2019

Over 12,000 people watched circus artist Chris Bullzini embark on a 230-metre-long journey from Jarrold, across Norwich Market, to the top of The Forum. Celebrating Norwich, its history and its people the walk was accompanied by a live score and soundscape created by Helen Atkinson and Victoria Abbot.

Produced by  Norfolk & Norwich Fesitval. Sponsored by Norwich BID. Supported by The Forum & Jarrold.

World Premiere

This is the news. This is what’s happening. We have our eyes on the city and our fingers on the pulse. 

A television news show made by children for adults, recorded in front of a studio audience and broadcast live on the internet. Working with artists Andy Field and Beckie Darlington, children from Norwich Primary Academy presented bulletins from the city, offering a unique perspective on politics, their community & the environment.

Commissioned by Cambridge Junction and Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Supported by Arts Council England, the Stobbs New Ideas Fund and a Cambridge City Council Public Art Grant.

World Premiere

Created for The Plantation Garden, Wild Longings took audiences on a garden tour sown with stories of transformation, conservation tips, and songs, all rooted with a desire to provide succour to each other and the environment.

Co-commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival, funded by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and subsidised by an Arts Council England Project Fund. Produced by Artsadmin. With thanks to Norfolk & Norwich Festival Director’s Circle Supporters Simon De-Lacy Adams & Robin Norman.

Commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

Featuring long-time collaborators Duotone and Sheema Mukherjee (Imagined Village, Transglobal Underground), and dancer and choreographer Ewan Wardop (Matthew Bourne, Formby, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, The Bo Diddlers).

Eliza and Martin Carthy spent time compiling and curating a collection of musical and poetical works from the East of England. Exploring myths, legends, poems and ballads from the furthest North of Northumberland, through Hull right down to Suffolk, where you can also find East Anglian step dancing, performed at the event by Ewan with the band.

Classical Music

• Britten Sinfonia
• Clare Hammond
• Colin Currie Quartet
• Gothic Voice
• Jess Gillam
• Mahan Esfahani
• Mariam Batsashvili
• Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
• Norwich Cathedral Choir
• Quatuor Arod
• Quercus
• Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque
• Sean Shibe
• Simon Höfele & Simone Rubino
• Tenebrae
• Tord Gustavsen Trio

Literature

Presented in association with National Centre for Writing

• Adelaide Ivánov
• Aida Edemariam
• Ali Smith
• Andrew Cown
• Andrew McDonnell
• Dr Richard Shepherd
• Handover
• Ian Jack
• Inua Ellams
• James Meek
• Jan Carson
• Kate Clanchy
• Kerry Hudson
• Lila Azam Zanganeh
• Matthew Tompkins
• Nicholas Jubber
• Priyamvada Gopal
• Rachel Long
• Rose George
• S.A. Harris
• Sarah Hall
• Sarah Perry
• Sigrid Rausing
• Simon Okotie
• Sinéad Gleeson
• The Book Hive
• Tom Bolton

Visual Arts

• Anthony Caro
• Henry Moore
• James Turrell
• John Christie
• Neville Gabie & Joan Gabie
• Richard Wiesner
• Ryan Gander
• Will Teather

Contemporary Music

• Anandi & Debashish Bhattacharya
• Beverley Knight
• Chilly Gonzales
• Eliza & Martin Carthy
• Judi Jackson
• Kit Downes
• Las Maravillas De Mali
• Nella
• Salomé
• Sarah Jane Morris

Family

• Lords of Strut

Free Outdoor

• Apolcalyptic Circus
• Chris Bullzini
• Genevieve Lacey
• Glass House Dance
• Johannes Bellinkx
• Motionhouse
• Plunge Boom
• Ray Lee
• Spitz & Co
• Stopgap Dance Company
• Talawa Theatre Company
• Upswing

Performance

• Andy Field & Beckie Darlington
• Boy Blue
• Curious
• Dante or Die
• Gandini Juggling
• Gravity & Other Myths
• Hannah Jane Walker
• Hoipolloi
• Joe Moran
• ThisEgg & Made My Wardrobe
• Victoria Thierrée Chaplin
• Vincent Gambini

The Adnams Spiegeltent

• Afriquoi
• Ariwo with Camilla George
• Dorothy’s Shoes
• Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
• Le Gateau Chocolate & Jonny Woo
• Liniker E Os Caramelows
• Mother’s Ruin
• Nakhane
• Playing Up
• Renegade Brass Band
• The Turbans