This year, Norwich Theatre is exploring The Shape of Family—not the neatly packaged idea of family but the messier, more complex, often contradictory reality of what it means to be connected to others. Through performances, talks, exhibitions, and workshops, we’re inviting you to look at the ways family is changing.
Check out what is coming up
Sad Book | 14 – 15 Mar | Norwich Theatre Playhouse
This dance adaptation of Michael Rosen’s award-winning book, Sad Book, is a visually inventive, moving story of navigating complex emotions in the midst of everyday life. In this personal story of loss, a father explores the disconnection between what we feel and what we show and the different ways we deal with sadness.
Live Narration: Michael Rosen will join us to narrate the Saturday 7:30 pm performance. There is no additional cost to ticket holders.
Sad Book: Dance Workshop | 14 Mar | Norwich Theatre Stage Two
Join the Sad Book creative team and guests for a workshop that helps us explore how dance and choreography can help us express powerful emotions in unique ways. Dancers of all experience levels are welcome.
Sad Book: Creative Writing Workshop | 14 Mar | Norwich Theatre Stage Two
Creative writing is known to help people find ways to move forward, to put those feelings in perspective, and to be more comfortable in their skin. Our experienced group facilitator from the Healing Expressive and Recovery Arts Project will lead a writing workshop to help us find the words.
No previous experience is needed.
Family Film Screening: Onward | 5 Apr | Norwich Theatre Stage Two
Teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father. Like any good adventure, their journey is filled with cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. But when dear Mom finds out her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary manticore to bring her beloved boys back home.
Tickets are free but must be booked.
Pig Heart Boy | 23 – 26 Apr | Norwich Theatre Royal
A show about friendship, loyalty, family and love that will encourage children to think about moral issues and how to overcome setbacks in life.
Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is to be normal – have friends, go to school, and dive to the bottom of his local swimming pool. But he desperately needs a heart transplant, and time is running out.
Pig Heart Boy – Workshop for Elected Home Educated Children | 24 Apr | Norwich Theatre Stage Two
Join Norwich Theatre for a day and explore the incredible story Pig Heart Boy by multi-award-winning writer Malorie Blackman OBE, author of Noughts and Crosses.
Watch the brand-new stage adaptation of the book, followed by a workshop with theatre practitioner Sophie Utting, looking at how one takes a piece of text from page to stage and the story themes.
For more information or to book visit, norwichtheatre.org or call the Box Office on 01603 630 000.
