Upcoming events
Including performances from:
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD – Macbeth (Verdi) – Thur Oct 22nd 7pm at SWAFIELD HALL
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists return to The Met: Live in HD for Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is the Scottish king haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, opposite soprano Lise Davidsen as the power-mad Lady Macbeth, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a penetrating production by Louisa Proske. Rounding out the all-star cast are tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
We have moved the screening to the comfortable cinema room at Swafield Hall (equipped with cozy sofas, large cinema screen, and hi-fi sound system)
NR28 0RP , Swafield Hall, Knapton rd, Swafield, North Walsham
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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Royal Opera House – Carmen – Thur Nov 12th
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds. Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.
An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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TALKS at ST-NICKS
A HISTORY of ENGLISH GARDENS DESIGN THROUGH NORFOLK GARDENS
An evening with RHS Medal-winning garden designer DUNCAN CARGILL
Thu Nov 19th 7.00pm
Duncan Cargill has been teaching and lecturing the history of art and of garden design for over a decade. He is a recipient of a Silver-Gilt Medal for a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and an award winner of the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers, the UK’s most prestigious annual awards celebrating excellence, creativity, and sustainability in garden and landscape design.
In his talk at St-Nicks, Duncan will use some of the gardens and parks of Norfolk to identify elements of English gardens we recognise today and reveal their origins – through their Tudor, Norman, Roman design and from as far back as ancient Syria.
This talk is preceded by an optional fish & chip supper from the Fish Shop in Roughton (or bring your own food) that will be delivered at 7pm, the talk will start around 7:20pm. We will have a licensed bar at this event.
Pre-booked tickets (£8) can be collected on the door.
NT Live – Golden Boy – Thursday 3rd Dec
On Thursday 3rd Dec at 7pm in St Nicks Arts Centre, Swafield we’ll screen a performance of Golden Boy from NT Live!
Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.
1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.
Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre. Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.
The film has a TBC age classification.
This screening is preceded by an optional fish & chip supper from the Fish Shop in Roughton (or bring your own food) that will be delivered at 7pm, the screening will start around 7:20pm. We will have a licensed bar at this event.
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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The SAMPHIRES chamber choir
THE TIME DRAWS NEAR
Candlelit Christmas Concert
Saturday 5 December 2026, 6.00pm, at St. Botolph’s Church, TRUNCH
The time draws near the birth of Christ:
The moon is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist…
We are delighted to invite The Samphries to perform for the first time at our traditional Candlelit Christmas Concert in St.Botolph’s Church.
The Samphires is a North Norfolk upper voices chamber choir, very well known by their ability to engage their audiences on an emotional level, to uplift and inspire by performing soulful and emotionally touching music.
The ensemble performs a wide range of genres from madrigals to 1940s songs, folk, classical and contemporary choral works both spiritual and sacred, a cappella and accompanied.
Always professional and highly musical, with their ability to blend beautiful harmonies with carefully chosen music, the Samphires will give a very atmospheric concert, full of Christmas magic.
Halina Kretchetov (leader) – Soprano
Eleanor Sidgwick – Alto
Jenny Vickers – Soprano
Diana Cripps – Alto
Ros Hele – Second soprano
Ro Curtis – Second soprano
Richard Peaver – Accompanist
The program will be available shortly.
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Pre-booked tickets (£16 Adult/£8 Child) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The concert is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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Metropolitan Opera – Giacomo Puccini La Fanciulla del West – Thur Jan 28th 7pm
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years.
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky makes her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.
The screening has a TBC age classification.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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Royal Opera House – Cosi Fan Tutte – Thur Feb 25th 7pm
Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends. What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes increasingly unstable.
Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790. In her Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera, reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit. Taking on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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Reggae and Soul – Concert celebrating St-Nicks Arts Centre first anniversary – Fri 20th March 2027
On Friday 20th Mar 2027 at 7:30pm we’re delighted to welcome back the Offbeat Collective & Soul Setters for another evening of Reggae and Soul music to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the opening of the St Nicks Arts Centre!
Soul Setters are an exciting new band of highly skilled musicians delivering an upbeat, feel-good performance guaranteed to get everyone dancing. Fronted by a dynamic female vocalist, the lineup features drums, percussion, keys, sax, bass, and guitar—bringing classic soul music to life with a few unexpected twists.
This high-energy group makes a memorable impression on every audience, always sending listeners home wanting more! Soul Setters are a must-see band that promises an unforgettable experience!
The Offbeat Collective brings vibrant energy and a fresh twist to timeless classics. This dynamic, big-band–style ensemble delivers upbeat reggae along with their own already-released original material. Featuring a captivating female vocalist, soulful sax/trumpet/trombone harmonies, a grooving rhythm section of keys, bass, drums, and percussion, plus the unmistakable riffs of a talented guitarist, the band is primed to create an unforgettable live experience.
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Royal Ballet – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Thur Apr 15th 7pm
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser…As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. The result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment and ingenious music and design.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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CINEMA CLUB: THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS – Saturday March 6th, 7pm
An evening with film director Hugo Berkeley and composer Michael McEvoy
In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, African-American Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. convinced President Eisenhower that jazz was the best way to intervene in the Cold War cultural conflict. For the next decade, America’s most influential jazz artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Dave Brubeck, along with their racially-integrated bands, traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors.
But the unrest back home forced them to face a painful moral dilemma: how could they promote the image of a tolerant America abroad when the country still practiced Jim Crow segregation and racial equality remained an unrealized dream? Told through striking archival film footage, photos and radio clips, with iconic performances throughout, the documentary reveals how the U.S. State Department unwittingly gave the burgeoning Civil Rights movement a major voice on the world stage just when it needed one most. Leslie Odom, Jr., narrates.
The Jazz Ambassadors is a co-production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET and Antelope South Limited and Normal Life Pictures, in association with the BBC and ZDF, in collaboration with Arte.
Pre-booked tickets (£10) can be collected on the door.
All proceed from the ticket sales will be donated to St-Nicks Arts Centre renovation fund (Trunch Group of Parishes)
Please feel free to bring cushions!
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Royal Opera House – Tosca – Thur May 6th 7pm
The recent Royal Opera’s acclaimed production of Tosca (2025/26 season) sets Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome, with spectacular designs by Simon Lima Holdsworth. Costume designs by Ilona Karas bring glamour and modernity to this gripping tale of love and betrayal.
‘Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?’
Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia. Director – Oliver Mears.
Pre-booked tickets (£15) can be collected on the door.
Please feel free to bring cushions!
The screening is brought to you by the Trunch Group of Parishes.
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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:
Many thanks to our sponsors & partners who include:
