Norfolk & Norwich Festival is firmly established as one of the ‘big 4’ arts Festivals in the UK. As well as attracting audiences from all over the eastern region it draws visitors into Norfolk with its diverse line-up.
 
Tickets are already on sale for the first highlights of the 2015 event, which include 2 major world premier commissions.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival has announced the first highlights for the 2015 Festival. Landscape theatre, contemporary circus, music, dance, visual art and ‘live’ cinema all feature in a selection that brings some of the greatest artists in the world to the county as part of one of the biggest international arts festivals in the country.

“These early announcements give a flavour of the full programme of shows and events that we will be revealing in February” says Norfolk & Norwich Festival Artistic Director William Galinsky. “This year’s major Festival commission is a brand new piece of landscape theatre called Wolf’s Child, created specially for the woods at Felbrigg Hall by one of the UK’s most exciting site-specific theatre companies, WildWorks. They have created iconic productions across the world and it is a real coup to be bringing them to the Festival with a World Premiere. And if one World Premiere wasn’t enough, we continue our unique relationship with Circa, one of the world’s greatest contemporary circus companies, with a brand new show created for us by their Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz, working with his pick of the finest circus artists that he has worked with over the last decade.”

“Jeff Koons work combines kitsch and commerce, his exhibition will draw the attention of the international visual art community to Norfolk, and Hofesh Schechter Company bring their fiercely uncompromising contemporary dance to the Festival for the first time. Sam Green creates a life affirming live-cinema event with his Guinness Book of Records-inspired documentary The Measure of All Things, which he narrates from the stage with live accompaniment from yMusic. The film celebrates the diversity and uniqueness of human beings and the planet we inhabit. Opera legend Sir John Tomlinson joins the Festival Chorus and one of the country’s truly great ensembles, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, to deliver a fantastic rendition of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, under the baton of David Parry. There is more to announce next year, and these shows give a strong sense of what to expect next May.”

The 2015 Norfolk & Norwich Festival runs from 8 – 24 May 2014. The full line up will be revealed in late February.

Wolf’s Child is a brand new creation from acclaimed theatre makers WildWorks, co-produced by Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Throughout the Festival, audiences will be taken on an immersive journey deep into the dark woods of North Norfolk’s Felbrigg Hall. As day turns to dusk they will encounter a world of shape-shifting animals and humans. An original landscape theatre commission this extraordinary grown-up fairytale will be the theatrical experience of the Festival. ‘one of the outstanding theatrical events not only of this year, but of the decade’ Susannah Clapp, The Observer on WildWorks’ The Passion

(Felbrigg Hall Tuesday 5 – Saturday 23 May)

Festival favourites and one of the world’s greatest contemporary circus companies Circa create What Will Have Been a new commission for Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Extreme acrobatics meet extreme beauty in the World Premiere of a groundbreaking new show in The Adnams Spiegeltent. Accompanied by a spine-tingling electronic soundtrack and Bach’s immortal Partita for Violin No.2 performed live, Circa’s finest artists create a show infused with tender humanity and savage physicality. ‘extraordinarily moving’ ***** The Observer on Circa’s Opus

(The Adnams Spiegeltent Wednesday 13 – Saturday 23 May)

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American artist Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential and controversial artists of our time. Renowned for playful and provocative work ranging from monumental public sculptures to Lady Gaga record sleeves, his Norwich exhibition will include a selection of works in a variety of media to showcase his originality and remarkably diverse creativity.

(Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery Saturday 9 May – Sunday 24 May)

The Festival Chorus is joined by one of the UK’s most renowned orchestras, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which has spent many weeks at the top of the classical CD chart. Alongside them Sir John Tomlinson, one of the great singers of our time, leads a glorious array of vocal talent in the irresistible blend of Romantic lyricism and vivid melodrama that is Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

(St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich Sunday 17 May)

Taraf de Haïdouks perform riotous Romanian folk with an unrivalled warmth, enthusiasm and eccentricity. Encompassing members aged from 20 to 80 the world’s greatest gypsy group display clattering virtuosity and passionate gypsy rasp to steal your breath away. ‘Wonderful entertainers and one of the planet’s great live acts‘ The Independent

(Norwich Theatre Royal Sunday 17 May)

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Oscar nominated film-maker Sam Green’s live-cinema performance The Measure of All Things had its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Green narrates this documentary on stage with live music from New York’s yMusic who combine classical music with the spirit of rock and pop. The Measure of All Things, loosely inspired by the Guinness Book of Records, weaves together a series of portraits of record-breaking people, places and things to create a poignant meditation on fate, time and the outer contours of the human experience.

(Norwich Theatre Royal Thursday 21 May)

Hofesh Shechter Company have performed in many of the world’s leading dance venues and now bring its critically acclaimed work Political Mother to Norwich. Brimming with emotional and gritty complexity, pulsating live music, extraordinary ensemble sequences and cinematic editing, Political Mother is a dance experience like no other. ‘Part dance show, part heavy-rock gig, Hofesh Shechter’s first ever full-length work is an audio-visual marvel’ * * * * * Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

(Norwich Theatre Royal Saturday 23 May)

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Full information on all Norfolk & Norwich Festival events at www.nnfestival.org.uk 

Tickets for these shows are on sale now! Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2015 will run from 8 – 24 May 2015.

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Full listings information:

Tuesday 5 – Saturday 23 May 7.45pm (not Sundays) £20 (£15 previews Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 May)

WOLF’S CHILD World Premiere

An immersive journey deep into a world of shape-shifting animals and humans, created in the dark woods of Felbrigg Hall

Co-produced by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and WildWorks in partnership with the National Trust

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg Norfolk NR11 8PR

Saturday 9 – Sunday 24 May 10am-4.30pm, Sundays 1pm – 4.30pm £6 (concessions £5, child 4-18yrs £4)

ARTIST ROOMS: JEFF KOONS

Exhibition of work in a variety of media from one of the most important, influential and controversial artists of our time. The exhibition runs until Sunday 6 September

ARTIST ROOMS On Tour is a partnership with Arts Council England and the Art Fund, making available the ARTIST ROOMS collection to galleries throughout the UK

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery NR1 3JU

Friday 15 – Saturday 23 May (not Tuesday 19 May), 7.30pm £20 (+ preview 13 Wednesday May £15)

CIRCA: WHAT WILL HAVE BEEN World Premiere

One of the world’s greatest contemporary circus companies create a new show infused with tender humanity and savage physicality

A Norfolk & Norwich Festival commission

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at The Adnams Spiegeltent Chapelfield Gardens Norwich NR2 1TN

Sunday 17 May, 8pm £37 – £7

BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, FESTIVAL CHORUS 

David Parry conductor, Sir John Tomlinson bass, Robert Murray tenor, Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano Jeni Bern soprano

Mendelssohn Elijah

One of the UK’s most renowned orchestras, the Festival Chorus and one of the great singers of our time leading a glorious array of vocal talent in Mendelssohn’s irresistible blend of Romantic lyricism and vivid melodrama

Supported by the Festival’s Ensemble and Producers

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at St Andrews Hall, Saint Andrews St, Norwich NR3 1AU

Sunday 17 May 8pm £25 – £7

TARAF DE HAÏDOUKS

Riotous Romanian folk from the world’s greatest gypsy group

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre St NR2 1RL

Thursday 21 May 8pm £18 – £7

SAM GREEN & yMUSIC: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS

Live-cinema performance from Oscar-nominated filmmaker with live score from New York ensemble

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre St NR2 1RL

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Saturday 23 May 8pm £20 – £7

HOFESH SHECKTER COMPANY: POLITICAL MOTHER

Pulsating live music, extraordinary ensemble sequences and cinematic editing create a dance experience like no other

Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre St NR2 1RL

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Norfolk & Norwich Festival Box Office 01603 766400. Online:  www.nnfestival.org.uk 

Book in person at Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre St NR2 1RL

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Norfolk & Norwich Festival is the flagship arts festival for the East of England with a reputation for innovative and inspirational programming and commissioning.  It is one of the big four UK international arts festivals, standing alongside Edinburgh International Festival, Manchester International Festival and Brighton Festival in terms of quality, reach, innovation and reputation. We collaborate with local, national and international partners to produce work for a huge and diverse range of audiences, participants and communities. The organisation has been an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation since April 2012 and is one of 10 Bridge Organisations with a mandate to develop arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people in the East of England. Norfolk & Norwich Festival is funded and supported by Arts Council England, Norwich City Council, Norfolk County Council and the generous support of sponsors and donors.

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Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2015 runs from 8 – 24 May 2015

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