retrospective exhibition of the work of performance artists, Lone Twin, with a live show at NAC on Thursday 26 February.1pm-5pm Monday-Friday 10am-6pm Saturday : FREE
ComedySaturday 10 JanuaryOff The Kerb presents Tom Wrigglesworth + Angela Barnes + Joel Dommett A brand new comedy club for NAC presents two nights of the best comedy around to lighten up your January.8pm : £12.50 : £10.00 concessions : £20.00 for Part 1 and 2 : seated
FolkFriday 16 JanuaryAddison’s Uncle album launch + The BeauBowBelles + Feral Mouth + Pirate JoeNorwich based Addison’s Uncle play hosts to celebrate the release of their debut album. Expect stories, harmonies, guitars, fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, bass, percussion, sing-alongs and lots of stamping!8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door
Rock/PopSaturday 17 January Play the Music Acoustic ShowcaseHighlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene, in the café bar. 1pm : FREE
WorldSaturday 17 JanuaryCopacubanaA fantastic night of Cuban, Brazilian and Latin-inspired music to dispel the gloom of January and get you dancing. Featuring Orchestra Bombo, a juggernaut of Cuban carnival rhythms, re-igniting the ‘conga’ dance craze from the 1930’s and Rabo de Foguete, offering a vibrant show that mixes traditional and contemporary material into a high energy performance, infused with Brazilian grooves.8pm : £6.00 adv : £7.00 door
Rock/PopMonday 19 JanuaryPony Up presents GAPS + Hannah Lou Clark NAC’s resident new music night presents you with a co-headline bill. GAPS create beautiful leftfield electronic pop music and are due to release with none other than Maya Jane Coles in 2015! Hannah Lou Clark has been supported heavily by 6music and the NME, definitely one to watch for the new year. Plus your usual dose of good vibes.8pm : £4.00 adv : £5.00 door
Rock/PopTuesday 20 JanuaryJames Veck-Gilodi + supportDeaf Havana frontman James Veck-Gilodi has teamed up with band-mate Max Britton to debut their new project.8pm : £12.00 adv : £tbc door
PerformanceWednesday 21 JanuaryLuke Wright: What I Learned From Johnny Bevan + The Tiger’s Bride“One of the funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation.” Johann Hari, The IndependentA double bill of theatre and music, Luke Wright presents a scratch per-formance of his brand new play What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, with a score by Ian Catskilken from Art Brut. Written and performed in visceral, punchy verse this is a breath-taking spoken story about friendship, class and a really bad idea for a festival. Support from singer and multi instrumentalist The Tiger’s Bride.8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concessions : seated
ComedyFriday 23rd January Off The Kerb presents Marlon Davis + Michael Fabbri + Andrew RyanA second night of extraordinary comedy to lighten up your January.8pm : £12.50 : £10.00 concessions : £20.00 for Part 1 and 2 : seated
Rock/PopSaturday 24 JanuaryCaravan + Matt WooseyBlending psychedelic rock, jazz and classical influences to create a distinctive sound since 1968, Caravan are critically acclaimed with a loyal fan base. This tour will include old favourites as well material from their newly released 2014 album Paradise Filter. 8pm : £15.00 adv : £17.50 door
Rock/PopSunday 25 JanuaryThese Ghosts + supportMeditative introspective guitar music with intricate arrangements and soaring hooks. Norfolk grown These Ghosts are getting rave reviews following their second release Still The Waves.8pm : £5.00 adv : £7.00 door
ComedyMonday 26 JanuaryAndrew Lawrence: Reasons to Kill YourselfStand-up comedy’s foremost creepy-faced ginger man, star of BBC1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ and a regular on Channel 4’s Stand-Up For The Week. Star of three series of his own acclaimed show on BBC Radio 4. Yet none of it has brought him any joy. Come and laugh in his stupid face at his disappointing life and some amusing thoughts he’s cobbled together about how awful the world is “Lawrence rips the cynical heart from his chest and wears it defiantly on his sleeve” -The Metro 8pm : £13.00 : £10.00 concessions : seated
Live LitTuesday 27 JanuaryProject U: The Unthank Prose EventNorwich Vs New YorkAn evening of high-octane poetry and prose with writers from Norwich’s Unthank Books and New York’s Great Weather for Media.Includes the launch of Unthology 6, edited by Ashley Stokes and Robin Jones.7.30pm : Free : Seated
TheatreWednesday 28 January Too Much, Too Young Jack Bennett was going to be a world-renowned musician, but one wrong turn and look at him… a two-bit actor with an identity crisis. So he’s decided to ask some pretty big questions; what’s learning for? Why all the rush? Jack Bennett will tickle your grey matter, probe your beliefs and fill your belly with laughs. Written and performed by Jack Bennett with creative support from Chris Thorpe and Daniel Bye. In association with ARC Stockton. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : seated
With the kind support of these organisations and our customers Norwich Arts Centre has been stimulating audiences and nurturing
creativity for over thirty years.
Event diary
6 Feb - 14 Mar Lone Twin Exhibition
10 Jan Off The Kerb presents....Part 1
16 Jan Addison’s Uncle album launch
17 Jan Play the Music Acoustic Showcase
17 Jan Copacubana
19 Jan Pony Up presents GAPS
20 Jan James Veck-Gilodi + support
21 Jan Luke Wright + The Tiger’s Bride
23 Jan Off The Kerb presents....Part 2
24 Jan Caravan + Matt Woosey
25 Jan These Ghosts + support
26 Jan Andrew Lawrence – Reasons to Kill Yourself
27 Jan Project U: The Unthank Prose Event
28 Jan Too Much, Too Young
30 Jan Wooden Arms + Tom Adams + Harry Edwards
31 Jan Playing with Space
3 Feb Leddra Chapman + support
4 Feb Tmesis Theatre: That’s Amore
6 Feb Slow Club + support
7 Feb False Lights + support
10 Feb Peotry by Heart
11 Feb Ground Up Theatre: Operation Crucible
12 Feb Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
13 Feb Ibibio Sound Machine + support
16 Feb Rae Morris + Fryars
19 Feb Escalator Music Showcase: Yila & Friends
20 Feb Pony Up presents Youth Man tbc
21 Feb Play the Music Acoustic Showcase
21 Feb Devising workshop
21 Feb Dub Colossus + support
25 Feb Red Bastard
26 Feb Lone Twin
27 Feb Spectro presents DJ Food
28 Feb Tilting Sky presents Jarrod Dickenson
Wooden Arms30 Jan
2014 was a great year for Norwich Arts Centre! We’d like to thank everyone who voted for us
and continues to support us! We are looking forward to another great year with you in 2015.
TheatreWednesday 4 FebruaryTmesis Theatre: That’s Amore“Rarefied, intriguing…beautiful” The GuardianA hilarious, fast-paced, passionate and poignant piece of physical theatre that explores the vast world and culture of romantic love: from chance encounters to hidden desires, and emotional extremes to the science of romance, the piece discovers the flesh and philosophy behind what makes our hearts beat faster. 8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : seated
Rock/PopFriday 6 FebruarySlow Club + supportThis “anti-folk” duo combine sweet harmonious hooks, rockabilly beats and exuberant yelps and yips, all held together by some breath-taking harmonising. 8pm : £12.50 adv : £15.00 door
FolkSaturday 7 FebruaryFalse Lights + supportLoud, electric, guitar-driven folk for the 21st century with finger-style guitar genius and singer-songwriter Sam Carter and folk revolutionary Jim Moray.8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
PoetryTuesday 10 February
Poetry by HeartNational poetry recitation competition for students.8pm : FREE
TheatreWednesday 11 FebruaryGround Up Theatre Company: Operation Crucible“A little gem... this is storytelling at its best, generous and warm hearted, lyrical yet real” Laura Wells, The Good ReviewOperation Crucible tells the story of four steel workers caught in the chaos on the evening of the Sheffield blitz. In the Marples Hotel in Fitzalan Square, 80 people, rushing and panicking, took shelter in the cellars; 10 compartments, each big enough to house only a few people at a time. At 11.44pm a 500kg bomb reduced the seven storey building to rubble. In the midst of destruction, one compartment withstood the blast. Within it, trapped, were four Sheffield men. This is their story.8pm : £8.00 : £6.00 concessions : seated
JazzThursday 12 FebruaryGilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble“A local jazz giant” - The Guardian. Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble are renowned for their unique mix of jazz, folk and Arab music. The band has been touring for nearly 15 years, gaining a reputation as one of European jazz’s preeminent bands. You can listen to The Orient House Ensemble’s award-winning albums, but seeing the band live is an experience not to be missed. 8pm : £12.50 : £10.00 concessions : seated
Rock/PopFriday 13 FebruaryIbibio Sound Machine + supportFronted by British/Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk and psychedelic electro soul. From banging sub-bass to spiritual gospel-tinged notes, the band has a dynamic and beautiful take on modern Afro-soul music. 8pm : £12.50 : £10.50 adv concessions : £15.00 door
Rock/PopMonday 16 FebruaryGoldenvoice presents Rae Morris + Fryars“Rae Morris is becoming the countries most beloved singer songwriter” Zane Lowe, Radio 1 “She is genuinely brilliant” Greg James, Radio 1The incomparable and supremely talented Rae Morris comes to NAC with her hugely anticipated forthcoming debut album, Unguarded. This is a debut that is set to have critics falling over themselves in 2015.8pm : £11.00 adv : £tbc door
Rock/PopThursday 19 FebruaryEscalator Music showcase: Yila & FriendsYila has been a performer/producer, most notably for Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s debut album, Angles. This work in progress will combine poetry, storytelling and music to create an exciting new form of music theatre.8pm : £5.00 : £3.00 concessions
Rock/PopFriday 20 FebruaryPony Up presents Youth Man tbc
Rock/PopSaturday 21 FebruaryPlay the Music Acoustic Showcase Highlighting the best of the local acoustic music scene, in the café bar. 1pm : FREE
WorkshopSaturday 21st FebruaryDevising: Exploring methods and techniques to create experimental theatre and performance A workshop for people who are passionate about performing and have an interest in creating new theatre and performance work. This workshop will explore current methods and techniques for devising and collaboration. Led by Katherine Vince, Director of The Sun Apparatus Theatre Company.10.30am-4pm : £25.00 : 18+
DubSaturday 21 FebruaryDub Colossus + supportPromoting their highly acclaimed fourth album ‘Addis To Omega’, Dub Colossus will appear here in their five piece ‘Soundsystem’ line up featuring the vocal talents of PJ Higgins and Mykaell S Riley.8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
ComedyWednesday 25 February Red Bastard“A once-in-a-lifetime experience…” The Skinny A dangerous, seductive comedy monster! America’s number one bouffon unleashes a pompous theatrical master class in this critically acclaimed show. Red Bastard engages the audience in a masterclass of raw conversation, provocations, traps, rewards, and catch 22 encourag-ing risk and personal discovery. 8pm : £15.00 : £12.50 concessions : seated : 18+
Live ArtThursday 26 February[Live] Art Club presents Lone Twin: True West“A wonderful body of work” The GuardianThe infamous Lone Twin duo return from an eight-year hiatus, with a raucous re-imagining of Sam Shepard’s True West. The original play is set in a kitchen, in a house, in a suburb, some 40 miles out of Los Ange-les in the late 1970s. It tells the tale of a family storm with two brothers at its eye. A classic study of social, cultural and political conflict and reconciliation. Hold onto your hats, it’s going to be quite a night. 8pm : £10.00 : £8.00 concessions : seated
ElectroFriday 27 FebruarySpectro presents DJ Food + supportThe legendary Ninja Tune artist plays an AV set.8pm : £10.00 adv : £12.00 door
Rock/PopSaturday 28 FebruaryTilting Sky presents Jarrod Dickenson + Jess Morgan + Rory Hill and The Honeymoon“Brilliant songs” Cerys Matthews, BBC6Road-worn melodies and lyrics invoke mid-Western post-war America. 8pm : £9.00 adv : £11.00 door
Rock/PopFriday 30 January Independent Venue Week: Wooden Arms + Tom Adams + Harry Edwards“The band mix delicate piano with luscious strings and trip-hop inspired percussion to create something quite beautiful.” Tom Robinson, BBC6Alternative chamber folk featuring choral elements and a distinctive yet delicate blend of classical instrumentation meets modern melody.8pm : £6.00 adv : £8.00 door
Live ArtSaturday 31 January[Live] Art Club presents Playing with Spacecurated by Lawrence Bradby Playing With Space is a one-day festival of film and performance. It celebrates artists’ interventions into urban space, showing ways by which the presence of the human body can critique architecture.Two specially commissioned performances, by artists Nic Green and Dyad Creative, will take place in outdoor spaces close to Norwich Arts Centre at the end of the afternoon and evening screenings. The film programme includes work by artists Riccardo Iacono, Paul R Jones, Noemi Lakmaier, Manu Luksch, Mitra Saboury, Aaron Williamson, Liberate Tate, Destino Dance and Ballet Boyz.Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and by Norfolk County Council, Norwich Arts Centre, firstsite and Live Art Development Agency.2.30pm-5.30pm & 6-9pm : £3.00 for one screening/performance set or £5.00 for a day ticket
Rock/PopTuesday 3 FebruaryLeddra Chapman + support “Pitch-perfect acoustic pop” The IndependentA quintessentially English voice that is both pure and unique, Leddra picked up a guitar and wrote her first song before she became a teenager; what followed has been the growth, development and evolution of a exceptional young singer-songwriter. 8pm : £7.50 adv : £9.00 door
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