Tis the season to be jolly, and in the run up to Christmas and throughout January Norwich will play host to some fine gigs to see the new decade in, here’s Venue’s taster of what’s to come. The Chats – 2/12/19 NAC Hailing from the Land of Oz, The Chats are back with their fiery…
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Review: Steve Mason — Norwich Arts Centre (4/11/19)
Steve Mason is a unique talent. His career began in 1996 with ‘The Beta Band’, now immortalised by their sonorous hit ‘Dry the Rain’, an experimental group that effortlessly fused folk, electronica, looping motifs, and downtempo jamming in their sweeping collections such as The Three E.P.s. Next came the guise of ‘King Biscuit Time’ and…
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Burnham Deepdale Festival Review
Burnham Deepdale Festival is very unassuming. Behind the village’s shop fronts, you are met with a warm, glowing courtyard. It is lined with fairy lights and a large firepit sits in the centre, lighting up the faces of those around it. Most are sat at tables drinking and laughing and talking. Others potter around buying…
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Jarrod Dickenson at OPEN Norwich
Jarrod Dickenson continues to travel from the Lone Star State to Norwich, delivering a master class in blues-infused country every time. I enter OPEN Norwich’s ‘The Club’ to the sound of a stripped back acoustic guitar, the steel strings ringing through the winding corridor. Cariad Harmon is on stage and continues to play beautifully through…
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10 wild movies
Bikini Girls on Ice: At some point a group of film executives must have been chatting. They want to make a horror film, but how to make the absolute lowest common denominator enjoy it? Thus Bikini Girls on Ice was born, a film which I’m sorry to say I caught on TV. When the historians…
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Venue’s summer anthems
New Rules – Dua Lipa Lipa became the first woman to top the UK singles chart on her own for nearly two years this summer thanks to her empowering anthem with an audacious video to match. – Tony Allen Everything Now – Arcade Fire The undisputed song of the summer. The ABBA-esque melody and positive…
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10 great spy films
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Originally derided, OHMSS has been steadily reappraised down the years and is now (rightly) considered one of the best Bond films. With Diana Rigg stealing the show, an amazing alpine location and the most emotional conclusion to a 007 adventure, it was ahead of its time and blew us away….
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Deepdale festival: what to expect
As long summer days become a distant memory and the academic year, full of responsibilities, rolls around, one last festival offers the chance to get lost in music, food, and drink. For the first time, Deepdale Backpackers & Camping will host the Burnham Deepdale Festival. It will take place across the weekend of 22-24 September…
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Live Review: Laura Marling @ The Waterfront
The Waterfront is hot and stuffy. The sold out crowd is packed together tightly, elbows poking into each other’s backs, edging slowly towards the front. The room then falls silent as Laura Marling slowly walks on stage. A burst of applause and cheers erupt from the eager audience and a small smile crosses Marling’s soft…
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