On 21 Sep Norwich Theatre invites you to Norwich Hamlets, a brand-new co-production performed across Norwich. Norwich Hamlets is a collection of community responses to Hamlet, created in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and community participants throughout 2025.
The performance takes audience members on a journey through Norwich to experience five unique performances. Norwich Hamlets includes both indoor, ticketed performances and outdoor, public performances, which are completely free and do not require booking.
Start with a Prologue about our fine city and see ‘Green Girl‘, a celebration of life seen through shape-changing resurrections. Both are at Norwich Theatre Stage Two and part of a ticketed performance.
Something Rotten is a free performance at Chapelfield Gardens Bandstand created by Norwich Theatre community participants, the Storytellers. A comedy addressing the climate emergency, Something Rotten searches for the future prosperity of Norfolk.
Türk Hamlet is a journey of displacement and a celebration of hopes for the future through the lens of Shakespeare. This event is being performed in City Hall and requires a ticket.
Outside The Forum will be Aham, a free, public dance performance created by participants from the Norwich Theatre community, in partnership with the Natyapriya Dance Company. A movement through different cultures, emotions and narratives, Aham shares the universal experiences of life.
Come along to Hay Hill to hear free, intimate, personal monologues from the Norwich Theatre Storytellers.
The ticketed option will allow you to see all five performances guided between venues and locations.
Talking about Norwich Hamlets Miche Montague Creative Communities Producer at Norwich Theatre, said: “What makes this production so exciting is that it’s an innovative, brave, and inclusive work born directly from our local communities. By using Shakespeare’s Hamlet as a springboard, we’re telling modern stories about real people in Norwich, proving how relevant his themes still are today. I’m so proud of the community’s work and excited for audiences to experience it this September.”
Norwich Hamlets is part of Shakespeare Nation, a Royal Shakespeare Company project produced in partnership with Norwich Theatre, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
