Welcome Weekend
Saturday 10 May, 11am-5pm & Sunday 11 May, 11am-5pm
Norwich City Centre
FREE
All these wonderful shows pop up over the city throughout our magical opening weekend. Take your pick from theatre, dance, pole acrobatics, trapeze, and more! And best of all, it’s free!
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Venue: Norwich City Centre
Artizani - Hydropunk
An interactive installation created in collaboration with the public, where water takes centre-stage.
Company DHW - Go Grandad Go!
A Hip-Hop theatre dance show that inspires the young and empowers the… not so young.
Levantes Dance Theatre - Hug
The simple power of a hug celebrated through a fusion of aerial dance, physical theatre and striking visuals.
Mish Weaver - Waiting Song
Two singing trapeze performers engage audiences in an evolving participatory outdoor performance.
Nandita Shankardass - Roots to Rise
Dance theatre work ‘Roots to Rise’ embodies ancestry, agriculture, ecological activism and the wisdom of women.
Sadiq Ali Company - Tell Me
Chinese pole acrobatics, physical theatre and music are used to challenge misconceptions about HIV.
Stopgap Dance Company - Ro-Tes
Stopgap Dance’s latest groundbreaking outdoor production celebrates multiculturalism and community.
Theatre-Rites & Miguel Altunaga - Eshu at the Crossroads
Dancers and a puppeteer find themselves at an enchanted crossroads in this tale of choice, trickery and joy.
Tilly Ingram Theatre - The Hide
A peaceful meditation on how we interpret nature and people with hidden disabilities.
Tickets: This is a non-ticketed event
FREE
Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a partner in Without Walls, a consortium of festivals and arts organisations bringing fantastic outdoor arts to people in towns and cities across England. Find out more on www.withoutwalls.com. Shows at the Welcome Weekend are co-commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and a number of partners.
Artizani, Hydropunk
Hydropunk is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Stockton International Riverside Festival, Birmingham Weekender, Brighton Festival, and Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
CompanyDHW, Go Grandad Go!
Go Grandad, Go! is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by FESTIVAL.ORG for Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and Brighton Festival.
Levantes Dance Theatre, HUG
HUG is supported by Ensemble Festival, Birmingham Weekender, Brighton Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival.
Mish Weaver, Waiting Song
Waiting Song is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Certain Blacks, Birmingham Weekender and Brighton Festival.
Nandita Shankardass, Roots to Rise
Roots to Rise is supported by An Indian Summer Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Brighton Festival.
Sadiq Ali Company, Tell Me
Tell Me is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Certain Blacks, Inspirate and Birmingham Weekender. The R&D for Tell Me was supported by Blueprint: Without Walls R&D Investment Fund.
Stop Gap Dance Company, RO-TES រទេះ
RO-TES រទេះ is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Birmingham Weekender, Stockton International Riverside Festival and Brighton Festival.
Theatre-Rites & Miguel Altunaga, Eshu at the Crossroads
Eshu at the Crossroads (working title) is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Stockton International Riverside Festival, Birmingham Weekender and Brighton Festival.
Tilly Ingram Theatre, The Hide
The Hide is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Brighton Festival and Norfolk & Norwich Festival.