OUTLINE INSIGHT
PAUL INGLEBY
PROGRAMMER AT THE UEA & WATERFRONT
We take it for granted. We’ve all walked through the doors of the Nick Rayns LCR, or the Waterfront and felt the buzz of going to watch our favourite bands and artists play in our own hometown. Norwich has an incredible live music heritage and one man that we have to thank for more than a few of the most unforgettable “Good evening, Nor-wich” greetings is Paul Ingleby, Programmer at the UEA and Waterfront. We find out from the man himself how he got there, and his view from behind the stage…
So Paul, booking gigs for two of Norwich’s most prestigious venues would be a dream job for a lot of people. What was the journey that led you to this career? I came to Norwich to do a Masters and needed work to fund my studying; I tried to work in the bar, but they were all full up, and a friend of a friend said he was going to the Ents department, and I thought it sounded good; I’d always loved music and bands. I knew nothing about the industry at that time but I decided to go work for them as crew. I wasn’t very technically gifted and I wasn’t interested in the PA and lights like other people that did the crewing were. I was much more interested in how to get these bands. And so I ended up doing that, looking over shoulders, learning quite a lot. I learnt a lot very quickly,went from there and
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finished my Masters. I was toying with, “do I leave Norwich or do I stay?” Tat was just when the Student Union were looking at opening the Waterfront with the city
council.So I decided to stay on the basis that there was a good chance I could get a job one way or another. Tat’s exactly what happened, and I took the position of Entertainments Assistant to Nick Rayns. So that was actually quite logical progression, wasn’t it? Other than the fact that your MA wasn’t involved in that field… No, my MA was in International Relations; I think the only thing I used my experience in international relations for directly was negotiating, and learning how to negotiate through theory and in practice. You’ve booked many of the biggest
names in the industry. Which gigs have you found most memorable and why? Te most memorable are personal favourites, so looking back I still can’t believe we had a line-up of – let’s get this right – it was Ash on first, then Skunk Anansie. It was a line-up that was pretty phenomenal. Along the way though, there have been lots of bands, from Radiohead appearing at the Waterfront; bands that have gone on to do much bigger things. We had Coldplay at the Students Union, which was pretty amazing. Tey flew in from Madrid on a Russian plane the night before.Tat was quite an amazing experience to be involved in. I have to ask you, in your role you must’ve seen some remarkable riders; are there any that you can recall? Sometimes people try to be funny.
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