May 2013

MENTALLICA (A TRIBUTE TO METALLICA) (25.05.13)

25th May (8:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Over 14 years of non-stop touring Mentallica have earned a reputation as Europe’s top Metallica tribute.

Our Share Of Tomorrow presented by Real Circumstance @ The Garage (25.05.13)

25th May (7:30pm)
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Price: £5.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
‘Colchester’s cutting edge theatre company’ (Gazette) brings its new play to The Garage, following critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe and York Theatre Royal. Tom asked Grace out when they were sitting on the Quay. She was fifteen, he a year older, and they were very happy together. But then she had to go away – something to do with her parents. So he sat on the Quay waiting for her. And one day she came back. Our Share of Tomorrow is a love story.

Pimp My Barrow 2013

25th May (1:30pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £9.00 - £43.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
It’s back! It’s time to dust off those Wheelbarrows, Pimp them up and race your way around the city! The Pimp My Barrow event is a charity event, organised by UEA RAG and the Union.

Year 2 Medic to Medic Revision (25.05.13)

25th May (8:30am)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Covers all of second year medic revision topics, including rheumatology and orthopaedics, year 2 examinations, cardiology, respiratory, haematology and dermatology.

Public Service Broadcasting w/ Octagon Court @ OPEN (25.05.13)

25th May (8:00pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Public Service Broadcasting is the corduroy-clad brainchild of London-based J. Willgoose, Esq. who, along with his drumming companion, Wrigglesworth, is on a quest to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the globe.

Dutch Uncles w/ Sky Larkin @ The Waterfront Studio

25th May (7:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Three albums into their career, Manchester’s Dutch Uncles, have made another huge step forward with their new Album Out Of Touch In The Wild being released to unanimous critical acclaim. There’s been no great reinvention, just great progress: this is a refined version of Dutch Uncles doing what they do best: making labyrinthine pop of Escher-like complexity and crystal clarity.

Pimp My Barrow LCR (25.05.13)

25th May (10:30pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £4.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
No fancy dress, no fuss, simply great music. The best in indie, pop, electro, r’n’b and more in the main room. Each week there is a different style played in The Hive - check out the FB Group each week throughout term for more details.

Year 3 Medic to Medic Revision (26.05.13)

26th May (8:30am)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Covers all of third year medic revision topics including, year 3 examinations, ENT, ophthalmology, neurology, renal, urology, endocrinology and diabetes, gastroenterology, data interpretation and prescribing skills.

R16 UK National Championships with with DJ Format & DJ Timber @ OPEN (26.05.13)

26th May (2pm-6pm / 8pm-midnight)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £5.00 - £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The globally renowned Breakin event R16 comes to the UK for the first time. The winners of the crew competition will go on to represent the UK at the European Qualifiers in Lille, France where they will compete against other European winners to get the chance to represent at the World Finals in Seoul, South Korea in July.

Picnic at the Puppet Theatre (26.05.13)

26th May (11:00 / 14:00)
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Price: £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Come and spend a morning OR an afternoon with us at our mini-festival,Picnic at the Puppet Theatre. We have three super puppetry companies who will be performing throughout the day as well as an ever popular drop-in puppet making workshop. There will be food, drinks and general merriment. Join us for a magical May day.

Dan Kitson - After the Beginning, Before the End (27.05.13)

27th May (8:00pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
This is a very specific point in time. I’ve been waiting to have the idea for this show for weeks, for months. A space held open in my head waiting for the idea. For months. I’ve done previews and I’ve booked the tour and I’ve stared at the internet and I’ve made chicken and I’ve tried not to worry.

UEA Student Leavers Week Wristbands 2013

27th May to 31st May (10:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £18.50 - £21.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
50 WRISTBANDS LEFT - ONLY AVAILABLE VIA STUDENT LEAVERS WEEK HOTLINE - TEXT TOM ON 07855 023707! IF YOU HAVENT COLLECTED YOUR WRISTBAND ALREADY YOU NEED TO GET IT FROM TAU ON MONDAY EVENING BETWEEN 10PM AND 11PM (AT RECEPTION)

Random Hand w/ Antivigilante, The Karma Party and Dying Breeds (28.05.13)

28th May (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Random Hand are a 4 piece punk band from Keighley West Yorkshire. Their sound fuses influences from many genres, including ska, reggae, punk, metal, hip hop and dub. The band is typically associated with the punk scene due to its ethics and lyrical content.

End Of The World LCR

28th May (3:50am)
Price: £3.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
It’s the end of the world and it’s time for the survivors to make a stand....or maybe you’ve been turned and are one of the living dead. Or maybe you are the asteroid or volcano responsible! Lots of possibilities for this one....

The Handsome Family (28.05.13)

28th May (8:00pm)
Price: £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Handsome Family is a 20-year songwriting collaboration between husband and wife, Brett (music) and Rennie Sparks (words). Their music has always been Americana in the truest sense— echoing everything from medieval ballad to Appalachian holler to Tin Pan Alley and punk rock.

Colm Tóibín (28.05.13)

28th May (7:00pm)
Price: £7.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Colm Tóibín, a novelist renowned for his extraordinary writing on the family, turns his attention to the biblical in The Testament of Mary. This is the story of a cataclysmic event leading to an overpowering grief. As her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened.

Senses Fail w/ Marmozets (29.05.13) @ WF Studio

29th May (7:30pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Today more than ever, a band doesn’t survive nearly 10 years in the volatile music business without overcoming their share of adversity. Yet for Ridgewood, NJ-based Senses Fail—now about to release their fourth full-length—weathering the storm of recent years has been an empowering journey of self-discovery, that’s only left the group in a stronger, more confident place. The end result of that voyage is The Fire, an album that captures Senses Fail at the absolute top of their game, playing as if their lives depended on it.

Terry Reid (29.05.13)

29th May (8:00pm)
Price: £17.50
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
‘A triumph…Terry Reid’s voice has the power to provoke an intense reaction…’ – 4 Stars -The Times

The Wedding Singer (29th May - 1st June)

29th May to 1st June (7:30pm)
Price: £11.00 - £14.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his fiancée jilts him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie vows to make every wedding as disastrous as his own – until, that is, he meets the girl of his dreams…

De’vide + Bill Downs + Cielo + Intensi T @ Epic (30.05.13)

30th May (7:00pm)
Price: £4.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Fresh from their success on BBC1’s The Voice with judge Jessie J, De’Vide are returning to their roots with a fantastic show. The duo are Barny Holmes, providing acoustic guitar and vocals, and Lexi Lex, a talented MC. Their sound is best described as a crisp fusion of Hip-Hop, R&B, Indie and Soul with an Funk/Acoustic edge.

Red Card Comedy Club (30.05.13)

30th May (8:45pm)
Price: £12.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Never a dull moment at the Red Card Comedy Club; they take the cream of the crop of stand up comedy and package it up into a truly fine night’s entertainment. Occurring every last Thursday of the month in the Norfolk Lounge - Norwich City Football Club!

Cinderella (30-31.05.13)

30th May to 31st May (11:00 / 14:30)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
A one-woman show using puppets and objects, Banyan’s stylish and playful reworking of the Cinderella story explores its fascinating power in a fresh and imaginative adaptation.

Wolf Alice (30.05.13)

30th May (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
North London’s Wolf Alice are set for an extensive run of UK live dates to coincide with brand new single ‘Bros’ which will be released on Chess Club Records on 20th May.

We Need Bees (30.05.13)

30th May (2:00pm)
Price: £6.00 - £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Bertie Bee is at the bottom of the heap in a tightly run, busy little beehive, and spends his day pollinating boring old apples. But Bertie dreams of pollinating the wild flowers in the countryside like his highly respected friend, Bron Bee.

Epic presents Dizraeli & The Small Gods with Special Guests (31.05.13)

31st May (7:00pm)
Price: £9.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Dizraeli and the Small Gods are a 7 piece band from Engurland, playing a melodic, unashamedly heartfelt reinvention of hiphop. So Far…

Official End of Term Party w/ Mistajam + Dot Rotten + American House Party @ The LCR

31st May (10:00pm)
Price: £9.50 - £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
What better way to end a fantastic year at UEA than in the LCR with Mistajam, Dot Rotten, CO2 cannons, confetti cannons, hot tubs, free t-shirts and a whole host of other surprises?

Peachy: Value Vigilantes @ WF Studio (31.05.13)

31st May (10:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Norwich is in peril... A new generation of sock-less wonders and pointy-shoe’d, vintage knitwear sporting villains have taken over the city’s night-life. Someone, somewhere has to do something to thwart this rising tide of lukewarm, mediocre ambivalence.

Best Before End (31.05.13)

31st May (8:00pm)
Price: £8.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Best Before End is a shady Noir-esque performance which can only be exposed to light for an hour before the performer decomposes completely.

June 2013

The Wedding Singer (29th May - 1st June)

29th May to 1st June (7:30pm)
Price: £11.00 - £14.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his fiancée jilts him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie vows to make every wedding as disastrous as his own – until, that is, he meets the girl of his dreams…

Bare Feet Records Summer Showcase (01.06.13)

1st June (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
BFR are proud to present 4 of the finest bands that we are working with this year. Heart of a Dog, Wooden Arms, Port Isla and Milly Hirst.

The Barlights W/ Mammal Hands, Light Parades and Leap Of Faith @ OPEN (01.06.13)

1st June (7:30pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
The Barlights headline the club room at Open for what is likely to be their last Norwich show before they release their much anticipated 3rd album later this year.

Jonathan Wyatt Big Band @ Epic (01.06.13)

1st June (7:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Enjoy the distinctive sounds of big band music performed by the finest musicians of the genre. As well enjoying the fantastic music, there will be cabaret seating and a dance floor. So come along and foxtrot, quickstep and jive to the fantastic sound of a live big band! It is now 25 years since Jonathan Wyatt started East Anglia’s premier big band when he was just seventeen years old.

The Man Who Planted Trees (01.06.13)

1st June (2:30pm)
Price: £8.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
This multi-sensory theatrical adaptation of Jean Giono’s environmental classic tells the inspiring story of a shepherd who plants a forest, acorn by acorn, transforming a barren wasteland. As much a touching tale as it is a hilarious puppet show, The Man Who Planted Trees shows us the difference one man (and his dog!) can make to the world.

Last Chance LCR (01.06.13)

1st June (10:30pm)
Price: £4.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Your last chance to dance at the LCR this term. Don’t miss it!

MELTDOWN + RAWKUS

1st June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Main Room – Indie, Rock, Pop, Alternative. In the Studio – Rawkus – Alternative Rock.

The Defiled w/ With One Last Breath & End Soteria @ The Waterfront Studio (02.06.13)

2nd June (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
London Metal Maniacs The Defiled win over fans everywhere that they play with their simultaneously crushing and melodic, brutal and beautiful industrial metal and a live show that is second to none.

Spot (02.06.13)

2nd June (2:30pm)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Founded in 1976, La Baracca has been working in the field of theatre for children for the past 35 years. The company’s productions, addressed exclusively to children and young people, are centred on actor’s theatre and on an original theatrical style; over the years, they have developed a poetics aimed at generating amazement, trying to pursue simplicity intended as essentiality, always paying special attention to the relationship with the audience. Every year, new productions for all age groups, from children attending crèches to secondary school students, are realised.

Matchbox Heroes EP Launch Night @ The Bicycle Shop (02.06.13)

2nd June (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Matchbox Heroes celebrate the release of their brand new EP ’ Nice To Know You ’ with a very special evening here at The Bicycle Shop.

Beardyman @ WF (04.06.13) NEW DATE

4th June (7:30pm)
Price: £13.50
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
The award winning and multi talented Beardyman has won fans ranging from Fatboy Slim to Herbie Hancock and Jack Black to Matt Groening. He won the UK Beatbox championships consecutively until nobody else dared to enter. Mike Judge was so impressed with his vocal abilities he personally insisted that Beardyman lent his voice to several characters on the latest series of Beavis and Butthead.

EPIC Presents Jazz featuring Beyond Cantaloupe (04.06.13)

4th June (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Beyond Cantaloupe celebrate a golden a era in music by playing the music of Herbie Hancock during his Blue Note label era in the 1960s.

Talk of the Dead presents a mediumship evening with Tina Wilkins (04.06.13)

4th June (7:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Talk of the Dead presents a mediumship evening with Tina Wilkins.

David Thomas Broughton @ The Birdcage (04.06.13)

4th June (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
David Thomas Broughton occupies a contentious position, divides opinion, unsettles, is self-consciously clumsy, hilarious, beautiful but above all memorable. You have never seen anything like it before.

Jason Manford: Work in Progress (4-5.06.13)

4th June to 5th June (7:30pm)
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Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Brand new, box-fresh material from everyone’s favourite northern comedian. A sneak preview of Jason’s long-awaited return to his first love, stand-up, following hugely successful stints as an opera singer on Born To Shine (ITV1) and musical theatre star in the West End production of Sweeney Todd.

Pierce the Veil (05.06.13)

5th June (7:30pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £12.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
After a hugely successful year conquering Warped Tour plus a sold out headline tour of the UK and seeing the release of Collide With The Sky, PIERCE THE VEIL are delighted to announce they will be returning to UK shores in May 2013

The First + Hey Vanity + Lost At Seven @ The Waterfront Studio

6th June (7:30pm)
Price: £7.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The First are an established melodic rock band from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire with a refreshingly powerful and mature sound. Their instantly memorable choruses, vicious guitar lines and progressive rhythmic patterns blend with The First’s ability to tear up stages to create a blisteringly energetic live show.

The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band (06.06.13)

6th June (8:00pm)
Price: £9.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band hits the UK in May 2013, with a new album in tow! Songwriter and visual artist Jeffrey Lewis is renowned for his six albums of twisted garage-indie-folk on Rough Trade, while Grammy winner Peter Stampfel now celebrates 50(!) years of making totally off-the-wall folk music, most famously with the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs (in addition to being featured on the Easy Rider soundtrack, and more notable albums and collaborations than you’d care to count).

Cocos Lovers presented by Dreams Music and The Birdcage (07.06.13) @ The Birdcage

7th June (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Operating well beyond the remit of alt-folk, Cocos Lovers (pronounced Co-Coss) are a distinctive musical force, seamlessly channelling influences from Africa, the US Deep South and several other real and imagined corners of the globe, while staying ever faithful to their Kentish roots.

80s NIGHT + HITPARADE ROCK HORROR WEEKENDER!

7th June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Dress in Rocky Horror fancy dress for discount entrance & all Rocky Horror Show Theatre ticket holders get Free Entrance B4 Midnight! Main Room – Get into the Groove with all your 80s favourites. In the Studio – 60s / 70s hits with DJ Flob.

Pout at the Devil w/ Dead Red + Walkway @ The Waterfront (07.06.13)

7th June (6:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
’Pout at the Devil’ are a fully authentic 80’s Hair Metal & Classic Rock tribute band, dedicated to bringing you all of your favourite anthems from the excessive golden era of hedonistic rock

EPIC Presents Grant Ley EP Launch (07.06.13)

7th June (7:00pm)
Price: £2.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Celebrate the next stage in the career of one of East Anglia’s rising stars.

Stacey Kent & Her Musicians (07.06.13)

7th June (8:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £18.00 - £20.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Stacey Kent now boasts six best-selling albums, a string of awards including the British Jazz Award and BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist, a fan base that sells out concert halls around the world and the distinction of being one of only a handful of artists who have played a 5-day sell-out run at world-famous Ronnie Scott’s – yet she’s never better than in the intimate space of the Playhouse.

Loom + Die You Now (07.06.13)

7th June (8:00pm)
Price: £6.50
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
“Terrifying and invigorating in equal measure” (The Fly), Loom is one hell of a hot-tip for 2013: an essential, irresistible, unstoppable force – don’t miss their first gig in Norwich and what could be the last ever show for the city’s Shellac-inspired sonics of Die You Now.

Sub Focus (07.06.13)

7th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
From his beginnings as a bedroom DJ five years ago, to headlining the Glade stage at Glastonbury in 2010, Nick Douwma, better known as Sub Focus, has become one of the most interesting, innovative and important voices working in British electronic music today.

MELTDOWN + BRITPOPPIN ROCKY HORROR WEEKENDER!

8th June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
The Rocky Horror theme continues tonight so come along in fancy dress for cheap entrance or Free Entrance B4 Midnight with a Theatre Rocky Horror Ticket!

Cawston Band (08.06.13)

8th June (7:30pm)
Price: £12.00 - £14.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Champion Brass Band of East Anglia for the last three years returns to the Playhouse in the illustrious company of special guest soloist - flugel player Andy Holmes from the world-famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Under Musical Director Leigh Sharpe, former Director of Music of the Dragoon Guards Band, the band will perform a wide range of sizzling tunes featuring many musical styles and genres, showcasing their virtuosity and sending everyone home with a spring in their step!

ShaoDow and Zuby - The Blue and Purple Tour 2013 + guests A.C., Terra Slim, Bartoven @ The WF Studio

9th June (7:00pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
ShaoDow, the Shaolin Kung Fu trained Rapper with a Law Degree and Zuby, the Oxford University Graduate/Bodybuilder/MC, join forces once again to bring you their biggest co-headline tour to date. Expect Hip-hop, Dubstep, Grime and Superior Lyricism.

Bloodstock : Metal 2 The Masses - HEAT 2 @ The Portland Arms

10th June (7:00pm)
Price: £3.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Bloodstock: Band Competition: HEAT 2 featuring Depraved Plague / The Projectionist / Coronach / Enthralment Eternal / Malignant Germ Infestation @ The Portland Arms, Cambridge.

Questioning Aslan (10.06.13)

10th June (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
It’s 1958, the world is gripped by an economic crisis and the Cold War is creating a climate of fear. But beneath Oxford’s dreaming spires, Professor C. S. Lewis has called a student into his study to discuss a very different dilemma. His most promising protégé is disillusioned with the world; the future looks increasingly unsure and life seems meaningless. Where or what can he turn to? This thought-provoking and highly entertaining show, from the creative team behind an award-winning production of C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, has challenged and inspired audiences worldwide from Australia to the USA.

Malick Pathé Sow & Bao Sissoko (10.06.13)

10th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
’The finest African exile album of the year comes from two great Senegalese musicians now living in Belgium. As a duo, they create an exquisite, trance-like set that is remarkable for Sow’s warm, soulful vocals and for the interaction of the two players.’ The Guardian (18/10/’12)

Hip Hop Shakespeare presents: Richard II Live tour Featuring: Bashy + Akala @ OPEN (11.06.13)

11th June (7:30pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Hip Hop Shakespeare presents: Richard II Live tour Featuring: Bashy + Akala + special guests.

Liz Lawrence presented by Dreams Music @ The Bicycle Shop (11.06.13)

11th June (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Ever since Liz Lawrence held her first 50p guitar at the age of eight, she was determined to make acoustic music an exciting, fresh and honest genre. Playing in punk and ska bands as a guitarist in her early teens, she found herself entranced and engaged in a full-blown love affair with live performance.

Ed Harcourt + Catherine A.D. (11.06.13)

11th June (8:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Back Into the Woods was released on February 25th 2012 via CCCLX Music, the new label set up by Sean Adams, the founder of Drowned in Sound. At times, the new album feels like the moment when this charming and cherished writer of quintessentially British songs, finally finds the shoes that fit his feet. “I’ve certainly learnt a lot about love, lust and loss since my last record...”

The Fantasist (12.06.13)

12th June (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00 - £10.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
In the mind of the fantasist, the real and the fanciful become dangerously blurred. As Louise gazes into the night her fancy takes form. Objects move, time changes … and a seductive stranger opens up a world of exhilaration and magic.

Skin w/ Red White and Blue @ WF (12.06.13)

12th June (7:30pm)
Price: £17.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
After an overwhelmingly successful reunion tour Skin are back and it’s your chance to catch them in one of only two shows.

Big Hits (12.06.13)

12th June (8:00pm)
Price: £8.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Big Hits rises up in the space between live art and theatre, relentlessly looking for a good time – and staring hard at censorship, propriety, and the violence that can erupt when noise is stifled. An Unruly Voice is at large, the music’s turned up high. “super-smart…and a willingness to push its terms to an extra level…this is a show that shouts itself hoarse and shows us up as sell-outs in a scabrous society. I couldn’t take my eyes off it.” Matt Trueman, Culture Wars

James @: Thetford Forest (13.06.13)

13th June (6:00pm)
Price: £38.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
One of the most influential British indie bands, James, has announced an East Anglian summer concert performing as part of Forest Live, the Forestry Commission’s annual concert series

Josh Widdecombe & Seann Walsh (13.06.13)

13th June (8:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Josh Widdicombe, star of C4’s Stand Up For The Week and Last Leg with Adam Hills, has been steadily building a devoted following since being nominated as Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2011. Seann Walsh is fast becoming one of the hottest new properties in comedy thanks to his razor-sharp contributions on shows such as BBC1’s Live at the Apollo and Dave’s Argumental. Together they spell one of the most exciting double bills on the circuit! Treat yourself to two hours of laughter from two supremos of stand-up.

NON-STOP 90s + ALT 90S

14th June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Main Room – 90s Dance, Chart, Cheese & Indie. Studio – Alternative 90s Indie, Rock & Grunge.

By The Rivers, Babilondon and The Piratones @ OPEN (14.06.13)

14th June (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Hubs Records Present By The Rivers, Babilondon and The Piratones

Bridget Christie: A Bic For Her (14.06.13)

14th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Last year, comedian Bridget Christie noticed that misogyny, like shiny leggings, had made an unexpected comeback. But did it ever really go away? Why did Bic launch the ’Bic for Her’ - a pen specifically designed for a woman’s hand? Do we really need to spend £11.99 on a Smooth Groove camel toe solution; this and much more serious questions will be asked.

Paloma Faith @ Thetford Forest (14.06.13)

14th June (6:00pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £32.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
The captivating Paloma Faith is the latest act to announce that she will be performing concerts in seven spectacular woodland locations this summer as part of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live concert series.

MELTDOWN + METAL LUST

15th June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
Main Room – Indie, Rock, Pop, Alternative Dance. Studio – Metal Lust – classic rock & metal. Check out our Face Book page for extra offers & promotions!

Steemy Dan Aja Tour @ Olives (15.06.2013)

15th June (7:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
This fantastic ten-piece Steely Dan tribute will have you Reelin in the Years during a dynamic show featuring classic tracks such as Rikki Dont Lose that Number, Do it Again, Haitian Divorce, FM and many more from the American jazz rock legends.

Liqueur @ The Waterfront Studio

15th June (7:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
With a repertoire of over 50 songs, Liqueur are able to construct an all-encompassing set to reflect The Cure’s eclectic styles, from the classic pop of ‘Friday I’m in Love’ and ‘Love Cats’ to the violent intensity of ‘One Hundred Years’ and ‘Disintegration’ to the melancholic atmosphere of ‘At Night’ and ‘Faith’.

Three Colours (15.06.13)

15th June (11:00am)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Bask in a world of colour in this interactive performance which explores vibrant sensory worlds. Three Colours places you and your children at the centre of the experience, gently drawing you into wonderful imaginary landscapes where you can swim with fish, feel frogs nibble your toes, catch grasshoppers and listen to a gentle heartbeat… all magically created out of the colours of light.

GUNS OR ROSES (A GUNS N ROSES TRIBUTE) + BLIND TIGER

15th June (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Playing everything pre-dating the Chinese Democracy album, Guns Or Roses will hit you with a setlist which alters slightly each gig, but you’ll get the faves and hits such as Paradise City, Sweet Child, It’s So Easy, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door and Mr Brownstone as well as tracks like You Could Be Mine, Pretty Tied Up, November Rain and My Michelle.

Lockstock Festival 2013

15th June (midday)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Sixth annual ‘LOCKSTOCK FESTIVAL’ at the Locks, Geldeston in Norfolk will take place on Saturday 15th June 2013. A whole day of music, food, fun, music, beer, lots more music, lots more beer.... etc.

The Magnets: All This Time (15.06.13)

15th June (8:00pm)
Price: £16.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
An evening of glorious harmonies, jaw-dropping beatboxing and stylish choreography, featuring songs from The Magnets’ brand new album. Sonically stunning, spectacularly theatrical, and totally a cappella, these Playhouse favourites breathe new life into hits from The Beatles and Led Zeppelin through to Richard Hawley and Adele, as well as their own award-winning original songs. Highlights include an incredible Olympics-inspired mega-medley British pop and beatboxer Andy Frost’s show-stopping solo.

Blondie w/ The Lightning Seeds @ Thetford Forest (15.06.13)

15th June (6:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £36.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Blondie has confirmed a very special tour of the nation’s woodlands next summer performing their hits as part of the Forestry Commission’s annual concert series Forest Live.

John Lee Hooker Jr. + Albany Down @ The Waterfront Studio

17th June (7:30pm)
Price: £16.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hooker Jr. was exposed to the blues as some children are exposed to a parent who practices carpentry, bricklaying or farming. The son of the blues legend, John Lee Hooker, naturally developed a curiosity and appetite for his father’s livelihood.

Bloodstock : Metal 2 The Masses - SEMI FINAL @ The Portland Arms

18th June (7:00pm)
CANCELLED
Price: £3.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
For the Fans.... Metal 2 The Masses - SEMI FINAL. For the bands.... Does your band want a chance to win a place at a festival featuring....Slayer, Lamb of God, King Diamond, Accept, Anthrax, Devildriver, Whitechapel and many more?

James Frost / Mari Joyce presented by The Bicycle Shop Music Nights @ The Bicycle Shop (18.06.13)

18th June (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
James Frost is an established East Anglian folk artist and a recent graduate of the British Academy of New Music in London.

Stand-Up Poetry Club presents Ross Sutherland + Nic Aubury (19.06.13)

19th June (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00 - £7.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Aisle16 founder and live poetry’s favourite innovator is our headliner this month. Ross will be treating us to material from his new show Standby For Tape Backup – audiovisual poems created using an old video tape that used to belong to his granddad. The footage is looped and stretched, destroyed and reassembled, creating a strange eulogy.

Matt Corby (20.06.13)

20th June (8:00pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Still only in his early 20s, Matt Corby’s songs and vocals elicit a sensation that is nothing short of captivating. Having previously been compared to legendary artists such as Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley, Matt’s songs continue to deliver a uniqueness and maturity well beyond his years while his live performances have become renowned for bringing large audiences to a complete stand still.

Missing Andy + Skaface UK + The Thinking Men (20.06.13)

20th June (7:30pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Missing Andy, one of the regions biggest bands, are set to return to the Waterfront on 20th June, following on from their near sell out gig back in November 2012. This time they are back with new material that will have you instantly hooked, their outrageously contagious melodies and catchy lyrics will ensure you’ll be dancing and singing along in no time!

Misty In Roots (21.06.13)

21st June (8:00pm)
Price: £15.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
With a career spanning four decades, Misty in Roots are one of England’s finest reggae groups. The band was one of the most powerful live reggae acts to emerge from 1970s London, and they were a major force in the Rock Against Racism movement.

Us Baby Bear Bones @ The Birdcage (21.06.13)

21st June (8:00pm)
Price: £4.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Us Baby Bear Bones are Puff Gandolfo and Daisy Emily Warne who capture that indescribable nostalgia through mesmerizing, ethereal and often fragile song. Us Baby Bear Bones possess a dream-pop quality that’s detailed, demure yet rough and rude. Sugarless but sweet with exciting hooks, samples and beats.

I Love Hard Dance @ WF (21.06.13)

21st June (10:00pm - 4:00am)
Price: £5.00 - £10.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
I LOVE HARD DANCE Feat JORDAN SUCKLEY, DARK BY DESIGN, CALLY GAGE plus other special guests

Naked Wines Big Summer Wine Tasting @ OPEN (21.06.13)

21st June (6:30pm)
Price: £15.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Award-winning wine retailer Naked Wines is hosting a BIG Summer wine tasting with over 100 wines from all the world - at the beautiful old Barclay’s Banking Hall smack-bang in the city centre.

Bourgeois & Maurice (21.06.13)

21st June (8:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Treading the line between comedy, cabaret and a goth-pop-catwalk nightmare, Bourgeois & Maurice defy categorisation. The cult musical duo have established themselves as one of the alt-cabaret scene’s darkest, sharpest, funniest acts with their award-winning catchy-as-hell songs, racking up performances around the world. Their latest show tackles phone-hacking scandals, ecological disasters and the sexual allure of a tax return, as they set out to solve every issue of the 21st century using only a piano, a few plasticky instruments and a very warped sense of right and wrong.

Depth & Chasing Cadence Tour presented by When Colours Meet @ The Waterfront Studio

22nd June (6:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
DEPTH are a four piece Alternative Rock band from the East of England. Made up of four best friends they bounce of the crowd with energetic stage shows and head banging music. With a self released EP "Waiting for the waves" DEPTH have been spreading their sound by touring the UK. Their latest single ’All I Know’ features on YouTube, be sure to hit the links and check them out!

Robin Hood and his Very Merry Men (22.06.13)

22nd June (2:00pm)
Price: £6.00 - £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Uncontained Arts return with another exhilarating interpretation of much-loved children’s stories. Join the Legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of very merry men as they rob from the rich to save the poor in this laugh a minuet adventure. With Maid Marian by his side, this tights wearing bandit cannot be stopped as he defeats the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham time and time again!

Bo Bruce (22.06.13)

22nd June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
The Voice may have introduced Bo Bruce to the British public, but it was leaving the show on which she came second that set her on the path to the career she craved. Bo’s impassioned performance every Saturday night ensured she was destined for more than the fleeting fame that being on a TV talent show brings.

MELTDOWN + EXILE

22nd June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
Main Room – Meltdowns alternative club night. In the Studio – Exile – Industrial, EBM, Goth.

The Magic Flute (22.06.13)

22nd June (7:30pm)
Price: £12.00 - £15.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Part-pantomime, part-opera, Kit Hesketh-Harvey’s sparkling new production relives The Magic Flute’s sublime and triumphant opening night in 1791. Lofty divas and low comedians flourish. Watching closely are the shadowy forces of Freemasonry. And the composer – Mozart – fears he is being poisoned... A delight for opera connoisseurs and newcomers alike from the highly acclaimed Merry Opera, whose vibrant 2012 production of La Traviata won them an army of Playhouse fans.

Night Engine + The Tricks (24.06.13)

24th June (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Night Engine formed in January 2012. In October 2012 they uploaded a track of theirs called ‘I’ll Make It Worth Your While’ to Soundcloud. In that same month, and with a host of sites linking to the track and running intro pieces on the band, they played their debut London show at the Sebright arms.

Liz Green presented by Dreams Music @ The Bicycle Shop (24.06.13)

24th June (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Liz Green’s debut album, O, Devotion! was released by Play It Again Sam to critical acclaim at the end of 2011. Her early 7" single releases way back in 2007 and 2008 sparked a flurry of media attention, but it wasn’t until she met producer Liam Watson, and started recording at his Toerag Studios, that the album came together.

Bloodstock : Metal 2 The Masses Final Feat Bloodshot Dawn presented by Metal Lust

27th June (7:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
For the Fans.... The final will feature a special guest appearance by BLOODSHOT DAWN, DJs, Bloodstock Giveaways, and chances to win free festival tickets !!!!!!! For the bands.... Does your band want a chance to win a place at a festival feat. Slayer, Lamb of God and more? Click through to read on!

BUG#13 (27.06.13)

27th June (8:00pm)
CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: £10.00 - £15.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
More music video gold from Adam Buxton’s unique collection of favourite clips, forgotten gems and fascinating rareties. The only way Bug#13 will be unlucky is for those fans who don’t manage to snap up tickets for this wildly popular event, Bug residencies are still exclusive to the BFI Southbank and the Playhouse. Spend an entertaining evening in the company of one of the sharpest music video critics in the land as he picks his way through another personal selection of awe-inspiring hits and cringe-making misses.

Red Card Comedy Club (27.06.13)

27th June (8:45pm)
Price: £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Never a dull moment at the Red Card Comedy Club; they take the cream of the crop of stand up comedy and package it up into a truly fine night’s entertainment. Occurring every last Thursday of the month in the Norfolk Lounge - Norwich City Football Club!

Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble (27.06.13)

27th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Led by fiery saxophonist and award-winning composer Gilad Atzmon, The Orient House Ensemble was founded in London in 2000 and is renowned as one of the world’s most brilliant and inspirational jazz groups. Drawing on the music of Coltrane and Bird as well as the beautiful music of the Middle East to create something new and wonderful the Ensemble has been touring constantly all over Europe and the UK and recorded six albums to date, have won many awards and received constant worldwide critical acclaim.

EnergyRush & Hyperbolic

28th June (10:00pm)
Price: £11.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
EnergyRush & Hyperbolic featuring Darren Styles / Gammer / Klubfiller / Whizzkid / Static / Obie. Over 18s only, ID required. No illegal substances on the premises.

How High is Your Stable Door? (28.06.13)

28th June (8:00pm)
Price: £9.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
A glorious gallimaufry of wyrd initiation, improvisation and an old Scottish folk drama performed with glove puppetry and traditional song. Sokobauno Puppet Theatre and Alasdair Roberts perform a double bill of Galoshins and The Horseman’s Word.

Andrew O'Neill is Easily Distracted (28.06.13)

28th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Struggling to maintain concentration for long enough to write a new comedy show, Andrew O’Neill decided to write about the fact that he was struggling to maintain concentration for long enough to write a new comedy show. Perceptively post-modern or simply lazy? You decide! – as the star of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, transvestite metalhead, amateur occultist and all-round show-off brings his winning blend of polemic and off-beat whimsy to the Playhouse.

MELTDOWN + WRAITH

29th June (10:00pm)
SOLD ON DOOR
Price: £3.50 - £4.50
Main Room – Indie, Rock, Pop, Alt Dance. In the Studio – Wraith – Alt Rock, Metal, Goth.

Anna Mudeka Band (29.06.13) - Change of Date

29th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Due to unforeseen circumstances the date of this show has been moved to June 29th (it was originally scheduled for 26th May). Original bookings will remain valid for this new date, so if you can make it all you need do is attend the show on June 29th

Kissbeach 2013 - CANCELLED

29th June to 30th June (12 noon )
CANCELLED
Price: £49.50 - £88.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
We are sorry to announce that due to unavoidable circumstances, KISSbeach, the outdoor event due to take place on Great Yarmouth Beach on 29th/30th June, has been cancelled.

BUG#13 (29.06.13)

29th June (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £15.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
More music video gold from Adam Buxton’s unique collection of favourite clips, forgotten gems and fascinating rareties. The only way Bug#13 will be unlucky is for those fans who don’t manage to snap up tickets for this wildly popular event, Bug residencies are still exclusive to the BFI Southbank and the Playhouse. Spend an entertaining evening in the company of one of the sharpest music video critics in the land as he picks his way through another personal selection of awe-inspiring hits and cringe-making misses.

Cubs & Ask Lydia EP Launch Party @ WF Studio presented by The Tilting Sky (29.06.13)

29th June (7:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
The Tilting Sky presents CUBS and ASK LYDIA. Ask Lydia are a four piece indie/rock/alternative band from Norwich and are comprised of James Mathews-Hiskett (Vocals & guitar), Will Haynes (Guitar & occasional vocals), Kai Clark-Stirling (Bass guitar) and Elliot Revell ( Drums) - ’Jaunty indie pop to get you bouncing. Sprawling songs of crunch guitars and catchy vocal hooks...’

July 2013

Some Like It Hotter (1-2.07.13)

1st July to 2nd July (7:30pm)
Price: £14.00 - £16.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
It’s April 2013. Funny man Jack Lemmon and the incomparable Marilyn Monroe are reunited with Hollywood heart-throb Tony Curtis. But where exactly are they and what the hell is going on? Daring dialogue, razor-sharp wisecracks and sparkling musical numbers make a snappy musical comedy that looks wryly at the power of celebrities over the public – both in life and death. Now that’s entertainment!

The Temperance Movement (01.07.13)

1st July (8:00pm)
Price: £7.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Blues-drenched, soulful and loud – with an instantly recognisable explosive live sound is The Temperance Movement – Britain’s next great rock and roll band.

Heaven’s Basement @ The Waterfront Studio

2nd July (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Heaven’s Basement are about evolution, growth and reaching new heights. Defiance, risk taking, and self-challenge are the bands hallmark. Having toured across Europe playing hundreds upon hundreds of shows alongside bands such as Papa Roach, Shinedown, Buckcherry, Black Stone Cherry; they’ve built their reputation on setting Britain’s underground alight.

Primary PGCE Meal

3rd July (7:00pm)
Price: £35.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
It is nearly time to let loose and celebrate with a well-earnt end of year party! This year’s Primary PGCE event will be held at Dunston Hall on Wednesday 3rd July. The price includes an arrival drink, three-course meal with coffee and a suitable venue to dance in to the early hours. The dress code is smart casual and guests may bring their partners if they wish. Tickets are on sale for a limited time only so get yours while you can!

Alphabet Bands in Conjunction with Planet Of Sound Present...Vuvuvultures @ OPEN

4th July (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Universally acclaimed as the stand out act of the 2012 John Peel Festival of New Music, Vuvuvultures, return to Norwich to celebrate the release of their debut album with a headline show at Open on 4 July.

Edinburgh Previews feat. Lucy Beaumont and Gráinne Maguire (04.07.13)

4th July (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Lucy Beaumont - Lucy is a hugely talented comedy actress and writer. In August 2011 she was a finalist in the Guilded Balloon’s nationwide stand-up comedy competition So You Think You’re Funny? Gráinne Maguire - Gráinne Maguire’s deep reserves of excitable energy, along with material about the Bronte sisters, reclaiming big bellies for the sisterhood and fancying Ed Milliband make her a unique new voice in comedy.

Standing Tall EP Launch presented by When Colours Meet @ The Waterfront Studio

5th July (7:00pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Hometown boys Standing Tall return with their second EP ‘Still Breathing’ the new EP takes them in a different direction to the debut ‘Life.Obsession.Violence. Emotion’. Support from Searching Alaska, Broken Window Effect and Fenrir.

Tubular Bells for Two (05.07.13)

5th July (8:00pm)
Price: £18.00 - £20.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
When Mike Oldfield released his 1973 masterpiece, Tubular Bells, it required more than 30 musicians to perform it. Now, 40 years on, two massively talented musicians recreate the album on stage, in real time, in a unique and compelling theatrical experience. Tubular Bells for Two burst onto the international scene at the Sydney Festival and was the smash-hit show of Edinburgh 2012. Now it’s Norwich’s turn to witness this herculean feat as Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts recreate the beauty and playful lunacy of one of the most important albums of the 20th century.

Panic Room (05.07.13)

5th July (8:00pm)
Price: £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
PANIC ROOM bring their stunning, award-winning music to the Arts Centre this summer as make a triumphant return with their Official ‘S K I N’ Tour! A phenomenal live show, you can expect music of epic grandeur, spine-tingling beauty and gutsy raw power… All delivered with the sheer passion and sense of genuine fun which has made Panic Room one of the best-loved live bands on the circuit today!

WoW Festival 2013 (feat. Dreadzone)

5th July to 6th July (midday)
Price: £25.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
WoW is acoustic, roots, blues, country and everything in between and our aim is to bring you the very best of East Anglian web-footed local brother/sister talent and then to sharpen up the gene pool with some class party acts from further afield. WoW is affordable, relaxed, intimate, bijou, family-friendly and adamantly sponsor-free.

Nordic Giants presented by Dreams Music @ The Birdcage (05.07.13)

5th July (8:00pm)
Price: £4.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Hunting down the elusive Nordic Giants is about as easy as tracking down the truth of the legend in the Blair Witch Project.

Roisin Conarty: Lifehunter (06.07.13)

6th July (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Foster’s Comedy Award Winner 2010 for Best Newcomer and star of Russell Howard’s Good News and Dave’s One Night Stand, Roisin returns to Edinburgh with her brand new solo show.

Funmi Olawumi (06.07.13)

6th July (8:30pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi, the founder of the Yoruba Women Choir, returns with her 12-piece big band featuring the four part harmonies of Naija Soul Sisters and a cracking 8-piece band. Together they mix afrobeat, juju, highlife and fuji to create a big sound that is faaji music.

Anna Coogan & Danielle Fiaschi @ The Bicycle Shop (07.07.13)

7th July (8:00pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Described by Maverick Magazine as “Americana at its best” and staunchly declared “one of the best of her breed” by Blurt magazine, Anna has been carving out a niche for herself with multiple tours across the US, UK, and Europe.

Clutch (08.07.13)

8th July (7:30pm)
Price: £15.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
After the twice-upgraded, sold-out CLUTCH performance in London in January to celebrate their forthcoming dynamite new album ‘Earth Rocker’, the band could not be more excited to return for further dates this July.

Ultramagnetic MC’s (08.07.13)

8th July (8:00pm)
Price: £15.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Bronx hip-hop group the Ultramagnetic MC’s are back in 2013 for their classic album, ‘Critical Beatdown’s 25th Anniversary Tour with a line-up boasting Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and DJ Cito.

Cathy Cassidy - FLY Literature Festival

9th July (5:30pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear your favourite author, the best-selling writer of The Chocolate Box Girls series, Cathy Cassidy. Cathy the current ‘Queen of Teen’, will read from her new book, Coco Caramel, and talk about friendship, daydreaming, chocolate and cakes. She will share her stories of her early writing days and career into journalism working for both Jackie and Shout magazines, and tips on how you can think up ideas for contributing to or start your own magazine in your school.

Tony Lee with Dan Boultwood - FLY Literature Festival

10th July (6:30pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Don’t miss your chance to see Tony Lee, New York Times Bestselling List graphic novelist and one of the UK’s most admired comic writers and his frequent collaborator, the virtuoso graphic artist, Dan Boultwood.

Little Bulb Theatre presents Squally Showers (11-12.07.13)

11th July to 12th July (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00 - £7.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Following Operation Greenfield (NNF 2012) Little Bulb return with a fantastical farce exploring young adulthood in the 80s - told with exciting choreography and bizarre characters.

The Script @ Thetford Forest (11.07.13)

11th July (6:00pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £32.50
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Dublin’s finest, The Script, announce an East Anglian date for 2013 in what will be a welcome return to Thetford Forest, performing as part of Forest Live, the Forestry Commission’s annual concert series.

Benjamin Zephaniah - FLY Literature Festival

11th July (6:30pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Come and enjoy possibly the coolest as well as one of the wittiest poets on the planet. Benjamin Zephaniah is a writer (of fiction for young people), a lyricist and musician as well as a poet. It’s been said that he is Britain’s most identifiable poet because of his ability to perform and his mission has been to take poetry everywhere.

An Evening of Clairvoyance with Ashley George (11.07.13)

11th July (7:30pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Talk of the Dead are based in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. They plan and organise medium/clairvoyant evenings in and around East Anglia. The medium for this evening will be Ashley George.

These Ghosts presented by The Tilting Sky @ OPEN (12.07.13)

12th July (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
These Ghosts return to Norwich for their debut headline show here in the club room at Open. The band have been busy working on their 2nd album at The Mill Studio with producer Jonny Cole , a follow up to their critically acclaimed debut from 2010.

The Smyths w/ Hemmingway @ WF Studio (12.07.13)

12th July (7:00pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
"You’ll never see The Smiths again, but The Smyths are the next best thing." (Music-News.com)

Charlie Higson - FLY Literature Festival

12th July (6:30pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The FLY festival finale offers you the chance for the brilliant author, comedian, and festival patron, Charlie Higson, to take you on a journey into the terrifying world of the zombie. And tell you how to make writing really scary.

Paul Weller @ Thetford Forest 2013

12th July (6:00pm)
SOLD OUT
Price: £39.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Paul Weller is the first artist to sign up for the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live concert programme, with summer dates for 2013 in spectacular woodland locations in East Anglia and the West Country.

DAT Politics featuring twee OFF! Summer Party (12.07.13)

12th July (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Since 1999, DAT Politics is by far one of the most ecstatic electro party bands on the planet. Their remarkably energetic live shows explain the cult like enthusiasm that surround the French combo. DAT Politics channel a rough-edged turbo pop mood through their laptops to create some of the most unexpectedly catchy and lively music ever assembled by digital means.

Epic Presents Toploader & Special Guests (12.07.13)

12th July (7:00pm)
Price: £18.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
With more than 2 million album sales and the smash hit Dancing In The Moonlight, Toploader were a huge part of the Britpop scene.

Elvis Costello and The Imposters (13.07.13)

13th July (6:00pm)
Price: £39.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Elvis Costello is considered to be one of the most important singer-songwriters to surface from the punk/New Wave era. With absorbing lyrics and memorable tunes set to his distinctive vocal, he has generated a songbook of classic material including ‘Alison’, ‘Watching The Detectives’, ‘Pump It Up’ and ‘Oliver’s Army’.

The Barford Festival 2013 (13.07.13)

13th July (2:00pm)
Price: £4.00 - £20.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Celebrating their 8th year, the 2013 festival will be held on Saturday July 13th and is an exciting and fun summer family festival with tons of entertainment for all. Gates open at 2pm for fantastic entertainment, cool creative art/drama workshops, brilliant live music, delicious drinks and gorgeous grub!

Room 94 @ The Waterfront Studio

16th July (7:30pm)
Price: £7.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Having supported Lawson this year, four piece pop rock band Room 94 will play a headline tour in July. Currently unsigned, they are made up of three brothers: Kieran Lemon (Lead vocals and guitar), Dean Lemon (Drums) & Sean Lemon (Guitar) and joined by friend Kit Tanton, on bass.

Zoe Rahman Trio (16.07.13)

16th July (8:00pm)
Price: £10.00 - £12.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Zoe is one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. A vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer, her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste.

Stand-Up Poetry Club presents Joe Dunthorne + Steve Roggenbuck (17.07.13)

17th July (8:00pm)
Price: £5.00 - £7.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
A double header that’s likely to have the hipsters weeping with joy into their micro-brewery ales. Author of the critically acclaimed Submarine (now a hit motion picture) Joe Dunthorne shows us why he was also one of only eight writers chosen by Faber to be one of their New Poets.

Shadows Chasing Ghosts w/ Palm Reader and Now, Voyager @ WF Studio (17.07.13)

17th July (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
Following the recent announcement that veteran post-hardcore outfit ’Shadows Chasing Ghosts’ were calling it quits, speculation surrounding the locations of their farewell shows has been rife. Speculate no more. Shadows Chasing Ghosts are coming to Norwich one last time

Graduation Dinner 2013 (17.07.13)

17th July (7:00pm)
Price: £35.00 - £55.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Spend a glamorous evening at the beautiful Sprowston Manor Hotel with a sumptuous 3 course meal and a party afterwards. The perfect way to celebrate your graduation and spend one of your last evenings with your University friends! Tickets to this event are LIMITED and therefore we would suggest booking early to avoid missing out.

By The Sea + Plantman (18.07.13)

18th July (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
By The Sea are a Wirral-based indie rock band. After a short run of sold-out 7? singles, the band released their debut LP on November 12th via Dell’Orso Records (CD), Great Pop Supplement (LP) and digitally through AWAL distribution. The album was recorded and produced with close friend Bill Ryder-Jones (Domino Records) in various bedrooms, garages and churches. The album hopes to recall the sound and culture of the seminal 1980s indie bands that helped inspire it.

Latitude 2013

18th July to 21st July (10:00am)
Price: £6.50 - £190.50
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Celebrating its eighth year, Latitude continues to bring the very best from the worlds of music, theatre, comedy, literature, film, poetry, dance, art, fashion and cabaret together for one glorious weekend! Featuring music headliners Bloc Party, Kraftwerk and Foals and MUCH more!

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (19.07.13)

19th July (7:30pm)
Price: £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Howard Coggins (Bristol Old Vic) and Stu McLoughlin (Kneehigh) are desperately searching for a new show that won’t be savaged like their last effort, when they chance upon an idea that could change everything… But can they put aside their differences and make it through to the end without killing each other?

Graduation Party 2013 (19.07.13)

19th July (10:00pm)
Price: £25.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
For those of you who dont’t fancy a formal Dinner then we have entertainment thats both louder and later - THE GRADUATION PARTY!

Abbey Fest 2013 - The Rockney Road of Folk w/ Chas & Dave, Dubliner’s Legends, Kate Rusby (19.07.13)

19th July (4:00pm)
Price: £16.50 - £104.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
OEP Live! are pleased to announce that Abbeyfest 2013 will be returning for the third year running to Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds on 19th/20th/21st July 2013. We have a fantastic line-up arranged and are pleased to announce the first acts for Friday, 19th July with more to follow. You won’t want to miss them!

Rumpelstiltskin (20.07.13)

20th July (2:30pm)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Poor Polly Buckwheat, the Miller’s daughter, is in a bit of a pickle! If she doesn’t turn a roomful of straw into gold by morning, the greedy King will turn a bit nasty. But should she accept the kind help of an eccentric dwarf who mysteriously appears in her prison cell?

Abbey Fest 2013 - The Midsummer Pop / Soul Picnic Party (20.07.13)

20th July (4:00pm)
Price: £16.50 - £104.00
(Max of 8 tickets per booking)
OEP Live ! are pleased to announce the outstanding first acts for Saturday, 20th July with more to follow. You won’t want to miss them! Featuring Le Freak C’est Chic, The Edwin Starr Band, Gwen Dickey (from Rose Royce), Galaxy and much more!

Abbey Fest 2013 - 10CC (21.07.13)

21st July (4:00pm)
Price: £17.00 - £104.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
OEP Live ! are pleased to announce that the audience gripping line-up for Sunday, 21st July 2013 at Abbey Fest 2013, Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds will be the legendary 10CC with an all hits concert, the world’s only official live Marc Bolan and T.Rex show – T.REXTASY and the ultimate One Direction act– ONLY ONE DIRECTION with further acts to be announced.

The Unthank Comedy Festival - 23.07.13 - MC Matt Green, Alastair Barrie and Felix Dexter

23rd July (6:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Unthank Comedy Festival returns for 2013 with an AMAZING Three nights of Comedy...Tuesday sees MC Matt Green, Alastair Barrie and Felix Dexter.

The Unthank Comedy Festival - 24.07.13 - MC Junior Simpson, Mitch Benn and Paul Sinha

24th July (6:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Unthank Comedy Festival returns for 2013 with an AMAZING Three nights of Comedy...Wednesday sees MC Junior Simpson, Mitch Benn and Paul Sinha.

[Live] Art Club – Miss High Leg Kick presents Bodies International “Work It Out” (24.07.13)

24th July (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
It’s a show! It’s a workshop! It’s an exercise experience! It’s like no other workout session you’ve ever been to!

Red Card Comedy Club - Special Offer (25.07.13)

25th July (8:45pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Never a dull moment at the Red Card Comedy Club; they take the cream of the crop of stand up comedy and package it up into a truly fine night’s entertainment. Occurring every last Thursday of the month in the Norfolk Lounge - Norwich City Football Club!

Mal Webb @ The Bicycle Shop (25.07.13)

25th July (7:30pm)
Price: £5.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Around the world and into your brain, vocal adventurer, multi-instrumentist and looping beatboxing songwriter Mal Webb sings his songs about all manner of stuff, using all sorts of vocal techniques, guitar, mbira, slide trumpet, trombone, chromatic harmonica and a loop recording pedal called Derek.

The Unthank Comedy Festival - 25.07.13 - MC Geoff Norcott, Jonny Awsum and Addy van der Borgh

25th July (6:00pm)
Price: £12.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The Unthank Comedy Festival returns for 2013 with an AMAZING Three nights of Comedy...Thursday sees MC Geoff Norcott, Jonny Awsum and Addy van der Borgh.

One for the Road Events present Hello Bear (25.07.13)

25th July (8:00pm)
Price: £6.00
(Max of 6 tickets per booking)
Self proclaimed “Post Sadcore Fun Pop” band Hello Bear have been bringing their own brand of energetic quirky indie pop rock to the stage since 2010.

Showcase of Escalator Music Artists featuring Adriano Adewale at St Georges Theatre (28.07.13)

28th July (8:00pm)
Price: £7.00 - £10.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
A rich chemistry of music influences, this outstanding international ensemble creates a cocktail of infectiously funk rhythms, beautiful melodies and ballads. The music appeals directly to the senses.

Aliens Love Underpants (29-30.07.13)

29th July to 30th July (various times)
Price: £11.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
This zany and hilarious tale based on the best-selling children’s book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort is delightfully brought to life on stage for the very first time. With stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of aliens (of course!), this fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You’ll laugh your PANTS off!

August 2013

The Spooky Men's Chorale (02.08.13)

2nd August (7:30pm)
Price: £14.00 - £16.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Zany, black-clad, sounding as sacred as a high church choir one minute and wickedly off the wall the next, the Spooky Men’s Chorale are back in the UK by popular demand with their rib-tickling, sometimes heart-rending, original compositions and eloquent close-harmony arrangements. Their repertoire veers from Georgian-style chants, acappella ballads and spiky political jabs to Cole Porter, hilarious spoofs of cheesy disco hits, and the funniest version of Abba’s Dancing Queen you’re ever likely to hear. Time to wave goodbye to choirs as you know them and embrace your inner Spooky!

Thumbelina (3.08.13)

3rd August (11:00 / 14:30)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of a girl no bigger than a thumb and her encounters with a frog, mouse, mole and swallow, is played gently amongst gardening tools, leading her to ultimate happiness in the kingdom of flowers.

Manipulate and Play Professional Development Summer School (3-4.08.13)

3rd August to 4th August (10:00am)
Price: £120.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
The aim of this weekend is to explore and develop technique, expression and play by using two person puppets, materials and objects to create short improvisations based on character and movement.

The Tinderbox (6-10.08.13)

6th August to 10th August (2:30pm)
Price: £6.50 - £8.50
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
A roguish Soldier finds himself in possession of a tinderbox, a very special tinderbox which gives him the power to magically summon three extraordinary dogs to do his bidding. These dogs bring him riches beyond his wildest dreams, but his fortunes quickly take a turn for the worse in the big city where your charms are counted by the penny.

The Flatliners + Gnarwolves @ The Waterfront Studio

7th August (7:30pm)
Price: £8.00
(Max of 10 tickets per booking)
Out Of Step / Farewell Promotions Presents The Flatliners and Gnarwolves plus support. Over the last four years, the Flatliners have spent almost thirty months in vans, dive bars, and concert halls across North America, Europe, and Japan, building up a dedicated following with a sound that mixes the endless fury of ‘90s skate punk with the nuanced, intelligent songwriting of classic post-punks like the Replacements and Hot Water Music.
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