Norwich Theatre is inviting everyone to explore their creative side with a diverse and exciting Spring 2026 Take Part season, featuring workshops in dance, music, design, and theatre-making for all ages and abilities.
The new season is blooming with opportunities, from open-access dance classes and musical workshops for babies and toddlers, to specialised programmes in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
Ready to dance your way into spring? Norwich Theatre has a collection of open-access dance classes to help you explore creative, low-impact movement. Dance Lab (14 Jan – 11 Feb) is a 5-week programme, perfect for people who are looking to gain new dance and movement skills, in a supportive, accessible format. Designed to enhance wellbeing through exploration and improvisation, this workshop is perfect for taking away new skills and ideas, developing your own dance practices, with no previous experience required.
If you are keen on the traditional techniques, then come along to the Ballet sessions (9 Jan – 20 Mar). For anyone over 50, these sessions are designed to support you at any stage of your journey. Open to all, regardless of experience and ability; all you need is enthusiasm and curiosity for the joyful world of dance.
And the little ones don’t need to miss out on the excitement either! Sing, Dance, Play for both babies and toddlers (16 Jan – 27 Mar) are specially designed, and professionally run musical sessions for parents and their children. Built for you to have fun and move together, this class uses a range of musical instruments and multi-sensory props.
Theatre Cares – A Life in Music (8 Jan – 9 Apr) brings together individuals with mild to moderate dementia and their carers/partners for engaging and participatory music workshops that spark joy, curiosity and new friendships. You will explore music in all its forms, from singing and songwriting to getting hands-on with drums, chimes, and stringed and small percussion instruments.
If you are more into the practical side of theatre, from what it takes to put a piece of work together, or the performance side, the new term has an engaging a collection of creative workshops to lean into the behind-the-scenes of theatre making.
If you are interested in how a piece of work goes from concept to reality? Page to Stage (22 Jan – 12 Mar) takes a draft script and explores the transition from script to performance. The first workshops will look at scene work, building tension and streamlining pacing to ensure the final draft captures the essence of the story being told. This project is part of our Creative Ageing programme offering a safe, creative space to celebrate artistic journeys of growth, reinvention and wisdom.
In response to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s tour of Hamlet arriving in Norwich between 10 – 14 Mar, Maritime Hamlet is bringing a workshop to dive into Traditional Folk Song: Sea Shanties (6 Jan – 10 Mar). This is a dive into sharing the joy and camaraderie of song. A chorus of voices, in the genre of traditional folk song, continuing our partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare Nation.
Also part, we are working with costume designer Amanda Harold to create Ophelia’s Dress (17, 21, 23 Jan), inspired by personal interpretations, and we are inviting you to come along and stitch, sew or embroider your design with us. Bring along a piece of A5 fabric and use any textile techniques you enjoy – embroidery or cross-stitch, crochet or knitting, applique or a combination! We recommend you use plain, pale fabric, and would encourage you to use upcycled or repurposed materials to help reduce environmental impact.
