MUSIC, PERFORMANCE & COMEDY MUSIC, PERFORMANCE & COMEDY
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 4 September | 8pm
ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS
KAZDOURA + MONDO DJS
Syrian vocalist Leen Hamo and Lebanese multi-instrumentalist John Abou Chacra, the duo bridge modern and traditional Arabic music with psychedelia, funk, and a vintage psych-soul atmosphere. For fans of Derya Yildrum.
Wednesday 9 September | 8pm | Seated ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS YETII
Acoustic piano trio from Bristol playing a mix of original compositions and their arrangements of popular tunes. “All played with great beauty and sensitivity… A standing ovation greeted the end of their set” (Jazzwise).
Friday 11 September | 8pm
JAMES LAVELLE (UNKLE) DJ + HIPS (SOUL STEW) DJ
James Lavelle is bringing his bi-monthly residency at The Social in Soho, London to Norwich. Expect an eclectic set of old skool classics and deep cuts, everything from funk, soul, hip hop and disco building through the night into a more contemporary club sound taking you on a euphoric, psychedelic and uplifting.
Amy Mason: Free Mason
Thursday 17 September | 8pm
PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS + HANG LINTON
Heavy psychedelic/doom rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, known for intense live shows. Their sound blends stoner rock, doom metal, psych rock, noise rock and hardcore, with huge riffs and the powerful vocals of frontman Matthew Baty.
Thursday 24 September | 8pm
MURMURMATIONS + MAPLE WARD + BUSHES
A folk-inspired musical flock from Norwich, UK. The all-female group combine Irish bouzouki, mandolin, cello and harmonium to create what has been referred to as ‘music for the moors’. With intimate storytelling, sweet harmonies and powerful instrumentation.
Friday 25 September | 8pm RANDOM HAND + GOOBER PATROL + FLUFFY MACHINE
Randon Hand bring their trademark collisions of ska, metal and rap to the stage again. Expect dancefloor chaos and fistpumping anthems.
Tuesday 29 September | 8pm | Seated TONE PRESENTS CLAUDIO CONSTANTINI
Internationally acclaimed Claudio Constantini is a pianist, bandoneonist and composer whose music bridges classical tradition and contemporary innovation, redefining instrumental music for modern audiences.
Wednesday 30 September | 8pm | at Epic Studios ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS MAMMAL HANDS + SUPPORT
Mammal Hands stand at the forefront of a new wave of boundary-defying UK artists, blending jazz, contemporary classical, electronica, folk, and minimalism into a sound that is unmistakably theirs.
Thursday 22 October | 8pm | Seated | at The Halls EZRA FURMAN + DANA MARGOLIN
Ezra Furman is a boundary-breaking artist whose fearless creativity and emotional honesty have made her one of the most compelling voices in modern music.
Tuesday 27 October | 8pm ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS JASMINE MYRA + SUPPORT
Jasmine Myra is a British alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader releasing music on the respected Godwana Records. Playing as part of a sextet, her music sits at the intersection of contemporary jazz, ambient, modern classical and folk.
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday 29 October | 8pm LOL TOLHURST + ELENWEN
Co-founder of The Cure & goth pioneer Lol Tolhurst will performs early and seminal songs from The Cure’s catalogue.
Ezra Furman 22 Oct
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday 24 September | 7.30pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
ROBERT MACFARLANE & JACKIE MORRIS: THE BOOK OF BIRDS
Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, this is a field guide with a difference. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ The Book of Birds is a love letter to the splendours and mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt the loss of birds from land, sea and sky.
Sunday 27 September | 7.30pm | Seated DULCE DUCA: DON'T STAND UP
This absurd comedy is a brilliantly chaotic exploration of everything that can go wrong during a stand-up comedy performance, weaving physical theatre and object manipulation with experimental sound design.
Friday 9 October | 7.30pm | Seated | at The Halls
BRIAN BILSTON: HOW TO LAY AN EGG WITH A HORSE INSIDE
An evening of comedy and laughter, Brian Bilston takes us through the hows, whys and whats of reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day.
Sunday 18 October | 7.30pm | Seated SOUP PRESENTS
'THE BOWL' SCREENING: EPISODE 2
'THE BOWL' is a homemade sitcom series that’s here to put Norwich on the map. The Bowl is about everything and nothing, the tiny adventures that unfold when you’re surrounded by like minded individuals who are all unapologetically themselves.
Friday 30 October | 8pm | Seated LIV PRESENTS SLASHER? I BARELY KNOW HER!
Join your late night horror hostess Liv for a night of all your favourite horror movies brought to life by drag artists! Dress to distress, category is Blood Red Carpet.
Dulce Duca 27 Sept
COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday 23 September | 7.30pm | Seated
TOM WARD: POST-MILLENNIUM TENSION
Burner phone using, Discman carrying, 1988-1995 obsessed, Tom Ward explores the head f**k of popular culture in the modern world versus that of his youth in his trademark bittersweet style.
Sunday 27 September | 8pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPROV SHOW
An evening of sensational improvised comedy hosted by two of the UK’s masters of improvisation with their old friend, improv virtuoso, Mike McShane and a host of very special guests. Fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh out loud surrealism.
Tuesday 6 October | 7.30pm | Seated
SPOKE PRESENTS NIGEL PLANER: YOUNG ONCE
Nigel Planer, beloved as Neil the hippy from The Young Ones and a founding figure of the 80s alternative comedy scene, brings his memoir, Young Once, to life in a warm, sharply funny live show of storytelling.
Sunday 11 October | 7.30pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
SCOTT BENNETT: BLOOD SUGAR BABY
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby…Scott Bennett from Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and The News Quiz tells the amazing true story of how his daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition, congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI).
Sunday 25 October | 7.30pm | Seated | at Epic Studios
TWO MR PS IN A PODCAST: LET THAT BE A LESSON...
Join the Two Mr Ps as they take their award-winning podcast back on the road with “Let That Be A Lesson…” Prepare for an evening filled with laughter as they share more hilarious stories and anecdotes about the challenges teachers, parents, and school staff face while working with the most unintentionally funny comedians of all, children.
Paul Merton & Suki Webster 27 Sept
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Tuesday 1 Sept | 8pm THE FELICE BROTHERS + SUPPORT
Friday 4 Sept | 8pm ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS KAZDOURA + MONDO DJS
Wednesday 9 Sept | 8pm ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS YETII
Friday 11 Sept | 8pm JAMES LAVELLE (UNKLE) DJ + HIPS (SOUL STEW) DJ
Saturday 12 Sept | 8pm THE ULTIMATE STONE ROSES
Thursday 17 Sept | 8pm PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS + HANG LINTON
Friday 18 Sept | 8pm WHEN RIVERS MEET + GREENE
Wednesday 23 Sept | 7.30pm TOM WARD: POSTMILLENNIUM TENSION
Thursday 24 Sept | 7.30pm ROBERT MACFARLANE & JACKIE MORRIS: THE BOOK OF BIRDS at Epic Studios
Thursday 24 Sept | 8pm MURMURATIONS + MAPLE WARD + BUSHES
Friday 25 Sept | 8pm RANDOM HAND + GOOBER PATROL + FLUFFY MACHINE
Saturday 26 Sept | 8pm HEARTBREAK: THE TOM PETTY SHOW
Sunday 27 Sept | 7.30pm DULCE DUCA: DON'T STAND UP
Sunday 27 Sept | 8pm PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPROV SHOW at Epic Studios
Tuesday 29 September | 8pm TONE PRESENTS CLAUDIO CONSTANTINI
Wednesday 30 Sept | 8pm ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS MAMMAL HANDS at Epic Studios
Wednesday 30 Sept | 8pm SAM KELLY & THE LOST BOYS + HONEY & THE BEAR
Thursday 1 Oct | 7.30pm BALLADS AND SONGS: SAM CARTER SINGS NIC JONES
Friday 2 Oct | 8pm TAKEDA + SUPPORT
Tuesday 6 Oct | 7.30pm SPOKE PRESENTS NIGEL PLANER: YOUNG ONCE
Wednesday 7 Oct | 8pm THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND + SUPPORT
Friday 9 Oct | 7.30pm BRIAN BILSTON: HOW TO LAY AN EGG WITH A HORSE INSIDE at The Halls
Friday 9 Oct | 8pm MADRA SALACH + SUPPORT
Saturday 10 Oct | 8pm CUT CAPERS + EASILY DUNN
Sunday 11 Oct | 7.30pm SCOTT BENNETT: BLOOD SUGAR BABY at Epic Studios
Sunday 11 Oct | 8pm MYLES SANKO
Tuesday 13 Oct | 7.30pm THORPE CREATIVE HUB PRESENTS SOUNDSTAGE
Wednesday 14 Oct | 8pm JACOB HAWLEY: FIGHTING AGE MAN
Friday 16 Oct | 7.30pm TIMBA BRITÁNICA
Sunday 18 Oct | 7.30pm SOUP CABARET: 'THE BOWL' SCREENING
Tuesday 20 Oct | 8pm JAKE VAADELAND & THE STURGEON RIVER BOYS
Wednesday 21 Oct | 8pm PERRL PRESENTS BETH ORTON + GUESTS
Thursday 22 Oct | 8pm EZRA FURMAN + DANA MARGOLIN at The Halls
Thursday 22 Oct | 8pm JAZZ SABBATH
Friday 23 Oct | 8pm BROWN HORSE + SUPPORT
Sunday 25 Oct | 7.30pm TWO MR PS IN A PODCAST at Epic Studios
Tuesday 27 Oct | 8pm ROUND MIDNIGHT PRESENTS JASMINE MYRA + SUPPORT
Wednesday 28 Oct | 8pm DALLAHAN
Thursday 29 Oct | 8pm LOL TOLHURST + ELENWEN
Friday 30 Oct | 8pm LIV PRESENTS SLASHER? I BARELY KNOW HER!
Saturday 31 Oct | 8pm BLOGHAUS OF HORRORS