Six performances inspired by Hamlet and co-created by locals and the Royal Shakespeare Company are coming to Norwich.
The one-day festival takes place on Sunday, 21 September and will see a mix of indoor and outdoor shows, including free to attend performances.
Norwich Hamlets is a collection of responses to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, created in a partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company, Norwich Theatre and community participants throughout 2025.
The day opens at Norwich Theatre Stage Two, with a Prologue about our fine city and Green Girl, a celebration of life seen through shape-changing resurrections, with two performances of each starting at 10.30am and 2.30pm.
Something Rotten is a free performance at Chapelfield Gardens Bandstand created by Norwich Theatre community participants, the Storytellers, at 11.15am and 3.15pm. 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 at 11.45am & 3.45pm.
Outside The Forum at 12pm and 4pm 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.
Finally, the city’s Hay Hill will host hear free, intimate, personal monologues from the Norwich Theatre Storytellers performed on a rolling-basis between 12pm as 2.30pm
A £5 ticketed option includes all five scheduled performances, but outdoor performances are free and open to all.
Norwich Theatre creative communities producer Miche Montague 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.”
- Visit the Norwich Theatre website for more details
