1-10 JULY 2022
1-10 JULY 2022
Welcome to the Young Norfolk Arts Festival 2022!
With 10 days of performance, theatre, writing, dance, visual arts and creative workshops, by and for young people across Norfolk.
FESTIVAL CALENDAR
THUR 30 JUNE
YNAF 2022 LAUNCH
6-7pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Join us live as we launch this year’s Festival! With music, poetry and dance, curated by our YNA Collective.
FRI 1 JULY
PRIMARY POETRY SLAM
11am-12.30pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Budding young poets from 4 Norfolk schools will compete to be crowned the best.
SAT 2 JULY
LOST RIVER STAGE
12.30-3pm & 4.30-6.30pm
Westlegate, Norwich
Showcasing up and coming musicians, bands, dancers, poets and performers from across Norfolk. Part of the Lord Mayor’s Celebration.
THE DANCE WE MADE
All day
Norwich City Centre Help the TWDM dancers create some new moves and watch the performance come together before your very eyes…
SUN 3 JULY
NATURE IS OUR HOME WORKSHOP
11.30am-1pm
Sainsbury Centre
Join the YNA Collective for a family friendly workshop inspired by nature and home.
YOUNG NORFOLK WRITING COMPETITION SHOWCASE
5-6pm
National Centre for Writing
We’ll be announcing the winners of this year’s competition in this very special showcase.
TUE 5 JULY
FLINT
2.30pm & 7.30pm
The Garage, Norwich
The Garage Theatre Company presents a new play about fifteen year old Lydia who has become obsessed with the work of fellow fifteen year old Greta Thunberg. Leaving her home in a trek spanning nations, Lydia attempts to put right what other generations have done wrong.
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESS MORGAN
4-5pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Develop new song ideas through writing exercises and experiment with the ways that music can support and complement lyrics.
WED 6 JULY
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH LIGIA MACEDO
4-5.30pm
PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth
A safe, fun writing space to connect with nature, explore what is around and inside us, create and share pieces of work reflecting thoughts, experiences, memories, dreams, hopes and insights for the future.
THUR 7 JULY
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESS MORGAN
4-5pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Develop new song ideas through writing exercises and experiment with the ways that music can support and complement lyrics.
FRI 8 JULY
SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESS MORGAN
4-5pm
Norwich Arts Centre
Develop new song ideas through writing exercises and experiment with the ways that music can support and complement lyrics.
SAT 9 JULY
YOUNG VISIONARIES SHOWCASE
3-6pm
Norwich Arts Centre
A showcase of music, art, poetry and spoken word curated and performed by members of Young Visionaries.
NATURE. CRISIS. DRAMA SYMPOSIUM
10am-7pm
UEA Enterprise Centre
Song of the Reeds: Re-wilding Drama
Part of a two-day symposium exploring the role of the arts in addressing conservation and the climate crisis. Featuring creative contributions from our YNA Collective
SUN 10 JULY
NATURE. CRISIS. DRAMA SYMPOSIUM
10am-5pm
Norwich Arts Centre
DODO, PHOENIX, BUTTERFLY: Dramatising the Climate Crisis
Part of a two-day symposium exploring the role of the arts in addressing conservation and the climate crisis.
THE FLOWIN AND GLOWIN FESTIVAL
10.30am-4pm
The Garage, Norwich
The Taverham Community Ambassadors in partnership with The Garage presents a day of celebration to support refugees living with period poverty. Including yoga, comedy, music, refreshments and more!
THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
POSTCARD POEMS
Launches Fri 1 July across Norwich and online
School students across Norfolk and Norwich have been invited to celebrate Norwich using bite size poetry. You will be able to find the poems exhibited in windows across the city. Coordinated by the Norwich 2040 Local Cultural Education Partnership.
YNA COLLECTIVE NEST PODCAST
Launching online from 26 June
What does it take to pursue a creative path? The Young Norfolk Arts Collective Nest is a mini-series podcast hosted by Collective member Amelia Long, her creative (and curious…) chats will capture the lives of each guest and how they got to where they are now.
GROWTH
Screening as part of Nature. Crisis. Drama and online
Growth is an experimental dance film exploring the cycles nature goes through and how they intertwine with rural and urban environments. Involving choreography and editing from the collective, with sound design and conceptual art from local young creatives, the piece aims to take a fresh look on nature and how we experience it in our everyday lives.
FESTIVAL MAP
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
YNAF 2022 LAUNCH
Thurs 30 June 6-7pm | Norwich Arts Centre | FREE
Join us live as we launch this year’s Festival! With music, poetry and dance, curated by our YNA Collective.
Please note this is an invite only event but will also be live streamed online
NATURE IS OUR HOME WORKSHOP
Sun 3 July 11.30-1pm | Sainsbury Centre | FREE
Join members of the YNA Collective for a family friendly workshop inspired by nature and home. With a short guided nature walk in the woodlands next to the Sainsbury Centre, we’ll be collecting objects to create our own mini ‘home in nature’. Suitable for ages 3+
Part of the Sainsbury Centre’s Family Sunday.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH LIGIA MACEDO
Wed 6 July 4-5.30pm | PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth | FREE
This will be a safe, fun writing space to connect with nature, explore what is around and inside us, create and share pieces of work reflecting thoughts, experiences, memories, dreams, hopes and insights for the future.
POSTCARD POEMS
Launches Friday 1 July across Norwich and online
School students across Norfolk and Norwich have been invited to celebrate Norwich using bite size poetry. You will be able to find the poems exhibited across the city and online this July.
Coordinated by the Norwich 2040 Local Cultural Education Partnership.
LOST RIVER STAGE
Sat 2 July 12.30-3pm & 4.30-6.30pm | Westlegate | FREE
The Lost River Stage will showcase up and coming musicians, bands, dancers, poets and performers from across Norfolk, featuring performances from some of the freshest young talent in the county.
Part of the Lord Mayor’s Celebration.
FLINT
Tue 5 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm | The Garage | Tickets from £2
Presented by The Garage Theatre Company. Fifteen year old Lydia (from Norwich) has become obsessed with the work of fifteen year old Greta (from Sweden). Lydia leaves her family, friends and home in a trek spanning nations as she attempts to put right what other generations have done wrong….
YOUNG VISIONARIES SHOWCASE
Sat 9 July | 3-6pm | Norwich Arts Centre | Tickets from £2
Join us for the first Young Visionaries Showcase, where young creatives will be showcasing their talents in music, art, poetry and spoken word.
GROWTH
Screening as part of Nature. Crisis. Drama and online
Growth is an experimental dance film exploring the cycles nature goes through and how they intertwine with rural and urban environments.
THE FLOWIN AND GLOWIN FESTIVAL
Sun 10 July | 10.30am-4pm | The Garage | Ticketed
The Taverham Community Ambassadors in partnership with The Garage presents a day of celebration to support refugees living with period poverty. Including yoga, comedy, music, refreshments and more! All proceeds to Bloody Good Period.
THE DANCE WE MADE
Sat 2 July | All day | Norwich City Centre | FREE
The TDWM Team has just 2 hours to create a brand new dance, and they need your help…Help the dancers create some new moves and watch the performance come together before your very eyes.
The newly created dance will then be performed by the TDWM Team as part of our Lost River Stage.
SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS WITH JESS MORGAN
Tue 5 July, Thur 7 July & Fri 8 July 4-5pm | Norwich Arts Centre | FREE
In three fast-moving sessions we will drum up and develop song ideas through writing exercises and experiment with the ways that music can support and complement lyrics. With writer and musician Jess Morgan.
NATURE. CRISIS. DRAMA SYMPOSIUM
Sat 9 – Sun 10 July | UEA and Norwich Arts Centre | Tickets from £5
A two-day symposium exploring the role of the arts in addressing conservation and the climate crisis. Featuring creative responses by the YNA Collective.
YNA COLLECTIVE NEST PODCAST
Launching online from 26 June
What does it take to pursue a creative path? The Young Norfolk Arts Collective Nest is a mini-series podcast hosted by Collective member Amelia Long, her creative (and curious…) chats will capture the lives of each guest and how they got to where they are now.
FESTIVAL FRINGE
OAT EAST PERFORMING ARTS CELEBRATION
Fri 1 July 6.30pm | Ormiston Victory Academy | £5
An evening showcasing the many talents of the students from the Primary and Secondary students in the Ormiston Academies Trust Eastern Region.
LOST IN A DREAM
Monday 4 & Tuesday 5 July 7.30pm| Ormiston Victory Academy | £5
An evening of music and dance performed by the students of Ormiston Victory Academy.
IMAGINING HISTORY SUMMER SCHOOL
Throughout July | Online | FREE
During the month of July, you can choose one of three specially designed workshops based around weekly online sessions during which members of the IHUK team set you a series of writing, thought and exploration tasks.
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