The Origin of Species..., tells the incredible story of how Darwin came to discover the secrets of evolution and why it took him over twenty years to pluck up the courage to publish his remarkable idea.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £10 (£6.50 students)

This exhibition showcases artworks by five contemporary artists, all of whom have been specially commissioned by the Norfolk 2000 project to respond to the theme of historical immigration to Norfolk over the past 2000 years.

Venue: Old Warehouse

Price: Free Admission

Come along and have a great night of ‘Shadows’ music which is performed by ‘The Bootleg Shadows’ - an incredible tribute to the greatest instrumental group of all time. We can promise you a night to remember, full of their classic hits and memorable movements. Close your eyes and you will think you are listening to the real thing!

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £15 (£14) | £6.50 for Students and Under 16s

Local artist Frank Gibson works with watercolours to create large seascapes and landscapes of the surrounding area. With no formal art training, Frank learnt to develop his own style of painting, exhibiting his work both across the UK and internationally.

Venue: The Old Warehouse

Price: Free Admission

Come and make your own stick puppets and create a story to perform in our Applause Theatre. Use mixed media to build a puppet and backdrops or cut a silhouette for a shadow puppet play.
Don't forget to get tickets for Norwich Puppet Theatre's performance of Red Riding Hood which starts afterwards at 4pm in the Guildhall Theatre.

Venue: Galleries

Price: £6.50 (£5) - book by calling 01553 779095

Red Riding Hood is Norwich Puppet Theatre's exciting collaboration with acclaimed children's theatre director and designer, Peter O'Rourke.
The show is a lively re-telling of the traditional folktale drawing on the story’s origins in the oral tradition and versions by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The performance combines inventive staging with a rich mix of puppetry and songs which will delight all ages.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £9 (£6)

Life for wannabe diva, Deloris Van Cartier, takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime. The cops hide her in the most unexpected of places – a covent! Deloris then finds her fellow sisters their voices, as unexpectedly as her own! A divine musical comedy and a sparkling tribute to friendship.
Directed By Kevin Shippey

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £12.50 / £11.50 concessions / EARLY BIRD: All tickets £11.50 until March 31st

Create your own wonderland!
Join Alice on her remarkable journey in this new production to enchant all ages. Find magic in Wonderland, and make it safely home again. The only danger is, you may not want to leave!

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £9 (£6)

Award winning Box Tale Soup present their chilling new show, an original adaptation of M.R. James' classic supernatural thriller, Casting the Runes.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £12 (£10)

Programme: Mozart Sonata for Violin and Piano K.379

Beethoven Sonata for Violin & Piano No.4 in A minor

Brahms Sonata Violin and Piano No.3 in D Op.108

Kreisler Tambourin chinois; Caprice viennois

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £13, under 18s £6.50

Under the guidance of the King's Lynn Arts Centre, 20 young people from across West Norfolk have each been creating a portfolio of work to gain their Arts Awards at different levels. Arts Awards are nationally recognised qualifications which inspire participants to grow their arts and leadership talents and become acquainted with their local venue. Come and see what they have crafted and learned.

Venue: Red Barn

Price: Free Admission

Proud of his Norfolk agricultural ancestry, Bob Catchpole's ironic sculptures are made from actual tools intriguingly modified by the artist to serve as a metaphor for man's relationship with landscape.
In the Middle Ages in Norfolk, much of the huge wealth that came from working the land was dedicated to the building of churches - and the masons and the agricultural labourers worked in tandem. Bob's sculptures aim to reconstruct the relationship between the landscape and the churches.

Venue: Fermoy Gallery

Price: Free Admission

King’s Lynn Arts Centre has once again joined forces with the Stroke Association for a series of workshops involving clay work, papier-mâché and painting. This exhibition showcases the group’s playful exploration of materials and techniques, but most importantly demonstrates art as an aid to recovery.

Venue: Shakespeare Barn

Price: Free Admission

'What is the value of art?' This is the question we have asked a group of young artists hoping to further their art education. Through a series of workshops, The Project Room aims to create debate and broaden the student's perspectives of art's place in society. The final exhibition shows their responses to this topic through their own choice of visual arts.

Venue: Old Warehouse

Price: Free Admission

WAITING FOR STANLEY takes us back to 1945 and a railway station platform where a wife is anxiously waiting for her husband, Stanley, to return from the front. The train arrives full of homecoming soldiers but her Stanley doesn't appear...

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £12 (£10)

Murder and mystery abound! Jack and Sarah Redford appear to be the perfect couple. However, Jack is secretly plotting to murder Sarah; but it is Jack who ends up dead! Almost everyone has a motive.. But who is the real killer?

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £10

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With a strong belief in all things bizarre the Odd Doll Theatre Company takes their inspiration from fairy tales, circus, music, dance and clowns.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £9 (£6.50)

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Chris Dobrowolski has lovingly repaired his family Triumph Herald Estate so that he can drive it from his childhood home in Braintree, Essex, to Rome via Turin where this quintessentially English car was designed.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £12 (£10)

The Blue Orange Theatre brings to the stage Charlotte Bronte’s immortal tale of a young woman’s courageous fight through injustice and hardship. It's a story that continues to inspire and enthrall over 150 years after its publication.

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £12 (£10)

A talk about technologies and design principles of the Halley VI Station and wider relevance to environmentally responsible development.

Presented by Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Venue: Guildhall Theatre

Price: £10, £8 RGS-IBG members & under 18s