The host for this year’s Cromer Pier Show ‘Ben Nickless’ WON the public vote in Tuesday’s semi-final of Britains Got Talent!
Ben wowed the audience with his hilarious performance of 20 different impressions in 60 seconds and received a standing ovation from both the crowd and the judges.
We all know that Ben is an absolute star of variety, now it seems the whole country knows too. We wish Ben the best of luck for Sunday’s final!
See Ben perform more of his favourite comedy routines on our famous stage all of this summer as he hosts the Cromer Pier Show from 2nd July until 1st October. Tickets on sale here
‘Strictly Christmas’ show to bring some festive cheer to Cromer Pier!
Openwide Coastal Ltd, operators and custodians of Cromer Pier and Pavilion Theatre and producers of the Cromer Show have donated the Cromer Pier Pavilion Theatre on a ‘not for profit’ basis to Nigel Hogg Productions to help support variety artists left unable to work and earn an income through the Covid crisis. This generous gesture is allowing the artists to continue to keep the spirit of entertainment alive and is providing the acts with some income during these difficult times.
The theatre staged a summer show and took measures to ensure that they were Covid-secure, with audience numbers restricted to significantly below the 500 seat capacity of the venue. Whilst the reduced audience capacity makes it impossible to stage the usual Cromer Christmas show, Openwide Coastal Ltd and Nigel Hogg Productions, in association with North Norfolk District Council, are providing a venue and stage for variety acts to showcase their talents to try and support them through this difficult crisis. The artists then split the take from box office receipts to generate a small amount of income from each performance.
Nigel and his team have created a Christmas programme of entertainment called ‘Strictly Christmas’ which is a 90 minute variety show with a Christmassy theme and encompasses a mix of entertainment including 3 regular acts; Olly Day, Rob McVeigh the singer and a brilliant magic act called Amethyst. There will also be a different guest act at each performance. The first performance is on Friday 4th December and shows will run through until 1st January 2021
Nigel Hogg said: “We were absolutely thrilled with the support that we had for our Summer shows with most shows selling out at the reduced capacity of 100! The performers were delighted to be back on stage doing what they love most and being able to earn a small amount of money so we are really excited to be able to get them back on stage for Christmas! We really would encourage everyone to help us save the arts by booking a ticket to enjoy a safe, fun night out and let us bring some Christmas magic back to Cromer Pier!”
Rory Holburn, Director at Openwide Coastal commented, “We were excited to receive the wonderful news that we were successful in receiving an arts council grant which will help ensure we can bring the Cromer Pier show back in 2021 but as the current restrictions make it impossible to stage the Cromer Pier Christmas show this year, we are really pleased to be able to provide some support to the artists who have been struggling through this devastating time by donating the theatre space to them for a Christmas show”
The 90-minute show has been accredited with a ‘We’re Good to Go’ stamp of approval by Visit England and North Norfolk District Council is also supporting the venture which will continue the tradition of keeping variety alive this Christmas at the end of the pier in Cromer.
Face coverings must be worn during the show. Tickets are £15 for adults or £7.50 for children under 16. Booking is for unallocated seating, and audience members will be seated by the ushers in their social bubbles. Any unsold tickets will be available at the door. Ticket collection is only from the pop-up box office in the Pavilion Bar, no postage option is available. Click below for more information, show times and to book a ticket…
Nigel Hogg Productions is bringing us the first indoor socially distanced variety show in Norfolk and possibly even Great Britain.
It’s not The Cromer Pier Show but it will be a great celebration of variety and the arts. Nigel Hogg Productions ‘Strictly Variety’ show will be hosted by Norfolk funny man Olly Day and include an array of the finest variety entertainers in the country. Expect some familiar extremely talented faces that have graced the theatre’s famous stage before and also some new faces in a 90-minute variety extravaganza.
The Pavilion theatre cannot open profitably until social distancing is over so the space is being made available to help the acts try and generate some income for themselves and get back on stage to perform which they so desperately need to do. In making the theatre available to these performers, Cromer Pier is doing their bit to help Keep Variety Alive until normal service and their own award-winning Summer Show can resume.
During these challenging times the show is in aid of supporting the artists whilst they have been left with no income and support until they can work again, the production team, the artists and tech crew would be very grateful for your support. They have put together a show, now all they need is you, please come along and help us save the arts.
With the help of Openwide Coastal Ltd and North Norfolk District Council the Pavilion Theatre has been made Covid-19 secure and has been given the Visit England “Good To Go” award for enhanced confidence.
Show Information
Dates: Sunday 23rd August, then every Thursday-Sunday until 6th September
Time: 19:30pm
Show duration is 90 minutes with no interval
Limited to 100 tickets per show any unsold tickets will be available on the door
Booking is unallocated seating, you will be seated by the ushers on the evening according to your social bubble
Ticket collection is only from the pop up box office in the Pavilion Bar, no postage option is available
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