Upcoming events
Including performances from:
Nigel Havers introduces “A Passage to India” – Fr 10th Apr 6.30 pm
With optional Indian dinner!
A special evening featuring a screening of the award-winning film “A Passage to India” with an introduction and Q&A by Nigel Havers.
“A Passage to India” is a 1984 epic historical drama film written, directed, and edited by David Lean. The film stars Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, Nigel Havers, James Fox, Alec Guinness, and Victor Bannerjee. The screenplay is based on E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel of the same name and an adaptation of Santa Rama Rau’s 1960 play.
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DixieMix Jazz Band with a new programme
FROM BLUES TO SWING
– Sat 18th April 730 pm
Dixieland Jazz Concert with Dancing!
Our audience love The Dixie Mix Jazz Band, one of the UK’s most engaging and successful jazz-dixieland ensembles. The feedback after their concerts is always amazing: “A wonderful night’s music and entertainment that we are reliving again and again…”. “ A very successful evening’s entertainment, it brought back many happy memories…”.
The band is a professional six piece, excelling with fresh arrangements of many jazz favourites. With the best jazz musicians in East Anglia and great humour, the DixieMix has gained national recognition, leading to a tour with Rod Stewart, TV appearances and multiple festival and theatre gigs. This year the DixieMix will be performing a new programme From Blues to Swing at St Nicks Art Centre in Swafield.
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The Royal Opera – The Magic Flute – Fri 24th Apr
‘The Magic Flute – assured, atmospheric and a lot of fun’ (The Guardian).
Watch that enchanting quest for love and wisdom at St-Nicks Art Centre, screening from the Royal Opera. Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production, conducted by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut, and Finnegan Downie Dear. In cinemas from Tuesday 21 April 2026.
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NT Live – All My Sons – 1st May
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge). Filmed live from the West End.
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The Metropolitan Opera – Eugene Onegin – Fri 8th May
The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, ‘offers a beautifully detailed reading of… Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance’ (The Telegraph).
Asmik Grigorian and Igor Golovatenko star in The Metropolitan Opera’s evocative production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic opera. Conducted by Timur Zangiev.
Tatyana spends her days lost in the world of romantic books, while to her carefree sister Olga, love is just a game. When Olga’s admirer, the poet Lensky, arrives at their country estate with the brooding Eugene Onegin, sparks fly…
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Golden Age of Old Russian Music:
Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Glazunov
François Pineau-Benois (violin), Adam Szokolay (piano) – Sat 9th May at St.Botolph’s, Trunch
The Pineau-Benois – Szokolay Duet, winners of the grand prix at the 2019 Pro Music International Competition (Paris), is highly regarded by the public in France, Hungary and other countries: the musicians are qualified as “young virtuosos” by the Figaroscope, complimented for the expressiveness of their playing by the Journal Francophone de Budapest.
Their concerts at the Salle Cortot, at the Francophone Festival in Budapest, in London, in Trunch – all ended with a standing ovation from the audience.
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THE PANTALOONS THEATRE
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles – SUNDAY 31st May
How can one show possibly contain so much action and adventure? Elementary, my dear!
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new riff on the fiendishly famous case.
Will detective duo Holmes and Watson discover the deadly secret of the Baskerville family curse before it strikes again? Or are they barking up the wrong tree? Find out in this delightfully inventive show that will have you yelping with excitement and howling with laugher.
Features live music, audience interaction and more mystery than you can shake a magnifying glass at.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
“A two-hour production of ingenuity, verve and wit celebrating the great detective’s adventures… But despite their cheekiness this remains a genuine homage to the stories… The company also has the best audience participation skills I have ever witnessed” – The Oxford Mail
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NT Live – The Playboy of the Western World – 5th June
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
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National Open Garden Scheme: Swafield Hall – Sat 13th, Sun 14th June
Swafield Hall is a 16th century Manor House with Georgian additions (not open), set within 4 acres of gardens including a parterre (designed by Martin Perry).
Walk along the Apollo promenade of theatrical serpentine hedging towards the statue of Apollo Belvedere and you will reach the stunning Summer garden containing 8 flower beds filled with beautiful plants, herbs and flowers. The Victorian brick wall protects the gardens from the north wind and you can find Apricot, Peach, Pear, Nectarine and sour cherry trees.
The impressive Pear Tunnel leads to the little garden pavilion surrounded by jasmine. The Secret Oriental Garden contains nine flower beds taken from the pattern of a Persian carpet.
Food and Refreshments – in aid of St Nicks Art Centre.
ChamberMusicBox Quintet (London) – Sat 20th June at St.Botolph’s, Trunch.
Mozart and Brahms Clarinet quintets.
Concert dedicated to Roy Abrams (1929 – 2019)
The The ChamberMusicBox:
“A perfect afternoon of music!” “Amazing!”
These are just some of the audience reactions to the performances of this outstanding group of international artists. Their journey started in 2016, when violinist Yuri Kalnits and cellist Julia Morneweg, both at that point already well-known on the chamber music circuit, created the new concept of a chamber music company. Since 2022 ChamberMusicBox continues to perform concerts across London and the rest of the UK, both in their own series as well as by invitation for some of the country’s leading chamber music promoters. Recent appearances include the 2023 Swaledale Festival, a tour of South West England for Concerts in the West, a recital at the London School of Economics as well their international debut in the prestigious Pharos Arts Foundation Series in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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NT Live – Les Liaisons Dangereuses – 26th June
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals, Poldark) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
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FETE at Swafield Hall – Sun 5th July
The fabulous Village Fete at Swafield Hall is coming!
Swafield Hall FETE a very, very big and full of fun garden party, with OPEN GARDENS, Licensed bar, LIVE MUSIC, BBQ, The Fun Dog Show, teas, coffee and cakes, Raffle (with big wonderful prizes).
Also (back by enormous public demand): Singing and dancing with audience participation – This Year it’s an MADONNA theme! As usual, you will see the infamous, ever-young “BORIS & the Cr*pettes”, with a new superstar lead singer. Prizes for the best Madonna costume and dance moves!
ALSO: Target Golf, Fishing for Ducks, Sideshow games.
An event not to be missed! Starting at 12, finishing around 6pm.
In aid of St Nicks Art Centre.
This Is My Theatre.
The Great Gatsby – Sat 18th July
4 pm and 7.30 pm
Step into the roaring 1920s, where the champagne flows, the jazz trumpet blows, and the American Dream gleams with irresistible allure. This electrifying stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel brings Jay Gatsby’s glittering world to life — a place of opulence, obsession, and heartbreak.
As Nick Carraway is drawn into the orbit of his mysterious neighbor, the secrets behind Gatsby’s lavish parties begin to unravel, revealing a story of love lost and illusion pursued.
Featuring live music and a dynamic ensemble, This Is My Theatre’s adaptation invites audiences to experience one of literature’s best-loved stories like never before — glamorous, grandiose and undeniably… Great.
Critics have said of This in My Theatre shows:
“Warm and welcoming, clever and creative – a wonderful afternoon of entertainment!” – Grapevine Live (The Wind in the Willows)
“A fun-filled family adventure, thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable!” – Visit Dean Wye (Treasure Island)
“Rich in detail and a joy to experience!” – Ingenue Magazine (Pride & Prejudice)
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St Nicks Arts Centre is a self-sustaining hub for creativity, community, and heritage — combining the preservation of an historic site with an active role in contemporary North Norfolk village life
We would like to thank the following organisations who are generously helping fund our restoration journey:
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