Amy Wragg backs the Norwich bid

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Amy Wragg  – Founder of SoapBox, Producer of Word Of Mouth, Director of the Norwich Fringe Festival, Norwich Cultural Cheerleader

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Norwich is a vibrant, youthful and creative city that has a strong DIY ethos. Every night of the week you have an exciting selection of poetry readings, live music and comedy taking place in the backrooms of almost every pub. It seems that everyone in Norwich is a writer, musician, promoter and actively attends locally produced performances. It is strongly independent and this is never more so visible than in the unofficial cultural quarter of Norwich ‘The Lanes’. This is where you can find our flagship venue the Norwich Arts Centre, my favourite live music pub The Ten Bells (with its wicked red telephone box) and the medieval community arts centre (run by volunteers)  St Gregory’s. Our passionate, committed and ultimately generous artistic folk dedicate hours to maintaining our arts scene with little or no money, proved by the success of SoapBox and the Norwich Fringe festival. It is to these people that I send my gratitude; love and respect for creating such a wonderful city that I never want to leave.

Amy Wragg (Founder of SoapBox, Producer of Word Of Mouth, Director of the Norwich Fringe Festival, Norwich Cultural Cheerleader)

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Some basic facts

  • Norwich was one of the shortlisted cities bidding to be the 1st UK City of Culture in 2013
  • Derry/Londonderry was chosen out of a field which included Norwich, Sheffield and Birmingham by an independent panel of judges led by Phil Redmond
  • The Norwich bid was led by a bid team made up of representatives of the Council - the lead body, the City of Norwich Partnership and representatives of major cultural organisations in the city through consultation with a wider range of groups, advisors and individuals
  • Although Norwich didn't win, the bidding and consultation process will help to develop a 2020 cultural vision for the next 10 years in the city through a new cultural partnership for Norwich
  • The Norwich bid was supported by Stephen Fry, Amit Chaudhri, Miranda Raison, Richard Jordan, Marco Pierre White,more than 6000 Facebook supporters, the Evening News and EDP, the business community, dozens of arts organisations and thousands of people across the city, county and region
  • Norwich is already a city of culture!

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