The Norwich Nine

NINE is an intergenerational collaboration between Bootworks Theatre Co. and a local group of nine-year-old children. The project seeks to amplify the voices of young people and share their thoughts on the world that they live in.

The year that the children were born the UK voted to leave the European Union, Ghostbusters became women, and we were all running around the streets trying to catch Pokémon.

Since then, it’s been an eventful nine years; Donald Trump, Minecraft, a climate change emergency, COVID-19.

But what do they remember and what was important to them?

Nine years old is halfway to becoming an adult. It’s an opportune age to remember the past, imagine the future, and take stock of what’s happening now.