Diving Dream
Join the choir to take part in Diving Dream at the Octagon Chapel, Norwich on 18 July 2026, as part of Norwich History Festival.
Rehearsals take place in Norwich and online. We are also running 2 free taster sessions where you can come along and find out more to decide if you'd like to join us for this project.
Diving Dream
In July 2025, as part of the first Norwich History Festival, Voice Project Co-directors Jon and Sian went to a talk, at the Octagon Chapel, by Philip Hoare, about his book William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. They sat in this building, which is just a year older than Blake himself, and heard stories of inspiring creativity, swimming and dreaming as the author shared his enthusiasm for the visionary Blake’s key place in the imagination of so many artists, writers, filmmakers, and thinkers. These themes have informed several of our previous projects and songs and we particularly wanted to revisit that middle-of-the-night space that we took the audience too in The Arms of Sleep, but this time without the sleeping ….
We are holding rehearsals for Diving Dream in Norwich and online, leading up to two performances on Saturday 18 July at the Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich.
We are also running 2 taster sessions on Tuesday 2 June, 7.30-9.30pm and Saturday 6 June 11am-1pm, at the Friends Meeting House, Norwich. Please book so we know numbers attending.
The rehearsal and performance schedules are outlined below.
Book via the link below to be
taken to our external booking site at Ticket Tailor.
Diving Dream Rehearsal Schedule
Norwich
Tuesdays 7.30 -9.30pm
9, 16 June, Friends Meeting House
23 June, Octagon Chapel
30 June, Friends Meeting House
7 July, Octagon Chapel
14 July, Friends Meeting House
Sat 11 July, 10.30-3.30pm Octagon Chapel
Mondays 7-8pm
8, 15, 22, 29 June and 6, 13 July on Zoom
These sessions are recorded and added to the members area of the website. All choir members have access to online rehearsals and recordings.
Online
Fees
Standard £75 / Concession £60 / Donation £90
Please pay the price that you can afford
A small number of 'pay what you can' bursaries are available on request, please email us at info@voiceproject.co.uk
Final rehearsals and performance in Norwich
Fri 17 July 6.30 - 9.30pm Friends Meeting House
Sat 18 July rehearsals 12 – 5pm and shows at 7pm and 9.30pm Octagon Chapel