Published:
7:00 AM May 13, 2021
Chief executive Stephen Crocker reveals why Norwich Theatre Royal won t reopen fully until the end of August.
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While indoor entertainment venues can reopen from May 17, audiences will have to wait a little longer to take their seats in the Norwich Theatre Royal auditorium.
It has been produced by Norwich Theatre, who run the Theatre Royal, Playhouse and Stage Two in the city, and is its first touring show.
Dancer Carlos Acosta who will be performing his On Before show at Norwich Theatre Royal in July 2021.
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Apart from this, the next performances is not until August 31, with dance show Nemesis, and after that it will reopen fully.
Where: Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB
When: May 9, time slots 10.30am to 12pm, 12.30pm to 2pm and 2.30pm to 4pm
Cost: £5, children and wheelchair users free, booking essential at shop.stmartinshousing.org.uk
Bishop Graham and his wife Rachel are opening their private garden to the public on select dates this year and this weekend it is in aid of Norwich homeless charity St Martins.
The event will be an opportunity to view the gardens in their spring splendour and a chance to enjoy refreshments and entertainment in a safe outdoor setting.
The Bishop s Garden will also be selling plants on the day and the nearest car park is by the Adam & Eve pub.
The programme will also support the National History Museum s Dippy on Tour, with its much-loved Diplodocus coming to Norwich Cathedral from July 13 to October 30.
On the day Dippy arrives, there will be a Circus Spectacular and an animal theme will run throughout Interlude in the Close.
The season will culminate with a week of circus performances from Norwich s own Lost in Translation Circus, alongside other international companies. There will also be a programme of activities
for school-age children and community groups.
Norwich Theatre s Lost in Translation Circus rehearse Christmas show A Circus Carol.
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Stephen Crocker, chief executive and creative director of Norwich Theatre, said: “Interlude was originally conceived as a hugely creative, boldly ambitious and proudly resilient response to bringing back live performance to Norwich in a safe way and that remains at the heart of Interlude in the Close.
No deaths have been reported in April in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and North Norfolk and South Norfolk.
While age-standardised mortality rates for all causes and deaths involving the coronavirus in March and April show every area in Norfolk and Waveney below 25 per 100,000 putting us amongst the lowest in the country.
In Norwich the rate, as recorded by the ONS, was just three per 100,000 people. South Norfolk was also in single figures with a rate of just eight per 100,000.
2. Hospital admission figures continue to fall
This month has continued a steady fall in the number of patients with coronavirus at Norfolk s hospitals.