Here at Vintage Norwich we love a little luxury and glamour and so we jumped at the chance to go along to Winsor Bishop this Saturday for their Champagne and Pearls event in celebration of The Gatsby film. Winsor Bishop extended their shop two years ago, but the original shop has beautiful wooden fixtures...
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Did you know there used to be a cinema where Topshop is now in Norwich city centre? Or that Norwich’s very first purpose built cinema was built in 1912 on Magdalen Street and demolished in the 1960s? Norfolk at the Pictures is a heritage project developed by Cinemaplus at Cinema City that aims to...
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Cinema City, Norwich 2nd September 2:45pm Employing an Expressionist style, Hitchcock described THE LODGER as “his first true film” and subtitled it “A Story of the London Fog”. A murderer obsessed with blondes, a love triangle, accusations flying.. it’s fascinating to see how the director used the camera to tell the story in the...
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Magdalen Street has become a bit of ’must go to’ destination in Norwich. One of the newest additions is the shop Shade of Pale (near Lloyds TSB bank) which opened in April 2012. Owner Bren Tuttle is no rookie on the vintage scene, having sold at Aladdin’s cave both in the shop itself and at...
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Cinema City, Norwich 29th June 9pm Germany, France 1923, 75 mins Following on from his Blood of a Poet UK tour in the winter of 2010, Steven Severin returns with his new score for VAMPYR, the third in his ongoing film accompaniment series – Music for Silents.Live in person, Siouxsie and the Banshees founder...
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Cinema City 24th March 6:45pm United States 1983, 79 mins Director: Woody Allen A rare chance to see Woody Allen’s spoof documentary about the fictional 1920s media sensation and human chameleon, Leonard Zelig. Zelig’s ability to blend into any environment and his appearance in newsreel footage by the side of every major 20th-century personality...
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Friday was the return of A Marvellous Cocktail Party at Farmer Browns in Tombland. It’s a 1930s themed cocktail party, with the focus on a bit of glamour, and some truly marvellous cocktails, properly made, strong, and cold. This time round our Chinese Auction prizes included a gramophone, gorgeous Orange & Cinnamon 1930s recipe...
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Bo Nanafana is the biggest vintage themed club night in Norwich, well known for pulling out all the stops with decoration, and for an incredibly well turned out clientele. After a short run of events with a tropical theme, attracting plenty of flowers and fruit, this time round feathers and fringing were the order...
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Norwich Puppet Theatre 24th September 6:30pm On September 24th at the Norwich Puppet Theatre there will be a very special showing of The Lost World (1925) with a completely new score written by Norwich’s very own The Shadow Committee. The Lost World is a 1925 silent film based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s book of...
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Bo Nanafana is one of the biggest events in Norwich, and it only happens 4 or 5 times a year. The last few Bo Nanafana evenings have had a distinctly tropical feel, with hair flowers and bright colours the order of the day, but on October 15th this event is taking a slightly darker...
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Norwich Playhouse Sunday 11 September 7pm Tickets : All tickets £17.50 Running time : ca. 3 hours including interval An Evening of Jazz & Cabaret returns for the 9th year – an evening of high quality performances from artists giving their time and talents for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. This annual night of...
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The Maddermarket – Guys and Dolls September 15th to 17th and 19th to 24th 7.30pm (Additional 2.30pm on 24th) Something has to give when high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson falls for Sergeant Sarah Brown, prim-and-proper leader of the local Save-a-Soul Mission. With its witty script and evergreen score – jam packed with familiar numbers –...
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B2, Sprowston Road, Norwich 3rd September Feat Lena Black and Guests Step back in time to 1920s Chicago MORE INFORMATION
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Friday night was the night of the first ever Covert Club at Norwich Arts Centre. I, like, many other people present had booked tickets with very little idea what to expect. The website and Facebook page conjured up visions of subversive underground cabaret, with a touch of 1930s Berlin or Communist Russia about it....
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The Talk, Oak Street, Norwich 15th October 8pm A debauched night of jazz-age dazzle from the Roaring 20′s. Ticket price £15 plus £1 booking fee PER TICKET. Tickets will be posted to the purchaser. MORE INFORMATION
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