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Clarissa Connelly
Clarissa Connelly
Born in Scotland, raised in Denmark, and now based in Copenhagen, she’s a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a reputation for blending everything from William Blake’s poetry to French philosophy into her sound.
Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy
Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy
From the rainforests of Ghana, Alogte Oho brightens the rainy skies of Norwich with his enthusiastic Sounds of Joy.
Corto.alto
Corto.alto
This electric jazz performance had me shocked with how good it was.
Bbc Singers
Bbc Singers
Stunning semi-improvised sections made for a compelling listening experience, enhanced by some stunning solo singing.
Toast + Songs Of The Bulbul
Toast + Songs Of The Bulbul
However many N&N shows you see, at least one Toast session should be part of the mix, especially if you can top it off with a Song of the Bulbul.
Band Night
Band Night
With a ticket price of just £10, this turned out to be one of the best value-for-money shows in the whole of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival programme.
Apartment House
Apartment House
Apartment House's bold program of music spanned a hundred years of composition, each piece having an oblique but tangible connection with the next.
Nabihah Iqbal
The Gurdjieff Ensemble
Still House Plants
Still House Plants
The upside of NNF is the chance to discover new and different things. The downside is that sometimes those things are just too different.
Show Pony
Show Pony
That audience, having clearly been won over by their winning personalities, lapped up every moment, hooted with laughter throughout, and repeatedly broke out into spontaneous applause, culminating in a standing ovation
Sean Shibe
Sean Shibe
An engrossing, excellently programmed, performed and contextualised, selection.
Showdown
Showdown
This is an absolute MUST SEE for the Spiegeltent. An hour of entertainment perfect for adults, young children and teens alike.
Heka + Compline
Heka + Compline
Once I settled down to the stop/start format and the realisation that this was essentially a juggling show with a few magic skills thrown in for good measure, there was much to enjoy. The cast were strikingly dressed throughout, the sound and lighting design was perfect, as was the far-reaching choice of accompanying music.
Emma Rawicz
Emma Rawicz
With a saxophone and a talented band, Emma Rawicz blessed the Octagon Chapel with fantastic jazz melodies.
Arooj Aftab & Wooly Aziz
Arooj Aftab & Wooly Aziz
A glorious start to NNF25
Outline On The Road - Mangata Festival Nottingham
Outline On The Road - Mangata Festival Nottingham
A journey across borders to explore a developing rock/metal festival in Nottingham.
Mahan Esfahani - Whispered Spells And Bach Nnf 2024
Esfahani was our notional headliner, but one that seemed at his most content when playing with like-minded musicians, all of whom were playing at the top of their game.
Apartment House Nnf 2024
Apartment House Nnf 2024
The musicians’ performance was very respectful of the original album and largely managed to recreate its dark, chilling, chaotic quality while being able to add subtle touches of their personality
Baque Luar - Nnf 2024
Baque Luar - Nnf 2024
Baque Luar is all about the beat, and that is what their first visit to Norwich will be remembered for, long after this year's Norfolk & Norwich Festival has ended.
City Of Literature Nnf 2024
City Of Literature Nnf 2024
Given some of the impossible choices thrown up by the festival this year, it would be easy to miss out on the events centred around The National Centre for Writing at Dragon's Hall, and in previous years that's exactly what I have done - miss out. Determined not to make the same mistake this year, I dipped my toe into the series of conversations between authors taking place.
Mosh Nnf 2024
Mosh Nnf 2024
I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I assumed the show would operate on a primal, energetic, physical level as moshing. For me, it was quite the opposite.
Toast 3 Nnf 2024
Toast 3 Nnf 2024
The final words from Lewis Buxton lingered with me: “Poetry is a middle finger, it’s an orange with a knife in it, being drunk at a house party, almost kissing, a piano dropping from a 9th floor apartment"
Laura Misch - Nnf 2024
Laura Misch - Nnf 2024
Another wonderfully atmospheric music evening within the Adnams Spiegeltent.