http://www.nnf10.org.uk/index.php/programme/detail/ en matthew@nnfestival.org.uk Copyright 2010 2010-05-23T04:30:50+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/festival_audiences_increase_by_450/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/festival_audiences_increase_by_450/#When:05:00:02Z Festival audiences four times higher than ever before This year Norfolk & Norwich Festival attracted almost 300,000 people.  This is a significant increase on 2009 when the May Festival audience was just over 62,000.  The increase was in part a result of increased ticket sales for music, dance, theatre, circus and children’s events but had a boost from the extended programme of outdoor performances and eye-catching visual arts installations and exhibitions. The Festival in numbers 278,000  estimated audience numbers for NNF10 49,996   text messages sent as part of A Short Message Spectacle (An SMS) 34,000  audience at paid events 1000 performers taking part in NNF10 350 NNF10 events 140 volunteers working for NNF this May 100+ Funders, sponsors and partners 96  haircuts by the children of Norwich’s Catton Grove School 60 unique flags created by schools and community groups 32% rising in value of tickets sold compared with 2009 23  world premieres, UK premieres and exclusives 16 days in May 8 Festival commissions 7 ice cream vans 4th biggest city festival in the UK 1 RedBall Classical, Contemporary music, Dance, Circus, Theatre, Literature, Spiegeltent, Family, Free, Visual Arts 2010-05-23T05:00:02+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/internal2/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/internal2/#When:19:00:23Z From the company that brought you one of the  undoubted hits of NNF09 – The Smile Off Your Face – comes their latest sensory exploration. We’ll let them introduce the show themselves: Dear Spectator, We are five performers insearch of a partner. We’d like to invite you to the next performance of Internal, our individual playground, where you can get to know us in a cosy and spontaneous atmosphere. We guarantee you an intimate and highly personal treatment. Please, inform us in time if you are unable to control your feelings. We will provide an elegant and discrete solution.Yours sincerely, The Actors               Suitable for over-18s only     Theatre, The Garage 2010-05-22T19:00:23+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/southern_comfort_jazz_boat/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/southern_comfort_jazz_boat/#When:18:00:49Z The Southern Comfort is once again in ship-shape fashion and set to embark on a series of musical meanderings across the Norfolk Broads. Today's final jazz boat features the ever-entertaining DixieMix Jazz Band. Contemporary music 2010-05-22T18:00:49+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/James_Hunter/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/James_Hunter/#When:03:30:23Z With a style that undeniably harks back to the days of classic 50s and early 60s R&B, James Hunter's voice is smooth, brilliantly controlled and unapologetic and possesses the same timeless quality inherent in early innovators such as Sam Cooke, Bobby Bland and Ray Charles. Through his infectious vocal and guitar performances, clever song writing and tight arrangements, Hunter proves that he has learnt from his influences rather than simply imitating them, which ensures that he can whip up a frenzy among hardened gig goers and young hipsters alike. Contemporary music, Spiegeltent, Spiegeltent 2010-05-22T03:30:23+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Arve_Henriksen_and_Jan_Bang_with_the_Voice_Project_Choir/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Arve_Henriksen_and_Jan_Bang_with_the_Voice_Project_Choir/#When:01:00:00Z The creative partnership of the Voice Project Choir, Norwich's renowned open-access choir, and NNF has produced some of the most memorable Festival performances in recent years. This year's Voice Project commission Recording Angel is a three-way collaboration between trumpeter Arve Henriksen, sampler/DJ Jan Bang and Voice Project co-director Jonathan Baker. It draws on influences from medieval Gregorian chant to contemporary found-sounds and ambient polyphony. Contemporary music, Norwich Cathedral 2010-05-22T01:00:00+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/reinis_zarins_-_evening_concert/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/reinis_zarins_-_evening_concert/#When:00:30:23Z Classical 2010-05-22T00:30:23+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/internal1/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/internal1/#When:19:00:23Z From the company that brought you one of the  undoubted hits of NNF09 – The Smile Off YourFace – comes their latest sensory exploration. We’ll let them introduce the show themselves: Dear Spectator, We are five performers in search of a partner. We’d like to invite you to the next performance of Internal,our individual playground, where you can get to know us in a cosy and spontaneous atmosphere. We guarantee you an intimate and highly personal treatment. Please, inform us in time if you are unable to control your feelings. We will provide an elegant and discrete solution. Yours sincerely, The Actors Suitable for over-18s only Theatre, The Garage 2010-05-21T19:00:23+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Milos_Karadaglic_guitar/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Milos_Karadaglic_guitar/#When:18:00:23Z Classical 2010-05-21T18:00:23+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/spiegel_late_-_neil_innes_and_swervy_world/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/spiegel_late_-_neil_innes_and_swervy_world/#When:03:30:20Z Yes, you read it right the Urban Spaceman himself, impresario of the witty song & graduate of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monty Python & The Rutles, will be singing us just a few choice songs and bringing his own brand of comic genius to the Spiegel Lates with a little help from the U.K's number 1 street band 'Swervy World'. Swervy World will close the night with a set once described as “an irrelevant irreverent roller coaster ride into the deepest depths of rock and roll”  Loud suits, great music – and an obsessive compulsion to keep dance floors jumping. Spiegeltent 2010-05-21T03:30:20+00:00 http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Avatar/ http://nnf10.org.uk/programme/detail/Avatar/#When:00:45:23Z Avatar* is an interactive dance solo from award-winning Barcelona dance collective, Erre que Erre. Exploring ways in which a virtual space and a living body interact, the piece uses the human form as a writing tool that etches a narrative of movements and gestures across the stage. This energetic piece allows the audience exclusive access to the dancer's own very private experience as she negotiates her way through a computer generated visual narrative that reacts to every movement she makes. Dance, Norwich Playhouse 2010-05-21T00:45:23+00:00